Getting Ready for Palm Sunday and Easter Celebrations

This year, Palm Sunday is March 24th and Easter Sunday is March 31st, so that means it’s time to start thinking about this special religious holidays, their meanings and traditions, and plans to decorate the house and table with special Easter flowers, Easter centerpieces, and Easter baskets. Meaning and Tradition According to FaithShare.com, Palm Sunday is one of the most important days in the Christian calendar alongside Christmas and Easter. It is always the Sunday before Easter and starts the Holy Week, which remembers the week of events leading up to Jesus’ death.  Typically, those that celebrate Palm Sunday attend mass and participate in the blessing of the palm fronds, which was what was used to pave the road as Jesus passed on a donkey. Easter Sunday is a celebration of Jesus’ resurrection from the dead. It is the critical belief in Christianity as it means everything in terms of salvation and redemption for Christians in terms of Jesus’ sacrifice for human sin. Those that celebrate Easter Sunday do so at church as well as at home or with a meal with others. Celebration and Décor Easter has become a commercial celebration as well with many fun activities for children, including hunting for Easter eggs, decorating Easter eggs, and enjoying Easter baskets full of goodies. The Easter brunch and dinner has also become a favorite way to celebrate. Along with these celebrations, flowers and Easter gift baskets are given as gifts or purchased to decorate the Easter table with Easter centerpieces being a favorite. Incorporating flowers into the Easter celebration and Easter décor means having a wide range of colorful spring flowers to choose from, including tulips, daisies, roses and carnations. When featuring a flower centerpiece on the Easter table, think [...]

2013-03-19T17:33:58+00:00March 19th, 2013|Categories: Easter Flowers|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Getting Ready for Palm Sunday and Easter Celebrations

Get Hopping on Your Easter Floral Centerpieces and Floral Gifts!

On April 8, people of the Christian faith recognize the very special holiday of Easter. This is an inspirational season that reminds each of us of what is important in our lives and what we should be thankful for on a spiritual level. As the symbol of Easter, the lily is most associated with the passion of Christ, so it is one of the most requested and ordered flowers this time of year.   Easter Flower Ideas This year, we’ve ordered in a wide range of beautiful flower choices that are sure to brighten your Easter brunch table or your Easter dinner as well as offer a message of love and hope to a loved one. Here are some of the highlights of what we’ve put together for this Easter season for our San Diego customers:   Easter Egg-Citing brings Easter smiles with a floral assortment of lilies, trick green, dianthus, carnations, poms and more. They are beautifully arranged in a stylish glass vase filled with festive plastic Easter eggs. This works as a unique centerpiece for an Easter brunch or dinner. Easter Lilies are a traditional favorite. Allen’s Flowers offers single or double stalks contained in a decorative basket. Allen’s Easter Joy is a stunning floral arrangement that includes white hydrangea, yellow roses, crème roses, yellow alstroemerias and peach carnations accented with fresh greenery. This breathtaking design is housed in a contemporary glass cube as a standard or deluxe size floral arrangement. The European Spring Centerpiece makes a lovely, elegant addition to an Easter table. It features fresh roses, lilies, alstroemerias, poms, waxflowers and more.   The Spring Bunch Among the spring bunch of flowers is the tulip! This is the time of year that Holland is overflowing with their [...]

2012-04-02T17:48:46+00:00April 2nd, 2012|Categories: Easter Flowers|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Get Hopping on Your Easter Floral Centerpieces and Floral Gifts!
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