Classic Red Rose

There's always been something about the classic red rose. I wonder what it is, for surely it's more than just the years of conditioning and marketing we've all been exposed to. There must be a pure and innate symbolism, intrinsic and irremovable from the rose itself, there before anyone ever started buying and selling, something that speaks of life and love with a strong voice, not sweet or insipid.

Simple. Classic. Strong. The red rose has no substitute, no other flower has the same depth of meaning attached to it, the same history, nor world-wide appeal. V-day, dare I mention it, is just two weeks away, no matter how hard we try, no other flower is as sought after as the red rose. But really, what could be more appropriate, as even the name Valentine means strength, and St Valentine was a martyr for his faith, and that is no fickle love.

Red Rose Buttonholes for a wedding.

Bold Blooms

Here's some interesting ones for you...

We love native and tropical flowers, this selection includes Crab Claws, pin-cushion cordifoliums, anthuriums, Vanda, Spider and Singapore orchids, Ginger Beehives, luecadendrons,... and spray roses.

This week we have just got in some natural fibre wrap in many colours which we are excited to experiment with, and new Teddy Bears! How sweet they are. My favorites are a soft latte brown, and hold hearts where you can hide a little note. Also coming are helium balloons.

Our Selection

We always endeavor to have a variety of beautiful blooms for you and love to order in particular things for you if you have a special request. This week we have been advised that some of the growers have been affected by the floods, so certain flowers or colours may be in short supply. We will still be able to provide you with beautiful flowers, and if we don't have what you request we will certainly recommend an appropriate alternative. We know you'll understand, the growers and everyone else affected are in our thoughts.

Sweet Stefanotis

We don't usually have it in store, and it doesn't have the best lastability as a cut flower, but stefanotis will always be special, it has it's very own sweet fragrance and beautiful waxy white flowers. Most often it is used just as a hint through a wedding bouquet. It's flowering in the garden right now and has lots of buds, so it must love this summer's rain!

Oh Hydrangea

Just because we love it, Hydrangea is the flower of the day.
Happy New Year everyone, sweet wishes to you all...

Almost Christmas

How exciting! Christmas is almost here. We'll try to post some happy things that we're doing with flowers for the occasion this week, but just in case we get busy and forget, here's a tropically-bright getting-Christmassy arrangement we did last week...

This one has in it Birds of Paradise, red Gerberas, Celosia, Anthurium, ginger beehive, oriental lilies, protea, as well as various lush leaves, small native flowers and bark.

Christmas Caladiums

Finally a picture to show you the happy Caladiums we have at the moment...

New designer greeting cards

We are excited as just today our new greeting card range, designed exclusively for us by LittleJojo, has arrived! Yay!
Our selection includes photos of nature, whimsical illustrations, as well as some hidden Gold Coast spots.
Hope you like them as much as we do...

Oh My!

Well, the bromeliads are now in, and we have to say it again, Oh My! and how Christmassy!
Did someone say Christmas! We'll all be humming carols now.

What else is in? You ask. Well, there's moss green and burgundy embossed paper, they tell me it's acid free so all you scrap-booking craftsters out there we stock it! Yay! just ask instore, it's $2 for a 50x70 sheet. Super!

And, that's not all, we have some other plants: a beautiful white Desert Rose, variegated Spathphillium, and some Caladiums (also very Christmassy).

Happy December everyone!

in season now

One flower that gets requested for special occasions during the year is the peony. Most of the time it is not available, but PEONIES are now in season! They are one of our favorites for sure. Order in advance if you would like them, as colours come and go, and also, they come into the store as tight buds and take several days to open up.
Here's one just blooming that we had in store last week.

More bromeliads coming soon

They are beautiful and easy to look after, and we will have more arriving in store soon!

Living Plants

Here at Adam's Garden we love living plants as well, particularly hardy ones that can deal with the Australian climate and also don't require too much care. We should have new stock of bromeliads arriving soon, also in store at the moment we have these cute little succulents in wooden planters.

What we love this week

October is just about to finish, which is so sad, we love October! So many beautiful things that only flower around this time of year, particularly the Waratah. It is such a distinctive flower, and would you know it, it's even the floral emblem of New South Wales. We love it because of it's bold structural form and vibrant red colour, although it does also come in white which is really special as well.

Our favorite things

This week has seen a lot of cool new things come into the shop, notably some navy blue embossed paper *sigh* we are so enraptured with it, with white lilies it's just sublime and reminiscent of the sea and all things nautical, which is a strange thing for floral design I must admit, but nevertheless we love it.

Also in are 15cm fishbowl vases, they are super cute.

Here is an example with Singapore orchids and doda vine:

Our new website!

Check it out - www.adamsgardenflorist.com.au

It's just a page so far, but we hope to expand the site bit by bit, so check back now and then....