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Gearing Up For Fall

With school starting on Monday, we have been working really hard getting our location on the Hill ready for the students’ return. We have in new, modern furniture, which has provided us with wonderful ways to display our flowers, plants, and sorority merchandise. The black furniture contrasts against our turquoise wall, giving the store a vibrant, contemporary feel that we are very excited about.

You’ll have to come check it out!

We are also thrilled to begin working the the sororities again! Every year we provide the flowers to decorate the sorority houses during their recruitment. We also prepare all of the arrangements for each new member who joins a sorority on initiation night.

Here are some photos of our sorority merchandise.

We also have been passing out coupons for a free plant since Thursday. Tons of people, especially new CU students, have been stopping in to see the new shop and get their free plant! They have their choice between a small green plant or a small succulent. These plants require little water and bright light, so they are perfect for dorm rooms and college students.

So far, everyone is loving the new shop!

By Jerrica
Published: August 21, 2010
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The Steinberg Wedding on June 26th

Jessica Steinberg has a really sweet, romantic story behind her wedding flowers. She graduated from CU last year (2009), and we made her a lei for graduation out of these blue and purple orchids. Jesse, her husband, proposed to her the day of graduation while she was wearing the lei. Jessica chose these orchids for her wedding because they had such a special meaning for her. We loved the location, the colors, and the flowers in this wedding. She had two different types of centerpieces, aisle arrangements, a chuppa arrangement, cake flowers, cocktail table arrangements, bar arrangements, and of course boutonnieres, corsages, and bouquets. As promised in the last post, here are some photos from the Steinberg wedding on June 26th. Thanks to Jeremy Tatelman for coming along for the journey just to take photos of our work!

 

By Jerrica
Published: July 6, 2010
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Our Busiest Wedding Weekend: June 25th-June 27th 2010

Hello All!

Well, this past weekend was super busy for the entire crew at Boulder Blooms. We had two of our most involved weddings of the season. Six people, Sarah G, Matt, Teresa, Shannon, Christina, and Abby, delivered and set up a wedding on Friday at the ever-elegant Lionscrest Manor. Eight people, Sarah G, Teresa, Clara, Jerrica, Jenny, Matt, Sarah L, and Shannon, delivered a much different wedding on Saturday at the Mile High Station in Denver.

The wedding at Lionscrest complemented the decor beautifully; flowers were pure white with subtle touches of blush pink. The next day in Denver we got to play with a much different color scheme, using vibrant blue, deep purple, and glossy black accents with lots of candlelight in a contemporary, urban venue.

Take a moment to scroll through the wedding at Lionscrest Manor! The photos from the other wedding will be posted soon.

By Jerrica
Published: June 30, 2010
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Art of the Flower by Boulder Blooms

Hey everyone! Our new shop has been up and running for about 4 weeks now, and we are loving the new store. Here are some photos of it for those of you who have not been in to see us yet. 

By Jerrica
Published: June 8, 2010
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Other Eco-Friendly Boulder Businesses

Being Boulder’s eco-friendly florist, we love when we get to interact with other eco-friendly businesses. Being “Green” is the core of who we are at Boulder Blooms. Check out our website to read more about Our Green Idea. Boulder happens to be the Mecca of eco-friendly practices in Colorado and in America. If you have chosen us as your florist because of our eco-friendly practices, you should consider using some of these businesses because they appreciate and take care of the Earth in the same way we do. The West End Tavern:Located in the heart of downtown, the West End Tavern is known for being one of Boulder’s best kept secrets. It is a great place to get some good grub, and they also have wonderful live bands occasionally. Their rooftop area is also an extrordinary place to dine because it overlooks Boulder’s trademark: the Flatirons. All of their paper products, straws, and trash bags are recyclable or compostable, and all of their electricity is offset with windpower… now that’s being green! Check out their website for more information.West End Tavern Eco-Practices

Bloomin Flower Cards:We love Bloomin Flower Cards! We carry some of their special greeting cards, and we have paired with them to create our own special bookmarks with a quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson, which says “The Earth laughs in flowers.” They manufacture “earth-friendly, handmade, seeded greeting cards.” By using post-consumer shred paper, soy-based inks, organic pigments, and green manufacturing processes, Bloomin Flower Cards is the epitome of a local green business. Read more to learn about Bloomin Flower Cards.REI:REI is one of every outdoor-fanatic’s favorite spots. Being one of America’s most effective and functional co-ops, REI truly embodies the spirit of being a locally-owned, family stores. They won the eco-cycle award with us last year, and we could not be more thrilled that they are part of the Boulder community. REI annually cares for the Earth in the same way we do by donating millions of dollars to support conservation efforts. They also teach children environmental ethics and practice being green at all of their locations, reducing their environmental footprint. Learn more about REI.

Boulder Valley Credit Union:The Boulder Valley Credit Union is the only financial institution in Boulder who strives to live “green.” Their main branch is powered by solar energy. They partner with eco-cycle, like we do, to recycle and compost everything they can. They sponsor local tree-plantings with the Boulder Valley School District. The really cool thing they do at Boulder Valley Credit Union is offer eco-friendy pricing and incentives to members on products like fuel-effieient cars and solar panel additions to their homes. Click on this link to learn more about their eco efforts, eco offerings, and their eco partners. 

By Jerrica
Published: May 27, 2010
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BEWARE of Deceptive Order Gatherers–has it happened to you?!?

By Jerrica
Published: March 31, 2010
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Calling All Local Artists!

We just joined forces with Art of the Flower on the hill. We also gave it a bit of a facelift, which left the walls completely bare. We want to use local Boulder resources to decorate the shop, which leads us to this question…

Would you like to host an open gallery featuring your creations? We are looking for you!! Every Friday we will be hosting an open gallery displaying your art work in a venue that calls for art. The space we are providing will be free of charge to you. We are searching for botanical art focused on nature or flowers; be it paintings, sculpture, or photography, as long as it is based on nature. We provide the venue, you provide the beauty. You are welcome to invite friends and fans alike. You are responsible for the hanging of and all logistics of your art work. Food, beverages and/or music are also something you need to arrange if you would like to supply these things.

Art of the Flower is the perfect place to showcase your art because it is in a high traffic area of Boulder. Tons of people will be passing by the shop as it is next door to Lollicup and across the street from the Fox Theater.  Please reply via email to info@boulderblooms.com with a brief introduction about yourself and your work. Feel free to include pictures as we will need to see samples.

By Jerrica
Published: March 12, 2010
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Local Yokel is the way to go!

Recently we have been getting loads of local Colorado flowers in our shop. Calla lilies, Hybrid Delphinium, Ranunculus, Stargazer Lilies, Asiatic Lilies, Freesia, Snapdragon, Larkspur, Tulips, Dianthus, and Scabiosa, just to name a few! We love getting Colorado flowers because they are so fresh and happy and colorful. We enjoy supporting our local economy and businesses.  We also know we are working with growers who are committed to the Earth’s health, just like we are.

It is interesting how the same flower family can look completely different if the varieties are from different parts of the world. For example, the Zantedeschia species (calla lilies) have many different looks. The large Callas we get in Colorado look extremely different than the Callas we get from South America. The flowers from South America are more cup-like and closed, while the ones from Colorado are more relaxed and open. Take a look at the difference yourself!

The “petals” (the white part of the Calla Lily) are not actually petals. They are part of the plant called a Spathe. The actual flower of a calla lily plant are the tiny nodules are the yellow Spadix, which is the inner yellow part of the flower.

By Jerrica
Published: March 4, 2010
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Here’s what our Valentine’s Day was like…

Well another Valentine’s Day has come and gone, and as usual, we were extremely busy (especially since we just merged with another Boulder florist, Art of the Flower), so we were doing twice the amount of designing. We hope everyone had a relaxing day that was full of blossoming love and joy, but our day certainly was not like that at all! It was hectic, chaotic, and flowers were flying all over the place, which was actually kind of fun. We love days like Valentine’s Day because it helps us spread our passion of providing beautiful portraits of nature to the Boulder Community on an extremely widespread level. Here is a glimpse of what our day was like…

Even with all of our deliveries, our delivery drivers never stopped enjoying the smiles and glowing faces of all of the recipients. We went through thousands of roses, and we meant to take photos of the shop covered in them, but by the end of the day we were so swamped with orders, that it completely slipped our minds. Our cash register and credit card machine even broke. And people were coming in ordering arrangements, so we had to ring them up using our computer, which takes twice as long! In addition to bleeding fingers from all the rose thorns and a broken cash register, our 3 designers, Jerrica, Teresa, and Tim, were up one night designing until 12:30 am. Jerrica says, “I could probably sleep for a week after those 3 days! I only slept for 7 hours within a 48 hours time period. Thats how busy we were, but I had to get those orders done!”

We did an arrangement of 50 red roses that was as large as Jerrica’s arm span. That’s huge! Probably 5 feet in diameter. Our most popular arrangement was (no surprise here) a dozen red roses in a sleek tapered glass vase. The “Best of the Best” was the second favorite, and all the recipients gasped when we delivered it because it is very elaborate, being 4 feet tall with aspidistra wrapped inside the vase with elegant curly willow branches. In addition to thousands of roses, we also included gerbera daisies, fragrant garden roses, and ranunculus in our Valentine’s Day arrangements. Our customers had a tendency to want to send spring flowers, so all of the tulips, iris, freesia, asiatic lilies, and dahlias were bought locally.

So, as you can see, our shop was complete madness from February 12th, 13th, and 14th. Despite the chaos, we loved being able to provide Boulder with hundreds of arrangements for the holiday of love. Now wedding season is right down the road, which means Boulder Blooms will be busy for the next 6 months putting together wedding flowers!

By Jerrica
Published: February 18, 2010
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Wedding Wire Bride’s Choice Award

By Jerrica
Published: February 4, 2010
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