December 26th, 2011 by Georgeann
Spreading Cheer with Our Holiday Decorating Services
This holiday season, we were overjoyed to help New York City prepare for Christmas. While all the wreaths were hung and all the trees sparkled with festive lights all over New York City, we sent joyful holiday greetings of gorgeous holiday flowers and delicious holiday gourmet gift baskets all over town.
Now that Christmas has come and gone and we have some time to relax, we thought we’d take a moment to reflect on the gorgeous holiday decorations that Big Apple Florist created for businesses, families, and homes this year! Below are some festive photos of our favorite trees, wreaths, and arrangements from our holiday decorating services throughout New York City.
A festive holiday wreath in a unique square shape!
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December 23rd, 2011 by Georgeann
I have a few people in my life for which it is impossible to buy gifts. They are reformed so they don’t drink alcohol or smoke anymore, and a tower of chocolate covered cherries is simply out of the question. They only read books from the library. They have enough clothes to last them till eternity. They have enough knick-knacks and gadgets to fill a museum. They are curmudgeons, but I love them.
So, what do you give that person who doesn’t want anything? Why not a gorgeous arrangement of festive holiday flowers? Of course they will say, “You shouldn’t have!” and “Why’d you spend all that money when they are just going to die!” Let them.
Our "Winter Fire" arrangement, perfect for Christmas!
December 16th, 2011 by Georgeann
Amaryllis Bouquets for Stunning Christmas Flower Centerpieces
According to the Victorian language of flowers, the amaryllis flower symbolizes Pride, Timidity, and Splendid Beauty. It peaks in holiday month of December, making it an excellent Christmas flower bouquet or addition to your Christmas flower centerpiece. (The amaryllis is also available in all the months with an “r”: September through April.)
Hercules amaryllis sparkle in our “Bright Nights” Christmas flower arrangement – my favorite this month!
Also known as the hippeastrum or “Knight’s Star” (“hippeas”= knight and “astron”=star), amaryllis flowers have hollow stems that can produce 3-5 glorious trumpet-shaped blossoms. [Read more →]
November 23rd, 2011 by Georgeann
Last week while wearing my flip-flops in the almost 70° weather, I was greeted by a Salvation Army bell-ringer rocking out to a recording of “Feliz Navidad” at the entrance to Grand Central. As I cut through the station to hop on the Times Square Shuttle, I glanced toward Vanderbilt Hall and noticed the kiosks of the Holiday Fair were in full swing. As I neared the Shuttle platform, I found the platform decorated like a candy cane with the train itself advertising the latest Christmas movie.
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November 17th, 2011 by Georgeann
Warm oranges, radiant yellows, velvety burgundies and rich browns – it’s a pleasure to design Thanksgiving flower arrangements with the delicious, luxurious palette of autumn. And Thanksgiving’s glorious grand season finale gives us a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the beauty of fall!
The Perfect Setting: Thanksgiving Flower Arrangements
Create a sense of amazing abundance with a dramatic display of food and flowers!
A low, lush Thanksgiving centerpiece for the dining table or a tall, elegant Thanksgiving flower arrangement for the buffet will impress your friends and family and add welcoming warmth to your table.
If your table is too full of delectable platters of turkey and sweet potatoes, here are some great ways to add autumn accents without taking up too much space:
Easy Thanksgiving Centerpiece Ideas
- Layer autumn leaves down the center of your table to create a colorful and organic table runner.
- Hollow out mini gourds and pumpkins and use as bud vases for autumn-toned blossoms.
- Fill clear glass vases with water and add small berries like cranberries or holly berries and float single blossoms or floating candles.
- Accent platters and buffets with fruits that highlight the colors of the season and celebrate the bounty of the harvest– vibrant clementines, petite lady apples, clusters of grapes
- Place dried Indian Corn at each place setting and at strategic points along the table.
Photograph by Joanne Taylor
Looking for warm, inviting Thanksgiving flower arrangements for your table? Shop our collection of fall and winter floral arrangements or give us a call directly at (212) 687-3434, and let us help you create the perfect holiday centerpiece this Thanksgiving!
October 27th, 2011 by Georgeann
Halloween is a holiday that gives you permission to let your inner child run wild, whether it means dressing up like a zombie prom-queen or buying giant bags of candy “for the kids.” As adults, we really shouldn’t go door to door begging for candy, but we can treat ourselves to a different treat: gorgeous, ghoulish Halloween flower arrangements!
Frightful Halloween Centerpiece Ideas
Our “Midnight Glow” Halloween flower arrangement creates the look of a haunted forest. It features bright mango callas and deep aubergine, practically black “Schwarzwalder” callas combined with black scabiosas, brown, snake-like fiddleheads (also known as monkey tails – to me, a much more disturbing name), and twigs.
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October 25th, 2011 by Georgeann
Get Inspired by Living Things, Not Dead!
My friend Sharon is hosting a Halloween Costume Soiree on Saturday, and her invitation included the emphatic request: “PLEASE DON’T ALL COME AS ZOMBIES!!” Slimey, gooey, oozy, and brain-eating, zombie costumes are this year’s answer to 2010’s rash of True Blood-inspired vampire costumes. But no matter how hard you try, it is impossible to make a zombie pretty. Thus my latest quandary: “what should I be for Halloween?”
As usual, my brain turns to floral design concepts. This week I found an awesome site dedicated to making your own costumes: Coolest-Homemade-Costumes.com! This DIY costume site site even has an entire section devoted to flower costumes.
Some of these flower Halloween costumes designed for little kids are so adorable that we can’t wait to try them ourselves, like this one for a Flower Garden Costume. What you’ll need to embrace your own inner flower child:
- Green sweatshirt and stretch pants
- Artificial flowers
- Yarn
- Artificial (or real!) wreath
- Face paint
You can easily find the items you need for this costume at any thrift store – the author only spent $13! Now that’s a bargain.
This fabulous and inspiring site gives detailed instructions on how to make many other flower costumes, as well as an estimated cost for materials. Check it out, and be a pretty, living flower for Halloween instead of a gross dead thing!
If you’d rather use lovely-smelling real flowers for this costume, we can always whip up some Halloween-friendly holiday flower arrangements for you! Give us a call at (212) 687-3434 or browse our selection of holiday-themed floral arrangements online.
September 16th, 2011 by Ashley
Snow
It won’t be long before we’ll all be there with snow
Snow
I want to wash my hands, my face and hair with snow
Snow
I long to clear a path and lift a spade of snow
Snow
Oh, to see a great big man entirely made of snow
Why on earth am I singing songs from “White Christmas” in early September? Because I’m a florist, that’s why! Oddly enough, here at Big Apple we began preparing for the holidays in July, like industrious little squirrels. We spent the summer shopping for gorgeous wreaths, trees, ornaments and bows to add festive sparkle to homes and offices when we offer holiday decorating services come Christmastime.
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October 27th, 2009 by Abu
This Holiday Season’s Flowers
Holiday flowers convey that warm nostalgic feeling of the holiday season. Flowers have the unique ability to bring us back to a moment or a time or create a new memory that stays with us for years to come. If you close your eyes, perhaps you’ll recall a time when you felt toasty by the fireplace or happy by your loved one. Holiday season flowers conjure up such emotions and that’s why they make the perfect holiday gift whether for someone you’ve just met or for someone who you feel like you’ve known your whole life.
Holiday Flowers Ideas for Different People in Your Life
The versatility of holiday flowers makes them an ideal gift for family, coworkers or the sweet person at the grocery store. Here are some suggestions for this holiday season’s flowers for that special person in your life.
Holiday Flowers for Parents or In-laws
When considering holiday season flowers for your parents or in-laws, you may go one of two ways. On the one hand, you may want to [Read more →]
