Create a Romantic Destination with Flowers

Florists can play an important role in helping romantics be creative. If you can’t actually go to a desired destination, why not create it at home? Flowers can take you places and help you relive fond, romantic memories … whether it be reminiscing about a Caribbean honeymoon, creating a relaxing spa retreat feel, or reliving a wine country getaway – flowers can set the stage for a romantic evening.

Romantic Evening at Home

Enjoy a romantic dinner for two at home. Make it special with a floral centerpiece or sprinkled rose petals on the table, orchid blossoms tied to the neck of a bottle of champagne or wine and a flower petal path leading the way to the table.
Make a flower trail throughout your house leading to a bubble bath sprinkled with rose petals.
Lay a few fragrant flowers near the bedside or on her pillow.

Beach Honeymoon

Recreate a Hawaiian honeymoon complete with long-lasting tropical flowers and a lei to wear. Picture your Valentine wearing a gorgeous orchid lei when it’s sub-zero outside.
Ask your florist to add colored sand and seashells in bouquets or vases to really create the mood!
Tropical flowers, such as Birds of Paradise, anthurium, ginger, or orchids with an accent of fresh fruit and foliages
A simple collection of orchids in a vase
Bells of Ireland and delphinium. The cool greens and blues will conjure up the memories of the beautiful Caribbean.

European Vacation

Relax in an English “Bed & Breakfast” with a low traditional bowl of garden roses, ivy and waxflowers. Serve the flowers on a small tray with teacups filled with gourmet teas and crumpets.
Take in the French countryside with an arrangement of fresh herbs and wild flowers such as heather, daisies, delphinium and miniature roses.
Stroll through a French Garden with brightly hued blooming plants arranged in a classic wicker basket.
Flowers in rich purples, reds and blues
A lovely European dish garden embraces a mixture of fresh flowers with blooming or green plants.
For another European look, send a loose arrangement of garden-style flowers such as tulips, hydrangeas, ranunculus and roses in a clear glass vase or decorative container.
Hand-tied bouquets are popular in Europe:A hand-tied bouquet with all accent flowers and a couple of roses
A textural hand-tied bouquet embellished with decorative beads and wires with colorful wraps

Spa Weekend

Create a spa-like atmosphere with aromatic flowers like freesia, stock and sweet peas to sooth the senses.
Pair select bath products with a floral arrangement featuring flowers in relaxing blues, lavenders and greens with fresh eucalyptus and soft foliage
Place several small blue and green arrangements in the bathroom or bedroom.
Embrace your sweetheart with a sense of calm with the soft scent of purple freesia in a clear cylinder with pale pink petals floating in the vase.
An all white floral arrangement in a sea glass vase or frosted with aquamarine accents
Monobotanic bouquet of blue iris in a clear glass vase with sea glass or shells clustered together in the bottom of the vase
A simple glass vase filled with callas or white Casablanca lilies and cool blue glass gems inside the vase.

Wine Country Getaway

Use purples, reds and green in various textures to evoke the feeling of a stroll in the vineyard. Try these ideas:

A few beautiful roses or lilies arranged in an empty wine bottle shared on a past date. She’ll love the sentimentality.
Deep reds (roses, carnations and soft greens). Add accents of vines, mosses and a bottle of wine.
Grapes, sunflowers, grasses-outdoorsy and lots of yellow/peach/olive greens
Burgundy flowers with fresh grapes and Brie cheese in a large basket
Include a bottle of wine or fresh fruit and grapes with deep wine colored roses
Bold collection of vibrant purple anemones or alstroemeria, green hydrangea, hypericum and red roses.
Rich royal-colored floral bouquet consisting of a mixture of textural materials such as purple tulips, magenta stock, green hydrangea and lavender roses tied with natural raffia. The design may include clusters of grapes.

Other Exciting Destinations

Cuddle up in a snowed in ski lodge with a roaring fire and beautiful white roses.
Conjure up the charm of the South Pacific with a beautifully designed arrangement with an Asian flair.
Orchids and other fragile blooms can remind couples of rainforest getaways.
An assortment of flowers from the garden in a bouquet conjures the feeling of a stroll through a country garden.
Experience a trip to Japan with an Ikebana floral design of several stems of orchids or Fuji Chrysanthemums. Add a Japanese flower arranging kit and book along with some wonderful teas.

Special Moments

Cuddle up in a snowed in ski lodge with a roaring fire and beautiful white roses.
Conjure up the charm of the South Pacific with a beautifully designed arrangement with an Asian flair.
Orchids and other fragile blooms can remind couples of rainforest getaways.
An assortment of flowers from the garden in a bouquet conjures the feeling of a stroll through a country garden.
Experience a trip to Japan with an Ikebana floral design of several stems of orchids or Fuji Chrysanthemums. Add a Japanese flower arranging kit and book along with some wonderful teas.