Regular ‘Flowers …uncut’ readers will be aware of the good causes that ArenaFlowers.com occasionally works with by providing assistance and beautiful blooms and flower arrangements. So when Help for Heroes, a new charity which aims to help wounded Servicemen and Women, contacted us, we were more than happy to oblige (and we’ve had a fun [...]
Filed under: Customers, Ethics & Environment, Floristry, Flowers, General, Good Causes & Charities, Operations on July 25th, 2008 | No Comments »
Sarah Holland is part of the crack team at the Flowers & Plants Association plus she also pops by every now and again to fill us in on the latest flower fashion trends, arrangement tips and to answer any questions you may have about flowers or plants. Our ‘Bouquets of Emotion‘ helped the FPA to [...]
Filed under: Floristry, Flowers, General, Guest Posts, Marketing, Operations on July 21st, 2008 | No Comments »
It’s two years since our little flower company was born. To celebrate our birthday, Judith made an amazing birthday cake made out of flowers. If you’re signed up to receive our free newsletters, you’ll have seen it already, but if not, see below. If you get our newsletters, you’ll also have the secret birthday promo [...]
Filed under: Floristry, Flowers, General, Mega Days on July 17th, 2008 | No Comments »
Our latest guest editor is Alicia, from MOO.com. MOO is one of the darlings of the “web 2.0″ world. Why? Because it tries not only to do the big things right, but all the little things too. MOO helps personalise things through print, and it’s a pretty unique business. At Arena Flowers we love personalisation [...]
Filed under: Ethics & Environment, General, Guest Posts, Setting up on July 10th, 2008 | No Comments »
You always know when summer’s truly here: Monsoon rains across the UK (not again!) Tornadoes in the north (eh?) The RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show opens (yay!) It may be soggy on the grounds of Hampton Court Palace but inside the International Language of Flowers marquee, something bright and warm is emerging from the [...]
Filed under: Customers, Floristry, Flowers, General, Marketing on July 7th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Despite being a rampant Chelsea supporter, black is my colour, rather than blue. Look in my wardrobe and you’ll soon get lost. Not because it’s as big as the Flowers HQ fridge but because, apart from the odd red or white Adam Ant t-shirt (!), I just don’t do patterns or colours. There’s something striking [...]
Filed under: Customers, Floristry, Flowers, General, Operations, Valentine's Day, Weddings on July 4th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The last 12 months have been pretty, erm, interesting for young businesses such as our own (although not as bad as the ancient Chinese curse might suggest). We now get asked almost daily “how are sales holding up?”, “are you doing better because you’re online (or worse?)?”, “are visitors converting to customers?” and so on. The [...]
Filed under: Finance & Investment, Floristry, General, Matters Webby, Mega Days, Mother's Day, Valentine's Day on July 1st, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Flowers and plants not only help us communicate our feelings, but they also fulfill important human needs such as providing a rich source of chemicals high in medicinal values. One of the foremost examples of this is the Hoodia plant, a cactus like plant grown in the Kalahari desert, which has grown in prominence recently [...]
Filed under: Flowers, General on June 26th, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Marry when June roses grow and over land and sea you’ll go… Although late summer is fast becoming a popular time of the year for matrimonial activity, June is the traditonal month for weddings and anniversaries. This is because June is traditionally considered to be the luckiest month to marry in as it is named [...]
Filed under: Distribution, Floristry, Flowers, General, Operations, Weddings on June 20th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The arrival of a baby often leads to a gift of flowers and we are always happy to oblige as it is a particularly pleasurable part of our job. From the customer service team taking the order to the florist making up the flowers to the driver delivering the flowers, everyone enjoys a new baby [...]
Filed under: Flowers, General on May 26th, 2008 | No Comments »
