Fun at the Fair!

Just a shout out for all the visitors we had at the Minnesota State Fair. Thanks for stopping by the Horticulture building! The weather was beautiful, the people were fantastic and the questions asked were great! It was awesome to see the Twin Cities community support for local florists and local growers. We hope that everyone learned a little something about finding a reliable florist for their flower needs and to be wary of internet sites and phone book listings that bring you to a call center.
As always, if you are ever in doubt of finding a florist, give us a call! We would be more than happy to assist you or point you in the correct direction.
Thanks again and have a safe and relaxing Labor Day Weekend!!

Prep for the State Fair & Local Florists

It's that time of the year! The Great Minnesota Get Together is here apon us (a little too fast for my liking!). Maple Grove Floral will be attending the fair this year in the Horticulture Building on August 30th, from 10am - 3pm. We'll be hanging out with the fair goers, answering questions about our store and flowers and more so, promoting Minnesota flower shops with the Minnesota State Florist Association. You can learn more about the association by going to : www.localmnflorist.com
Here is just a quick blerb from the MN State Florist Assoc;
"Not all "local" florists are local. Some out-of-state tele-marketing and online firms pose as local florists. These companies mislead consumers into feeling that they are ordering from a local florist, but without their knowledge, are being call forwarded to another state. These firms charge higher fees and take business away from legitimate local florists. These companies gather orders and send them to florists, keeping a percentage of the total amount the consumer spent."

To learn more about this, visit us at the fair or visit the website listed above. See ya at the fair!!

Long hours, but totally worth it!

After many long hours at the flower shop, the fruits of our labor paid off. We delivered the hot pink Barbie wedding without a hitch, thanks to our amazing floral crew (and the help of a 24' long refridgeroted truck!!).

The unloading process and definetly one of notice. Throughout the entire day, we had flash photography from a number of different people, from staff, to touring customers, to golfers just going to use the adjacent bathrooms! The reactions were fabulous.

With direction from the mother and the bride to have jaws hit the floor, we sure did accomplish that!

Here are just a few pictures that we have to share with you all! With all the photography happening, more pictures of our amazing set up with follow! It leads one to wonder, how did they do that??

All work, more work... and a little play too

Here are some candid shots from the flower shop during our wedding week. It wouldn't be fun without some of these behind the scenes snap shots!

Here are some of our fab employees welcoming our new fish and practicing their fish lips.

With all the hard work being invested into this week, we always need a little break. It helps keep up human!

Here are just a couple of the tropicals received for this week. I love the Ginger!!!

There are about 60 + orchids hiding under the table too. Needless to say, the shop smells delightful!

"What's going on in your flower shop??"

Most of our customers are coming in this week and are baffled at the upside-down look of the flower shop. The fresh flowers are outside of the cooler and it's starting to look like a tropical forest at the second register! What's going on here?

Well, for most that are wondering, we are undergoing some huge preparations for a wedding on August 15th. With excess of 500 Hot pink roses, 300 stems of pink orchids, 100s of tropical flowers, mounds of white hydrangea, 100s of gerbera dasies (the list could go on and on) the cooler space is to say the least... a little cramped. We want to assure all our customers that we still have flowers for sale, they are just a little scarce this week. Most of the floral arrangements for our wedding are on display at the registers, only because we don't have the cooler room for such

massive pieces!

But.....

"Do you sell fish too?" No, they are for the wedding also! They are gorgeous little buggers, the original we named Franklin the Second. Franklin has 11 cousins that are going to be conversation pieces at 12 guest tables for the wedding! They are definately conversation pieces at the shop already!

We are very proud and excited to be the florist for Kristina and Blake. Their wedding is absolutely gorgeous and they are such a fun couple! Congratulations!!!!

This is just a sample of one of the arrangements for this weekend. Not fully complete, as it is missing the cascading orchids. This is a very large bubble design that is placed on top of a 24" Martini Glass. Imagine the Watermelon-tini - YUM! Notice the size of my designer's hand to the left of the picture.... yea, it's that big.

"Around the World"

August 20th, 2009 at 5pm.

"Around the World" at Rice Lake Plaza.

Join us for a cultural experience without the need for a pass port!

Participating stores :
Maple Grove Floral - Holland (Trivia night & in store specials)

Frankie's Pizza - Italy (Tira Mi Su samples and coupons)

Stonecrop - USA (in store specials)

Chin Yung - China (10% off coupons)

Dairy Queen - Germany (2 for 1 blizzards)

Simonson's Salon

FRAMETASTIC
& More!!