Flowers from around the world

With Valentines Day quickly approaching, we've been busy busy busy ordering in flowers from all around the world. Literally.  Our roses and lilies come to us directly from South America, orchids are flown in from Thailand and Australia, and antheriums and other tropicals arrive from Hawaii.  Many of our flowers are grown in the lovely climates of southern CA. and we are fortunate to be able to source quite a lot of our flowers locally.

And if that weren't enough, we are lucky enough to have the second largest flower auction in the WORLD within driving distance up in Burnaby, British Columbia.   In addition to the many growers centered in Burnaby, they also receive floral stock from around the world on a daily basis and it is auctioned off in a manner similar to it's more famous cousin in Holland. 


Modern technology has enabled the floral industry to create a system that ensures that flowers are grown in optimum conditions, cut at the precise time to promote longevity, super hydrated and chilled before shipping and then shipped overnight to the import houses and from there to us, your local florist. 

What does this mean for you?  It means that we have access to the freshest, most fabulous flowers in the world.  Upon arrival in our shop, the flowers are cleaned and conditioned with the flower food they need to open beautifully and last longest.  And then, they are arranged in gorgeous bouquets and hand delivered to the recipient of your choice. 

That is the reason our bouquets have been known to last for two weeks or more.  And that is the quality  our clients have come to rely on. 

Don't settle for less, and don't settle for a bouquet that wilts after 3 days.  Call the Enchanted Florist, your local experts in all things floral.

Summer time, sweet summer time.

It's been a crazy busy summer here in flower world.  So busy that I haven't had a chance to post in quite a few months.  But if you follow us on facebook, you can check on some of our more recent activities.

The weddings that we worked on last weekend were so much fun.  We normally take a few days off over Labor day weekend but this year we booked 3 weddings so it was all work work work.  Let me know what you think.

This was the cascading bouquet for Friday's bride.  I've heard that this style will be making a come back and it appears to be true.

Sundays' bride chose bright red and deep purple for her wedding colors.  The dark purple calla lilies add an elegant touch to this fun bouquet.

Saturday's bride was all about bright pinks and greens.  The cymbidium orchids in this bridesmaids bouquet really pop against a backdrop of hot pink roses.

The bridal bouquet was a fun mix of dahlias, roses, and hypericum berries.  A sweet taste of summertime.

A Season for Romance

Here we are, suffering through the dark, dreary end of winter days, and along comes a holiday designed to make everyone feel warm, cozy and most of all...loved. 
Valentines Day.  A day for sweetness and romance and the exchange of loving missives.  Flowers and romance go hand in hand, there is nothing more charming than a declaration of love accompanied by a handcrafted bouquet of fresh blooms to brighten a winter day.



These are just a few of the lush and lovely bouquets we have ready to deliver to your sweetheart.

Give us a call at 360.757.2427 or go online to place your order at http://www.myenchantedflorist.net/
And prepare to enjoy the benefits of a romantic gesture.

Christmas Open house all month!

  We looked at the calendar to pick out the perfect date for a Holiday open house this month and we pondered long and hard on which weekend would work best for all of our customers (and for us too)   Nothing seemed to fit.  We wanted a date that wasn't competing with any of the big fundraising auctions for the local charities.  Or Thanksgiving and Black Friday shoppers.  Or  birthday celebrations for the grandkids, (one must have priorites).

  So, the only thing we could think to do is celebrate our open house....ALL MONTH LONG!!  A holiday extravaganza all month at The Enchanted Florist.  Different specials and sales every week.  As well as discounts on preordered Christmas bouquets and wreaths all month.  That's right.  Pre order your Christmas bouquets before November 30th and receive 20% off the regular price.  Wreaths, both fresh and silk are 10% off.

And this week only, glorious mercury glass containers are 25% off.  It's a holly jolly holiday open house at your favorite little flower shop.  Stop and see some of the  beautiful, fun pieces we've found for you.

In Fine Company!

The results are in for the October Cooler Challenge!  I am so Happy!!  I finished in 3rd place this month!   It is such an honor to be in such fine company.  I wanted to post copies of the other bouquets here  with full credit given to the submitting shops  just because they are so darn cool I needed to share, but I was afraid to do so with out the permission of the other designers or Teleflora.  So you'll just have to take my word for it.  They were REALLY COOL. 

Boy's and Girls Club Dinner and Auction!

  The Boys and Girls club of Skagit county is hosting it's annual fundraising Dinner and Auction on Saturday night.  It's a festive, fun filled evening of wonderful food and the most incredible, wildly desirable and extraordinary items up for auction that you will ever see gathered together in one room ready for your bidding pleasure.  Bring your wallet.  You're going to want to bid.  Alot.
      The Enchanted Florist will be donating to the auction One Dozen Long Stemmed Roses, arranged in vase.  Every Month for an Entire Year!    This is your chance to donate to a wonderful cause AND make brownie points for 12 entire months.  It's a win win situation. 

    Saturday night at Saint Josephs Center.  6:30pm  Tickets are $75 at the door.  So go....Eat , Drink, Make Merry and Raise lots and lots of money for this very worth while cause.  The kids'll thank you for it.

The Wedding that wasn't.

       So, sometimes in life things don't work out the way we plan.  Sometimes the most elaborate plans fall apart at the last moment.  Sometimes, that's a really good thing.  You could even say, a blessing.
       Last Saturday we were supposed to be delivering the flowers for a wedding in Anacortes.  The bride, a lovely woman glowing with excitement, had come in to the shop a couple of months prior to look through our albums and pick out her bouquets.  The bouquets she like best, she told me, were the messy-looking, wild bouquets.  Full of ferns, grasses, twigs and wildflowers.   Hmmm.... messy I can do.  As a matter of fact, I believe that messy, wildflower bouquets are what I do best.  We hit it off right away. 
      Fast forward to the Friday before the wedding date.  The mother of the bride calls to let me know the wedding has been called off.  She doesn't go into details.  She doesn't need to, that part isn't any of my business.  But what to do about the floral bouquets.
      We have a pretty strict policy about when we will accept cancellations, and up until what point the deposit becomes non-refundable.  In this case, one week before the wedding, the flowers have already been pre-ordered from half a dozen different suppliers.  They are on the way from different parts of the world.  Too late to back out now.  Mom understood the situation from a business stand point, but really....what do to with all those flowers? 
      I suggested re purposing them into different bouquets.  Just as beautiful, still messy and wild, but more the type of bouquets that the bride could gift to friends or family that had been particularly helpful during this trying time.  Mom decided that they could also gift some of the bouquets to friends who had given wedding gifts that were not returnable, another great idea. 
       I feel so badly for this young woman to have to go through such a difficult time when she had been planning the most special day of her life.  But I also know that whatever it was that came up, would have come up eventually.  Next month or next year or even a couple of years down the road when there were children involved in the mix.  It's so much easier to call off a wedding at the last minute, avoiding all that future heartache, than to wait and wonder if you should have.  She's very brave and I wish her all the best for her future happiness.
     Below are pictures of some of the bouquets that she gifted to her friends and family.