Beautiful Flowers for Thanksgiving
Add a little warmth and beauty to your Thanksgiving dinner with an arrangement from Dragonfly Flowers. Create an inviting atmosphere for your guests in the front hall, your coffee table or dinner...
View ArticleWhat is an order gatherer?
We have blogged about finding a local florist quite a few times, and have tried to find a way to see through the thick fog that has enveloped the online florist business. We have never actually...
View ArticleGood Case for Finding a Local Professional Florist
We have talked about the benefits of finding a local professional florist quite often. Today a fellow professional florist from Anaheim, CA came across an online flower consumer's blog about the poor...
View ArticleNew Blog Application on Facebook
Check out the new BlogNetworks Application on Facebook. It's a great way to promote your blog to your friends and others on Facebook who might be interested in finding your blog.Here is The Florist...
View ArticleI Can't Believe I Forgot to Blog About Christmas!
Well, I guess with everything going on, and the store being so busy, I completely forgot to write a blog for Christmas!I guess I'll make this a quick one. We will be open for business all day tomorrow...
View ArticleBlog Networks Top Result for "Florist"!
Ok, so now it's called NetworkedBlogs... I just got on here, and they have already changed the name!Anyway, we have the Number 1 spot for the search term "Florist"! (Very exciting)Networked Blogs...
View ArticleFlowers are Still the Number One Gift for Valentine's Week
Flowers have been the number one gift for Valentine's Day for a very long time, and are still at the front of most Men's minds in 2009. There are many meanings of different kinds of flowers, and your...
View ArticleA New Brand for Winnipeg Flowers Has Emerged!
With Valentine's Day fast approaching, we thought this would be a great time to release our new branding and logo.Look for the purple Dragonfly on all your gift arrangements, and you will know that...
View ArticleSome Valenines Day Online Flowers Shopping Tips
Valentine's Day is almost upon us. As a florist, and those of you who have stood in line at the flower shop on Valentine's Day, we know that this is one of the biggest shopping days of the year for...
View ArticleLast Minute Valentine's Day Shoppers Welcome!
So. It's Friday night, and Valentine's Day is tomorrow. You forgot to get something! I have been there and done that. (Not since I married a florist, but that's another story)If your sweetie is in...
View ArticleA New Rose for Dragonfly Flowers
A few months ago, Dragonfly Flowers was blessed by the opportunity to hire one of Winnipeg's most experienced freelance Floral Designers.Rosalyn came to us with 30 years of Floral Design experience,...
View ArticleSome Real Florist's Perspectives on Long Stem Roses
I have been wondering lately if the average consumer really has any idea how long a "Long Stem" rose actually is. When searching the internet for long stem roses, I have found that it is very unlikely...
View ArticleThe Florist Blog - We're Back!
Hello everyone! I finally had a chance to log into The Florist Blog today and saw that it has been 67 days since our last blog post! That is unacceptable by any standards I can think of!A lot has...
View ArticleOrdering Last Minute Flowers
The retail flower industry in Canada has just completed Grad Week. This is typically a great time for florists to show off their skills and create some wonderful corsages and boutineers for impending...
View ArticleSeven Oaks General Hospital: Well Wishes
Today I was researching some of the local organizations around Dragonfly Flowers on McPhillips, and came across a program from Seven Oaks General Hospital that I thought was really cool. They call it...
View ArticleFeel Good Friday!
Hi Everyone! Today's post has nothing to do with flowers, but I thought I would share some awesome videos that a couple of florists recently posted on a florists forum we frequent.I hope you enjoy...
View ArticleWinnipeg Summer Weddings 2009
It’s August, and we are well into Wedding season at Dragonfly Flowers. We’d like to send out a warm Thank-You to all of our summer brides, and we hope that the weather man was good to you on your...
View ArticleNew Vase Recycling Program at Dragonfly Flowers
Dragonfly Flowers has been providing Winnipeg and the surrounding areas with fresh cut flowers for over 5 years. During this time, we have sent thoughts and feelings through flowers to thousands of...
View ArticleSee You at Twestival Winnipeg!
Dragonfly Flowers is proud to support Twestival Winnipeg on September 12th, 2009. As part of Twestival Local 2009, the Winnipeg Twestival is a way to bring Winnipeg Tweeters together and support a...
View ArticleI Assure You: We're OPEN!
HI All! I called the store today, and after dialing the number 3 or 4 times and getting an "out of service" message 3 or 4 times, I started to get worried. It turns out that we had been waiting for...
View ArticleSave on Thanksgiving Flowers from Dragonfly Flowers
Just sending out a quick note to all our blog subscribers and Winnipeg flower buyers. Dragonfly is offering a 10% discount on all online flower arrangements between now and Thanksgiving. Please feel...
View ArticleNew Deisgner's Choce Options at DragonflyFlowers.net
We have just added an exciting new option to our online ordering site at www.dragonflyflowers.net! By finding Dragonfly Flowers online, you have already made a great choice in selecting a Winnipeg...
View ArticleChanges Coming to Dragonfly Flowers in 2010
Welcome to The Winnipeg Florist Blog for 2010!First, we'd like to thank all of our local and out of town flower customers for making Dragonfly Flowers your preferred Winnipeg Florists. 2009 was a...
View ArticleBe a Superhero This Valentines!
You may not think there is anything interesting about delivering flowers on Valentine's Day, but there are some VERY INTERESTING things about the reactions we see when delivering flowers on this...
View ArticleFree Flowers for Our 300th Winnipeg Twitter Follower!
Just a quick update to our endeavors into social media. As we approached 300 followers on Twitter last week, we threw out a quick Tweet letting everyone on Twitter know that we were giving away a free...
View ArticleQuick Deliveries from Dragonfly Flowers - City Wide
You all may have already seen our new delivery vehicle around town. A little while back, we finally got our decals done on our main delivery vehicle. This quick little car, while not your typical...
View ArticleEarn Points on Every Order with the Dragonfly Points Program!
Just a quick reminder if you haven't yet heard about the Dragonfly Flowers Points Program. For all of our valued customers, we have decided to get rid of our old punch cards that we kept on file, and...
View ArticleBeautiful New Arrival at Dragonfly Flowers
Some of our customers may have noticed that Buffie was strangely missing from the flower shop in the days approaching and throughout Mother's Day week. It was because we were in the process of having...
View ArticleFlowers are the Best Way to Say I'M SORRY!
Read a great story about using flowers to "Say I'm Sorry" from the Bloomin Blog at FlowershopNetwork.com. Just thought we'd share it. "Anyone can say they are sorry, but when you say it with flowers...
View ArticleNew Dragonfly Flowers Website Preview
Since opening Dragonfly Flowers in Winnipeg in 2004 we have gone through several changes with regards to our website, and how our customers order flowers online. In the beginning, we were just happy...
View ArticleImportant Phone Numbers - Mommy Calendar Got it Right!
Just for fun, I thought I would post a pic of a magnetic phone number list I got yesterday with Buffie's new Mommy Calendar. Along with some really great stickers and room to put appointments for up to...
View Article"The Florist" on iPhone
I came across "The Florist" for iPhone and thought I'd give the free version a try. The application is designed to allow you to build a flower arrangement using images of individual flowers and greens...
View ArticlemCommerce Coming to Dragonfly Flowers
We've been working diligently to update our website over the past several months. Our new florist website provider, Epic Flowers, brings us a host of new options and a much friendlier web presence....
View ArticleWinnipeg Florists Giving Away $1,000 in Free Flowers
If you haven't already been to our new web site and heard about our free flowers promotion for November, now's your chance! We're already heading into Week 3 of our November Giveaway and our first 10...
View ArticleSend Christmas Wishes from Dragonfly Flowers
It's Christmas time in Peg City! Christmas time is a wonderful time of year and a very busy time of the year for florists! We've decked the halls in the flower shop and are ready to go for the...
View ArticleRandom Office of the Month!
At Dragonfly Flowers, we love to give away free stuff. We've been thinking of ways to get free fresh flowers out to the masses, and have tried a few things over the past several months like our $1000...
View ArticleThis Week's Random Office of the Month Winners!
With Valentine's Day coming up, we thought we'd do it up right with a Dozen Red Roses this week! In fact we actually gave away 2 dozen! April and her colleague Colleen both received a dozen roses...
View ArticleSpring Has Sprung in Winnipeg
With the snow beginning to melt, it finally looks like Spring in Winnipeg. We've added some great new Spring Flower Arrangements to the website this week and wanted to share them with...
View ArticleGrad 2011 is Approaching!
Congratulations to all those who are graduating in 2011!We hope that everyone who is attending a graduation celebration this year will keep it a safe and happy event. It's a great time of your lives...
View ArticleFree Flowers - Spot our delivery vehicle!
Reviving an old post about Free Winnipeg Flowers for all of our new followers:Don't forget that if you see the Dragonfly Flowers delivery vehicle around Winnipeg, you can take a quick snapshot and post...
View ArticleCarnation Wedding Flowers - Why not?
We recently did an absolutely AWESOME Carnation Wedding in Winnipeg for one of our lovely couples. Over the years I've heard it said many times that florists just won't do weddings with carnations....
View Article14 Commercials Featuring Flowers
Flowers are an everyday part of life and as such they are often featured in commercials. I'm not talking about commercials for purchasing flowers, but commercials promoting other types of products. I...
View ArticleFree Flowers for a Deserving Winnipeger
We recently had the opportunity to have Winnipeg Culture Blogger Sarah Zaharia visit the store. She wrote a really nice blog post that included our Winnipeg Flower Shop. As part of the fun, we...
View ArticleWin an iPad2 from Dragonfly Flowers!
It's that time of year again, and we're running our 2nd Annual November to Remember promotion. Last year we gave away $1,000.00 worth of free flowers and this year, it's an iPad2!Just click on the...
View ArticleNovember to Remember iPad 2 Winner Announced!
We'd like to congratulate our iPad 2 giveaway winner, Jonathan Barrocan!We met Jonathon at our Winnipeg flower shop on December 2nd and gave him his brand new iPad 2.We know that Jonathan will enjoy...
View ArticleSeeking Donations to Help Winnipeg Arson Victims
Update:The outpouring of support for the family we're told has been tremendous. Thanks to everyone who donated. If there are more specific items they require in the coming days, we'll be sure to let...
View ArticleThe Academy Awards Florist, Moet Champagne and More!
Those who love learning events, event design or are just huge fans the Academy Awards will like this video from Young Hollywood.Mark Held, of Mark's Garden, florist to the stars has been the official...
View ArticleBrother's Taking Mother's Day Photo - Too Funny!
With Mother's Day fast approaching, I was looking around the internet to see what cool things florists are doing to get ready for the big day, and I came across this funny video! I think they've got...
View ArticleGreat Wedding Video! (Judy and Derek feat. Black Eyed Peas
Thanks to @marloboux for posting this video to Facebook! I thought we'd add it to some of the great wedding videos we've already posted to our blog.Don't forget to check like our wedding page on...
View ArticleOne of Our Favorite Weddings from 2012!
Dragonfly Flowers had a wonderful wedding season in 2012 and we were privileged to create unique wedding flower designs for a record number of Winnipeg brides and grooms this year.Carrie from Carrie...
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