Create a Romantic Destination with Flowers

Florists can play an important role in helping romantics be creative. If you can’t actually go to a desired destination, why not create it at home? Flowers can take you places and help you relive fond, romantic memories … whether it be reminiscing about a Caribbean honeymoon, creating a relaxing spa retreat feel, or reliving a wine country getaway – flowers can set the stage for a romantic evening.

Romantic Dinner at homeRomantic Evening at Home

  • Enjoy a romantic dinner for two at home. Make it special with a floral centerpiece or sprinkled rose petals on the table, orchid blossoms tied to the neck of a bottle of champagne or wine and a flower petal path leading the way to the table.
  • Make a flower trail throughout your house leading to a bubble bath sprinkled with rose petals.
  • Lay a few fragrant flowers near the bedside or on her pillow.

phalaenopsis_Orchids_SharonMcGukinBeach Honeymoon

  • Recreate a Hawaiian honeymoon complete with long-lasting tropical flowers and a lei to wear. Picture your Valentine wearing a gorgeous orchid lei when it’s sub-zero outside.
  • Ask your florist to add colored sand and seashells in bouquets or vases to really create the mood!
  • Tropical flowers, such as Birds of Paradise, anthurium, ginger, or orchids with an accent of fresh fruit and foliages
  • A simple collection of orchids in a vase
  • Bells of Ireland and delphinium. The cool greens and blues will conjure up the memories of the beautiful Caribbean.

SummerFlowers_FloralDesignInstituteEuropean Vacation

  • Relax in an English “Bed & Breakfast” with a low traditional bowl of garden roses, ivy and waxflowers. Serve the flowers on a small tray with teacups filled with gourmet teas and crumpets.
  • Take in the French countryside with an arrangement of fresh herbs and wild flowers such as heather, daisies, delphinium and miniature roses.
  • Stroll through a French Garden with brightly hued blooming plants arranged in a classic wicker basket.
  • Flowers in rich purples, reds and blues
  • A lovely European dish garden embraces a mixture of fresh flowers with blooming or green plants.
  • For another European look, send a loose arrangement of garden-style flowers such as tulips, hydrangeas, ranunculus and roses in a clear glass vase or decorative container.
  • Hand-tied bouquets are popular in Europe:A hand-tied bouquet with all accent flowers and a couple of roses
    A textural hand-tied bouquet embellished with decorative beads and wires with colorful wraps

Spa flower combination - SmithersOasisSpa Weekend

  • Create a spa-like atmosphere with aromatic flowers like freesia, stock and sweet peas to sooth the senses.
  • Pair select bath products with a floral arrangement featuring flowers in relaxing blues, lavenders and greens with fresh eucalyptus and soft foliage
  • Place several small blue and green arrangements in the bathroom or bedroom.
  • Embrace your sweetheart with a sense of calm with the soft scent of purple freesia in a clear cylinder with pale pink petals floating in the vase.
  • An all white floral arrangement in a sea glass vase or frosted with aquamarine accents
  • Monobotanic bouquet of blue iris in a clear glass vase with sea glass or shells clustered together in the bottom of the vase
  • A simple glass vase filled with callas or white Casablanca lilies and cool blue glass gems inside the vase.

SunflowersOrchids_LisaGreeneWine Country Getaway

Use purples, reds and green in various textures to evoke the feeling of a stroll in the vineyard. Try these ideas:

  • A few beautiful roses or lilies arranged in an empty wine bottle shared on a past date. She’ll love the sentimentality.
  • Deep reds (roses, carnations and soft greens). Add accents of vines, mosses and a bottle of wine.
  • Grapes, sunflowers, grasses-outdoorsy and lots of yellow/peach/olive greens
  • Burgundy flowers with fresh grapes and Brie cheese in a large basket
  • Include a bottle of wine or fresh fruit and grapes with deep wine colored roses
  • Bold collection of vibrant purple anemones or alstroemeria, green hydrangea, hypericum and red roses.
  • Rich royal-colored floral bouquet consisting of a mixture of textural materials such as purple tulips, magenta stock, green hydrangea and lavender roses tied with natural raffia. The design may include clusters of grapes.

Valentines Day Garden _Kesler_FloralDesignInstituteOther Exciting Destinations

  • Cuddle up in a snowed in ski lodge with a roaring fire and beautiful white roses.
  • Conjure up the charm of the South Pacific with a beautifully designed arrangement with an Asian flair.
  • Orchids and other fragile blooms can remind couples of rainforest getaways.
  • An assortment of flowers from the garden in a bouquet conjures the feeling of a stroll through a country garden.
  • Experience a trip to Japan with an Ikebana floral design of several stems of orchids or Fuji Chrysanthemums. Add a Japanese flower arranging kit and book along with some wonderful teas.

BridalBouquet_cymbidiumOrchidLavenderRose_FarrellsFloristSpecial Moments

  • Cuddle up in a snowed in ski lodge with a roaring fire and beautiful white roses.
  • Conjure up the charm of the South Pacific with a beautifully designed arrangement with an Asian flair.
  • Orchids and other fragile blooms can remind couples of rainforest getaways.
  • An assortment of flowers from the garden in a bouquet conjures the feeling of a stroll through a country garden.
  • Experience a trip to Japan with an Ikebana floral design of several stems of orchids or Fuji Chrysanthemums. Add a Japanese flower arranging kit and book along with some wonderful teas.

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