Brant Florist latest press release and honor…from PRWeb.com

Brant Florist, (http://www.brantflorist.com), is a leading family run, online and retail shop florist that now boasts FTD top 100 club status for the sixteenth consecutive year running. Since 1977 and in alliance with FTD, the Bolt family have independently owned and operated the successful retail shop and with great foresight introduced the company’s online web business in 1996.

“We are thrilled for the award from FTD, the most recognized floral brand in the industry,” relates Brant Florist’s Ken Bolt. “FTD’s recognition of our customer focused efforts over the last sixteen years inspires us to continue to offer excellent service, exciting new products and the freshest, most beautiful flowers available. Brant Florist’s relationship with FTD is definitely a win-win situation for the shop and our loyal customers.” Brant Florist was originally established in 1961 and has been independently owned and operated by the Bolt family since 1977. Thousands of hand-picked flower bouquets, centre pieces and gift basket orders are processed by the shop yearly. The bustling flower shop is able to offer same day flower delivery in Canada and the USA and next day delivery abroad by aligning itself with trusted FTD, Teleflora and Interflora Worldwide florist partners. Customer purchases are backed by the FTD 100% satisfaction guarantee ensuring fresh, florist-made flower arrangements reach recipients across Canada, the USA and worldwide.

In addition to outstanding customer service, another way in which Brant Florist has been able to maintain its FTD top 100 standing is with a strong web presence. The successfully run retail shop also became an online florist in 1996 when it began taking internet orders with a computerized network. Considered pioneers back then, online florist websites were virtually unheard of by the industry fourteen years ago.

By 2004, the original website was completely re-engineered to provide a more user friendly, feature enriched online shopping experience. Early enhancements included making all FTD, Teleflora and Interflora catalogue products available online as well as the introduction of a dual currency payment option. Today, Brant Florist customers may design their own flower arrangements online. A gift reminder option makes recurring special occasion gifts such as birthday flowers and anniversary flowers hassle-free for repeat customers.

Brant Florist is a leading worldwide online and retail shop florist boasting FTD top 100 honors for the sixteenth consecutive year. The family run, customer focused florist provides same day delivery service across Canada and the USA and next day service delivery abroad through FTD, Teleflora and Interflora Worldwide florist partners.

Flowers make a great gift for any occasion, even Ground Hog Day if you choose and there is a flower that can express what ever sentiment you may be having, even as extreme as dislike.  However, sending flowers to a person because you dislike them is not a common practice but can be done.  Nevertheless, why when there are so many great reasons to send flowers!

Here is a little guide that will help you choose flowers to fit the sentiment you are trying to express through a gift of flowers.

Red Roses: Red roses are power flowers and easily reflect “I Love You” with each and every long stemmed red beauty.  They are great for any occasion.  There is never a wrong time to send someone you love a red rose.

Yellow Roses: Yellow roses are the flower of friendship.  They are a perfect gift for a co-worker or sibling.  However, they might be too timid to express romantic interest.  They do not express the romanticism of the red rose.

Pink Roses: Pink roses are the flowers of secret love.  They are a perfect medium between the friendship of a yellow rose, and the romantic love of the red rose.  They express a secret love, and should not be mistaken purely as a friendship gift like the yellow rose.

White Roses: White roses are the flowers of innocent love.  They are ideal for family members and family occasions, even funerals.

Carnations: Carnations are the flower of fascination.  They are an ideal flower to give to a romantic interest that has not yet blossomed into a relationship.

Orchids: Orchids are the flowers of love and beauty.  They can be given for practically any occasion to practically anybody.  Think sweet 16 birthdays…

Daisy: Gifting daisies expresses loyal love and are perfect for Mother’s Day and Grandparents day or even incorporated into anniversary flower arrangements.

Lily: The Lily is the flower of purity and sweetness.  It is an ideal flower to give to a niece or daughter or a fresh new love.

Chrysanthemum: The Chrysanthemum is a flower of friendship, so it will go well on any occasion, but may not be ideal for expressing romantic interest.  However, when used in a combination of red roses, expresses something everybody wants in a relationship – friends and love

Grandparents’ Day is a great day to surprise the elders of your life with a beautiful flower arrangement showing your appreciation and love that you have for them.  The first Sunday after Labor Day in September is Grandparents Day and a special day you can extend your love and honor to your grandparents for all that they have done and are to your life.  Choosing the perfect gift for grandparents does not need to be hard when you have flowers.  Flowers can express every sentiment you want to relay.  You can easily accessorize the flower arrangement with fruit baskets, candy basket, and various other gourmet baskets.

If you no longer have grandparents living, don’t forget to acknowledged your children’s grandparent (your parents) and start a respectful tradition in your children’s lives.  Let them have a hand in picking out the perfect flower arrangement they feel their grandparents would enjoy.  This gives them ownership in the process instilling a great tradition to be carried out within their growing lives.  Let Brant Florist help you bring beautiful smiles to your grandparents this Grandparents Day with Grandparent Day Flowers.

Rosh Hashanah is a Jewish holiday commonly referred to as the “Jewish New Year.” This year it falls on Sept 8th. It is observed on the first day of Tishrei, the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar. It is the new year for people, animals, and legal contracts.

On this Jewish holiday, tables are spread with many delightful dishes from stuffed fowls, roasts, and various other traditional Rosh Hashanah dishes.
Rosh Hashanah will occur on the following days of the Gregorian calendar:
• Jewish Year 5771: sunset September 8, 2010 – nightfall September 10, 2010
• Jewish Year 5772: sunset September 28, 2011 – nightfall September 30, 2011
• Jewish Year 5773: sunset September 16, 2012 – nightfall September 18, 2012

Brighten a  friend or family member’s Rosh Hashanah holiday spread and atmosphere with an extra special beautiful flower bouquets to accent the dinner table spreads of food and add a festive feel to their home for entertaining during such a special holiday.

As I sit here drinking my morning coffee, my mind drifted back to the simpler times in life – times before all this modern technology – times when things like picking fresh flowers and walking across the way to a neighbor just to say hello and brighten their day was a normal thing. Granted, I love the fact I can send flowers any where in the world now with just a few clicks on the computer, but I can’t help thinking about how much things have changed, right down to this cup of joe brewed in my Bunn Coffee maker in a matter of a few minutes.

Although many things have changed from technology to even flower delivery, one thing hasn’t changed. The sentiments a fresh bouquet of flowers can deliver. For that I am thankful. Some things are just too precious to lose. Fresh cut flowers is a great way to bring back a bit of those simpler times and sentiment. Receiving a gift of fresh cut flowers allows the receiver to enjoy the time of placing them in a vase while adoring each and every flower on its own, and then again as a whole after all arranged to their liking in a glass vase. Bring back a bit of the simpler times without losing the sentiments with a gift of fresh cut flowers delivered.

Sympathy flowers are a way of expressing are deepest sentiments to those who have lost a loved one, and to honor the life of the deceased. When sending sympathy flowers, it is important to use a reliable florist like Brant Florist. You want the freshest flowers used in your display providing a long lasting sympathy flower arrangement. Many do not give it much consideration, however, many funeral services last more than a day. You want your sympathy flowers to hold up throughout the viewing and funeral and still be able to go home with the family to bring them some comfort during their sorrow.

Some flowers, such as carnations, mums, or lilies are known for their staying power and make excellent choices for an arrangement of sympathy flowers to display at the funeral home, the service, or the burial. Other suitable choices of sympathy flowers that have lasting power are snapdragons, chrysanthemums, and daisies. Most cut greens such as philodendron last quite long and make an outstanding addition to your funeral arrangement.

It can be hard to know exactly how to comfort a friend, associate, or family member who is going through the loss of a loved one. Sending a beautiful flower arrangement is a great step in the right direction to express your condolences and let them know that you are there for them if they should need you.

September’s birth flower is the Aster. The Aster’s dense petal formation allows its rich, deep color to radiate. The Aster includes 600 species of star shaped flowering plants. The name is Greek, meaning “star”. Most of the species are found in gardens because of their showy flowers and petals. The Aster is unique for its delicate purple color suggesting a manner of very high spiritual level of expression. The Aster can also be found in a variety of other colors including blue and white.

Legend has it that burning the Aster leaves will keep away snakes. In French tradition, it is said that placing the flowers on the grave of a dead soldier is a tribute to his bravery.

Meaning of the September Birth Flower the Aster is love, faith, wisdom and symbolizes valor. If you have a September loved ones birthday coming up and are sending them a beautiful flower arrangement, make sure to incorporate some asters into their flower arrangement and make you gift of flowers even that more special.

When thinking about all the ups and downs in life, it is easy to pick a flower that can embrace those moods and even aide in uplifting them, be it a single red rose or a floral arrangement of brightly colored various flowers. That is the beauty of flowers; no matter what the occasion or the feeling, there is a flower that can compliment or even change a moment. When that flower is embraced in a bed of living greenery, it makes the impact of the gift tenfold better.

Plants have long been known to improve peoples general over all moods and can even help in creating intimate connections when gifted. When gifting plants that bloom beautiful flowers, you only increase these already favorable outcomes. Even the color of the bloom can enhance that further with red bringing on passion, orange bringing about a sense of renewal and calmness, yellow, a brighten lifted spirit, blue – peace and tranquility, and purples bringing on a sense of honest and richness. When flowers accent the already rich greenery of plants, it just increases the intensity of the wonderful benefits it creates. When you are looking to help lift the mood of one in the downs’ of life or celebrate the ups’, send a gift of a flowering plant and create a uplifting atmosphere for that special person in your life.

When it comes to expressing concern for another, flowers are the best gift you can send. Their beauty and fragrance alone will show you care along with a heart felt note to the recipient.

Mother Nature has provided us with a bounty of beautiful flowers to help us express our emotions from regret, sympathy, to love, happiness, celebration and tender thoughts. When you want to relay these emotions, flowers are the best route regardless if you are sending them next door or across the nation.

Many flowers have their own sentiment attached to them making a gift of flowers even more special when selecting your flowers in such a manner. Some flowers are known for their sentiment in expressing friendship like a yellow rose. If you want your flowers to represent a particular emotion, call Brant Florist and let their expert team create the perfect arrangement that will relay your sentiments beautifully. When you want to express your concerns or any other thought or feeling, let flowers help you.

Every body loves to get surprises. It’s not so much of a surprise if you receive flowers on your birthday or anniversary, but what is a sweet surprise is receiving a gift of flowers on just any old random day. It is those surprise one doesn’t forget and mean more than anything.

You can surprise anyone special in your life any day of the week with a delivery from Brant Florist like with the Sweet Surprise flower arrangement. With its pretty hot pink roses, pink mini carnations, and white daisy pompons it delivers the pop in a surprise along with the sweet sentiment that someone cared enough to have flowers delivered. Sweetly arranged in a clear vase accented with a pink ribbon, this Sweet Surprise flower arrangement will be received graciously and happily from any recipient.