Flowers Connect Hearts' Memories at Mother's Day

Flowers are anticipated by mothers everywhere at Mother's Day. As flowers connect to memories of the time when you so proudly presented the first dandelion bouquet, flowers at Mother's Day express love and gratitude, and revitalize a memory of the child who will always be that small one in your mother's mind.

Flowers always draw the attention of a young child. From the time you first pinched the heads off the tulips in your mother's garden... or tested the "butter mark" of a dandelion on her chin...or graduated... a bunch of flowers had a connection to a special moment between the two of you.

Flowers connect! How many times recently have you thought of the family and friends you left behind when you relocated to Vancouver? Or if you're in some other part of the world, you have a mother or someone who mothered you when you needed a friend most.If you're from Great Britain then you'll be sending flowers three weeks ahead of the rest of us. March 22md this year! Taking action is difficult--to decide what's appropriate, to fit it into the schedule--but floral sentiments are always appropriate. FLOWERS CONNECT.

Side-stepping the fact that you're the type of offspring who definitely doesn't need a special day set aside to remind you to be thoughtful,grateful and obviously loving,this is about taking time to tell your mom she's more than special....and while she may protest that it's a silly tradition, she'll be fantastically pleased that you didn't pooh-pooh the whole thing.

FLOWERS ARE A GIFT to uplift the spirit and they grace every occasion from births to weddings to funerals in every country in the world. And, in mere hours, your thoughts will be sitting on your mother's table or a friend's desk. You will be there in that moment too. And each time they speak of the beautiful gift,you will be there. Connected.

MOTHERS'DAY IDEAS

If these ideas aren't exactly what you had in mind, there will be something that catches your fancy; if not then give us a call 604-685-6078 or from anywhere inside North America 1-800-363-9155 to order bouquets with particular colours or price ranges or timeframes.Remember the pricing on these suggestions reflects international sending. If you are sending from our shop to Vancouver or the Lower Mainland, most prices will be less, particularly the orchid plants that we sell here--fabulous--in ceramic pots for $69.95......

Or give a quick look at our online shop for a range of other gifts from a toy your child might choose to a wonderful floral accessory vase or a book or magazine to read while taking that rare time alone to catch a breath.
HISTORICALLY, ANCIENT Greeks paid tribute to Rhea, the Mother of the Gods, each spring. Later the British paid homage to mothers on "Mothering Sunday," the fourth Sunday of Lent. In North America, the first Mother's Day was celebrated locally in West Virginia in 1907 and becoming an official nationwide celebration by an Act of Congress in 1914. In the United States the American flag is to be displayed on government buildings and at private homes "as a public expression of our love and reverence for the mothers of our country."While we have followed the US in many areas, I don't think we copy their public show of affection...too Canadian, eh?

Julia Ward Howe--who wrote the lyrics for of the Battle Hymn of the Republic--suggested a national Mother's Day in 1897, but it wasn't to receive recognition until 1907 when Philadelphia's Anna Jarvis convinced her local church parish the recognize the special place of all mothers, subsequent to the death of her own mother. The white carnation was selected as the symbol, being Mrs Jarvis' favourite flower to represent the sweetness, purity and endurance of mother love. The red carnation now symbolizes a living mother; white, a deceased mother.

And I am so lucky that the nature of my business allows me to see sons and daughters and husbands and wives come to send a gift of thank you and acknowledgement.

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