Archive for September, 2008

In our efforts to stay well plugged in to the world of wedding flowers, we do a little blog reading ourselves! We came across a blog called Tawra’s Tightwad Tips. This blog had WONDERFUL tips for pinching pennies along with a little bit of everything else!

The following is an excerpt from Tawra’s Tightwad Tips from September 3rd titled ‘Frugal Wedding’:

I wanted to write in to give your readers some wedding ideas. We also were stuck to a pretty tight budget but wanted to invite all members of our very large family (by large I mean big: both my parents have 6 siblings on both sides!!). We knew we couldn’t cut the guest list down past 200, so we had to make adjustments elsewhere. Here’s a few of my tips:

1) We did ‘finger-food’ as people describe it. But what we did was stations. We picked 4 cuisines we really liked (Mexican, Greek, American, etc) and we had a local catering company make each dish for pennies on the dollar. We created centerpieces like country flags to make each station look nice. EVERYONE loved the idea.

2) Many beautiful white dresses are now coming in the form of prom dresses. They are just as amazing as some of the $99 ones you can find at David’s Bridal, but after homecoming or prom season, they can be very cheap (I saw some the other day for $30)! They are up to the minute in style and brand new. Its worth checking into!

3) Flowers. The quotes I received at first shocked me. Who would in their right mind pay this much for something grown in nature??? I happened to do some internet digging and found that there are companies that sell wholesale bunches of flowers, delivered any day you choose to your door ready to be put in vases. I used a company called The Grower’s Box and we paid a local lady to arrange them into bouquets and vases and people thought we had spent thousands on them!

While we really don’t like to look past the sunny days of summer, when you look at the calendar, Thanksgiving and Christmas aren’t too far away!

Since last year we at The Grower’s Box have worked really hard to expand our offerings of Christmas Greens and Wreaths. This year we have already begun taking early orders for Christmas Greens and Wreaths!

By the first of November we are anticipating having an even greater wreath selection. A new addition to this year’s lineup is the option to include a gift message with your wreath! Send one of our wreaths as a beautiful, fragrant, and practical gift this holiday season!

New for this year you will find boxes of many varieties of Christmas Greens in bulk including varieties of pine, holly, fir, and boxes of assorted varieties of greens (as pictured below).

Pine Cones will also be an addition to this year’s product lineup (pictured below are the Sugar Pine Cones):

As a result of many customer inquiries, we have also worked with some of our farms to create special ‘holiday boxes’ such as the one pictured below with Asiatic Lilies and Hypericum. These beautiful flowers look great together and will be the talk of your holiday party decorations!

When your thoughts turn to Thanksgiving and Christmas decorations, remember to visit The Grower’s Box for a HUGE selection of fresh cut Christmas Greens, Christmas Trees, and Wreaths!

Dear Grower’s Box,

I received my order of beautiful Calla Lilies yesterday almost the exact time you stated that they arrived. We were so excited and pleased when they arrived. They were so fresh and more beautiful than we expected. My daughter’s wedding is this Saturday and they will be absolutely gorgeous.

Thank you so much for giving me reassurance and easing my anxiety during this process. Thanks again!

~ Joann

Did you know that in the month of July that the search term ‘wholesale flowers‘ was searched for on Google nearly 100,000 times??? The Grower’s Box is proud to be the industry leader for online wholesale flowers!

Did you know that in the month of July that the search term ‘wedding flowers‘ was searched for more than 300,000 times on Google??? Rest assured that when you place your order for wedding flowers that you will receive the finest fresh cut wedding flowers shipped directly from our flower farms to your door! The Grower’s Box is the industry leader for online wedding flowers!

We have provided tens of thousands of brides with beautiful fresh cut wholesale flowers and wedding flowers for their wedding bouquets, arrangements, and centerpieces. Visit us online for our complete catalog of premium wholesale flowers and wedding flowers - including our highly sought after ‘Wedding-in-a-Box’ packages!