International Lonely Bouquet Day

It's lonely bouquet day in Green Door Florist! It is always a pleasure to work with flowers at the best of times. However, sometimes we enjoy spreading smiles and showing the love throughout the year. On random days from time to time, we deliver flowers all over the city in small decorative tins. We leave them in assorted public spots with a note telling the person who finds our lonely bouquet, to take it away and give it a good home. This always gets a good reaction.

The notes say:

"The Lonely Bouquet

Adopt me, please! I’m all alone and looking for a new home… perhaps I can live with you or a loved one? Our flower friends would love to hear from us and find out where we ended up! Please let them know at: www.greendoorflorist.com, or www.facebook.com/thegreendoorflorist.com"

This summer on the last Sunday in June, this has become a tradition all over the world! We are delighted to have been one of the first florists in Ireland to join in on this lovely initiative and we have been doing this for the last three years.

This summer, we have done three lonely bouquet days so far. The reactions are always positive from some very happy people! Here are a few:

Lonely Bouquet Day Flower Delivery Clontarf

Summer time Wedding!

A story of a summer wedding...

Wdding Bouquets

A summer wedding is always a joy. Caroline and Nathan were recently married in St. John's church, Clontarf and on to the Morrison Hotel. We were chosen to supply the wedding flowers for the big day. It was a real privilege to work with this couple and to help them on the day of their marriage. They were such an easy couple to deal with.

This is the season for flowers, with nature spoiling us by providing a huge range of delightful blooms to choose from, making this summer wedding a real treat for us. Caroline selected the peony rose, which really was a superb choice. These beauties were bang on in season and were just so fresh and delightful. Just look at the photos! We know that when the wedding pictures are being looked at in years to come that this excellent choice will shout out "summer wedding" with this queen of the summer roses.

The church flowers were prepared using natural pew end arrangements, two large pedestals and the unity candle arrangement. All very simple and natural as you can see.

The bridesmaids and bride had elegant hand tied bouquets. The groom and his four groomsmen looked very handsome with their classic buttonholes to complement the bridal party flowers.

The reception

After the ceremony, the party continued at the reception in the hotel where we had prepared individual small bowl table arrangements for each table as a centrepiece. In the photos, these arrangements are shown grouped together at the foot of the wedding cake. Prior to the day we had the pleasure of meeting Jen and her partner from the cake suppliers (www.cupcakesandcounting.com). We worked with this company, supplying them with the flowers to incorporate into the cake. This ensures that the theme of soft colours, beautiful pureness and simplicity follow through. The cake was wonderful and these guys are real masters of the art of the cake!

The Photos

We have put the photos up with kind permission of the couple so you can see how it all worked together. Credit to the photographer also for the super shots you can see here (www.emmarussellphotography.ie) What a great day... We wish Caroline and Nathan a wonderfully happy life together and hope that they have a long and joyous marriage. What a lovely couple!

Caroline and Nathan- Groom