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This is a wedding from a previous year, that was in early September.

This is the bride’s bouquet, with the bridesmaids bouquets in the background.

The bouquet includes roses, Singapore orchids, sweet peas & freesias, with camellia leaves informally through and around, and silver wire collar around outside.

Bridesmaids bouquet includes roses, Singapore orchids, blue butterfly delphiniums, freesias and sweet peas.

Everybody’s buttonholes; a simple but classic single rose with camellia leaf, plus a simple corsage for mother of the groom, with an added freesia.

bears and things

What are Tillandsias? They are air plants! Why do we like them: they are hardy and cute!
Check out these little guys that are attracting comments in store at the moment, thought we’d put them up for you to enjoy as well:

Small and medium sized fishbowl sand terrariums, the tillandsias remind us of beach grass. What could be more calm.

This is a larger tillandsia in a low white ceramic with pale grey stones and driftwood. and on the right, a small hanging fishbowl with small red-tipped tillandsia, sand and beachcomber objects.

A swirling shaped beach-grass-like tillandsia in hanging fishbowl with sand and shells.

A fine leafed tillandsia in fishbowl with sand and stones.

One of the hardest things is knowing what to write on the card accompanying your flowers, particularly on the occasion of a sympathy. We have collected a few suggestions to help you if you get stuck.

– We are thinking of you at this time
– With our deepest sympathy, or, With our sincere condolances
– We are keeping you in our thoughts and prayers
– In loving memory of …

– We will always remember …, and the way they always ….
– May your many happy memories of … help to lift you through this difficult time.
– We extend to you our heartfelt sympathy on the passing of …
– …. will always be remembered, and will live on in our hearts forever.
– May they rest in peace.

But if you can, take the time to sit down and breathe, and find those simple words from the heart.
Adam’s Garden Florist :: Florist Gold Coast

The quality and range of silk/artificial flowers that are available is always improving. We have a range of silk flowers in-store, and are always happy to provide you with a quote if you are looking for something in particular that we don’t have.

artificial roses and succulents arrangement

artificial hydrangea arrangement

Yes, you can have silk wedding flowers! Here are some examples from our studio, that were made by request.

White roses, purple vanda orchids. This was made for the bridesmaid.

Yellow roses, white spray (mini) roses, purple vanda orchids, and oriental lilys. This was made for the bride.

The cymbidium orchid is a beautiful flowering plant which flowers through the cooler months, is known for it’s long lasting blooms and range of interesting colours.
This one is in-store now:

We also have a single stem one which is a lemon-white. If you’re looking for a certain colour we’re always happy to see if we can get it in for you!

Hyacinths are also in season now… lovely because of their fragrance.

Tulips are available to us here on the Gold Coast for much of the year, but generally speaking we don’t recommend them unless the weather is cooler. We have such lovely balmy weather most months and tulips prefer the cool.
There are some things you can do to help your tulips along, they seem to appreciate ice in the water. They have a tendency to naturally lean a little, particularly when it’s warmer, and ice can help them hold their heads up. Choosing a vase that will compliment their natural informality is also an option.

An interesting thing about tulips is that they don’t stop growing when cut, in fact their stems can grow an inch over-night! They start as tiny tight buds and develop into full flowers. Come in many colours and shapes from double petaled ones to frilly ones. The tulip also has a remarkably colourful history for a flower, see the Dutch Tulip Mania during the 1600’s, which is the basis for The Black Tulip, a novel by Alexandre Dumas in 1850.