Starbright has been known for innovative floral designs in New York City since our inception. Artistically created designs with a modern flair have become commonplace on the design floor. The desire to share the beauty and joy of these floral designs with our friends was the impetus behind the creation of our Pinterest board entitled “Modern Flowers NYC Style”. The Pinterest board is a small, but ever-growing sampling of modern flower arrangements in NYC. http://pinterest.com/starbrightfd/modern-flowers-nyc-style/
You can view our entire Pinterest collection by signing in with your Facebook account, Twitter account or by joining Pinterest. Visit us today to start enjoying all Pinterest has to offer, give it a try: http://pinterest.com/starbrightfd/.
Many of the creations you see in our virtual NYC flower studio are available for purchase at our easy to use e-commerce website at http://www.starbrightnyc.com/. If you would like a price quote on a particularly inspiring arrangement please feel free to email us at cs@starflor.com or call us toll free at (800) 520-8999. All of us on the Starbright team would love to hear from you!
We invite you to step into our NYC weekly flowers “virtual showroom”. Our “NYC weekly flowers” Pinterest board is a small, but representative sampling of our weekly flower delivery service in NYC. These flowers are designed to be aesthetically pleasing for the entire week in the case of our corporate weekly flowers clientele as well as our residential weekly flowers customers. http://pinterest.com/starbrightfd/nyc-weekly-flowers/
You can view our entire Pinterest collection by signing in with your Facebook account, Twitter account or by joining Pinterest. Visit us today to start enjoying all Pinterest has to offer, give it a try: http://pinterest.com/starbrightfd/.
Many of the creations you see in our virtual NYC flower studio are available for purchase at our easy to use e-commerce website at http://www.starbrightnyc.com/. If you would like a price quote on a particularly inspiring arrangement please feel free to email us at cs@starflor.com or call us toll free at (800) 520-8999. All of us on the Starbright team would love to hear from you!
The Daffodil is the March birth flower and amongst the earliest blooms in spring. Its appearance signifies that the frost has broken and spring is here. There is little that invokes images of spring and feelings of tranquility more than a field filled with Daffodils swaying in the breeze. Their rhythmic movements in the wind inspired the famous poem “Daffodils”, by William Wordsworth. “…and then my heart with pleasure fills, and dances with the daffodils.”
All Daffodil species have a central trumpet surrounded by a ring of six floral leaves. The traditional daffodil consisted of a yellow color all over. Today both in the wild and due to breeding, blooms range in colors to include yellow, white, orange, pink, red and green.
Starbright is fortunate to be situated in New York City’s Flower Market making all variations of Daffodils available to our clientele. Let Starbright Floral NYC help liberate those spring smiles from the winter blues with Daffodil flower delivery in NYC. Choose from a vast array of springtime NYC flowers from Starbright’s Springtime Collection.
This scribe is brought to you by Starbright Floral Design, NYC, Voted NYC’s “Best” florist. Along the way we try to find and write about the fun side of flowers in NYC. Starbright Floral Design NYC delivers flowers all over the world for the endless romantics everywhere.
Starbright Floral Design is the “Official Florist of the City that Never Sleeps” and most of the time we deliver flowers, love, passion and hope everywhere in Manhattan and worldwide.
Give us a call, visit our website or pop on in! We would love to meet you….
Passionately yours,
The Official Florist – Starbright Floral Design
Located in the heart of New York City’s Historic Flower District
Tulips are at that peak of their season. The Dutch varieties come in amazing colors!
New Yorkers it is time to rejoice. Spring flowers are here to whisk away the winter blues. Bright colored blossoms a plenty. A plethora of flowers to choose from. Where do I start? A good place would be with perhaps the most symbolic and popular images of spring; the Dutch Tulip.
Originally a wildflower growing in Central Asia, the Tulip was introduced in Europe and the Netherlands in the 17th century. Colors, textures and shapes never seen before contributed to the Tulip’s meteoric rise in popularity amongst Europe’s elite.
Today they are commercially available all year long but their vibrancy and quality are peaking in springtime.
Starbright is fortunate to be situated in New York’s Flower Market making every variety and color Tulip available to our clientele. Let Starbright Floral NYC help liberate those spring smiles from the winter blues with flower delivery in NYC. Choose from a vast array of springtime NYC flowers from Starbright’s Springtime Collection.
For pictures follow this link. Click here for another blog entry on Dutch Tulips!
This scribe is brought to you by Starbright Floral Design, NYC, Voted NYC’s “Best” florist. Along the way we try to find and write about the fun side of flowers. Starbright NYC delivers flowers all over the world for the endless romantics everywhere.
Starbright Floral Design is the “Official Florist of the City that Never Sleeps” and most of the time we deliver flowers, love, passion and hope everywhere in Manhattan and worldwide.
Give us a call, visit our website or pop on in! We would love to meet you….
Passionately yours,
The Official Florist
Starbright Floral Design
Located in the heart of New York City’s Historic Flower District
Tom Sebenius is the Creative Director at Starbright Floral Design and for the better part of the past decade he has given direction and style to our organization with his eye, his creativity and forward thinking for what is next in floral design. In the paragraphs below Tom shares his experiences from his attendance at the annual convention of the Society of American Florists. The conference took place at The Breakers Hotel in September of this year. Please read on!
Display of Floral Varieties at the Breakers Hotel
The Society of American Florists has been leading the charge in keeping the floral industry thriving and robust for over 129 years. This important organization champions education, publicity, standards and practices, even going so far as lobbying for and sponsoring government legislation to entire floral community. Growers, wholesalers, retail flower shops and ultimately retail shoppers all benefit from the efforts of SAF. Starbright Floral Design has been a strong supporter and proud member of SAF for 16 years.
Last month I had the honor and pleasure to attend the 128th SAF annual convention in Palm Beach Florida. Not only was I thrilled to be attending the convention to represent Starbright Floral Design but I was also asked to participate as a speaker during one of the educational sessions. The topic I had to speak about? “Why I Love My Job”. How great is that!?! Obviously, I had a lot to say.
Professional conferences should be required by law. After three days in Palm Beach, I returned to Starbright with new found passion and vigor. I learned so much, not only in the many sessions I attended but also just from communing with my fellow SAF family. Being surrounded by people who share the same common goal and interest was energizing and very validating. The career that I have spent the past 10 years pursuing had never felt more relevant or appreciated. Seeing the shared excitement and enthusiasm throughout the venue was more than inspiring.
The people and their passion were definitely the highlight of conference, but I would be remiss if forgot to mention the flowers! Flowers practically covered every inch of the gorgeous Breakers Hotel. Roses, lilies, orchids, gerberas, clematis, sunflowers, and heliconia are just a fraction of the breathtaking blooms on display. Not only were new varieties of flowers being showcased but also new vases and containers were on display. I felt like a kid in a candy store!
My session of the conference was the last presented on the final day. I was nervous but luckily I shared the stage with three wonderful women. Kate Penn, the editor and chief of Floral Management magazine, the monthly publication produced by SAF expertly moderated our panel. My fellow panelists speaking on the topic of job satisfaction were Ali Cruz from Fresca Farms in Miami and Yvonne Ashton of Mayesh Wholesale in Cleveland. The talk was presented in an Oprah style format with Kate acting in the role of Oprah. The members of the audience were encouraged to participate and ask questions during the proceedings. It was such a fun experience getting to lend my thoughts on how business owners could improve the moral in their shops or wholesale operations. Ali, Yvonne, and I were all so flattered to have been asked to speak on such an important topic. It felt wonderful to have members of the audience come up to us afterward to thank us for our candid advice and observations. It was clear that our session had been a success. Thank goodness!
A Flower Display at The Breakers
The final evening of the conference was capped by an amazing awards dinner. This exciting evening paid tribute to companies and individuals who have dedicated themselves to bettering the floral industry. Hearing the stories of these men and woman brought everything I had learned to the fore. I decided that I too needed to direct my action towards the greater goal of furthering the industry. Not only were my efforts needed at Starbright, but I must extend my reach and push myself further and outside my comfortable boundaries. Loving flowers is no longer enough; there is more for me to do and further for me to go. With the support of my Starbright family, I look forward to learning more and lending my talents and efforts to create more excitement and interest in our industry. Hopefully, I can inspire the same feeling in my co-workers and perhaps our customers as well.
You can bet I’m already looking forward to next year’s conference! Thank you SAF!!!
Starbright Floral Design is located in the heart of New York City’s historic flower district in a second floor loft at 150 West 28th Street. Our services include local, national and worldwide flower delivery as well as consultation and execution of social and corporate events. To learn more about us and the type of work that we do, please visit our website at www.starflor.com. You may also go directly to our online portal for ordering gifts at www.starbrightnyc.com or to our Event Gallery to see thousands of photographs from our recent work. You may also call us at 1.800.520.8999 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting FREE 1.800.520.8999 end_of_the_skype_highlighting . We are always thrilled to hear from you and to be of service in every way possible….
I woke up this morning and decided to stay home – It is a holiday weekend and there are rarely any opportunities to recharge the gas tank with a little rest and relaxation. As I often do even when I stay home, I was checking my email and got this really cool note from a client in London. Just thought I would take a moment to share his words with the whole wide world… Dale really made my day and the day of our entire team…
Featuring a vase of mokara orchids, miniature calla lilies, grasses and bells of Ireland.
“You must email every new customer, so please believe me when I tell you that I planned to write to you in any case.
Today I panicked. I intended to send a pre-wedding gift to a colleague at work who is everso important to me, professionally and personally. But due to vacations and some problems at work, time caught up with me, and I needed to find a gift she would appreciate.
As I live in the UK, I took a risk with your firm. I panicked further when I realised it was a holiday weekend, and people would be leaving work early! But I am very happy I did take a risk. When I telephoned after realising how tight the timing was, you were curteous and helpful. The flowers I ordered were delivered just a couple of hours later, and my colleagues who saw them said they were wonderful. Thank you for your professionalism, creativity and efficiency. I appreciate it very much, and I could tell it made my friend’s day.
I don’t know if you use testimonials, please feel free to use this one. Thanks again, and have a great holiday weekend,
Dale”
For all of us at Starbright Floral Design, delivering flowers and “making someone’s day” is a real passion of ours. When we hear from someone far away (Like Dale from London) that we did great work and that they “loved our flowers” we are just as happy as our clients are! To everyone that has placed their trust and confidence in Starbright for all their flower and gift-giving requests we are truly grateful. Thank you to everyone that has helped to put our florist on the map!
Starbright is located in New York City in the heart of the historic flower district. We deliver fresh flowers, smiles, and passion every day of the week all year long! You can find us online at http://www.starflor.com/ or you can call us at 800.520.8999. Either way, we will always be thrilled to hear from you and to help in every way that we can. “You will always have a friend in the flower business!
Green Cymbidium Orchids floating atop polished river stones.
From time to time a flower variety comes around that earns the top spot at Starbright Floral Design as the gold-standard in most of our floral compositions. Orchids have earned their rightful place in the sun at Starbright and you can expect to see one of the many varieties of orchids in pretty much every flower display that we create. There are more varieties of orchids in our world than one can even imagine. The cymbidium orchid is prominently featured throughout the year in many of our flower centerpieces for event and in floral arrangements that are sent as gifts. This orchid rightly deserves its position in the forefront of floral design, for it is beautiful, versatile and comes in a wide array of colors.
Cymbidiums grow from a large plant with enough long, slender leaves that it often looks bushy. A single stem will show anywhere from seven to fifteen flowers. On its own, a single stem makes quite a statement, especially when used in a very simple arrangement. For some clients, we will occasionally place polished river stones at the base of the vase, maybe a swirl of lily grass atop those, and then the cymbidium fills the rest of the vase. Outside of the vase, a cymbidium will hold its own when placed simply with some curly willow branches or a broad tropical leaf. Entire stems of cymbidium can also be used in taller arrangements, usually of the scale and type that would be appropriate for a corporate event or large celebration. In these instances, cymbidiums ramp up the sumptuousness of the arrangement.
Additionally, the individual blooms of a cymbidium can be cut from the main stem and put in water tubes, to then be used in a medium or short arrangement, or even in bouquets. Often Starbright has used white, cream or green cymbidiums in traditional bridal bouquets. Cymbidium blooms are a favorite for corsages and boutonnieres, for they are simultaneously delicate and bold enough to make a statement. Using cymbidiums for personal flowers-to-wear has an extra benefit, as cymbidium have one of the most delicious, clean scents of any flower. The individual blooms can also be used for a simple, quick accent decor which we loosely refer to as a “floaty.” This involves a small, short vase, probably no more than four or five inches in diameter and four inches tall, with a half-inch of water at the bottom in which the cymbidium rests. Stones, gems, sand and a variety of other materials can be placed under the cymbidium for additional color or texture.
A full cymbidium orchid stem inside a vase with polished river stones and willow branches as an accent.
Cymbidium orchids are a flower which has been prized for a long time. In ancient Greece, they were a symbol of beauty and strength. It was believed that if a man ate large cymbidium tubers, he would have a boy, and if he ate small shoots, he and his wife would have a girl. In Victorian times, cymbidiums came to symbolize luxury. The star-shaped flower, whether used as a whole stem or an individual bloom, certainly adds elegance to any arrangement.
We are located in the heart of New York City’s Historic Flower District and we are open and delivering amazing flowers and gifts seven days a week. You can reach us by telephone from anywhere at 800.520.8999 or you can visit our websites… To send someone a Starbright Gift you can go to our e-commerce portal at http://www.starbrightnyc.com/ or you can visit our main site at http://starflor.com
Starbright was recently honored to be a part of an upcoming event whereby we were given a design dress style and told to make it a reality out of an assortment of berries. A female cloth mannequin (we nicknamed the “Material Girl”) was adorned with a rainbow tour of berries (strawberries, blackberries and blueberries). Our designer given the task, was hesitant of creating a dress form out of fruit. However, once she got into the groove, the progression was at a fever pitch. I received many accolades for this creation, but I can’t say I deserve it. To our designer: Please take a bow for a job well done. The final product is worthy of Vogue. Here’s a pictorial evolution of a beautiful island of fruit that screams “you must love me”.
I’ve been told that this post might be misleading as many people associate the material girl with Madonna. I assure you that wasn’t my intention. Nor was it my intention to include ten of Madonna’s song titles within the body of this post. Read back and see if you can find all ten hidden song titles.
Seriously folks, the good people at Driscoll’s, producers of the finest berries in the world asked us to produce the dress form for an upcoming food & fashion event show in lower Manhattan. Driscoll’s provided the berries and the concept. Starbright provided the talented designers to get it done.
Starbright Floral Design is a florist in Manhattan (New York City). Our design studio is located in Chelsea (a NYC neighborhood) in the heart of the Historic Flower District on 28th Street. We offer same-day delivery of flowers in Manhattan and everywhere else in the USA. Gorgeous flowers, masterfully designed by Starbright Floral Design.
We invite you to visit our website at www.starflor.com. where you will learn more about our organization and the work that we do. (or you can call us at 800.520.8999)
Chrysanthemums were first cultivated in China as a flowering herb in the 15th Century BC. The flower was brought to Japan in the 8th Century and the Emperor adopted the flower as his official seal. The flower was brought to Europe in the 17th Century and named from the Greek for “Gold Flower”, a reflection of its original color.
The Chrysanthemum - November Flower....
These days the flowers come in various forms and can be daisy-like, decorative pompons, or buttons. In addition to the traditional yellow, other colors are available such as white, purple and red.
In the United States, Chrysanthemums are identified as cheerful holiday flowers. Fall arrangements and Thanksgiving Day Flowers in NYC and throughout the country incorporate Chrysanthemums in their decor. However, many European countries (France, Italy, Spain, Hungary and Croatia) have identified Chrysanthemums with death. Accordingly, their use in floral arrangements is limited to funerals or on graves.
Other Uses:
Be sure to bring Chrysanthemums with you when taking a walk in the jungle. The flower is considered a natural source as an insect repellent. The Pyrethins when extracted and applied on the skin in an oil suspension or as a powder can be lethal to insects such as mosquitoes. The Chinese have used the flower for its antiseptic and antibiotic qualities for centuries.
Starbright Floral Design is located in the heart of New York City’s Historic Flower District. We are in a second floor loft space from where our customer’s orders get dispatched. To learn more about our organization and the work that we do, we would like to invite you to visit our website at www.starflor.com or you may call us at 800.520.8999. Either way, we would be thrilled to hear from you and to be of service.
Starbright deliverers flowers in Manhattan (our home city) as well as world-wide. In addition to flowers and plants, fruit and gourmet baskets, balloon and the like; we are also the go-to florist for events (both corporate and personal). Flowers, Festivals & Celebrations…. It is what we do!
Wishing you a wonderful day!
Starbright Floral Design
“The Official Florist of the City that Never Sleeps”
All in a day’s work at our flower emporium… We hope you like the photos!
The shoes were the centerpieces at this event!Tropical Flowers Galore!Bouquets of early autumn...
From time to time we keep a camera at our design table to bring you the latest photos of our work. These are actual pictures of compositions as they come off our design table and we post them to give you inspiration for the next gift you send, the next event you host or even for your wedding day.
Please feel free to visit our website at www.starflor.com where you will gain a bit of a broader perspective on our work at Starbright Floral Design.
Starbright Floral Design is located in the heart of New York City’s Historic Flower District. We are in a second floor loft space from where our customer’s orders get dispatched. To learn more about our organization and the work that we do, we would like to invite you to visit our website at www.starflor.com or you may call us at 800.520.8999. Either way, we will be thrilled to hear from you and to be of service.
Starbright delivers flowers in Manhattan (our home city) as well as world-wide. In addition to flowers, plants, fruit and gourmet baskets, balloons and the like we are also a go-to florist for events both corporate and personal. Flowers, Festivals & Celebrations…. It is what we do!
Wishing you a wonderful day!
Starbright Floral Design
The Official Florist of the City that Never Sleeps.
FREE 1.800.520.8999 end_of_the_skype_highlighting . We are always thrilled to hear from you and to be of service in every way possible….
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