Big Apple Florist Welcomes the United Nations to New York

Because the Big Apple Florist design studio is located a few blocks from the United Nations on 45^th Street, every year during the third week of September we find ourselves smack dab in the middle of the hubbub that accompanies the arrival of world leaders and their delegations. Over the next few weeks in September, we are usually busy assisting the Missions and Embassies with event flowers, welcoming gifts, and floral décor for special events in addition to our everyday NYC flower deliveries.

Creating Event Flowers for NYC’s United Nations Summits

On Monday we got an exciting opportunity to provide floral décor for a special UN Summit Side Event sponsored by the United Republic of Tanzania and held at NYU’s College for Dentistry [Read more →]

Flowers, Fruits and Vegetable Unique Floral Arrangements

Floral Fruit & Vegetable Design

As we have mentioned, we feel it is important to match our unique floral arrangements according to the season, and to incorporate seasonal elements as well.  Our favorite seasonal element to incorporate into our custom floral arrangements is… drum roll…. Fruits and vegetables!  Plums, peaches, apples, pumpkins, squash, grapes, you name it, we can use it!

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