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Mother's Day
Sunday May 9th |
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Celebrate Mother's Day with Gammage Flowers
It's that time of year again when, by tradition, we honour those very special women who have been so important in our lives. And while we certainly love and cherish our Moms the year round, May 9 is the date this year for remembering Mothers with a bit of extra love and attention.
You can't go wrong with a gift of flowers for Mother's Day. Flowers, with their intrinsic and vibrant beauty, are the perfect symbols for the life-giving energy that really defines motherhood, and this Mother's Day Gammage Flowers is well-stocked with beautiful blossoms to help you express your affection. For example, the popular look in flowers these days features rounded blooms with soft, feminine textures in a lush and abundant arrangement, so a simple, clear glass vase filled with such flowers as hydrangea, ranunculus, roses , and lisianthus , accented with delicate filler materials such as Queen Anne's lace or Misty Blue limonium is sure to delight. Other soft textured flowers include stock, heather, delphinium, lilac and viburnum.
Of course, the rose is always a favorite choice of flower for Mother's Day, and May is an especially good time of year for a bounteous selection of them. Add a few of these luxuriant blossoms to any bouquet to give it an extra measure of appeal.
Is your Mom an avid collector? If so, let Gammage Flowers incorporate any number of things from broaches to tea pots. We can find a way to mix in small items or photographs or arrange flowers in unconventional containers. For example, for a mother that collects teapots, we can build your arrangement inside a lovely teapot. Imagine how thrilled your mother will be to receive a stunning bouquet as well as an addition to her prized collection!
A European garden, which is a collection of green and blooming plants placed together into a basket or container, is another charming way to present flowers for Mother's Day, with the added benefit that the live plants will continue to survive and grow after the holiday. Bloomers like African violets, kalanchoe, miniature roses, and cyclamens can be combined with green house plants such as ivy, dieffenbachia, and philodendrons, accented with a branch or a flourish of ribbon.
It's been said that it doesn't matter what you give your Mom, as long as it's flowers. Send her a garden of love, full of flowers for Mother's Day, or just call or visit Gammage Flowers for other great ideas. But don't delay......it's only a few days away!
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 The History of Mother's Day Mothers are goddesses. Without their infinite love and patience, we would all be brutes. So it's appropriate that the tradition of honouring mothers originated in ancient Greece, where one of the annual festivals was a tribute to the great mother goddess Rhea Cybele. Rhea gave birth to Zeus, who eventually overthrew the pathologically jealous Cronus to become king of the gods. From there, it's difficult to trace the precise history of Mother's Day. But clearly the idea spread and evolved. During the 17th century, for example, the English began celebrating "Mothering Sunday" by baking "mothering cakes" and giving them to their mothers as a token of gratitude. It's a tradition that continues today. Anna Jarvis of Philadelphia sparked the Mother's Day tradition in North America. In 1908 she arranged a church service in honour of her mother, who had once tried to establish "Mothers' Friendship Days" to help heal the emotional scars of the Civil War. Anna was so touched by the service that she started a campaign to popularize Mother's Day. She succeeded. In 1914 President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed Mother's Day-the second Sunday of May-a U.S. national holiday. Today, people around the world celebrate Mother's Day. Many of them give their mothers chocolate. It's an especially appropriate gift for this occasion, because it says... All your life, you've indulged others, particularly your children, often at the expense of your own needs, sometimes at the expense of your own happiness. Thank you. Please indulge yourself now. You deserve it, more than words can say. |
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| Gammage Flowers
747 Waterloo St
London, Ontario
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Butterfly Keepsake Arrangement $50.00 |
Mom will love this beautiful arrangement in a lovely wooden keepsake box. |
Tea Box Arrangement $50.00 |
Perfect for the tea lover. A fresh arrangement of lily and larkspur in a keepsake tea box. |
| Bernard Callebaut Chocolate
745 Waterloo St
London, Ontario
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Bernard Callebaut Truffles $38.00
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Our chocolate truffles are hand-rolled round chocolate balls dusted with cocoa powder or nuts
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Bernard Callebaut's Ballotin Box.
Let Mom put her feet up and enjoy the luxurious taste of Belgian Chocolate |
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