A perfect place to start researching and planning for your wedding day is at the Wedding Expo. It will be on October 16-17, 2009 at the Hawaii Convention Center. Doors Open Friday at 6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. and Saturday at 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. The awesome fashion show are 7:30 p.m. on Friday and 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. Tickets are $7.00 at-the-door. It sure beats driving around the island to meet all this vendors individually. They will be all here to impress you and answer any questions.

Visit our friend’s booth – The Waterfront at Aloha Tower Marketplace.  Ask about having your wedding right below the world famous historic Aloha Tower. Nice.

Please join the Malama Learning Center on Saturday, September 26th from 9am-11:30pm at Leeward Community College to start your own lei garden! This workshop for families will show you how to grow native lei plants in your garden and give you plants to take home to get started. These lei plants can be grown in dryland/costal areas and do not require a lot of water. This workshop is provided to encourage lei makers, hula dancers, and anyone interested in lei making and thereby preserve wild populations that are becoming increasingly rare. By growing our own lei plants, we will help preserve native ecosystems as well as continue our cultural practices.

The workshop fee is $7 per person. Registration is required, to register or for more information: please contact Janice Staab at janicestaab@gmail.com or 542-9107.

Should we worry? Layoffs of Hawaii Department of Agriculture inspectors, scheduled to take place on Nov. 13 will affect the flower industry! Business aside, the environment will be left unprotected. “During the first six months of 2009, 135 shipments of cut flowers were intercepted due to pests. Delays would also occur on shipments to the mainland, meaning perishables, like cut flowers and papayas, won’t be as fresh and might even spoil during transit. Hawaii’s agricultural export industry is worth $125 million.”  Our governor is face with a budget deficit, so what she is going to do?

Full article
http://honoluluweekly.com/feature/2009/09/farmers-outraged/

Almost every countries in the world celebrate Labor Day on May 1st except the American, Canadian, and Bermudian.  We celebrate Labor Day on the first Monday of September.  It mark the last long weekend of summer. Enjoy it,  everyone.

Thank you all for sending your love and thoughts to the special someone that you care for and choose flowers as your medium for the messages.  For  those who frequent the stores, please note our new store hours (until Halloween night.) Please leave us a note on the comment box below and let us know when is your favorite time to shop for flowers.

Monday-Friday 8:00am-5:30pm
Saturday 10:00am-4:00pm
Sunday 10:00am-2:00pm

When things are scatter, disorder and just a mess.  Simply, it is just unpleasant to see it around. And never mind the thought of giving this mess to someone as a gift.  Or could we?

By putting out just a little thoughts and effort into lining them in an orderly fashion.  It could become something good.  Something that you can definetly give to someone as a gift.   This is not about judging a glass half empty or half full.  This is about putting an effort to fill up a half filled glass until it is fulfilled.  Enjoy, this special crown flower with pikake lei.

Friday 8/21/09 from 4pm-6pm will be our first Happy Flower Hours for the season. Big saving on flowers and gifts. Everything in the store will be 40% off.

Believe it. Single dendrobium orchid lei will be even lower in price than our weekly special price for only $2.99 each. See you at the Happy Flower Hours. Here are the fine prints. While supply last. No rain check please.

Bridal Expo is coming up this weekend at the Blaisdell. Perfect Place to start your wedding planning with so many wedding professionals that you can talk to. Check out bridesclub.com for more information.

After the show or when you’re ready, give us a call (808) 732-7668 or email  us to set up a free personal consultation session at the shop. Relax and enjoy your wedding planning.  

Hawaii Bridal Expo
Tickets: $8.00
July 24-26, 2009
Friday 5:30-10pm
Saturday 10:30am-5pm
Sunday 10:30am-4 pm

I love reading Pacific Weddings (printed) magazine and I love it even more when it is online. The blogs are filled with great ideas on everything wedding too. And of course I love the flower ideas section.

Plumeria of white, yellow, light pink and hot pink, dotted our urban landscape with its fragrant and color; which reminded me that Chris stopped by the shop the other day for a lei and we had a conversation on plumeria. He happened to be the photographer for a plumeria article in the Hana Hou! Magazine for Hawaiian Airlines.

http://www.hanahou.com/pages/Magazine.asp?Action=DrawArticle&ArticleID=691&MagazineID=43&Page=1