Monday, February 19, 2007
Friday, February 16, 2007
Valentines Day - love it or hate it
Another Valentines Day gone and we survived it - just
Its supposed to be a day of romance so why is it that all(99.9%)of our flower orders are sent by men to girls. - Why dont girls send flowers to their men ?? After all the ladies have fought for,and mostly got, equality. I think men get a raw deal here, but then I would Im a man.
One thing about it all that bugs me - The media. What a load of rubbish they all talk, its the same every Valentines Day like a cracked record. For example I heard some guy on Radio Cornwall rabbiting on about how many miles the flowers have done before they reach you ( similar to the great debate on food miles). I wish they would get their facts right. Yes there are some flower growers in Cornwall and yes we do buy from them but they dont grow everything and their range and is limited. So we have to buy from Wholesalers who in turn buy from all over the world. It would be a sad day if all the girls got was a bunch of Daffodils for Valentines Day.
The other Media perennial is the cost of Roses and how Supermarkets charge £3 or £4 for a dozen whilst those nasty florist shops charge £40 +. Are they thick ( The Media not the Roses) or what ? I bought a cheapy bunch last year for comparison - cost me £3.95 - in a word CRAP. Short weak stems with small heads and very low petal count and assembled by a machine, is that all the girl of your choice is worth ? unfortunately in some cases the answer appears to be YES.
Media members please note - They are what they are, a cheap and cheerfull bunch of low quality flowers assembled by a machine as opposed to a bouquet of quality long stem roses hand made to the customers requirements. It seems to me that the day of romance goes to the Media members heads, perhaps they get all exited at what the day may bring - PLEASE get a life, or at least get the facts.
Allan - Jackies husband
Its supposed to be a day of romance so why is it that all(99.9%)of our flower orders are sent by men to girls. - Why dont girls send flowers to their men ?? After all the ladies have fought for,and mostly got, equality. I think men get a raw deal here, but then I would Im a man.
One thing about it all that bugs me - The media. What a load of rubbish they all talk, its the same every Valentines Day like a cracked record. For example I heard some guy on Radio Cornwall rabbiting on about how many miles the flowers have done before they reach you ( similar to the great debate on food miles). I wish they would get their facts right. Yes there are some flower growers in Cornwall and yes we do buy from them but they dont grow everything and their range and is limited. So we have to buy from Wholesalers who in turn buy from all over the world. It would be a sad day if all the girls got was a bunch of Daffodils for Valentines Day.
The other Media perennial is the cost of Roses and how Supermarkets charge £3 or £4 for a dozen whilst those nasty florist shops charge £40 +. Are they thick ( The Media not the Roses) or what ? I bought a cheapy bunch last year for comparison - cost me £3.95 - in a word CRAP. Short weak stems with small heads and very low petal count and assembled by a machine, is that all the girl of your choice is worth ? unfortunately in some cases the answer appears to be YES.
Media members please note - They are what they are, a cheap and cheerfull bunch of low quality flowers assembled by a machine as opposed to a bouquet of quality long stem roses hand made to the customers requirements. It seems to me that the day of romance goes to the Media members heads, perhaps they get all exited at what the day may bring - PLEASE get a life, or at least get the facts.
Allan - Jackies husband
Friday, February 02, 2007
Do You Deserve It
We hear so many stories, good and bad, in our shop that we have come to the conclusion that amongst all the usual gloom and dispair there are a lot of people out there doing some amazing things for their fellow humans. Most of them without help or praise. So we have teamed up with our local newspaper the "Falmouth Packet" to find these people. We are asking anyone who knows of such a deserving person living in the Falmouth/Penryn area to nominate them by sending us or the "Falmouth Packet" a letter or e-mail saying why they deserve the flowers. Once chosen we will present them with a bouguet of flowers and the newspaper will tell their story.
We have now chosen the first recipient of the bouquet, a Mrs Shiela Green who is shown (centre) in the photo with her sponser Mr Elliot being presented by Jackie with her bouquet.
Her full story will be published next week
DO YOU know of any deserving person living in the Falmouth/Penryn area, if so let us know.
Our contact details are on our web site www.jackiephillipsflowers.com
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