♥ Valentines Day 2012 ♥

Can you hear it? A tinkling harp? The twang-ang of Cupid's bow? Well I sure as hell can and that tells me only one thing... Valentine's Day is nearly here!

We get a bit bonkers here at Gingerlily HQ on Valentine's Day, so our advice to you would be to order early to avoid disappointment!

Many a lovestruck fool has failed to heed our warning and has returned home empty handed to the fiery wrath of a beloved scorned.

You have been warned!

Feast your eyes on our 2011 Valentine's Selection. We're taking orders now, so give us a ring today on

0207 424 5118.

Before you take a look, why not stick a bit of the Love Walrus on to get you in the mood..

http://youtu.be/uPHmsEoLsL0

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❤ The Scarlett & Rhett ❤

The classic Valentine's hand tied bouquet of a dozen top quality, scented, deep red Grand Prix roses.

These are complemented with seasonal foliage, wax-flower, and finished with a great big silky bow.

This bouquet is for the traditionalists amongst us, those who aren't afraid to cry 'Quite frankly my dear, I don't give a damn!' for all the world to hear.

To include:

12 grade-A 'Grand Prix' roses, 3 sprigs of waxflower, populus and salal.

❤ £75.00 ❤

And for those who are more likely to whisper 'Kiss me, Scarlett, kiss me', a slightly more modest half-a-dozen Grand Prix roses. Still a classic, and still guaranteed to spark a swoon.

To include:

6 grade-A 'Grand Prix' roses, 3 sprigs of waxflower, populus and salal.

❤ £45.00 ❤

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❤ The Fred & Ginger ❤

Fred Astaire once said 'I just put my feet in the air and move them around'.

Well, that as may be, but what made the difference between Fred Astaire and a beetle on its back was inimitable style.

It's that same old fashioned style and individuality that sets this bouquet apart from the classic dozen red roses.

Here we've added a twist... a dozen roses, but using a sumptuous combination of 'Grand Prix', dusky pink 'Sweet Avalanche', scented 'Heaven' and spray 'Red Sensation' roses, again complemented with seasonal foliage and waxflower.

This is the bouquet a florist would choose *hint hint*.

To Include:

3 grade-A 'Grand Prix' roses, 3 'Sweet Avalanche' roses, 3 'Heaven' roses, 3 'Red Sensation' roses, 3 sprigs waxflower, Populus, Eucalyptus and salal.

❤ £60.00 ❤

Again, a half-a-dozen roses, with a twist.

A gorgeous combination of pink and red roses, but more compact, leaving one hand free to sweep your loved one onto the dance-floor!


To Include:
2 grade-A 'Grand Prix' roses, 2 'Sweet Avalanche' roses, 1 'Heaven' rose, 1 'Red Sensation' rose, 3 sprigs waxflower, Populus, Eucalyptus and salal.

❤ £35.00 ❤

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❤ The Johnny & Baby ❤

"Hi, everybody, this is your Cousin Brucie. Whoa! Our summer romances are in full bloom, and everybody, but everybody's in love"...

Therein begins a film which encapsulates that heart-galloping, palm-sweating, throat-lumping feeling of innocent first love, Dirty Dancing. Us girls LOVE that film, not sure if you noticed?!

Johnny and Baby did it their own way, and you can bend tradition too with a fresh, pure white hand-tied bouquet of big white Avalanche roses, with complimentary seasonal flowers and foliage.

Not your traditional Valentine's bouquet, but bursting with romance all the same.

❤ 12 Roses: £40.00 ❤

❤ 6 Roses: £25.00 ❤

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❤ The Clarence & Alabama ❤


"Amid the chaos of that day, when all I could hear was the thunder of gunshots, and all I could smell was the violence in the air, I look back and am amazed that my thoughts were so clear and true, that three words went through my mind endlessly, repeating themselves like a broken record....
you're so cool, you're so cool, you're so cool".

Clarence & Alabama had a dark and stormy romance, passionate and peppered with challenges. Their experience took them beyond roses; I think Clarence would have chosen something a little more edgy for his dear wife Alabama.

So this one's for you, Clarence, a hand-tied bouquet of deep plum coloured 'Ronaldo' tulips, dark velvetty 'Red Sensation' spray roses and the little bullet-like berries of vibernum.

Now that's True Romance.

To include:
Deep plum 'Ronaldo' tulips, 3 'Red Sensation' roses, 3 'Vibernum berries', 5 'Black tie' leaves, and seasonal foliage.
❤ As above with 10 tulips (as shown): £30.00 ❤
❤ As above with 20 tulips: £40.00 ❤


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❤ The Clarence & Sweet Alabama ❤

The Clarence & Alabama, but sweetened up with the addition of 'Sweet Avalanche' roses. They went so beautifully, we couldn't resist...

To include:

10 Deep plum 'Ronaldo' tulips, 3 'Red Sensation' roses, 3 'Vibernum berries', 5 'Black tie' leaves, and seasonal foliage.

❤ As above with 3 Roses: £40.00 ❤

❤ As above with 6 Roses: £50.00 ❤

❤ As above with 12 Roses & 20 tulips: £75.00 ❤

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❤ The Tom & Barbara ❤

If we were to don our dungarees and head out into Tom and Barbara's garden now, i'm pretty sure it would be bursting with the promise of spring, with bulbs pushing through the undergrowth in every bed (0r at least those spots that Geraldine the goat can't reach).

So in homage to Tom and Barbara and their wonderful ways, here's a bouquet that encapsulates the romance of spring. Gorgeous red 'Il De France' Tulips, and fantastic deep red ranunculus.

Simple, affordable, gorgeous.

❤ 10 tulips & 10 ranunculus with foliage: £25.00 ❤

❤ 20 tulips & 10 ranunculus with foliage (as shown): £35.00 ❤

Flowers Delivered!

Flowers with Old Fashioned Passion!

A little taster of what we do here at Gingerlily....

We have a traditional style... I mean properly traditional, before all those 70's carnations and 80's gypsophila came along!

We like wildflowers and English classics, and stock seasonal flowers when they are in season (we don't like mutants!).

We happily deliver to N1, N16, N4, N5, N7 and E8.

These photos give some examples of the style and quality you can expect from Gingerlily. Please note, each of our hand-tied bouquets is made fresh, to order, and using flowers we have sourced from the market that morning. Simply give us a call!

We price our bouquets honestly... totting up what each stem costs. Most florists add a charge for executing each hand-tied, but here at Gingerlily we consider it a privilege, so our promise to you is that we will always give you flowers to the full value of your order, no sneaky charges!

We also stock a range of beautiful houseplants and orchids, which we will happily wrap and deliver to your loved one today.

Our bespoke hand-tied bouquets start at just £15, and come with Brownie Points guaranteed!

0207 424 5118.

We ❤ you Japan.

For the remainder of March, Gingerlily Flowers pledge to

donate 15% of our net profits

to charities supporting the efforts in Japan.

We feel as helpless as you,

but hope that by giving a little we can help

those affected by the earthquake and subsequent difficulties

to begin the rebuilding of their beautiful country.

Hang in there Japan. x

Yum!

We have a whole new range of cards which arrived today... they are almost edible they're so gorgeous!

Lovely thick card, letterpressed using vintage style designs and colours.

Add one to your order for just £3.

Yum!

NEWSFLASH! Spring has arrived!

Now i'm not afraid to admit that some days I like my job more than others...

For example;

That hour or so on the morning of Valentine's Day when you're hollow with anguish thinking you'll never sell it all and you've effectively bought yourself the Valentine's gift of bankruptcy - not so good.

Days like today - very good.

The reasons why today is a good day are threefold:

1. The sun has been shining for most of the morning.

2. Today marked the notable arrival of this year's very first bumble-bee. He was having a feast on some big pink cyclamen outside the shop. Did you ever wonder where bumble-bees go in the winter? I'll tell you... Into burrows in the ground like all the best beasts (badgers, hedgehogs, bears, dormice, squirrels, and some types of lemur). I know. Brilliant. If I was very small and looking for somewhere to hide I cant think of a better place than all cosy in Mr Bumble's burrow.

3. As if point 1 and 2 weren't proof enough that Spring is springing, the shop is simply heaving with gorgeous spring flowers, fresh from the market this morning!

We've got anemones in pale green and shocking pink, tulips of all shape and colour, daffodils from Jersey, scented British narcissi, chunky hyacinths in blue or pale lilac, and enormous ranunculus in the softest palest pink.

It's a feast for the senses in here. No wonder Mr Bumble chose us for his first breakfast.

❤ Phew! We made it through! ❤

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A big Thank-You to everyone who came to see us on Monday (V Day), it was.... bonkers! We earned our beer that evening that's for sure. Sorry to all those who came too late and missed out...don't say we didn't warn you... :)

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And Thank You to my dear Mum, who de-spidered the workshop.

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And an extra big Thank You to the marvellous Cordelia and Moe, who worked their wellies off to make the Gingerlily workshop go from this....

...to this...

...to this!

Phew, that's Valentine's Day over for another year. You owe us one, Cupid.

Next job, Mother's Day!

[ 3rd April, in case you were wondering...we're taking orders now ;) ]

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Open for Lovers!

Just a quickie to say we are now open

up to and including Valentines Day...

Monday 14th February!!!

We do have limited supplies, being a little shop, so do order early to avoid disappointment,

as we may well run out on the big day.

See our Valentine's page (link above) for our range.

xxx

p.s. We will be closed on Tuesday 15th to catch up on our beauty sleep.