Flowers For Funeral Service

Hi, my name is Julie Klingaman from Grohe Florist in Rohnert Park, CA. The purpose of today's video is to help grieving families choose flowers for funeral services. This is often a very stressful time for families planning an important event in such a short amount of time, so hopefully, these following tips can make it a little less daunting.

The first tip is to find out if your loved one had a favorite flower or color. Ask your florist if these flowers are available and can be incorporated into the arrangements. If they're not available, perhaps there's something similar that your florist can suggest. If there wasn't a favorite color or flower, you can never go wrong by choosing seasonal flowers.

The second tip is to think about the room where you'll be holding the service. Is there a casket? Is it going to be open or closed? It's important to let your florist know that, 'cause that will help determine the size of the arrangement that you'll be needing. Is it a cremation? Then think about if you'd like flowers to be sitting next to the urn.

Families can coordinate the arrangements together, matching colors and different styles. In front of me is a casket piece that can sit on the casket. There's pedestal arrangements, like the one to my right-hand side here. Then over here, there's standing sprays, which are flowers on easels, or basket arrangements, as well as plants. All of these can help decorate the room and make it feel warm and inviting.

Lastly, figure out a budget you're trying to stay within. If you have no idea of the price of flowers, most florists have websites, and you can get a good idea that can help you set a realistic budget.

I hope this video will assist you in choosing the perfect arrangements to commemorate your loved ones.

How To Make a Boutonniere For Prom

Hi, my name is Julie Klingaman from Grohe Florist in Rohnert Park, CA.

Today, I'm going to demonstrate how to make a boutonniere. First, there's a few things that you need to make sure you have. The first is floral stem tape, a pair of clippers for cutting, wire... I like to use 22 gauge wire and pins, so when the boutonniere is complete, you have it for pinning.

Today, I chose a rose to use because they're sturdy and they hold for an evening, when you pin it onto a jacket. What you do is you cut the rose, you leave a little bit of a stem on it, just maybe about a half an inch or so. You can kind of pick the rose, the petals on the outside off that you don't like the way that they look, so that you've got a nice shape for a boutonnière.

The second step that you'll do is take your wire and you'll poke it through the base of the rose, kind of at the biggest bulb part. Now, you can decide if you like to keep these little leaves around the rose or not. I'm going to take it off today just because I don't want that to get in the way of seeing what I'm doing. And then I'm going to take the stem tape, and I'm going to start it at the base of the rose and I'm going to hold it tight, and I'm going to twist the rose. And as I'm twisting the rose, you're going to pull the tape at the same time so that it sticks. And you're just going to keep twisting until you get almost down the whole stem.

The next step will be cutting a little bit of filler flower. I chose to use baby's breath today, and it's kind of made a come back so we're going to use that for our filler. I'm just going to cut little pieces off so that I can put it around the base of the rose. The next step is you're going to just pick which part of the rose you think looks like the front or the back. So, I'm going to choose this as the front 'cause it looks the nicest from this direction, and I'm going to put the baby's breath kind of just in the front part of the rose; and I'm going to take the stem tape again just like I did that first time, and I'm going to start it around the base of it and wrap it around. You don't have to go all the way down this time, just about halfway is fine.

The next step is to pick greenery. I'm going to use Italian Ruscus because it has a nice shape and it's kind of flat to sit on the back of the rose. I'm also got some seeded eucalyptus just because it's a different type of texture and I think it's a nice accent to a boutonnière. So I'm going to do this again where I find the back of the rose. I'm going to put the Ruscus on the back side of it and when it sits up against a jacket it will have a flat back to it. So, don't worry that it's kind of leaning back on this. If you feel like it needs more greenery than this, you can add a little bit more, still. So, I'm going to just cut another piece and I'm going to stick it back here just to have it a little fuller with greens. And then I will stem tape again the rose and twirl it around. If you have too much stems down here, you can trim them and twirl all the way down.

Now, this step you have an option if you want to make it a pin-on boutonnière or there's a new thing that's a magnet. The magnet works very easy. I prefer using the magnet, but if you don't have it on hand, you can find them at your local florist or at a craft store. So this is the point where you can make that decision. If you decide you want to just do a pin on, what you can do is cut the stem of this, any length, say you want to cut it this long, and you can just leave it like that. You can use a pen to twirl it and then just simply put the pins in the side before you pin on. If you decide you want to use the magnet, all you have to do is take the magnet right here, put it on the back of it, like we did the greenery and then just twist, making the magnet on the back of this look really nice. And then you have a magnetic boutonnière, and it's really easy to put on.

I hope that this video was informational and you can make one at home yourself. Thank you. Have a good day.

Easter Lilies, Some History From Grohe

Hi, I'm Julie Klingaman with Grohe Florist in Rohnert Park. For many of us, Easter evokes memories of egg decorating, gift baskets, chocolate bunnies, local church services, family gatherings, and the Easter lily. I began wondering how and why the Easter lily is associated with this holiday. I'm going to share with you what I found out about this beautiful trumpet-shaped fragrant blossom.

They symbolize purity, hope, and life, and the spiritual essence of Easter and all the promises of spring. Easter lilies are given along with Easter gifts, and they happen to be one of America's largest potted plant crops, and one of America's favorite blooming plants. The Easter lily is found in history, mythology and art, with stories and images that speak of the beauty and majesty of these elegant white flowers.

They're often called the white-robed apostles of hope. Lilies are said to have been found growing in the garden of Gethsemane after Christ's agony. At Easter time, churches bank their altars and surround their crosses with masses of Easter lilies to commemorate the resurrection of Jesus Christ and hope of life everlasting. The pure white lily has long been associated with womanhood too. In early paintings, the Angel Gabriel is depicted extending a branch of pure white lilies to the Virgin Mary announcing that she was chosen to be the mother of the Christ child. In other paintings, saints are pictured bringing vases full of white lilies to Mary and the baby Jesus. Tradition has it that when Eve left the garden of Eden, she shed real tears of repentance, and from those remorseful tears sprung up lilies.

The Easter lily has been a mark of purity and grace throughout the ages. The regal white lily is a fitting symbol of greater meaning of Easter. Gracing millions of homes and churches, the flowers embody joy, hope, and life. Whether given as a gift or to be enjoyed in your own home, the Easter lily serves as a beautiful reminder that Easter is a time for rejoicing and celebrating. So when you give Easter baskets to your family, don't stop with the decorated eggs and chocolate rabbits, include a few Easter lilies.

How To Make A Centerpiece For Easter

Hi, my name is Julie Klingaman from Grohe Florists in Rohnert Park. Today, I'm going to demonstrate how to make an Easter centerpiece. Whether it's for brunch, lunch, or dinner, this centerpiece will definitely brighten your table.

First, I chose two different size containers. I have a four by four cube and a six by six cube. I chose a cube because they're low and for a centerpiece you want to make sure to keep it low. I also have a small piece of Styrofoam. If you don't have a piece of Styrofoam, you can find something else that will give you a little bit of lift because you want to be able to put your smaller cube within the larger cube and have it close to the lip of the vase, so that your flowers aren't set too deep in there. 'Cause next, what I'm going to do is I got a bag of jelly beans and I'm going to just fill in the jelly beans around my vase. You've got to keep doing it until you get all the way up to the top.

It looks like I'm probably going to need at least three to four bags of jelly beans. Okay, I chose... You can choose really any type of flower that you'd like to do but I chose tulips because they're a good reminder of spring. And most tulips come in bunches of 10, so I have about 20 tulips here right now, and I'm going to put them... I'm going to cut them and I'm going to stick them down into the vase.

With tulips, a good reason to use them is, you don't really have to design them, they kind of just do their own thing. So, all you have to do is kind of measure the height of the vase, and remember that your vase is shorter in here, so you kind of have to keep that in mind. Then I'm just going to use my clippers and trim this, and I'm not even going to peel back very much of the greenery. I'm going to try to leave it 'cause it's going to help keep all the flowers in place. Then all you have to do is place them in your cube and then from there, you can kind of adjust them a little bit. But that's the fun thing about tulips is they are going to look a little wild and tomorrow when you wake up, they're going to be in a different direction, so you don't have to take too much time fussing with them 'cause they're going to do their own thing. There you go, a fun Easter centerpiece.

Now, if you don't like the crazy wildness of tulips, you can do something like hydrangeas, and they'll make a nice round look over it or roses and what you can do with roses is design them first in your hand to make a nice round shape and put a twist tie around them and then just trim down the edges and just like we did with the tulips, and set it right it. Thank you and I hope you enjoy your own Easter centerpiece.

Independence Day at Grohe Florists!

4th of July Arrangements ready to send out to our Customers!

We have had a whirlwind the last few months starting with Administrative Professionals Week, Easter, Prom, Mother's Day, Graduations and topping it off with the start of Wedding season!!  Whew...we are ready for the long 4th of July weekend!!  We couldn't have this opportunity without the freedom this great nation offers and for that we want to say Thank You to the brave men and women protecting that Freedom and the United States of America. Because of them we have the liberty to live our lives the way we choose which allows us the luxury to celebrate all these special occasions!

 Happy Independence Day!!

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Perfect Prom Flowers in Sonoma County!

Prom Season 2014 has arrived, and we are gearing up to make some beautiful custom corsages and boutonnieres for our customers.  Grohe Florists is your prom florist destination in Sonoma County...we promise you, we have some new accessories and are making corsages and boutonnieres more exciting than ever before.  We have some of the options we are offering on our website http://www.groheflorist.com/category/holidays/prom/display , but for a truly custom corsage come into one of our 2 locations and we can help you pick out the perfect corsage to match you or your date's dress. 
We have a flower shop in Santa Rosa at 1313 McDonald Ave, centrally located between
Santa Rosa High School, Montgomery High School and Maria Carillo High School, but not too far from many of the other Santa Rosa High Schools like Cardinal Newman, Piner and Sonoma Academy. 
We also have a shop in Rohnert Park at 101 Golf Course Dr. Ste. C8 in the Doubletree Plaza, we design Prom flowers for Rancho Cotate High School, Tech High as well as Analy High School, Petaluma High School and Casa Grande High School.
We look forward to helping you pick out the perfect corsage and boutonniere for this special Prom Night 2014!

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Miss Sonoma County pageant flowers

The Miss Sonoma County pageant is tonight at Spreckels Theater in Rohnert Park! We are happy once again to provide a donation of flowers for the smart and talented young ladies that participate in this scholarship based pageant.   We wish them all Good Luck and  congratulations for even being considered!