Junction History Mash-up

27 May 2010

Last year, we had the privilege of working with the West Toronto Junction Historical Society as they celebrated the 100th anniversary of the amalgamation of  the City of Toronto and the City of West Toronto. Here is a  photo of our lovely Humberside models in their floral dresses. The year the WTJHS is working with [...]

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Rose Care Information

17 May 2010

A recent post by another Toronto florist had me boiling! They recommended this treatment for a wilting rose: put the stem in boiling water. Now really! Where is the science for that one? The living tissue of a rose stem does not want to become tea just yet. Its job is to pull water up [...]

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Britain’s Rare Orchid Plant

15 May 2010

The Lady’s Slipper Orchid used to be fairly common in Britain, but over one hundred years of transplanting and cutting has greatly reduced the number of plants in the wild. It has been protected since 1981, but there seems to be a black market among gardeners who are willing to pay large sums for a [...]

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Mother’s Day Plants and Displays

5 May 2010

Our shop is looking very pretty these days. The wonderful early spring/summer means lots of people walking by in the Junction, and we like to pique their interest. Here are some photos of our displays on Saturday: And inside the store, a nice display of soil – yes, soil! It’s actually an organic all-purpose potting [...]

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Like Walking in a Field of Flowers

5 May 2010

Continuing our country theme this Spring, let us introduce Field of Flowers! Isn’t that just as good as a walk in the country? The tin pitcher has a stylish vintage look. The flowers have been carefully chosen to create an informal, fresh-picked appearance. We have used some of our favourite Ontario-grown flowers – gerberas, viburnum, [...]

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Pure White Flowers for Mothers’ Day

4 May 2010

Our Spring 2010 Collection overall has a comforting, country feel. Well, sophisticated country feel. We’d be more at home in the recently renovated country kitchen than the barn! The next set of baskets reminded us of rough wooden fences. The large arrangement is in a rectangular shaped box. We used a pave’ style with groupings [...]

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Dreaming of Mother’s Day

3 May 2010

We found a French source of inspiration for our next set of Mother’s Day flower arrangements. This basket has a set of three bottles, and an iron handle with a “Fleurs” sign. We added a little jute around the necks of the bottles and around the sign handle, then inserted one stem of Bells of [...]

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My Fair Lady – A Mothers’ Day Gift

28 April 2010

Our Mothers’ Day collection had to have something pink and pretty. Our designers scoured the magazines, suppliers’ websites and gift shows to find just the right containers. Samples were ordered and tested. Flowers were tried in different combinations. Finally, the two finished products were chosen to be photographed. Here is My Fair Lady 1: The [...]

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Floral Demonstration at Strate’s

27 April 2010

We had a pleasant time at the Christian Women’s Club this past Wednesday. It is a group that meets monthly at Strate’s Restaurant in Etobicoke. Susan and Lynn took our show on the road! Armed with our beautiful Spring 2010 flyers and samples of the bouquets, we presented a 20 minute demonstration of floral how-to’s [...]

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Design Contest Winner!

26 April 2010

Congratulations to Cathy Hillen-Rulloda of Avante Gardens Florals in Anaheim, CA! She is the winner of the March Madness Floral Design competition featured on Real Florists Blog. What a fun contest it was! You can read Adam’s gracious post conceding defeat at the Belvedere Flowers blog. Congratulations to both finalists!

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