Flower Therapy: Get Well Gifts

While most flowers are set to highlight a happy and special time, there are those unfortunate situations when flowers become more of a way to cheer someone up or help them feel better. Whether you have a loved one that is home sick, in recovery from a surgery, or in the hospital, flowers offer great therapy that helps people mend quickly. The bright colors and connection to nature are two reasons why flowers are such great therapy. The recipients also know that there is a special intangible sentiment that comes with those flowers from a loved one that also helps them on the road to recovery. To provide you with some ideas, here are some of our Get Well flower arrangements: The Get Well Bouquet features orange roses and spay roses along with stargazer lilies and hot pink Matsumoto aster in an orange glass vase with a silver metallic tag that reads “Get Well.” The Colors

September 22nd, 2014|Categories: Veldkamps Flowers|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on Flower Therapy: Get Well Gifts

Online or In-Store, We have Beautiful Flower Arrangements and Gift Ideas

We give you two places to enjoy shopping for beautiful flower arrangements, flower centerpieces, and bouquets as well as plants and gifts – our website and our store located in Denver, Colorado. Shopping Online Our website is a great place to visit when you do not have a lot of time to come into our Denver flower shop or need to make a purchase on the go or on your schedule. Our website is mobile friendly so you can also shop from your tablet or smartphone. It offers the most updated information on what is new with us. For example, right now, we have just added Fall Flower Specials that showcase our fall flower arrangement collection. Along with this new category, we regularly add other seasonal favorites, including the upcoming Halloween and Thanksgiving holidays. Our online flower shop also connects you with other gift ideas that are also regularly updated. The website is full of beautiful

September 17th, 2014|Categories: Veldkamps Flowers|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Online or In-Store, We have Beautiful Flower Arrangements and Gift Ideas

Add to Your Labor Day Celebrations with Sunny Flower Arrangements

As the summer draws to a close with the three-day weekend known as Labor Day weekend, there are many celebrations in the works, including barbecues and block parties. This is the perfect time to take advantage of our summer specials and decorate your Labor Day event with flower arrangements and flower centerpieces or you can gift a host with a beautiful summer flower arrangement. Festive Summer Flower Arrangements To help you out, we have an array of summer flower specials to choose from. Here are some of the highlights: Cocktail Flowers: One of the best parts of the summer is always the drinks like margaritas, sangrias, and martinis. We’ve taken those drinks and turned them into flower arrangements. These bright and beautiful flower arrangements are put in reusable oversized martini and margarita glasses and make for fun and festive floral centerpieces. Doggie Paddle: The dog days of summer are arranged as a cute flower arrangement made

August 27th, 2014|Categories: Colorado Florist|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on Add to Your Labor Day Celebrations with Sunny Flower Arrangements

Why Give Gift Baskets

Sometimes flowers or plants won’t do as a gift for a loved one or a client. It may be that the person is allergic or you know it is just not their thing. That’s when a gift basket may be the best solution when you want to say thanks, congratulate someone, or celebrate a special occasion. The Advantages of Gift Baskets Here’s why they work: They are versatile and work for just about every occasion. Gift baskets are always filled with great things. There is a lot of variety that gives people the feeling they are getting so much more. Gift baskets can be shared since there is usually a lot so it becomes a great value and way to gift more than one person with just one gift. You can put just about anything in a gift basket, including food items and non-food items. Our Gift Basket Selection Our gift basket selection includes a wide

Helping Your Business to Bloom

When you are looking to grow your business, it helps to nurture your existing customer base by regularly thanking them for their business. You know they most likely have other choices out there for a product or service provider, so it is important to make them feel special enough to stay with you. One of the ways we can help you is with high-quality, unique business gifts that are designed to make your recipients know you appreciate and value their business. Here are a few of the special gifts we offer that make great corporate or customer gifts.  Premium Gift Baskets Our premium gift basket collections are divided into a number of categories to help you find exactly what you are looking for to gift your clients or customers: Gift Baskets: This collection includes themed gift baskets that are great for those customers you know like certain things, such as gardening or technology. These are usually

Creating Special Ambiance with Flowers

Flowers have been used for centuries by all cultures for various occasions because everyone sees the special connection that we have with our natural surroundings. We subscribe meaning to flowers in terms of what colors and varieties mean certain things because their natural beauty offers a way to symbolize the emotions we feel and help to change those feelings, when necessary. Here is what flowers can do for us in terms of creating a special ambiance or mood and throughout each occasion, the mood is always lifted or enhanced with the aesthetic value of flowers. For Special Occasions and Celebrations Part of life is celebrating many things or accomplishments. This could be a birthday, anniversary, new baby, promotion or graduation. With each, there is joy and happiness at a job well done and the effort that was put into it. These celebrations are also a way for other people to share their joy in your accomplishments.

August 6th, 2014|Categories: Denver Florist|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on Creating Special Ambiance with Flowers

Add a Lush Look to Your Patio, Porch, or Balcony with Hanging Plants and Flowers

Flowers are beautiful no matter how they are presented. However, a unique way to showcase them outside on your patio, porch, or balcony is to use hanging baskets full of flowers, blooming plants, and greenery. This is especially nice if you do not have a garden or backyard to enjoy nature to its fullest. This blog post offers some care tips for hanging baskets as well as showcases some of the designs we have available for local delivery in the Denver area. Choosing a Spot Too much sun is not a good thing for hanging flower baskets because the sun’s rays can damage the flowers. Each hanging basket of different flower varieties has different requirements in terms of the amount of light it needs to thrive. Check the directions that come with the hanging basket or check with a florist. You should keep watering until the water comes out the drip holes in the bottom of

July 25th, 2014|Categories: Veldkamps Flowers|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Add a Lush Look to Your Patio, Porch, or Balcony with Hanging Plants and Flowers

Celebrating Special Summer Days

Summertime is special for many reasons. It often means more time together as a family because the kids are out of school and there are vacations and fun to be had. There are also special celebrations like birthdays, anniversaries, weddings and more. However, there are also some special days in the month of July that offer a way to show your love for all members of your family. July Special Days These special days in July include some very special people in your life that you may not realize have an official day of recognition. These special days include: Cousin’s Day on July 24th Aunt and Uncle Day on July 26th Father-in-Law Day on July 30th Each of these days are a great way to take time out to let these people know just how much they are loved and appreciated as special members of your family. Whether they are mentors or just a lot of

July 17th, 2014|Categories: Veldkamps Flowers|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on Celebrating Special Summer Days

Add Some Pop to Your Home or Office with Summer Flowers and Blooming Plants

With summer in full swing, it is getting hot outside here in Denver. If you are spending more time indoors but still want to enjoy the brilliance of the summer season, why not add some summer flowers to your home or office? Better yet, you can also send these beautiful flowers or a blooming plant to a friend, family member, or colleague so they can also enjoy the colors of summer. Our summer collection has arrived and it is brimming over with bursts of color and summer-themed flower arrangements. We are forecasting smiles everywhere when a loved one receives one of these fresh and fabulous flower arrangements. Here are some of the sunny highlights. Tipsy Flower Arrangements We have a number of fun and festive flower arrangements themed after some of summer’s favorite adult drinks: The Apple Martini Bouquet features green carnations and poms along with alstromeria and fresh greenery in a keepsake acrylic martini glass.

July 10th, 2014|Categories: Denver Florist|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on Add Some Pop to Your Home or Office with Summer Flowers and Blooming Plants

Spring is Here with Special Flowers for All Occasions

We’re so excited that the weather is warming up here in Denver and we are getting daily shipments from our flower farm partners that include stunning spring flowers like tulips, roses, sunflowers, daisies, hydrangea and more. Our customers have a lot of upcoming special occasions, including weddings, events, birthdays, anniversaries, parties, graduation and prom not to mention Mother’s Day on May 11th, so the timing couldn’t be better to have all these fresh, beautiful flowers for our amazing floral design team to create something spectacular whether its new floral designs or custom flower arrangements that our customers dream up. First, there is our new spring flower collection is brightly hued with cheery colors, pretty vases and ceramic containers, sweet baskets and beautiful accents like butterflies. Then, we have created a separate collection for Mother’s Day, which contains over 75 different floral and gift ideas for that most important person in your life known affectionately as Mom.

April 30th, 2014|Categories: Colorado Florist|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Spring is Here with Special Flowers for All Occasions