Popular Spring Flowers

Published by in spring, spring flowers on May 16th, 2012

Spring is here, and so are the many popular spring flowers!  These bright, beautiful blooms make great arrangements and can really brighten up a room.  There are many different flowers that bloom during the spring months.  Here are just a few of them.

Tulips are one of the most popular spring flowers.  Tulips come in so many different colors that you’re sure to find one that matches your décor and style.  Putting a classic arrangement of tulips on your dining room table can really brighten up the room and your mood.

Lilies are another great option, especially if you want a flower that won’t scream for attention.  If you want something colorful, think about mixing flowers other flowers with lilies.  Roses, peonies, lavender, tulips, wildflowers…you can mix and match different colors to make a really bright bouquet.

Hyacinth is a nice spring flower, especially when combined with another perennial like crocus.

Daisies are another spring flower that makes us smile.  They’re a very simple flower and look nice in any room.  Or consider hydrangeas, especially since their soft, light shades can be matched your tablecloth, bedspread, drapes or other fabric in your décor

Any of these spring flowers will bring a breath of fresh air into your home and get rid of those winter blues.  We have many different spring flowers in Houston, Texas, that are ready for delivery.

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Mother’s Day Fun in Houston

Published by in mother's day on May 10th, 2012

Mother’s Day is this Sunday!  If you haven’t made any plans yet, don’t worry.  There’s still time to find something to do.  Houston has a lot of different Mother’s Day events.  Here are just a few things you could take Mom to.

There are many different restaurants that are offering special Mother’s Day buffets and meals.  Restaurants like the Backstreet Café, The Houstonian, the Grande Ballroom, and Mo’s Steaks have special menus for Mother’s Day.  Many restaurants will also offer live music and a treat or two for Mom.

The Downtown Aquarium is also offering a special Sunday brunch for mom plus half off of a day pass.  This is a fun way of handling both lunch and an activity you can do with mom.

One event that always happens around this time of year is the Houston International Festival, also called iFest.  It’s a ten-day event full of cultural music, arts, and entertainment.  It’s held all over downtown Houston.  This year’s 41st event features the theme of The Silk Road: A Journey Across Asia.

Want to take mom to a show?  The Opera Leggera will be performing on Friday and Saturday.  The Houston Ballet has a Mother’s Day show on Sunday, and admission is actually free as long as you pick up a ticket earlier that day.  Finally, the HHC Choir will be performing at the Spring Branch Campus Performing Arts Center.

Another fun activity to take mom to is the Magical Mother’s Day event at the Houston Museum of Natural Science.  The event entertains with amazing magic tricks and then follows it up with the science behind the illusions.

Before you head out with Mom, give her a great bouquet of flowers!  Let us help you with your Mother’s Day flowers in Houston, TX.

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Don’t Forget Flowers for Mom

Published by in mother's day on May 8th, 2012

Mother’s Day is this Sunday, May the 13th.  Are you ready for it?  Mom deserves a great day that’s all about her, and there are several things you can do to make her feel special.  For example, you can take her out to lunch or make her favorite meal for her.  You can also get her a nice gift and, of course, send her a bouquet of her favorite flowers.

Sending flowers to mom isn’t that difficult, but you do have to know what types of flowers she likes.  Fortunately, we’ve got a large variety of different Mother’s Day arrangements that are absolutely perfect for mom.  However, because these arrangements are so awesome, there’s a chance that they will not be available if you don’t order soon.  Some of the most popular flowers will sell out.  While our florists will work to find replacement flowers that keep the look and feel of the arrangement, it’s not always possible to find perfect replacements.

You may also want to pick up a little extra for mom.  For example, balloons, chocolates, or even some jewelry.  Another option is instead of an arrangement of flowers, you could get mom a plant.  This way, she can enjoy it all year round or even plant it in her flower bed.

Be sure to get in your Mother’s Day flower order soon.  We don’t like telling anyone that their chosen flowers aren’t available, but it can happen on these busy holidays.  Order early so we can guarantee you’ll get the flowers you love.  Let Village Gardens be your first and only stop for Mother’s Day flowers in Houston, TX.

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The History of Administrative Professionals Day

Published by in Administrative Professionals Day on April 23rd, 2012

Administrative Professional’s Day, also known as Secretaries Day, is coming up.  This year, it’s on April 25th, the last Wednesday of the month.  On this day, we take the time to thank those who help keep our offices running: secretaries, administrative assistants, executive assistants, office managers, and the many others who fall under the administrative professional umbrella.

This will be the 60th anniversary of the day.  The International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP) has set the theme for this year’s day as “Admins, the Pulse of the Office.”  The IAAP provides many different resources for administrative professionals.  They offer continuing education courses and seminars as well as tips for the beginning administrative professional.

The IAAP first held Administrative Professionals Week in 1952.  It was created by Harry F. Klemfuss, a publicist in New York.  He wanted to encourage more people to enter the administrative professional field.  Originally, it was called Secretaries Day.  Later, Secretaries Week was celebrated the first week of June.  In 1955, National Secretaries Week was moved to the last full week of April.  In 2000, the IAAP changed the name to Administrative Professionals Week/Day instead of Secretaries Week/Day because job titles and responsibilities had changed a lot over the years.  They also wanted to include people like executive assistants and office managers in the celebration.

Today, it’s estimated that there are more than 4.1 million administrative professionals in the U.S., and there’s another 8.9 million people in administrative support roles.  Almost every office has at least an administrative assistant or office manager.

Many employers celebrate Administrative Professionals Week by giving their administrative assistants flowers, vacation time, or by taking them out to lunch.  While these hard-working professionals should be thanked on a regular basis due to all the work they do year-round, it is especially important to remember to honor them during this week.  As mentioned, this category now includes many different positions and titles, so take a moment and be sure you include everyone who counts.  These are the people who make the office run smoothly, and they deserve some appreciation.

We’ll help you by delivering Administrative Professionals Day flowers in Houston, TX.

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Administrative Professionals Day is Coming!

Published by in Administrative Professionals Day on April 18th, 2012

Are you ready for Administrative Professionals Day?  It’s Wednesday, April 25 this year, and it’s the one day set aside to show your administrative professionals just how much you appreciate them.  The International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP) has set the theme for this year’s day as “Admins, the Pulse of the Office.”  This will be the 60th anniversary of the day.

The IAAP first held Administrative Professionals Week in 1952.  Originally, Secretaries Day was celebrated as the last Wednesday of April.  Then it grew into Secretaries Week.  In 2000, the IAAP changed the name to Administrative Professionals Week/Day instead of Secretaries because job titles and responsibilities have changed.  They also wanted to include people like executive assistants and office managers in the celebration.

It’s estimated that there are more than 4.1 million administrative professionals working in the U.S. today, with another 8.9 million in administrative support roles.  That’s a huge number, and almost every office has at least an administrative assistant or office manager.  Don’t make the mistake of not showing them some appreciation this year.  There are a number of things you could do: take them to lunch, have an office party, get them a small gift, send them flowers, or give them a nice little cash bonus.

No matter what you do, be sure to acknowledge everyone who qualifies as an administrative professional.  As mentioned, this category now includes many different positions and titles, so take a moment and be sure you include everyone who counts.  These are the people who make the office run smoothly, and they deserve some appreciation.

Let us help with your flowers for Administrative Professionals Day in Houston, TX.

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Outdoor Entertaining

Published by in flowers, outdoors, summer on April 11th, 2012

Spring is the perfect time to move those dinner parties outdoors!   The main focus of any outdoor dinner party is going to be the setting, so you’ll want to think ahead and really plan.  If you’re eating a full meal outdoors, your table should be set just as you’d set it inside.  Because it is outdoors, you don’t have to use fine china or use an expensive table cloth, but you should think about a centerpiece and other decorations.

There are a lot of different options for outdoor dining.  For example, if you have a nice picnic or other type of outdoor table, you may elect not to use any tablecloth at all.  If you’re having a cookout, paper plates, plastic silverware, and paper cups may be more appropriate than good dishes.  Even if you do use dishes and silverware, you don’t have to use your best bowls or serving platters as you would inside.

As far as decorations go, a lot of people use the natural beauty of their flowers and gardens.  You can always move some of your potted plants and flowers up closer to the table, and a few small potted flowers can make great centerpieces.

Likewise, hanging paper lanterns over the table and then lighting scented candles can make a nice addition to natural lighting.  Avoid turning on the harsh outdoor lights if you can.  Another option is to string some Christmas lights in your trees, bushes, and even on your house.  These small lights can actually put off a good amount of illumination.  Candles, too, put off a lot of light and have a secondary use: scented candles can help drive away bugs and mosquitoes so you can dine in peace.  Be sure you do consider pests when planning your party.

Dining outdoors is often seen as more informal than dining indoors, especially if you’re serving food off the grill.  Just because it’s informal, however, doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t put some work into setting the perfect table.  Just take a few minutes to think of how best to make use of your outdoor setting.

You can have an arrangement of cut flowers on your table, too.  Let us deliver your spring flowers in Houston, TX!

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Easter Party Ideas

Published by in easter on April 4th, 2012

Easter is this Sunday, and many people are trying to decide what to do for the holiday.  Some will do it easy: go to church, take their kids to an Easter egg hunt, and then have lunch or dinner with their family at a restaurant.  Others will hide eggs for their children and their friends in their own backyard and then cook a big meal.  Which will you do?  If you’re planning on holding your own Easter party, here are a few ideas.

An Easter egg hunt is, of course, almost mandatory if you have kids.  You can put your own little prizes inside the eggs, including candy, small toys, money, or numbers that correspond to larger prizes.

Create an Easter egg clue game.  Each egg has a clue to where the next egg is hidden.  This is especially fun for older kids who might think egg hunting is for younger kids.  This can also be a fun game for adults, too.

Alternatively, put the older kids in charge of hiding the eggs for the younger ones.

Color and decorate had boiled eggs.  If you don’t want to deal with dyes, you can use markers.

Bake Easter cookies and have the whole family decorate them.

Before the egg hunt, let your kids decorate their own Easter egg baskets.  You can use blank fabric bags, brown grocery bags, or even small boxes with attached handles.

What Easter games or traditions does your family have?  Share them with our readers!

Don’t forget your Easter flowers in Houston, TX.

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Sprucing Up Your Spring Flowerbeds

Published by in spring, spring flowers on March 28th, 2012

Spring marks the time to get out into your flowerbeds and gardens.  While cleaning away the dead plants, tilling the soil, and planting new seeds are certainly all parts of making your flowerbeds look great, there’s more you can do.  Here are a few little ways you can spruce up your spring flowerbeds and make them look amazing.  Most of them don’t take that much work, either!

•    Add a few hanging pots.  You can hang these from your porch or get a few hanger poles and put them in your flower beds.  These poles should be sturdy and pushed down deep into the soil, especially if you’re hanging a heavy basket of flowers off of it.  However, the end result is a nice multi-layered effect.

•    Add mulch to your flowerbeds.  Mulch does two things: it helps keep weeds from growing up in your flowerbeds, and it helps hold in water so you don’t have to water your flowers as much.  It can also add some nice contrasting color to your green plants.

•    Add an edge around the flowerbeds.  You can use small wooden fencing, rocks, wooden railroad ties, bricks…be creative!

•    Divide large flowerbeds or even your garden with a path made from paving stones.  You can find these large stones at almost all lawn and garden stores.  Some are plain, but some have images or decorative patterns on them.

•    Put a birdbath or a few bird feeders out in your garden to attract a few feathered friends.

•    Another neat addition is a fountain.  You can find small pools and fountains for fairly affordable prices.  Many fountains include a solar panel so you don’t have to provide any other type of energy.

•    Speaking of solar power, you could also add a few solar powered lights around your garden.  As it gets darker, these lights will turn on and use the solar power they’ve stored up all day, making your flowerbeds glow.

Don’t forget to keep your flowerbeds looking great with regular maintenance and weeding!

Want to bring some of the charm of your flowerbeds indoors?  Order spring flowers in Houston, Texas, today!

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Moving from Winter to Spring

Published by in spring, spring flowers on March 21st, 2012

March 20 is the first day of spring.  During this month, many people take the time to make the transition between winter and spring.  What does it mean to go from winter to spring?  There are several things you can do when the season changes.

Change your decorations.  Put away things like your heavy blankets and the blankets you keep by the sofa for those chilly nights.  You can change up your snowy decorations and replace them with flowers and other bright, cheery items.  You can even put away candles that have a heavier scent and replace them with some that are a bit more spring-like.

Go through your closets and move the winter clothing to the back.  Get your spring and summer items out, give them a wash if they’ve been in a box, or get them dry cleaned if necessary.  If you see items you can’t wear any longer or that you haven’t worn for several years, consider donating them to charities like Goodwill or the Salvation Army.

You also need to prepare your home for spring.  Clean out the gutters, do some touch-up repairs to the outdoors, and get your yard cleaned up.  Your flowerbeds and gardens may have some dead plants in them, so you’ll need to get rid of them and work up the ground for your new flowers and vegetables.

Finally, another way of moving from winter to spring is to change up your habits.  You can now go jogging outdoors instead of running on a treadmill at the gym.  If you live near your workplace, you can walk or ride your bike there.  You can eat lunch outdoors, spend time walking the dog, and relax outdoors.

Don’t forget to get some spring flowers in Houston, TX, to complete your winter to spring change!

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Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day

Published by in St. Patrick's Day on March 14th, 2012

St. Patrick’s Day is this Saturday!  Do you have any plans?  While it started out as an Irish holiday, since its first celebration in the U.S. in 1737, St. Patrick’s Day has been changed around just a bit.  Today, it’s almost as much an American tradition as it is an Irish one.  Here are some ways we now celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.

Have a beer.  It’s the traditional drink of St. Patrick’s Day!

Eat green tinted foods and beverages, or enjoy cabbage and corned beef, the traditional meal.

Go to a St. Patrick’s Day parade.

Attend a St. Patrick’s Day church event.

Hold your own party with green decorations and foods.

Watch one of the sports games held on the 17th.

Wear green.

Pinch those who don’t wear green!

Wear a shamrock on your lapel (the “wearing of the green”).

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