Thanksgiving Centerpieces are Here!

With Thanksgiving less than two weeks away, it’s time to start getting some of your many errands attached to a family Thanksgiving dinner out of the way. We make it easy to set the Thanksgiving table because we have a wide array of Thanksgiving floral centerpieces that showcase the stunning fall flowers and offer so many different designs that are sure to fit your style. To help get you started, here are some of our latest Thanksgiving flower centerpieces that may work for your own table or that you can bring as a gift for the person hosting a special holiday dinner: The Autumn Thanks Aplenty Centerpiece offers a stunning array that includes red roses, orange lilies, and orange and yellow gerberas. The Family Treasures Fall Centerpiece contains sunflowers, lilies, autumn roses and holiday candles. The Harvest Blessing’s Centerpiece has sunflowers, lilies, orchids, roses, berries and decorative fall features like feathers. The Premium Thanksgiving Harvest Centerpiece has miniature pumpkins, berries, fall leaves, garden roses and orange Asiatic lilies. Cornucopias are commonly used for Thanksgiving dinner tables. We offer many different sizes and colors, including the Bountiful Autumn Cornucopia with sunflowers, garden roses, autumn leaves, dried wheat and various types of … Read More about Thanksgiving Centerpieces are Here! »

Celebrating Veteran’s Day in Atlanta

In honor of our veterans this Wednesday, November 11th, we offer a wide array of special patriotic flower arrangements to use on graves, at Veteran’s Day events and parades, or for loved ones still alive. The American Patriot Sympathy Vase contains white lilies, red carnations and roses, and other patriotic flowers in a classic vase. The Patriotic Salute Sympathy Basket has an array of red, white, and blue flowers that speaks to the pride and appreciation we show our veterans. The American Patriot Sympathy Wreath can be used with or without an easel and comes in two sizes. It blends red roses and white mums with blue delphinium and greenery. The American Patriot Fireside offers a basket filled with red roses, status, greenery and white mums. The American Patriot Standing Spray is a stunning design of roses, gladiola, delphinium, carnations and football mums. The Open Floral Heart Red Contemporary Wreath is shaped liked a heart and contains red carnations and white rose spray. The Patriotic Red, White, and Blue Wreath features a solid white wreath along with red carnations, blue delphinium, and a ribbon with red, white, and blue shining through and through. Of course, we can also make custom … Read More about Celebrating Veteran’s Day in Atlanta »

Add Flowers to Your Halloween Celebrations

Our Autumn collection, available online, along with our Atlanta flower shop collections of décor offers a great way to include flowers in your Halloween celebrations. With Halloween falling on a Saturday this year, plenty of parties are in the works, so we offer fall floral centerpieces and other beautiful flower options like these listed here: The Southern Elegance Centerpiece is a southern style design with a variety of flowers in hues of orange, yellow, cranberry and merlot. Keep this in mind, too, for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday. The Colorful Metropolitan Centerpiece offers lilies, berries, roses and protea along with fall accents. This is only available for the metro Atlanta area. The Deluxe Garden Metropolitan Centerpiece is a unique floral design that combines garden roses and hydrangea with sunflowers, calla lilies, and orchids. Vera Wang’s Autumn Splendor is an exquisite choice with roses, spray roses, LA hybrid lilies and leucadendron stems in a modern glass vase. The Jewels of Milan is a European style flower arrangement with garden roses, lisianthus, hydrangea and more hand arranged in leaf-wrapped vase. Sensational Greeting comes in a European glass cube that has been filled with roses, daisies, and lilies as well as greenery. This is … Read More about Add Flowers to Your Halloween Celebrations »

Make a Difference Day in Atlanta

Make a Difference Day is Saturday, October 24th, and this is an opportunity to do something for someone else. It can be helping them out but it can also involve raising money or contributing to a charity. At Carithers Flowers, we like to focus on community involvement, as we believe that a small business like ours is responsible to those in our community that support our business. We have an obligation to give back and we do so willingly. To help our customers also get involved in the local Atlanta community organizations and charities that do so much for others, we offer the Helping Hands Program. This program benefits local schools, churches, and non-profit organizations that are located throughout Cobb County. With each order that a customer makes, they can also donate to one of our participating organizations, which currently include Find A Cure, WellStar Foundation & Hospice, United Way, Hope Lodge-Emory, American Cancer Society, High Meadows School & Camp, Good Mews Animal Foundation and Hightower Middle School. Our website features a convenient way to make this donation as you purchase your gifts online. On the online order form, you can select “Helping Hands” from a pull-down menu and then … Read More about Make a Difference Day in Atlanta »

Celebrate the Boss on Bosses Day, Friday, October 16th

This is that time of year to recognize your boss and thank them for having the faith and belief in you to hire and manage you on a daily basis. You know they have a lot on their plate as the boss and you want to tell them that you value what they do. Bosses Day is a great time to do that, and it’s coming up quick on Friday, October 16th. To help you pick something that shows you appreciate them while still sticking within a budget, we have put together a gift guide to help you see what’s possible – from flower arrangements and plants to gift baskets: The Tuscan Sun Bouquet has sunflowers, garden roses, and autumn lilies in three sizes. The Cottage Garden Bouquet is a garden-style flower arrangement with sunflowers, English roses, field asters and berry blush stock along with seasonal accents in a glass cube. Festival Countryside has sunflowers and garden roses that combine to make a stunning display. The Autumn Garden Gathering is a garden-style centerpiece with a votive candle that is surrounded by hydrangea, garden roses, and sunflowers. The Deluxe Garden Metropolitan Centerpiece has sunflowers, hydrangea, garden roses, callas and orchids in … Read More about Celebrate the Boss on Bosses Day, Friday, October 16th »

Homecoming in Atlanta

With the school year in full swing, it’s that time for Atlanta high schools to have their homecoming, including the big football game, the return of alumni, and that special dance. It’s the time to make special memories and get the most out of your high school experience. Besides the perfect dress and tux, the limo, and all the other preparations, you can’t forget the homecoming flowers, including a corsage and boutonniere. Times have changed and these are typically bought together by the parents or the couple. All of our Atlanta flower shops and our online flower shop are here to help you get ready with a wide selection of choices, colors, varieties and prices. To provide you with some ideas, here are just a few of the many homecoming corsages and homecoming boutonnieres we have available for order by phone, in store, or online: The Deluxe White Spray Roses, Freesia Wrist Corsage with Diamonds is an elegant presentation with white spray roses, sheer ribbons, freesia and diamond sparkle accents. The Purple Phaleonopsis Orchid Corsage with Jeweled Wristlet features a purple phaleonopsis orchid, green hypericum berries, black studs, sheer ribbon and a keepsake black jeweled wristlet.  This is only available … Read More about Homecoming in Atlanta »

The First Day of Fall Arrives on September 23rd

Summer has now officially drawn to a close as we have changed over our showrooms in all of our Atlanta flower shop locations to celebrate the first day of autumn on September 23rd. Not only is every showroom overflowing with gorgeous fall flower arrangements and décor, but many of these items are also already on sale to celebrate the new season. To give you a preview of what is now available in terms of fall flowers, check out these spectacular flower arrangements: The Tuscan Sun Bouquet is a European design with sunflowers, lilies, garden roses and all accent pieces that comes in different sizes. The Cottage Garden Bouquet is a European garden style arrangement with sunflowers, berry-blush stock, lavender English roses, field asters and autumn accents in a glass cube.   The Autumn Splendor Cube is another glass cube flower arrangement that overflows with orange lilies, roses, sunflowers and other fall greenery. The Orange Zest Fall Vase is a glass cylinder vase that contains orange Asiatic lilies, fall roses, and yellow chrysanthemums that offers a warm welcome to the fall season. Vera Wang’s Autumn Splendor comes from the Vera Wang flower collection and offers a range of colors in three … Read More about The First Day of Fall Arrives on September 23rd »

National Grandparents Day is September 13th

Grandparents Day is Sunday, September 13th and it’s the perfect opportunity to celebrate everything that makes having grandparents so special. They are there to offer love and impart knowledge as well as work to instill values. And, they are there to spoil you. To treat them to something special on their own day, here are some beautiful floral gifts that your grandparents may enjoy to brighten their homes: Fanciful Garden European Cube is a stunning display of garden roses and gerbera daisies in hues of pink and fuchsia. Carithers Fond Arrival Bouquet is a Better Homes and Gardens floral design that offers roses, mini carnations, Asiatic lilies and greenery in shades of lavender, burgundy, and peach. It comes in a clear glass cube with a green plaid ribbon. You can choose 15, 19, or 24 stems. Now that fall is nearly here, we also have some beautiful fall flower arrangements that your grandparents may enjoy as décor for their home. Here are just a few ideas: Pumpkin Patch offers an array of fall flowers that have been topped off with a decorative pumpkin. Autumn Gems contains yellow Asiatic lilies, garden roses, sunflowers and corkscrew willow. The Sedona Modern Autumn Cube … Read More about National Grandparents Day is September 13th »

Our Showroom is Dressed for Fall!

While we love our summertime, fall is also a true favorite among our staff at our Atlanta flower shop locations because it gives us a chance to showcase some dramatic colors and flower arrangements while also preparing for some of those great fall holidays like Halloween and Thanksgiving. Our fall flowers are finally here and available to start giving as gifts for the new school year as well as special occasions. Online, we now have our fall flowers and gift collection to share with those of you that want to browse at home. However, if you can come into our Atlanta showrooms, you’ll be able to see what these pictures featured here are highlighting while also enjoying the many other floral designs we now have on display. This is the time of the year to enjoy the rich hues and symbols of the fall harvest, including pumpkins, the changing colors of leaves, and sunflowers. There are also scarecrows and cornucopias as well as a few witches and goblins. On display, we also have a number of examples of fall centerpieces for special celebrations and gatherings as well as for fall events and fall weddings. For example, the Southern Elegance Centerpiece … Read More about Our Showroom is Dressed for Fall! »

Everyone Needs a Little Flower Therapy

We have all had those days where it didn’t go as planned, we feel discouraged, or maybe we are physically under the weather. We also know others that have experienced the same thing. That’s when it’s nice to take the time and treat others we care about and maybe even ourselves to a little flower therapy. Scientific evidence has shown that flowers do improve one’s mental and even physical state, offering that kind of pick me up we all could use. At Carithers Flowers, we are so happy that our flowers can have that kind of effect on others. It makes us feel as though we are really helping others. To give you some ideas of the type of get well flowers, plants, and gifts we offer, we thought we would share a few prescriptions here with you: Wishes and Blessings Bouquet is full of yellow and white flowers, including garden roses and hydrangea, in a European glass vase. The Get Well Soon Bouquet comes with a “Get Well Soon” Mylar balloon. The flower arrangement consists of yellow lilies, roses, and alstromeria in a glass vase. Thinking of You is a bouquet of daisies and lilies that also comes with … Read More about Everyone Needs a Little Flower Therapy »