blumebox has arrived

I am often looking for a smarter way to transport flowers for you - especially when the recipient has a suitable or favourite vase already... but sometimes it is better to transport and deliver your order in water.

I have found a way to do this cost effectively with a very small ecological footprint...

blumebox ready to go!

blumebox

i fiori now offers blumeboxes  at your request!

• Each vase is supplied complete with its own polybag liner.
• The polyethylene bag is fully recyclable.
• Vases have a 100% water based colour coating. Colours will not bleed or stain.
• Vases are packaged flat and pop open in just seconds.
• Vases can be reused up to 10 times.
• Vases are made from a minimum 80% Post Consumer waste material and are 100% recyclable.

Because your order is about the flowers - not the vase.







my monet blumebox

 

my monet blumebox

And for something irresistible (and just in time for mother's day!)
'my monet' is a smaller vase which includes the pop up cardboard vase, biodegradable liner and 4 crayons for the budding artist to decorate his or her vase just for mom, or nonna, or gramma, or baba...
You get the idea.

I love my job

Man, there are worse ways to make a living!



This is a peek into one of the greenhouses that I visited Friday morning on my regular swoop through the Niagara peninsula collecting plants and cut flowers for the shop.

Owned and operated by Leo and Lynne, the greenhouse has benches and benches of fabulous ranunculus ready this season.
It is almost impossible to select only a few to bring back to the store with me.

This is the back of the car- wall to wall Spanish lavender, English lavender, fabulous fresh cut parrot and regular tulips, ranunculus and fresh herbs.
It smelled even better than it looked!

Once I was back in the shop, I found a place for my morning treasures:


 the front window at i fiori

fresh herbs this weekend: arugula, silver thyme, curly parsley, Italian parsley and sage

lemon cypress topiaries, Spanish lavender, potted hyacinths and helleborus

 
 

NEW! Organic seed kits.
The kit includes planting medium, biodegradable pot and saucer, and organic seed collections.
- Edible Flowers: nasturtium, viola & chamomile
- French Garden: Lavender, thyme & marjoram


See you in the shop!

Tulips. The cure for winter.

80 km wind gusts.
Freezing rain.
Below 0 celsius.
April 12.

There is only one remedy in mid-April for a winter that won't go away.

Bring out the tulips.

In the shop, available by the armful, less expensive than a couple cups of coffee, and just waiting to make you smile...
Come in and taunt old-man-winter.

shamrocks and spring bulbs

OK.
That's enough.

We have all been suffering from a bit of winter fatigue. Oh sure, a bit of snow is pretty and this is Canada... but it is mid-March and time for Spring.

i fiori is bursting with spring bulbs ready to bloom! We have collections already potted up and ready to go, or you can select the tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, crocus and muscari to create your oun small haven of springtime.

And of course there are shamrocks.

green oxalis (shamrocks) with white flowers

 

We have potted shamrocks (oxalis, actually) to brighten up your home or workplace, and they will be equally happy outside when the weather warms up!

For a gorgeous contrast we also have the burgundy oxalis which feature delicate pale pink flowers.

 

 

 

Oh, Springtime.

Hurry up!

the collaboration

Today was the kind of magical day when a group of people come together with a solid purpose, a common goal and something very special unfolds.
Shot in 270 Sherman Street North in Hamilton, here are some preliminary photos of the day's work.
More to come!

The collaborators
Claire Dam: photographer ...  http://clairedamphotography.com/
White Elephant : vintage dresses... http://www.whiteelephantshop.ca/
Aimee Carreen Stricker : make up and hair... aimeecarreen@gmail.com
Breanna Stevenson : table styling : bre.stevenson@hotmail.com
Fehn Foss & Breanna Stevenson : models
i fiori : bouquets, hair and table flowers