International Friendship Day is July 30th

Allen's Flowers San Diego's Favorite Florist For Summer Flowers and Plants Allen's Flowers has grown to be recognized as an industry leader and has been awarded a top 100 florist in the USA for several years now. This award is one of the most prestigious in the industry with over 36,000 florists competing for the honor. Locally, Allen's Flowers has been selected as the best florist in San Diego by the readers of the San Diego Union-Tribune and signonsandiego.com for 8 years. We have flower shops throughout San Diego, including our main location in San Diego, downtown San Diego, El Cajon, and La Mesa. Our San Diego flower and gift shops along with our website are ideal partners for your gift-giving needs. Before July ends, there is one more special day to celebrate. Our friends are everything to us and often make our lives that much more meaningful. July 30th is International Friendship Day where everyone around the world recognizes the special relationships known as friendship. Our San Diego flower shop has some extraordinary ways to show your friends you love them: RAZZLE DAZZLE This floral arrangement features bright colors and a diverse mix of premium seasonal flowers and greenery. SAN DIEGO BAY This bouquet includes blue and emerald green hydrangea as well as free spirit roses and foliage in a patterned glass cube. SAN DIEGO SUNSET This floral display highlights yellow roses, pink snapdragons, orange tulips, and other seasonal flowers and greenery. PRETTY IN PINK This bouquet offers pink Oriental lilies, hot pink roses, pink carnations, fuchsia stock, light pink spray roses, pink heather, lemon leaf, huckleberry, seeded eucalyptus, and a small green potted echeveria succulent. Everything is displayed in a raspberry tapered vase. PACIFIC SUNSET This stunning flower arrangement has green hydrangea and [...]

2019-07-27T15:10:12+00:00July 27th, 2019|Categories: Friendship Day|Tags: , , |Comments Off on International Friendship Day is July 30th

Celebrating Special Spring Days

March is full of special days that are all worth celebrating. Some of these special occasions even land on the same day. This year, we have three special events on March 20th to share and encourage you to celebrate. First, there is Proposal Day, which is the perfect day to start planning your wedding flowers through our exclusive wedding flower website. Then, there is the first day of Spring as well as International Earth Day. These two celebrations of Mother Nature are the ideal time to introduce our spring flower collection, including the arrival of one of our customers' favorites -- tulips. Here are some highlights to inspire you to come and check out our spring flowers at our San Diego flower shops and through our website: AMAZING TULIPS Our assorted tulips bouquet offers you a choice of four gatherings of 20, 40, or 60 multicolored tulips in a glass vase. This is a truly spectacular choice to decorate your home or office or give to a special someone who loves tulips.  SYMPHONY A curly willow-lined glass vase holds roses, orchids, tulips, and pastel-colored hydrangea, providing a stunning floral display. WOODLAND FASHION This arrangement combines locally grown succulents, spray roses, and tulips with hydrangea and seasonal spring greenery in a wooden cube vase. TULIPS IN LOVE This is a romantic combination of red roses and tulips accented with a pink bow and displayed in a classic vase. RED TULIPS LOVE Ten romantic red tulips are arranged in a clear glass vase. It's a wonderful way to express your love. BRIGHT YELLOW TULIPS Bright yellow tulips are delivered in a glass vase that's been wrapped up with a yellow ribbon. The Standard size has 10 tulips while the Deluxe size offers 20 tulips and the [...]

2019-03-15T17:35:04+00:00March 15th, 2019|Categories: Events|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Celebrating Special Spring Days

Celebrate March Birthdays with Our Special Gift Crates

A whole new month is here, which means it's time to plan out all those special birthdays among your friends, family, and colleagues. We have some very special birthday bouquets and flower arrangements for birthdays that offer bright spring colors. However, we also have a new gift category that offers some unique, thoughtful birthday gifts. Since offering the gift crates over the last few months, we have had a positive response from both the Christmas and Valentine's Day gift seasons. Here are some gift crate ideas for birthdays: FLOWERS GALORE AND CHAMPAGNE OR WINE We have a number of gift crates with premium flowers and a choice of either champagne or wine. Some of our selection includes Dom Perignon, Veuve Clicquot, Justin Cabernet Sauvignon, and Lioco Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, or Rose. SWEET & SAVORY CRATE Another birthday gift crate offers an assortment of artisan chocolates, cheeses, meats, crackers and more in a hand-made wooden crate. PINOT & CHOCOLATE The family-owned winery, LIOCO, is a focal point of this gift crate along with locally made artisan chocolates and caramels, seasonal greenery, and a succulent. FRUIT, HONEY, & TEA CRATE This gift crate contains fresh, premium fruit as well as tea and honey. The deluxe size also adds nuts. CHAMPAGNE & SUCCULENTS This is an elegant combination of champagne and a removable succulent planter. Choose between Dom Pérignon or Veuve Clicquot champagne. We also offer a gift crate that contains wine and succulents. For all gift crates that contain champagne or wine and that will be delivered, there must be someone 21 and over with a valid identification that can accept the gift crate otherwise it. cannot be left.  Don't forget that we also have stuffed animals, balloon bouquets, and other special treats [...]

2019-03-04T17:51:57+00:00March 4th, 2019|Categories: Birthday|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Celebrate March Birthdays with Our Special Gift Crates

Voted San Diego’s Best Florist 8 Years Running!

We are proud to be again voted as San Diego's flower shop for eight years in a row! It's a testament to our team's hard work at all of our San Diego florist locations. From the time we opened until today, our focus has been on value, quality, and friendly service. Thank you to everyone who has chosen to work with us for their decorating, event, and gift-giving needs. As part of our "Best" celebration, we've put together a bestseller collection of flower arrangements that our beloved by you, our customers: CALIFORNIA SUNSHINE The beauty of California shines through in this flower arrangement that includes yellow roses, green hydrangea, a succulent, and other local accent flowers. CELEBRATE! This bold and bright bouquet includes hot pink roses, orange lilies, purple alstroemeria, and green button poms along with ribbon and a leaf-lined glass cube. PACIFIC BEACH PERFECTION Cayenne roses are mixed with hydrangea, orchids, and other seasonal flowers and greenery to create a beautiful floral display. SUNNY SAN DIEGO Bold primary colors highlight this small cube-style flower arrangement that makes for an affordable gift. FLOWER FIELDS OF SAN DIEGO This flower arrangement highlights the stunning flower fields in Carlsbad. It includes roses, lilies, stock and more arranged in a clear glass vase. DENDROBIUM ORCHID VASE A clear triangular vase overflows with luxurious orchids for a dramatic display. GARDEN CELEBRATION This bouquet stnds two feet tall. It offers pink lilies, light purple lisianthus, purple hydrangea, pink roses, lavender larkspur, purple stock, hot pink spray roses, and more. WHITE GARDEN With sunshine year round, it's nice to be reminded of winter whites with this beautiful floral display. There are white hydrangea, calla lilies, and roses along with green hypericum and greenery in a gem-lined crystal vase. SPECIAL SOMEONE [...]

2019-01-07T23:47:40+00:00January 7th, 2019|Categories: Allens Flowers|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Voted San Diego’s Best Florist 8 Years Running!

Bosses Day, Sweetest Day, and Mother-in-Law Day Gift Ideas

October is full of some special days and occasions that are worth acknowledging because they show other people in your life how much you appreciate what they do for you. There is Bosses Day on October 16th, Sweetest Day on October 20th, and Mother-in-Law Day on October 28th. Each one presents an opportunity to show your appreciation and make someone else feel good. Here are some gift ideas for these special October days and events: BOLD & BEAUTIFUL Send this floral arrangement that offers a stunning combination of pink roses, stargazer lilies, purple stock and more. BLOOMING CRATE A nice gift option is to send flowering plants. This gift idea includes a wooden crate full of succulents as well as numerous types of blooming and green plants. ORGANIC EXPRESSIONS Many of the options in this floral arrangement includes locally grown items. There are kale, pincushion protea, and many other florals and accents that are displayed in a wooden box. SUNFLOWER SIMPLICITY While it's simple, it's still beautiful and bright. You can choose from six, nine, or twelve sunflowers that are then combined with yellow accent flowers and arranged in a clear glass vase. GARDEN WHIMSY XL Antique hydrangea, burgundy cymbidium orchids, green ball dianthus, thistle, and other premium flowers are arranged with succulents in a wood box. CALIFORNIA GOLD Blue and green hydrangea are combined with roses and succulents in a burlap wrapped vase. ELEGANCE AND BEAUTY Long-stemmed yellow roses are arranged with cream and ivory hydrangea, lilies, orchids and more in this elegant floral display. LA JOLLA TROPICS Another beautiful gift option is to send something tropical. This particular flower arrangement features Birds of Paradise, yellow orchids, heliconia, red ginger, and foliage. It's a true work of art. SUCCULENTS AND DRIFTWOOD [...]

2018-10-06T19:40:22+00:00October 6th, 2018|Categories: Events|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Bosses Day, Sweetest Day, and Mother-in-Law Day Gift Ideas

Celebrating Indoor Green Plants and Fall Flowers

The third week in September is officially National Indoor Plant Week. This is a time to appreciate the beauty and health benefits that green plants offer us, including cleaner air. Also, September 22 is the official start of the fall season, which brings special events along with a change in the weather. Our San Diego flower shops have plants and fall flowers ready for your event, special occasion, or just for decorating your home or office. Here are some ideas to celebrate both September events: ZZ PLANT This plant is one of the easiest plants to take care of even if you are not good with plants. The ZZ Plant requires little to no natural light and manages to continue growing even when you forget to water it. LEMON-LIME DRACAENA This is another green plant that is very easy to maintain. You can get it in a white glass container, rustic tin, or contemporary woven basket. EMERALD GARDEN BASKET A green spathiphyllum arrives in a natural wicker basket. CROTON A croton is displayed in a burgundy footed planter. SANSEVIERIA GEOMETRICUS The Sansevieria is also known as a Snake Plant or Mother-In-Law's Tongue. This easy-going plant requires little to no natural light. It's also considered to be a natural air purifier! DIEFFENBACHIA GEOMETRICUS Dieffenbachia is part of the tropical flowering plant family. It is displayed in a geometric concrete container. JADE PLANT IN CONCRETE This green plant is presented in a contemporary concrete pot. SUCCULENT GARDEN TIN Four succulents arrive in a rustic designer tin. And, then there was fall. While we are still getting our fall flower collection together, here is a peek at one of the many beautiful fall flower arrangements we offer: DEL MAR SUNSET This modern floral design [...]

2018-09-17T16:33:32+00:00September 17th, 2018|Categories: Fall Flowers|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Celebrating Indoor Green Plants and Fall Flowers

Celebrate Grandparents Day on September 9th

Grandparents Day is Sunday, September 9th. This is the perfect day to spend with them. Or, even if you can't, be sure to call them and check on them. They have cherished you all your life so it's important to show them this same love, especially as they may get lonely. Here are some gift ideas for Grandparents Day from our San Diego flower shops and website that are available for delivery throughout the San Diego area, including residences, care facilities, and San Diego hospitals: CORONADO SUNSET This stunning floral design includes roses, sunflowers, hydrangea, and scabiosa. There are also bark and greenery in the leaf-lined vase. RUSTIC ROSES Your grandparents will love this combination of red roses and purple cymbidium orchids in a metal container. WHITE GARDEN This beauty contains white hydrangea, calla lilies, and roses along with green hypericum and greenery in a gem-lined crystal vase. SPECIAL SOMEONE A leaf-lined glass vase offers pink roses, spray roses, and gerbera daisies that are combined with red gerberas and ranunculus in a pave style. ORANGE SPLASH This petite flower arrangement includes three cayenne roses, lime green hydrangea, and a San Diego succulent accented by seeded eucalyptus. ZIG-ZAG SUCCULENTS There are also many green and garden baskets that your grandparents may enjoy, especially if they like gardening. This one contains three succulents in a zig-zag white ceramic container. SUCCULENTS AND DRIFTWOOD Give an array of locally grown succulents and kalanchoes. This design also features driftwood. Everything is displayed in a circular glass bowl. TREASURE GARDEN BASKET This beautiful basket contains a pink kalanchoe, hypoestes, green nephthytis, and Boston and maidenhair ferns in a round wicker basket. ORCHID ELEGANCE - 5 SPIKES This orchid display features five spikes of Phaleonopsis orchids in a black bowl.  These are long lasting and easy to [...]

2018-09-07T18:51:08+00:00September 7th, 2018|Categories: Grandparents Day|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Celebrate Grandparents Day on September 9th

Celebrating September Birthdays with Bold, Beautiful Floral Designs

It's a new month, which means many more special celebrations like birthdays to account for among your friends and family members. We have a festive collection of birthday flowers that your recipients will love like these beauties: FASHIONISTA SAN DIEGO As one of our most popular flower arrangements, this floral design features pink roses, purple mums, white daisies, and more. Plus, it is available in three sizes. CELEBRATE! Every birthday calls for a celebration, and the floral colors in this bouquet scream birthday wishes. There are hot pink roses, orange lilies, purple alstroemerias, and green button poms along with ribbon accents in a leaf-lined glass cube. This floral display also comes in three sizes. GARDEN BEAUTY This floral display offers the look and feel of a freshly picked bouquet from your garden. It has hydrangea, roses and spray roses, orchids and other premium flowers. BIRTHDAY BLAST BOUQUET WITH BIRTHDAY MYLAR BALLOON We also have some great birthday packages that include flowers and a festive birthday balloon. This bouquet includes stargazer lilies, spray roses, gerbera daisies, alstroemeria, and blue hydrangea along with seasonal greenery. It arrives with a Birthday Wishes Mylar balloon (birthday mylar balloons vary weekly). FLY AWAY BIRTHDAY INCLUDES MYLAR BALLOON Enjoy a vivid floral bouquet with orange roses, yellow alstroemeria, red carnations and miniature carnations, yellow daisy spray chrysanthemums, and purple statice in a cobalt blue vase. It comes with a birthday balloon with a range of designs to choose from based on availability. SAN DIEGO BIRTHDAY BOUQUET This birthday bouquet has roses, lilies, alstroemeria, poms and more arranged in a clear glass vase that has been tied with raffia. With it, your loved one will receive a festive birthday mylar balloon. FIESTA Your birthday party celebrations can be sent [...]

2018-09-04T15:10:02+00:00September 4th, 2018|Categories: Birthday|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Celebrating September Birthdays with Bold, Beautiful Floral Designs

Celebrate Labor Day with Flowers

Labor Day weekend is September 1st through 3rd. This is a time to enjoy the last of the summer by having one more barbecue, swim, and backyard party. Enhance the ambiance with the last of the summer flowers as well with our gorgeous floral displays from our San Diego flower shop locations like these that show the transition from summer into the fall season: SUNFLOWER SIMPLICITY Choose from six, nine, or twelve sunflowers that are then combined with yellow accent flowers and arranged in a clear glass vase. This is a great idea for a centerpiece for a Labor Day party. SUNS AND ROSES This festive floral display includes sunflowers, roses, and Mokara orchids. SUNFLOWERS OF SAN DIEGO Our floral design team has gathered flowers like sunflowers, delphinium, alstroemeria, yarrow, and monte casino asters into a bunch floral design style and placed them in a clear glass gathering vase that's been tied with raffia. CORONADO SUNSET This bold flower arrangement contains roses, sunflowers, hydrangea, and scabiosa. These flowers are accented with bark and greenery and then arranged in a leaf-lined vase. 50 SUNFLOWERS Enjoy an incredible luxury floral display that features 50 sunflowers in an arrangement that is over three feet tall. BRIGHT AS DAY This summer bouquet includes orange Asiatic lilies, dark orange alstroemeria, yellow sunflowers, lavender stock and pink roses. BURGUNDY BLUSH While still bold, this flower arrangement offers a subtle homage to the approaching autumn. It includes burgundy cymbidium orchids, antique hydrangea, blush gerbera daisies, ivory roses, and other florals in a wooden box. Check out more beautiful ideas for your Labor Day celebration on our website or by visiting our San Diego flower shop locations.    

2018-08-27T14:00:57+00:00August 27th, 2018|Categories: Labor Day|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Celebrate Labor Day with Flowers

Celebrating Friendship

The third week of August is Friendship Week. It's the time to celebrate friends near and far by letting them know how much you appreciate them. And, you can find the time to get together or send a special gift. This week also has some other special days. On August 21st, it's Senior Citizen's Day. Then, on August 25th, it's Kiss and Make Up Day. Both are days to be thoughtful and think of other people in your life. Here are some great gift ideas to celebrate all three special events: FLOWERS THAT EMPOWER A great idea is to give a special flower gift that also pays back to the community. Our Flowers That Empower program is a philanthropic effort to help local organizations in San Diego. Each month we offer a new seasonal arrangement and then donate 20% of each arrangement that is sold to a local non-profit Each arrangement comes in three different sizes and available for delivery throughout San Diego and most of the country. Recently, we partnered with Reality Changers. This San Diego non-profit transforms lives by providing youth from disadvantaged backgrounds with the academic support, financial assistance, and leadership training to become college graduates.  You can learn more at RealityChangers.org GREAT GERBERA DAISIES A cheerful way to celebrate friendship or give someone a reason to smile is this bright variety of colorful gerbera daisies, which are delivered in a contemporary clay vase. SUNFLOWER SIMPLICITY Choose from an arrangement of six, nine, or twelve sunflowers. These tall flowers are arranged with yellow accent flowers in a clear glass vase. SUCCULENT GARDEN Locally grown California succulents are arranged with a colorful kalanchoe in a clear vase for a truly unique look. MINI ORCHID GROUPING Three miniature phalaenopsis orchids in an array of colors [...]

2018-08-19T18:23:31+00:00August 19th, 2018|Categories: Friendship Week|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Celebrating Friendship
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