The best way to buy flowers.

What's the best way to buy flowers? Is it cheaper to buy flowers online? We have been getting these questions more lately, so here's our brief wrap-up for you.
If you can't get into the shop or are ordering something for a friend who lives a distance away, the next best thing is phoning your local florist, or the florist closest to where you want your flowers delivered, and talking through what you would like with them. Even ask a friend in the area to recommend somewhere. You can talk to the real people and go through the occasion and how you would like your flowers. Many individual florist shops also have online ordering now, which is handy if you need to place an order after hours, although as a florist I still prefer to talk to you!
If you are needing to order for a distance away or overseas and do not know any florist shop in the area, the next best way is to order using an established relay service such as interflora, or somewhere like direct2florist which enables you to order through local florists. You can do this online or by going into your local florist and getting them to place the order for you. Although those companies may have a fee for processing.

Be aware that unlike many items flowers are not cheaper online in most cases, prices will in the case of individual florists be about the same as in-store, (though possibly more, as the cost of setting up and maintaining a website must be taken into account), and also many relay or third-party flower ordering companies take either a fee per order, or a percentage of the value, leaving the florist that makes the order  with less than the value you have paid, which takes away from the value you receive in flowers.
In some cases we have seen third-party companies taking up to 80% of the value, and we believe this is unfair to the customer, when if they only knew that if they were to call the local florist directly, they may find themselves saving a great deal.
For example -
At the time of writing this, a little research shows that one third party site charges $102 for 12 long stem red roses, one relay company charges $108, but our price is $75.
To avoid the charges of middle men shop local if you can! That's our advice.
Hope this helps,
Adam's Garden Florist
Flowers Gold Coast

BemBem & Reuben

BemBem & Reuben are two little giraffes. They live in the studio at the moment, along with many other hand-made bears and animals.We think they're cute!

Soft pink tones

Lately soft tones seem to be very popular... here are just a couple of snaps from the studio...

Also new in this week: 
Goats milk soap - lovely and gentle and fragrance free!
New silk flowers including: hydrangeas in lilac, green and white, white amaryllis (these are so sublime!), green cymbidiums, and succulents.

September Wedding

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.

Season begins: Waratah

Waratahs are stunning flowers, but only available for a short season.

Snapshot: one corner of our shop

bears and things

Upright box arrangement

Just another example of a bright upright box arrangement. This one includes Asiatic lilies, iris, gerberas, and heliconias.

Tillandsia Tillandsia

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.

Blue silk hydrangea wedding

Another silk flower wedding! We love blue hydrangeas.

The bride's bouquet and one of the bridesmaids bouquets.

from underneath.

Card messages: Condolance & Sympathy

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.

Simple messages appropriate for sympathy might be:

- 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 ...

Longer messages might include phrases like:

- 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

Media: Sunday Mail: U on Sunday magazine

It might not get noticed, but it wouldn't be the same without it... You can see some work from our studio on the 'U on Sunday' front page photo for a feature article about up-coming Olympians.

It is a simple laurel wreath head circlet, made with fresh miniature laurel leaves.

Silk Arrangements

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

Showcase: Rose Heart Wreath

by special request...

It's not the best photo, but thought we'd share it with you. This wreath is more than 40cm across, and comprising more than 50 red roses, bordered with camellia leaves.

Showcase: Wreath

Large soft wreath with pink daisy chrysanthemums, white mini gerberas, roses,  & orchids...

Our favourite things in store at the moment...

Clockwise from top left:
Green cymbidium single stem plant
Zebra Haworthia in rustic ceramic
Dwarf Marigold seeds!
Fern in wooden box
Bromeliad
Burgundy cymbidium plant, double stem.