Best Mother's Day Gift Ideas

Pretty in Pink

Mother's Day is almost here! Mother's Day is set aside as a special day to honour motherhood, and more specifically, our lovely mothers. These ladies brought us into the world, care for us with love and support, give us advice (even when we think may not want or need it), teach us wrong from right and are there for us in a million ways. Showing gratitude is a must, and it's little surprise that Mother's Day has evolved to become one of the most celebrated holidays in the world. 

Mother's Day in North America traces back to the late 1800s. Julia Ward Howe suggested a day of peace to honour mothers. Ann Jarvis, a peace and health activist, founded Mothers Day Work Clubs to raise awareness for health issues that affected child mortality rates. Following Ann's death in 1905, her daughter organized a movement to make Mother's Day an officially recognized holiday in many of the U.S. states. It became a national holiday in 1914 and Canada adopted it as well. In England, Mothering Sunday dates back to the 1600s and was celebrated on the fourth Sunday in Lent following a service to honour the Virgin Mary. 

Today, Mother's Day is celebrated in over 50 countries around the world, though not on the same date. Many of us are looking for gift ideas to delight our Moms this year, whether she is nearby or across the country. Bloomex has some wonderful flower and gift ideas this year that will bring joy to Mom, while accommodating any budget. 

Flowers

What Mom doesn't light up when she receives a bouquet of beautiful, blooming flowers? Flowers are always an amazing choice when it comes to treating Mom. Bloomex has so many choices, we can't possible list them all here! We've picked a few highlights that are especially lovely for Mother's Day, but be sure to scope out the full Bloomex site to choose your favourite! 

Blooms for Mom

1. Blooms for Mom Bouquet

2. Delicate Delight Bouquet 

Joy of Flowers Basket

3.Joy of Flowers Basket 

4. Tulips 

Steal the Show 

5. Mother's Day Designer Collection 

6. Steal the Show 

What a Treat

7. What a Treat 

8. Pretty in Pink 

Flower & Gift Packages

Bloomex offers excellent Mother's Day collections and unique packages that let you treat Mom to something extra special, such as gourmet chocolates, gourmet truffles, teddy bears, greeting cards, and vases, sent along with a beautiful bouquet of flowers. Best of all, the pricing on these packages is amazing! 

1. Mother's Day Melody Collection Specials

2. Mother's Day Tulip Combos

3. Mother's Day Sweet Blossom Collection 














Gift Baskets

Pamper Mom this year and send her a lovely collection of thoughtful gifts that will delight her. Each gift basket is attractively hand packed with care and available for delivery across Canada. Bloomex offers a huge range of gift baskets for all tastes and budgets. It's Mother's Day done easy! Here are a few suggestions that Mom might especially love:

Ultimate Spa Basket

1. Spa Gift Basket Collection 

2. Sweets & Treats Gift Basket

Tea Lover Basket

3. Fruit Gift Basket 

4. Tea Gift Basket










  



Cakes, Cookies, and other Gourmet Goodies

Deluxe Vanilla Cake

Send Mom a special treat this year! Bloomex saves you the baking with delicious gourmet cakes you can send Mom to help her celebrate an especially happy Mother's Day. 

You can also choose from gourmet chocolates, gourmet homemade cookies, and other treats to send alone or add to your flower order.

 

Whatever your choice for Mother's Day, Bloomex has you covered!

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From time to time, Bloomex also offers limited time Twitter sweepstakes and contests, so check back often for more information on the Tweets you see! 

JUNE 8, 2015 

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3 Movie passes available -- each pass admits two people. Passes good Monday to Thursday (excluding holiday) at any participating Cineplex Entertainment LP Theatre showing this film. Passes good during the film's run of engagement in Canada. 

Open to residents of Canada only. 

Happy Tweeting!

Win Mom Free Flowers for a Year

Do you know an extra special Mom? Would you like to make her extra happy this Mother's Day?

Tell us what makes her so special, be willing to share a video clip of her, and you could win her a beautiful Mother's Day bouquet, PLUS FREE FLOWERS FOR A YEAR! 

Here's how: 

1. Send a short note to contest@bloomex.ca telling us why you think this special Mom deserves to win free flowers for a year, and confirming that you are willing to take and share a video clip.

2. The TOP 10 entries win a gorgeous Mother's Day bouquet to be delivered to the special lady. 



3. Take a video of her enjoying her flowers. It could be you taking the video clip, or have a friend or family member do it for you. The video, even if it's short, should feature this wonderful Mom. It could be taken of her enjoying her Mother's Day celebration or an everyday moment, of you telling her (and us) how special she is, of her thanking you for the flowers, of her enjoying her beautiful bouquet after she receives it, or whatever creative idea you might come up with.

4. Send the video to contest@bloomex.ca. 

5. The best video clip, as determined by a panel of Bloomex employees, will win FREE FLOWERS FOR A YEAR! 

CONTEST RULES

1. Entries must be received by Monday May 4, 2015, by 12 noon EST (Eastern Standard Time).

2.. Contest winners will be determined by a panel of Bloomex employees.

3. Top 10 written entries will each win a beautiful mixed flower bouquet, with delivery. Top video entry wins a bouquet of mixed flowers every month, for twelve (12) months, with delivery.

4. By submitting you verify that you have permission to post the video, and you allow Bloomex the option to post your entry publicly on sites including but not limited to www.bloomex.ca, the Bloomex blog (bloomex.blogspot.ca), and Bloomex social media sites.

5. Contest open to residents of Canada.

Hero Moms Contest

Mother's Day is Sunday May 10. Here at Bloomex we know how very special so many Moms are, and how often they are the true "everyday heroes" in life. They do so much to care for and support us and others, often in ways we don't even realize. 

Hero Moms make sacrifices we may not even know about. They are there to laugh with us, cry with us, guide us and protect us along life's path no matter if it gets rocky or steep. Hero Moms may stay up late to help finish a school project, work the extra shift to pay for the school trip, drive to the rink at dawn. They may volunteer their spare time for others in need, keep smiling despite illness, listen to our fears while never mentioning their own. They lend a consistent helping hand, providing an inspiring force of love that sets them apart.  

Do you know a Hero Mom? This Mother's Day, share what makes her so special. Maybe it is her kindness, her selflessness and compassion for others, her unwavering humour, or her bravery in hard times. 

Tell us about the Hero Mom you know and you could win her a beautiful Floral Bouquet and a Deluxe Spa Gift Basket this Mother's Day! 

Email a short summary to contest@bloomex.ca. 

The top 5 entries each win a stunning bouquet of Mother's Day flowers and a Supreme Spa Basket full of indulgent treats that will let this Hero Mom feel pampered and relaxed. Your beautiful flowers and special gift basket will be delivered to your Hero Mom with your special message of love. See below for all the details-- enter now!

 

CONTEST RULES 

1. By submitting your written entry you allow Bloomex to post your submitted materials publicly on sites including but not limited to www.bloomex.ca, the Bloomex blog (bloomex.blogspot.ca), the Bloomex Facebook page, the Bloomex Twitter account). 

2. The winning entries will be determined by a panel of Bloomex employees.

 

3. DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES is Monday May 4th, 2015, at 12 noon. Eastern Standard Time.

4. The top 5 entries selected from the email summaries will receive  a gorgeous mixed flower Designer Collection bouquet & an Ultimate Spa Basket to be delivered to their Mom of choice.
  

5. Contest open to residents of Canada.

         

Memorable Moms Photo Contest

It's almost Mother's Day! Let's face it...Moms are the best. Let's pay tribute to our wonderful, funny, caring Moms by sharing some great "Mom photos!" 

Share your Favourite Photo of a Memorable Mom
 for your chance to win! 

Maybe your photo captures a special moment, showing the bonds between mother and child. Maybe your photo captures what a unique and sweet person your Mom of choice is. Maybe your photo is a funny meme that captures some of the reality of what Motherhood involves. 

Your photo might touch our hearts or make us laugh....so long as it's about Moms and Motherhood.

The 5 Memorable Mom Photos we enjoy the most (and we will take social media activity in account, so be sure to Like, Favourite or Retweet the photos you enjoy!) each WIN a bouquet of gorgeous flowers for Mom this Mother's Day! 

3 WAYS TO SEND US YOUR "MOM PHOTO": 

1. Like us on Facebook and send us a Message with your Mom photo. 

2. Follow us on Twitter and Tweet us your photo. Include the hashtag #bloomexmoms 

3. Email us your Mom Photo to contest@bloomex.ca 

Please include a short caption or note to tell us about the photo

CONTEST CLOSES MONDAY MAY 4, 2015 at 12 noon EST.

By submitting your photos, you verify that you have permission to post. You agree that your photos may be publicly shown on the Bloomex blog, Bloomex Facebook page, and/or the Bloomex Twitter feed. Contest open to residents of Canada with Canadian delivery. Winners each receive a special Designer Collection Bouquet, which is a lovely bouquet in Mother's Day colours made up to the florist's creativity, and may not be exactly as shown in blog photo.

Have fun and good luck!

Bloomex Partners with Skate Canada

It was a very exciting weekend in Hamilton, Ontario! From April 8-11 some of the best skaters on the planet converged at Hamilton's FirstOntario Centre for the ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships. Skate Canada was host to these top teams and elite judges, and Bloomex was very pleased to lend support by providing the fresh flowers and gourmet gift baskets for this exciting event.  

 

For those of you who may not be familiar with it, synchronized skating is a team sport in which 8-20 skaters perform a program together. It has a judging system similar to that of other skating competitions. Due to the variety and intricacy of elements such as blocks, wheels, intersections, moves in the field, moves in isolation, spins and pairs moves, each individual skater must be highly skilled. The team must also work together at all times, striving for perfect unison and high artistic impression.

Twenty-five teams from twenty countries around the world arrived in Hamilton to compete for the gold this year. Skate Canada, which is the largest figure skating governing body in the world, organized and hosted this high caliber international event for the third time in the Championship's sixteen-year history.

Bloomex was proud to partner with Skate Canada and to fulfill their floral and gift needs at this world class event. Bloomex supplied wine and cheese gourmet gift baskets that were enjoyed by some of the ISU judges and skating dignitaries. Bloomex also supplied beautiful bouquets to welcome some of the other VIP judges to their hotel. 

On Thursday April 9, Skate Canada hosted an ISU judges' dinner at the lovely Ancaster Mill. 

For the "Canadiana" theme, Bloomex was pleased to create some beautiful red and white centrepieces to grace the tables. 

Check out the Flickr stream to see more fun photos of this key event. 

 

As a key contributing sponsor, Bloomex also provided flowers to brighten the arena by providing floral arrangements for the VIP lounge, skater's lounge, registration desk, and other key places around the venue. The flowers in their creative arrangements were chosen to complement the colours of the official World Synchronized Skating logo. 

Bloomex also provided the beautiful bouquets that were enjoyed by the podium medallists, and which were featured on various news sources.

This year Canada had two teams entered, Nexxice from Burlington, and Les Supremes from St-Leonard, Quebec. Competition was fierce and the skaters faced tough competition and judging. We were all thrilled when Nexxice took home the gold to make Canada the World Champion this year!

Bloomex was very proud to be the official floral supplier for this fun weekend in Hamilton, a prestigious and exciting event attended by a large crowd and televised by the CBC and other international media.

For more information about the Championship, please visit the Skate Canada website. You can also click to read more about Canada's Team Nexxice and their gold medal win in Hamilton. 

Easter Flowers and Gift Baskets

Easter is almost here, and Bloomex has you covered whether you are attending an Easter supper or egg hunt, or hosting one yourself. There are delicious gift baskets that are sure to be a sweet treat for any lucky recipient, as well as beautiful flowers and bouquets in lovely pastel shades that will bring Easter brightness to any table.

Here are a few of our favourites—a huge variety of Easter Flowers and Easter Gift Baskets are available at www.bloomex.ca so be sure to check them all!

100 Blooms of Alstromeria are sure to create Easter smiles! Alstroemeria – also known as Peruvian Lilies – are quickly becoming a favourite for their delicate beauty.

Lily Sunshine is a delightful mix of sunny and serene lilies that is perfect for any Easter celebration.






 

For a truly stunning  Easter bouquet, try Bloomex Heavenly Hamptons. This lovely arrangement includes a heavenly mix of lilies, delphinium and carnations, phlox, and alstromeria.

30 Spring Tulips are a sure sign of warmer days! These fresh tulips from Bloomex will light up any Easter table this year and are a perfect hostess gift. On sale HALF PRICE right now!

 

The Sweet Memories Gift Basket is something the Easter Bunny wishes he had thought of! Send this sweet treat to help celebrate this Easter and you are sure to receive rave reviews.

For an even more decadent Easter treat, try sending the Chocolate & Cookie Lover Gift Basket from Bloomex! Everyone will love this delicious array of fine cookies, chocolates and gourmet candies.






Many more Easter gift baskets and beautiful flowers available at Bloomex! In addition we are always happy to make up a custom product, so feel free to get in touch with one of our friendly consultants.

Happy Easter from Bloomex!

Bloomex Introduces Bloomex Gardens: Canada's NEW Online Garden Centre

Bloomex Gets Growing! Spring is right around the corner and many Canadian gardeners are eager to be back in the yard planning, planting, and enjoying their beautiful gardens. Bloomex has long provided customers with beautiful flowers, plants and gifts for indoor enjoyment—why not extend that expertise to offering to outdoor garden products as well?   

Now it's been done! Bloomex is very excited to announce the launch of an exciting new online garden centre called Bloomex Gardens. Bloomex Gardens will provide Canadians with the best gardening plant material and merchandise for the lowest prices, using Bloomex’s tried-and-true delivery model and commitment to dedicated customer service. 

Bloomex Gardens (www.bloomexgardens.ca) offers you a selection of the best garden products on the market, including spring and summer bulbs, perennials, select fruit and vegetable plant materials, seeds available all year, as well as high quality gardening merchandise. Plus, you will find all this at prices lower than your neighbourhood garden centre, with the convenience of home delivery and expert advice.

“We are very happy to announce the launch of Bloomex Gardens,” says Mark Camphaug, Director of Marketing at Bloomex Canada. “With our established chain of care and national distribution centres, we are able to provide Canadian gardeners with exceptional prices on some of the best garden products in the industry. Our prices are better than what you would see at the big box garden centres, but our care and experience give you a much better end result.”

Plants, seeds and bulbs are sourced through the large network of top growers and farms that Bloomex already uses.  At the local big box store, plants are often massed and stacked outdoors in variable conditions. With Bloomex Gardens each plant receives the correct care, including the exact light levels, temperature, and humidity levels, that it needs to not just survive, but thrive. This care ensures that customers receive the best quality plant material, with convenient delivery right to their doorstep (and no heavy plant materials to lug around). 

You also get access to friendly and professional gardening advice—something that may be lacking at the local big box store.

“We stand behind our Number One grade plants and have expert horticulturalists available to support you before, during and after your Bloomex Gardens purchase,” assures Chris Baker, General Manager. “We also offer our garden club members what no other on-line retailer does: a customized site visit utilizing modern remote sensing technology that allows us to review your garden concerns with you. With Bloomex Gardens you not only get a spectacular product but the perfect advice to ensure that your garden thrives year after year.”

If you can't wait to get back in the garden, check out Bloomex Gardens and get growing faster and for a lot less! The store is available now at www.bloomexgardens.ca.  Read the Press Release for more information.

Gifts and Flowers for International Women's Day

March 8 is International Women's Day. This year's theme: "Pledge for Parity."

International Women's Day (8 March) is a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. It also honours the important work of the Suffragettes who campaigned for a woman's right to vote. It is a day that also reminds us of inequities still to be addressed.

The first International Women's Day event was held in 1911. Today, in some countries such as China, Russia, Vietnam and Bulgaria, International Women's Day is a national holiday.

"The story of women's struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist nor to any one organization but to the collective efforts of all who care about human rights" Gloria Steinem





All of us can take a moment to honour the very special women in our life—the mothers, daughters, sisters, friends and other amazing women who brighten so many lives. Send a beautiful tribute to a special woman this week and let her know she is remembered, and she matters to you.

Check out some lovely flowers, bouquets, and gift basket choices below, and show her how much you care.  


Spring Tulips 




Ten gorgeous fresh cut tulips make a fresh and lovely gift for any woman. 

Our designer creation is a bold mix of pink, yellow, red, white and orange petals. She will love the bright mix of colours and warm feelings that come with spring flowers.









Sweet Tenderness Bouquet

She will love this full blossom bouquet with an array of feminine flowers like pink Alstromeria, pink carnations,white daisy chrysanthemums, waxflower and salal.

When these pretty blooms unfold, they fill the room with revitalizing fragrances that is sure to further delight her. 








  
Sweetheart Bouquet

 

This enchanting bouquet of vivacious coloured flowers is irresistible.

The flawless mixture of flowers in this bouquet includes graceful lilies and elegant roses complimented with fresh greens.










Chocolate Supreme Gift Basket

This delicious basket is filled with savoury truffles, chocolate and fudge. The perfect gift for a chocolate lover, this basket has it all!

This basket contains delicious treats such as premium chocolates, truffles, fudge, cookies, teas and coffees, for a spectacular assortment that will delight her!








 Lavender Roses

You can never go wrong by sending her roses! Any roses are a sure way to make her happy and make the perfect Women's Day tribute.

Any colour roses are a lovely choice, but opting for feminine shades such as pink or lavender might create even more delight.






 

Remember the special women in your life this Sunday March 8. For more details on the suffragrette movement, check out the timeline of the women's movement.  For more ideas on what to send, check out our blog on Tea Gift Baskets.