With Mother’s Day looming right around the corner, I’d figure I would write up some tips to ensure your flowers get to your mum on Mother’s Day .
Did you know that there’s over 20,000 florist in the USA with over 100,000 employees that can deliver your flowers by post? With that many flowers delivered, something is bound to go wrong. Florists have consistently ranked in the top 10 most complained about business according to the BBB. Below we will list some tips to ensure you get quality flowers delivered on time.
Tip #1 – Get to know your florist.
Getting flowers is a very personalized service. It’s certainly worth getting to know your local florist, so that you may tell the florist how you want your flowers to look.
Tip #2 -Don’t wait till the last second!
Lets say you’re sending your significant other roses on Valentines Day – well, you and every other guys is too, so get a jump on it early to make sure your florist isn’t sold out.
Tip # 3 – Find a local florist.
If your flowers are being sent a few towns over or to another country, find a florist local to that area to ensure fresh flowers and a timely delivery.
Hopefully by following a few of our tips your mom will get a beautiful bouquet of flowers! OH, and remember: Mother’s Day falls on May 8th ( which is a Sunday here in the USA) so ask if the florist will be delivering on Saturday or Sunday.
Good Luck!
The modern Mother’s Day is celebrated on various days in many parts of the world, most commonly in May or in March/April, as a day to honor mothers and motherhood. In the UK and Ireland, it follows the old traditions of Mothering Sunday, celebrated in March/April.
Here in the US we celebrate Mother’s Day on the second Sunday in May. In the 1880s and 1890s there were several attempts to establish a Mother’s Day, but they didn’t succeed beyond the local level. The holiday was created by Anna Jarvis in Grafton, West Virginia, in 1908 as a day to honor one’s mother.Jarvis wanted to accomplish her mother’s dream of making a celebration for all mothers, although the idea didn’t take off until she enlisted the services of wealthy Philadelphia merchant John Wanamaker.She kept promoting the holiday until President Woodrow Wilson made it an official national holiday in 1914. The holiday eventually became so highly commercialized that many, including its founder, Anna Jarvis, considered it a “Hallmark Holiday”, i.e. one with an overwhelming commercial purpose. Jarvis eventually ended up opposing the holiday she had helped to create. She died in 1948, regretting what had become of her holiday. In the United States, Mother’s Day remains one of the biggest days for sales of flowers, greeting cards, and the like; it is also the biggest holiday for long-distance telephone calls.
Here’s our Top Ten list of flowers to give to your mother.
1. Traditional Bouquet
2. Carnations
3. Daffodils
4. Roses
5. Tulips
6. Freesia
7. Pot chrysanthemums
8. Iris
9. Lily
10. Foliage plants
