We are gathering orders now for ANZAC Day wreaths for those who are wanting to lay wreaths at ANZAC services in the Nelson region contact Carl to discuss wreaths and the colour themes you require. phone Nelson 03 545 2196
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Flowers 4 Nelson are delivering on Mothers Day
At Flowers 4 Nelson we are offering delivery of your Mum’s flowers on Mothers Day if you require that. Let us know before hand what your order is and we can deliver onthe Sunday of Mothers Day for you. Be it a bunch of flowers, a wrapped flowering plant or a beautiful arrangement in a pot or coloured box; check out our occasions section for Mothers Day suggestions. Carl
Spring bulb planting time
At Flowers 4 Nelson, we are now starting to plant our spring bulbs to produce the flowers for your spring bouquets. Freesia, Anemone, Ranunculus and Hyacinth bulbs are all being planted at the moment and we will stagger the planting dates over the next two months to hopefully provide a continuous supply of the blooms for floral work.
Sending Flowers Can really Brighten Someones Day
It is amazing how often I hear the words ” These beautiful flowers have really brightened up my day”. I hear it when I deliver flowers someone has ordered, and when i go to a friends house and take a few flowers for them with me. People really get a kick out of someone giving them flowers. Flowers lift peoples spirits. No they won’t last forever; but the memories of receiving flowers from someone do last forever; and those memories are pleasant ones.
You can easily make lasting pleasant memories for you friends and relatives by sending them flowers. At Flowers 4 Nelson, we do that for you every day.
Beautiful gentians
Summer is the time when we can use the beautiful dark blue gentian flowers in arrangements. For those who love blue flowers these are not to be missed.
These individual flowers were removed from the bottom of the long flower stems and so i decided to make this simple but interesting water bowl arrangement with blue gentian individual flowers, and short stems of Amaranthus flowers.
Richmond Playcentre Fair at Washbourn Gardens
Nelson Anniversary Day traditionally is the timing for the Richmond Playcentre’s fair day at Washbourne Gardens. This year was no exception and a beautiful sunny Nelson day greeted visitors to the fair. The gardens where looking beautiful a real credit to the staff who look after them. Flowers 4 Nelson had a promotional stall at the fair, and we had a great day meeting the locals and visitors to the region and giving out our beautiful business cards, and selling a flower or two.
Lovely blue Gentains and our home grown Amaranthus are both in flower now and we had a stunning arrangement in a ceramic pot on display at the fair with both of these flowers in it. ( see photo).
Always popular at fair days our “pocket posies” sold well and the pretty pink tones of the arrangements delighted many. I only had one left which i was able to give to our elderly neighbour for her table. The flowers i used in them most had not seen before and I name them here for your interest. the rounded pink balls are Gomphrena and the pink spiky ones are Celsoia ‘Xantippe’, both of them are also good flowers for drying.
Flowering Potted Hippeastrum
We have good stocks of flowering or in bud Hippeastrum (or better known as Amaryllis). These are fun to grow with the huge bulbs planted with only the bottom 1/3 of the bulb under the soil, the top part of the bulb is exposed and from it arrow shaped flower buds emerge before any foliage is evident. The flowers are large and trumpet shaped and in a wide range of colours. Native to South America, the bulbs can be grown outdoors in Nelson in areas that have no more than moderate frosts. Often grown in pots for indoor decoration over their summer flowering period. Hippeastrums like a well drained soil with plenty of compost. The strap shaped leaves appear after the bulbs have flowered. To order one for yourself or a friend go to the potted plant section of this web site. 
Merry Christmas everyone
Flowers 4 Nelson would like to wish you all a very happy Christmas and New Year.
Merry Christmas
Box Arrangements
Box arrangements are the best option for sending to hospital or people who are sick at home, as they wont need to worry about finding a vase because these arrangements come complete with water filled foam inside the box. All the person recieving them needs to do is place the box down where they want it.
Once every two or three days depending on how warm the days are; carefully add about half a cup of cold water to the centre of the arrangement.
A country occasion
What a beautiful day it was out at Neudorf winery for the fair day ‘A country Occasion’ the sun was out the wind was absent and hundreds turned up to wonder around the stalls in the beautiful country gardens at the winery. Our site’s view across the vineyards and hops to the distant Nelson Ranges was superb.
The Flowers 4 Nelson stall looked beautiful and several of the visitors took photos of the arrangements on the tables and the stall in general. We gave out about 200 of our business cards, and the feed back from everyone was very complementary. It was fun to meet new people and to greet old friends as they passed the Flowers 4 Nelson stall.
Everyone we spoke to was having a really enjoyable day in the pleasant atmosphere and surroundings.
Around $20,000 was raised for the Nelson Child Cancer Foundation.
Thankyou Upper Moutere and Tim and Judy for hosting such a wonderful event. Carl