What's in Santa's sleigh?

Have you started looking into Christmas gifts yet? It's about that time people. This Sunday is the first Sunday of Advent. In other words, four weeks left till Christmas! 

The Flower Pot has gift ideas for every budget, so in every blog post leading up to Christmas I will be doing a breakdown of budget-specific gift suggestions. 

One of the best things about the holiday season is the wonderful food we get to enjoy. Our Tasty Christmas food basket includes all types of delicacies, from mulled wine spice mix to smoked oysters and mustard.  

This week, our enormous Tasty Christmas basket is on sale! Get 20% off when you order online and enter SANTA101. 

Looking for something a little less costly? You can still get yourself or someone else some great goodies. Our Holiday Chocolate comes wrapped in a small golden box. The chocolate is hand-made by a local chocolate maker, Chocolats Privilège.

Those of you who want a more elaborate present that doesn't break the bank, check out Santa's Gifts, a lovely little box filled with culinary surprise after surprise, including Québec-made ice cider!

For more ideas, check our website, visit us, or call us at 514-938-1234.

Christmas already?

While people south of the border are gearing up for Thanksgiving and Black Friday, our radio stations have already ushered in the Christmas season. Star 92.9 is playing Christmas classics non-stop, and it isn't even December yet!

I have to say, The Flower Pot is guilty of the same making-Christmas-start-WAY-too-early sin, but I think people secretly appreciate the enthusiasm. This is the time of the year where people are getting tired of their work schedule, the days are getting shorter and colder (though perhaps not so cold this year), and everyone is worn out.

There's nothing like a little Christmas cheer to lift wintery spirits. Coming home to a nicely decorated house is a great way to improve your mood. The Flower Pot's Christmas section is full of little decoration ideas like this adorable Christmas tree. No need to wait till you get home to enjoy holiday vibes: this pint-sized tree will fit on your work desk! (It's pint-sized price tag is pretty cool too.)

Our Euro-water bouquet special is still on as well so if you want to get 20% off, order it online and enter "Bulle2012" to get the discount. Can't find what you want online? Let us give you a hand. Our designers can create any arrangement to suit your budget and your unique tastes. Call us at 514-938-1234, or drop by to talk directly to our florists at 1340 Notre Dame Ouest in Griffintown.

Movembering till Christmas

Halloween is over and everyone is looking forward to the Christmas holidays, and vacation. In the meantime though, Movember is in full swing. During this month, moustachioed men raise money for prostate cancer and male mental health initiatives. Besides the mustaches, what's not to like?

The way it works is men start out on November 1st with a clean-shaven face. They get themselves sponsors and over the month they groom and wax their upper lip hair into a mustache worthy of Hercules Poirot. The money raised goes directly to programs run by Movember, and by Prostate Cancer Canada.

The statistics are a little on the scary side. Canada's Movember website says that apart from living on average six years less than women, more than five men die prematurely each hour from potentially preventable illnesses.

The goal? Raising awareness. Ignorance might be bliss but it doesn't help you fight the problem. The Flower Pot is behind this initiative 100%. Our delivery guy Stefan is movembering, and the fruit of his labour is growing in nicely. Since most of us in the shop are women supporting the cause, we are considered to be Mo Sistas apparently. It's a good thing we aren't expected to grow mustaches. I suspect that would be disgusting.

During the pre-Christmas slump, we have a beauty of a water bouquet on sale. When you order online type in Bulle2012 to get your 20% discount.

If you're one of those early Christmas shoppers, check out our Christmas section which is already up and running on our website under the heading "Holidays".

Looking for inspiration? Call us at 514-938-1234, or drop in at 1340 rue Notre Dame Ouest. We can help!