National Gardening Exercise Day is June 6th

Each year, National Gardening Exercise Day is celebrated on June 6th throughout the United States. It is a great way to get the word out about how gardening provides numerous benefits, including helping care for our planet, providing a relaxing and satisfying hobby, and getting exercise. Yes, gardening does provide exercise and here’s how: There is a lot of bending and up and down movement that looks – and feels – a lot like squats. The movement involved in digging, planting, pulling weeds, and cutting also involves various muscles that are moving and stretching. Depending on how large your garden is you may also have fruit trees or other opportunities that involve climbing ladders, so you have an outdoor “stairmaster” machine. Even if you don’t have your own garden or space for creating one, you can participate in local Atlanta gardening clubs or community gardens to get the most out of this great form of exercise. It is a good way to exercise for people of all ages! Helping Your Garden Grow Our Atlanta flower shops offer many ways to help your garden grow. For example, we have many green plants and blooming plants that you can transplant into your … Read More about National Gardening Exercise Day is June 6th »

Happy Memorial Day from Carithers Flowers

As the long Memorial Day weekend begins, it’s time to recognize all of those that we have lost in wars and battles around the world in which they fought incredibly hard to keep our freedom. We owe those fallen soldiers so much and this is the time to reflect on what being a soldier really means, including the sacrifices that they have made for us and for those that they left behind. Although Memorial Day, which is this upcoming Monday, may have its solemn moments, there are also many reason to celebrate and join together as a community to focus on our patriotic spirit. Helping you focus on the Red, White, and Blue, we are here with decorative ideas for block parties, barbecues, special events, parades and Memorial Day ceremonies. Here are some ideas to celebrate our patriotism this Memorial Day: American Patriot Sympathy Vase contains a patriotic array of white lilies, red carnations, roses, and more within a sympathy vase. Red Hot features a range of red flowers, including antique hydrangea, roses, spray roses, gerbera, hypericum and more. Sizzle is another red flower arrangement in a cube vase that offers an imaginative design that is perfect as a centerpiece. … Read More about Happy Memorial Day from Carithers Flowers »

Decorate in Style with Holland Tulips

While tulips make great gifts for a special occasion, they are also a great flower to use to decorate any room in your home. Here are some ideas from the floral design team at Carithers Flowers: Lemons and Tulips for the Kitchen or Patio Use a wide-mouthed pitcher or ball jar for this tulip arrangement. Add sliced lemons and/or limes and water to container and then arrange yellow and white tulips inside. This is a great item to add to a kitchen table or counter as well as a patio table. Vintage Style Tulip Arrangement for the Living or Family Room Get a crate and old milk bottles. Place one or two tulips in your favorite colors to each bottle and add water. Tie the two tulips in each bottle together to help them stand up straight. Place on a side table or coffee table in a social space like the family or living room. Tulip Topiaries This unique design idea only requires a topiary ball from the craft shop, floral water picks, ribbon, and, of course, tulips. Place each tulip in a water pick and add around the topiary ball. This can be hung up on a porch or … Read More about Decorate in Style with Holland Tulips »

Prom Time in Atlanta

It’s that time of year again for prom, which means picking out the best attire, getting a limo, and, of course, picking prom flowers, including a corsage and boutonniere. Atlanta high schools, including Blessed Trinity, Greater Atlanta Christian, Lovett, Marist, Mount Pigsah, Pace Academy, Walker, Westminster, Whitefield, and Woodward Academy as well as Alpharetta High School, Lassiter High School, Marietta High School. Milton High School, Pope High School, Roswell High School, Walton High School, and Wheeler High School are all getting ready for prom. To help you get the perfect prom flowers to match your style and budget, we have a wide array of corsages and boutonnieres to choose from. Common Prom Flower Questions Every year, the big dilemma is should the corsage match the dress? The answer is not necessarily because it should really serve as an accent or complimentary color to the dress color. Since more corsages tend to be worn on the wrist than pinned on anymore, this helps create a nice contrast. You may also wonder what trends are prominent this year for prom flowers. The big trend continues to be ‘bling’ corsages that have rhinestones, pearls, and jewels as wristlet straps for the corsage. This can be … Read More about Prom Time in Atlanta »

Special Savings and Unique Gifts for Mother’s Day

To provide extra value for you this Mother’s Day, we have put many of our Mother’s Day flower arrangements, Mother’s Day bouquets, Mother’s Day gift baskets on sale as well as introduced new floral designs and gifts for this special day. The result has been the busiest year for us yet and this is already our busiest day of the year! There is still time to take advantage of our promotional pricing and sales event by ordering in any of our Atlanta flower shops, calling us, or going online to purchase Mother’s Day gifts through our website. You can enjoy many of the new offerings we have added for this Mother’s Day. To help you decide what to get your Mom, here is a gift guide of ideas:   Custom Mother’s Day Collection Our custom Mother’s Day collection starts at $69.95 and provides a way to offer Mom something that no one else can get on this special day. All customers have to do is select a favorite theme or color grouping as well as the price and then our floral design team will custom create a stunning flower arrangement for Mom. The categories include Pink and Lavender, Spring Flowers, … Read More about Special Savings and Unique Gifts for Mother’s Day »

Thank You to Teachers!

Teachers do an incredible job with our kids, helping them grow in knowledge and as people. They have our kids for at least six hours each day, helping them understand concepts and guiding them on how to develop skills and make wise choices in life. These unsung heroes that don’t get paid nearly enough for the priceless work they do, day in, day out, deserve our thanks. On May 5th and throughout the week of May 3rd through 8th, we honor teachers with Teacher Appreciation Day and Teacher Appreciation Week. Here, in Atlanta, we are here to help with gift ideas that provide a way to show our appreciation: We offer a number of presentation bouquets are a beautiful way to say thank you to a teacher. They come in many styles and colors to personalize your gift. For example, the Vibrant Presentation Bouquet features bright and bold hues. These bouquets come in three sizes, containing 25, 35, or 50 blooms. The Teddy Bear Topiary Flowering Garden and Thank You Balloon is a great gift that includes a unique topiary in the shape of a teddy bear as well as many types of green plants in a basket along with … Read More about Thank You to Teachers! »

Celebrate Earth Day on April 22nd

Earth Day is about celebrating what we have on this planet and reminding each other that we have to take good care of it to make sure it lasts for all the future generations to come.  Earth Day is on Wednesday, April 22nd and offers many opportunities throughout Atlanta to celebrate by working on a clean-up project, helping out at a community garden, or taking part in other festivities in the area. You can even look into ways to “green” your home or office. To remind loved ones about this special day, you can also send a gift of flowers or greenery that shows the beauty in the environment that we have to cherish and protect. Here are some stunning examples of what we have in our Atlanta flowers shops and online that you can enjoy on this Earth Day: ELEGANT NATURE’S HARMONY This extraordinary flower arrangement features a leaf-lined vase along with foliage and an exotic mix of flowers, including white hydrangea, leucadendron, red hypericum, green roses, green carnations and hanging amaranthus accented with bupleurum, sword fern, and eucalyptus. ORCHID BOTANICA Earth Day celebrations will be brightened by this flower arrangement that includes green cymbidium orchids, roses, and premium … Read More about Celebrate Earth Day on April 22nd »

Celebrating the Admins That Get the Job Done

April 19-24 is Administrative Professionals’ Week, which also features Administrative Professionals’ Day on Wednesday, April 22nd. This is an ideal time to reward and recognize your admin or pool of admins that handle all the little things, which really are all big things in terms of keeping your schedule, office, and company running like a well-oiled machine. If you are not sure what might make a nice gift to say thank you, we have put together some gift ideas for you to consider that are sure to please: GARDEN FAVORITES BOUQUET This bright spring flower arrangement features garden favorites that include stargazer lilies, gerbera daisies, fragrant purple stock, and garden roses within a ginger glass vase. A MIDTOWN GARDEN This modern flower arrangement showcases a wide range of garden floral varieties that have been artistically designed in a European pave style and presented in a glass vase. GARDEN VERANDA This southern-styled flower arrangement includes hydrangea, stargazer lilies, skyline and coral roses, lisianthus and field fillers with willow accents. It sends an extraordinary message of appreciation for the hard work your admin does on your behalf. ELEGANT CELEBRATIONS Celebrate your admin with this sophisticated flower arrangement that offers white on white … Read More about Celebrating the Admins That Get the Job Done »

Easter Sunday is April 5th

Are you ready for Easter Sunday on April 5th? Carithers Flowers is your go-to Easter flower arrangement, Easter lily, and Easter gift basket partner for decorating your home, finding a gift to take to a party, or sending a gift to a loved one in Atlanta or anywhere in the country. Here are some ideas for gifts and decorating this Easter. Easter Decorations There are many ways to dress the Easter brunch table if you plan on having people over. Pick an Easter centerpiece that fits the size of your table as well as that reflects your style. Here are some ideas: The Spring Easter Centerpiece with candles is a larger flower arrangement that is idea for table seating of six or more. This one features an array of spring flowers plus three taper candles. The Easter Egg Hunt Centerpiece showcases Asiatic lilies, spring daisies, asters, and Easter eggs.  It is more compact, making it the perfect size to use as both a room accent or as a table centerpiece for a table setting of four. The Spring Centerpiece trio allows you to spread out the arrangement or use as a special arrangement for each table setting if you purchase … Read More about Easter Sunday is April 5th »

Getting Ready for New Growth on Palm Sunday

Palm Sunday is March 29th, and this is a special time to stop and reflect on the Easter holiday time and what it means for us. As a religious holiday that arrives exactly one week before Easter, it is a time for new growth and renewal that reflects the spring season. To prepare for this special time, flowers offer a reminder of this time of renewal and rebirth. They are a beautiful way to decorate your home as well as provide a wonderful gift for others. During this spring season and Palm Sunday, you can add special floral touches throughout your home as well as provide flowers for your local church to mark the occasion. Our Atlanta flower shops are brimming over with special spring flowers, including tulips, lilies, orchids and roses that make a wonderful way to celebrate Palm Sunday and Easter. Of course, there is also the lily plant, which is known as the Easter plant, offering the elegance and purity of white. Another way to celebrate this time of renewal is to share a special gift basket with loved ones that represents this renewal, such as a fresh fruit basket that reminds us to renew our minds … Read More about Getting Ready for New Growth on Palm Sunday »