Believe in Flowers

My heart is a flower

That blooms every hour

I believe in the power

Of love

          -Amos Lee

Flowers cross boundaries. Whether you are a super cool, metro-sexual Manhattan hipster or an elementary teacher in Racine, Wisconsin, flowers can bridge the gap like no other. Have you ever gotten that present that apparently is the hot thing however, you can’t actually figure out what it is? Tis the season, and don’t be that guy or girl. Give flowers.

Flowers are the best gifts!

Everyone knows what to do with flowers. Sure an esoteric arrangement with ilex, curly willow and OT Hybrid lilies may be a bit sophisticated for some.  A rose, carnation, matricaria combo maybe too pedestrian for others, however, these share a common need for water and a place to put them. That’s it…maybe a vase, but what the heck, live a little, buy a vase.

You know what it is about flowers that make them the perfect gift?  They are classy.

Bring flowers to your holiday events.

By nature flowers are fresh, so the receiver knows that you were really thinking about them. Do people “regift” flowers, I think not. Flowers are temporal; the experience you share with them is singular. Flowers aren’t selfish, and they really aren’t just for one person, like most gifts. Flowers brighten up the room, enhance the spirit and warm up the soul of any person that views them or catches their wonderful scent.

Anyone with kids knows the time a few weeks after the holidays, when the shine has gone from the new toys and the kids fall back into playing with toys they had before Christmas, or settle into what their favorite gift received was. As adults, we do this same thing.  The new tie, is now just on a tie rack, the new kitchen appliance is getting its first taste of dust in a lower cabinet and maybe that cool new bike helmet is already heavy on the stink of head sweat.

Who needs jingle bells when you have these beauties!

You wanted the gifts, and if you were lucky you got what you wanted. But what about getting what you didn’t know you wanted?  

Ahhh, the realm of flowers. The bouquet you are still talking about a month after it’s gone to the compost. When you smile your first smile all day, after the flower delivery man manages to navigate through the office to your cubicle and place a bouquet of “Candy Cane" lilies right on your desk. The look on the face of your in-law that wears a lot of black, with thick black framed glasses holding  a bunch of ilex, curly willow and OT Hybrids, have you ever actually seen them smile before?  

The act of giving flowers is not only a classy thing to do, but it shows that you are a person who values something more than the mighty dollar or the plastic masses produced in some far off land.

Don't arrive empty handed, bring flowers.

A bouquet of California Grown flowers, paired with chocolate, wine, or coffee is the quintessential gift offering. One that is impermanent, yet stands the test of time.   

Flowers stand up for the notion that logic is over rated.

Believe in Flowers.