St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Secretary's Week and Mother's Day are right around the corner!

So many holidays coming up, and we're ready for each & every one. We're excited to introduce some new offerings, including the Lenox Celebrations Gift Bag, exclusive only to Marco Island Florist, and select shops across the nation. More details coming soon!

On another interesting note, St. Patrick's Day has been changed this year to March 15th, rather than the 17th which it normally falls on every year. It was changed by the Roman Catholic Church to avoid conflict with Holy Monday, which falls on the 17th this year.

Some people are choosing to celebrate St. Patrick's Day on the 17th anyway; however, most are conforming to the official changed date. This is a one time change, though, and will go back to normal (the 17th) next year.

We will be offering our St. Patrick's Day gifts and floral arrangements through the 17th in order to accommodate all preferences.

Be sure to keep checking back for new announcements and more updates as the holidays approach! At Marco Island Florist, we strive to remain "A Name You Can Trust."

We've Updated Our Site For The Holidays!

Boasting a beautiful new holiday theme, our site is prepared and ready for the upcoming Christmas and holiday season. We'll be updating it even more this upcoming week with new, gorgeous floral arrangements, centerpieces, plants, and more.

This year's holiday floral selection is beyond anything we've ever offered, featuring our best selling and highly exclusive Fitz and Floyd Snowy Sleigh Ride bouquet. This limited edition, hand-painted collectible comes with a certificate of authenticity and a collector's box. Only 5,000 have been issued, and will be retired on 12/31/07. Sold exclusively at Marco Island Florist and only a handful of other top florists across the nation, the Fitz and Floyd Snowy Sleigh Ride is a collector's edition keepsake that is sure to be cherished forever by its special recipient.

We will also be featuring some of our other best selling floral creations, including the fun Candy Cane Basket, Christmas Tulips, a variety of breathtaking holiday centerpieces (with and without candles), festive wreaths, and so much more

Our gift selection is as creative as ever, too, with cute (and delicious!) Jingle Bell cookie baskets, towers of treats featuring cookies, teacakes, brownie bars, chocolate truffle cookies, gingerbread cookies, candies, chocolates, white peppermint bark, gourmet chocolate drizzled popcorn, frosted cookies, chocolate dipped graham crackers, chocolate dipped shortbread cookies, caramel pecan cookies, pistachio nuts, chocolate madelines... need we say more?!

In addition, our gift selection includes gift baskets that come not only with irresistable treats, but some that even arrive in adorable Sleigh baskets! Some even include a plush snowman or Santa for the speical little ones in your life. And as always, we're featuring our delectable Winter Sampler Cheesecake. This sinfully delicious cheesecake features Egg Nog, Turtle, Cranberry and Pumpkin cheesecakes... a flavor for everyone!

To finish off our gift selection. we're very proud to announce that, amongst our wide selection of Webkinz, we are featuring the Webkinz Reindeer this season. You're sure to find the perfect Webkinz gift for the little ones this year, as we've worked hard to provide you with the most popular and widest selection possible. Check out our entire Webkinz category, or just go straight to the Reindeer order page!

And last but certainly not least, we are proud to announce our new Chanukah Specials category! This category features some of the most beautiful blue and white floral arrangements, along with the perfect kosher gifts for Hanukkah this year. Gift baskets, plush stuffed animals, cookie & dessert towers, and more are just the beginning of this wonderful new category on our site.

At Marco Island Florist, we pride ourselves on offering the very best selection available to our customers. We wish you a very happy, safe, and warm holiday season and hope you will experience for yourself why we have been able to remain "A Name You Can Trust" for over 27 years.

Thanksgiving Is Next Week!

Thanksgiving is one of our favorite times of year. A time to show gratitude and show appreciation for your family and friends; a time for holiday feasts, turkey and pumpkin pie. At Marco Island Florist, we look forward to Thanksgiving as a way to give thanks to our loyal customers.

This year, we've decided to send a special offer via email to all our customers, giving them $5 off any order placed by Monday, November 19th! And on top of that, you will earn Reward Points for every dollar spent! Reward Points can be redeemed for cash savings or name brand merchandise! Just another reason to celebrate your Thanksgiving with Marco Island Florist.

For Thanksgiving this year, we're offering our best selection ever, featuring breathtaking floral centerpieces (with or without candles), cornucopias, delicious gourmet and gift baskets, seasonal blooming plants, and so much more.

We've added quite a few new products this year to both our Thanksgiving Flowers and Thanksgiving Gifts categories, from special keepsake Pumpkin containers filled with seasonal flowers to our featured Fall item, "Fall Grandeur" which boasts a unique orange tinted vase bursting with Asiatic Lilies and Roses in the season's colors; Thanksgiving goodie baskets featuring mini muffins, brownies, brownie bars, chocolate truffle cookies, and assorted gourmet recipe cookies, and even pumpkin spice cheesecakes and pumpkin pies!

So, celebrate the season this year with a special table centerpiece, cornucopia, floral arrangement or gourmet basket from Marco Island Florist!

And of course, have a wonderfully Happy Thanksgiving!

SAVE 20%! Holiday Open House this Thursday, November 15th!

Join us for our special Marco Island Florist Holiday Open House this Thursday, November 15, 2007 from 3:30 - 7:30!

Along with great, low prices, we'll also have food, music and as always, lots of fun!

Best of all, mention this BLOG during checkout and receive 20% OFF any purchase! It's that easy!

Offering a beautiful variety of home decor, stunning floral arrangements, and fun gift items, we think you'll be very pleased with the effort we've put into this year's holiday selections.

We'll also be featuring the exclusive Fitz and Floyd Snowy Sleigh Ride. This limited collector's edition keepsake is sold only at Marco Island Florist, and only 5,000 are available before they will be retired on 12/31/07! Make sure to reserve yours today, before they are no longer available!

In addition, we will be showcasing our wide selection of 3' to 12' artificial trees, figurines, ornaments, candles, potpourri, door & wall decorations, wreaths, and fun, trendy gifts from Santas to flamingos!

Here's a quick recap:

What: Holiday Open House

When: This Thursday, November 15, 2007 from 3:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Where: Marco Island Florist, 178 S. Barfield Dr., Marco Island, FL 34145

CLICK HERE FOR DIRECTIONS FROM YOUR HOUSE OR OFFICE!

Marco Island Florist's New Blog! About Us and What We Offer.

Welcome to the new Marco Island Florist Blog! Marco Island Florist is the number one florist located in, you guessed it, Marco Island, Florida!

Unlike other florists, Marco Island Florist offers not only outstanding floral bouquets, centerpieces, wedding flowers, blooming plants, green plants, fruit baskets, top of the line floral varieties such as Roses, Tulips, Lilies, Daisies, Gerbera Daisies, Peonies, Dendrobium Orchids, Phalaeonopsis Orchids, Cymbidium Orchids, Vanda Orchids, Birds of Paradise, Hydrangea, Pin Cushion Protea, Haliconia, Larkspur, Baby's Breath, Solidago, Caspia, Azaleas, and so much more... we also offer specialty items, including the following:

Home Decor

Our home decor department is unlike any other - we offer a wide variety of seasonal and year round products sure to suit your every need.

Gourmet Dinners

That's right! We offer gourmet dinners that can be delivered just about anywhere in the US. We can even have LIVE lobster delivered right to your (or your special recipient's) home! And they're very much alive when they arrive... we know! We like them so much, we've had them ourselves!

In addition to live lobster, we can also have many different types of lobster tails delivered, such as Main lobster tails, Brazilian lobster tails, North Australian lobster tails, South African lobster tails, Tristan lobster tails, and West Australian lobster tails!

We also have a wide variety of other gourmet dinners to choose from... Filet Mignon steak dinners, Surf & Turf dinners (filet & lobster!), fresh hardshell Clams & Mussels, Snow Crab Claws, Jumbo Cooked Shrimp, King Crab, Littleneck Clams, and New York Strip Steak! Some combination meals even include delicious New England Clam Chowder, Manhattan Clam Chowder, Maryland Crab Cakes, White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake, Keylime Cheesecake, New York Cheesecake, Chocolate Lava Cake, and Columbian Supremo Coffee!

Of course, each dinner also comes with all necessary cooking utensils and extras, such as butter, a cooking manual, oyster crackers, reusable ceramic on steel cooking pots, ceramic butter warmers, candles, candle holders, fresh whole lemon, shell crackers, cocktail sauce, new potatoes, sweet corn, seafood forks, bibs and moist towelettes. I don't think it gets much better than that!

Gourmet Desserts

In addition to gourmet dinners, we also offer some of the most delicious gourmet desserts around! And they can be delivered anywhere in the country!

Our fresh baked cookies come in so many varieties, we don't even know where to start! From the classics like chocolate chip cookies, peanut butter cookies, oatmeal raisin cookies, toffee, and more, to novelty gourmet cookie baskets for all kinds of different occasions, like welcoming a new baby to the family, congratulating the new parents, anniversary gifts, birthday baskets, and much more!

Some of our most popular gourmet desserts are our delicious gourmet Cheesecakes. Every flavor you can imagine... white chocolate raspberry, lemon biscotti, chocolate caramel kiss, key lime, marionberry, strawberry swirl, and our most popular - samplers! We currently offer the tropical sampler, gourmet sampler, and the extremely berry sampler.

Can't have sugar? No problem! We also offer "no sugar added" cheesecakes in blueberry swirl, chocolate swirl, pumpkin swirl, and new york style.

Last but not least of our gourmet desserts, we have an entire category full of decadent cakes! Caramel nut tart, black velvet cake, chocolate chip lemon cake, Georgian peanut butter mousse, lemon cake, lemon chiffon, mocha cake, a real, traditional Happy Birthday cake (!!), and white chocolate mint truffle torte cakes are just some of our many offerings.

Gourmet & Gift Baskets

This category of our site is so exciting, and filled with gourmet and gift baskets for just about every occasion you can think of! Spa and aromatherapy gift baskets, a "truckload of treats" for that special man in your life, a "Best Bet" gift set for that poker or card playing fanatic, breakfast baskets, popcorn tins, chocolate decadence baskets for the chocoholic in all of us, coffee sets, birthday baskets, house warming gift baskets, golf gift sets, kids baskets, "movie night" baskets, snack baskets, and much, much more!

Webkinz

That's right! We offer Webkinz plush animals, and even host Webkinz parties! We currently have quite a full offering, which is ideal with the holidays coming soon. Keep an eye out for our upcoming Webkinz blog!

As you can see, as far as products go, no local florist offers more. But at Marco Island Florist, we don't just stop at premium quality products and gifts... we like to take things one step further.

Visit our state of the art website to see some of the customer and community programs we have and support. We're more than just a florist!

Some of our member services (membership is FREE!) include express checkout, an address book so you only have to enter your recipient's address (as well as your own information) once, occasion reminders which notify you when a birthday or anniversary is coming up, special promotions and offers via email and regular mail, order history, automatic contest registration for our monthly Dozen Roses drawing, and upon registering, you'll receive 25 FREE reward points!

Which brings me to my next feature.... Petal Rewards! This program is exclusive to us in the Marco Island/Naples, Florida area. For every dollar you spend, you earn Points! Accumulate points and redeem them for cash savings off future orders, name-brand merchandise, or to donate to the charity of your choice! Keep an eye out for our upcoming Reward Points blog for more detailed information about this special program.

Lucky Stems - This program has been a customer favorite for years. Every delivery that leaves our store (with the exception of weddings and sympathy/funerals of course) has a "Lucky Stem" card attached to the bouquet. A Lucky Stem card has a unique number that the recipient can enter into our website to win a variety of prizes! And, even if they don't win, they wil be entered into our monthly Dozen Roses drawing! So, the chances to win are higher than normal.

And the prizes are top of the line... Win prizes from Marco Island Florist, such as a free floral bouquet, a gift card from Marco Island Clothing Company, two tickets to Capt. Brien's Off The Hook Comedy club, a sightseeing cruise for two on the Marco Island Princess yacht, a gift certificate to the Sand Bar, and a FREE sub at Subway! So, by sending someone a special gift from Marco Island Florist, you're also sending them a chance to win an awesome prize!

Refer A Friend Program - This program is a great way to spread the word about Marco Island Florist, and give a gift of cash savings for your friends! Simply use our "Refer A Friend" form located on our website to send them an email inviting them to visit our site. If they place an order with us, they will receive $5.00 OFF!

Growing Together - We will have more information about this program in a future blog; however, I will take a moment to explain the basics. At Marco Island Florist, we believe not only in being a part of the community, but giving back to the community as well. That's why we've developed our Growing Together program.

Any customer that places an order on our site has the option of choosing a school, church, or other non-profit organization for Marco Island Florist to donate to! That's right, we will donate 2% of your order to the participating organization of your choice.

We currently sponsor the Kristen Stone Memorial Contribution, United Church of Marco Island, Marco Island Area Chamber of Commerce, American Cancer Society "Relay for Life" Marco Island, Marco Island Sunrise Rotary, Art League of Marco Island, The Tea Ladies, Newcomers Club of Marco Island, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Alumnae Club of Marco Island, Tommie Barfield Elementary, Marco Island Historical Society, Marco Island Women's Club, Upon A Star Foundation, Marco Island YMCA, and the American Cancer Society Marco Island Unit.

Interested in listing your school, church or organization in our Growing Together program? All we ask is that you spread the word about Marco Island Florist to your students' parents, congregation, colleagues, friends, etc! Simply visit our Growing Together page on our website and click the "Enroll Now" button!

As you can see, we have so much to offer at Marco Island Florist. We truly care about our customers, our community, our product quality, and our employees. Visit our website today to register for FREE (and earn 25 FREE Reward Points in doing so!), check out our many offerings and programs, and browse our unique floral and gift selections. With the holidays coming up, now is the perfect time to allow us to earn your trust! We strive to exceed our customers' expectations, and always wish to remain "A Name You Can Trust."

And remember, at Marco Island Florist, you can have something special delivered across town or across the USA!