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Caring For Your Cut Flowers

Tuesday, March 8th, 2011

Your Calgary Flower Shop has taken the utmost care to ensure the flowers we deliver to our customers homes and workplaces are as fresh and beautiful as possible. We begin the process by acquiring our flowers from the industries finest flower growers and partnering with only the best FTD retail florists. By doing so we can [...]

Calgary Florist favourite potpourri recipes

Thursday, November 25th, 2010

Try out our two favorite recipes! Rose Potpourri – Traditional Ingredients: 4 pints rose petals 2 pints lavender Flowers 1 pint rosemary 1 cup cloves 1 pint lemon verbena leaves or lemon grass 1 cup whole allspice 1/3 cup juniper berries 1/2 cup anise seed | 1/3 cup Benzoin gum powder or Orris root preservative [...]

Calgary Florist shares the history of potpourri

Sunday, November 21st, 2010

By F. Gayle Gregory Potpourri was created in the 12th century for the purpose of freshening rooms in castles for the people of that time. Spices or herbs were placed in huge cooking cauldrons after the meal tasks of the day had been completed. People then took these herbs and spices and placed them in [...]

Calgary Florist Goes HiTech With New iPhone App

Tuesday, October 19th, 2010

If you love flowers as much as we do – this is the app for you!  Your Calgary Flower Shop has a new iPhone app that can make getting your next batch of roses fun and exciting. Fun Flower Facts contains a wealth of information about flowers and their care along with a lot of [...]

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