Can't Come To Us? We Will Come To You!

We know it is hard to get to us right now. But luckily, we can come to you!! During construction, Sweetpea's is offering FREE LOCAL DELIVERY to our friends and family in the Roncesvalles neighbourhood. Thank you for supporting us through all this. You guys are the BEST!

 

 

National Post Talks Sweetpea's & Canada Blooms

We are absolutely thrilled to be featured in an article written by Peter Kuitenbrouwer in The National Post. Canada Blooms has proven to be a great success and we are so thankful that we were able to be a part of it all. It took a lot of hard work but everything has paid off and we couldn't be happier with the results. Our floral display featured a twelve foot tall magnolia tree covered in buds which will soon become luscious pink blooms. Perched on the tree you will find dozens of origami paper cranes. As a backdrop we created a wall covered in aspidistra leaves to truly give our space a green feeling. Coming out of the wall were copious amounts of origami dragonflies bursting into flight. We used an antique urn to do our featured arrangement which included Protea, Craspedia and pink orichids. And finally, the base of our display was a bed of Heuchera nestled in moss and surrounded by an antique barn borad frame. 


Again, another thanks for all of your support and to  Peter from the National Post.

"The next display, by Sweetpea's, a florist on Roncesvalles Avenue, seemed to attract the most gawkers: their installation features a magnolia branch in bud peppered with dozens of peach-coloured origami swans." -Peter Kuitenbrouwer, The National Post

Without Further Ado

I haven't had much time to post many arrangements or bouquets so I felt it was definitely time to do so. Here are a couple of arrangements we have done this past week and feel free to take a look at more of our portfolio on our website or our Flickr album. I swear I will also work on posting photos of our work more frequently.

Floral Friday

We have some spectacular and unique flowers we got in this week. Some of which you would never imagine seeing at this time of year such as the Peonies. Hopefully we will see as many of you this weekend as we did the last because last weekend was a lot of fun. So, come stop by, say hi and take a peak at our beautiful full cooler to brighten your day.

Amaranthus

Hello Wedding Season, My Name Is Sweetpea's

This week we had a wonderful surprise of getting to make some arrangements and boutonnieres for a wedding magazine photo-shoot. It was a little nerve racking but certainly a lot of fun hunting down interesting ribbons, buttons and unique blooms for the shoot. Now of course this is just a sneak peak and the best is still to come when the magazine is out. Wedding season here we come! 

Sweetpea's; The Flower Purveyor

We are absolutely thrilled to be mentioned in T.O Night magazine. This all began with an article about Sweetpea's in blogTO and has resulted in wedding magazine photo-shoots, weddings for this summer, new  wonderful customers and of course a shout out in one of Toronto's most popular news magazines, T.O Night. We cannot be more thankful to those who support us and we are so happy for all of the opportunities that have recently come our way. Thank you Toronto!

Floral Friday

Okay, so I tried to do something slightly different this week to spice it up. Instead of featuring flowers of the week just on their own I thought I would do little gatherings of flowers that compliment each other. I know I am certainly excited to work with these lovely flowers this weekend and hopefully I can help you put together a bouquet for yourself as well. Enjoy!

Fragrant Stock with blush tips alongside Waxflower.

Brazillia accompanied by Spray Roses and a Mum

Rich Alstromeria nestling Carnations (Now I know some of you might have a vendetta against Carnations. However, they are quite fabulous when grouped in a cluster of three for they add bold colour and texture.)

Protea as seen in our floral display at Canada Blooms

Black Pussy Willow

The Seeds Have Sprouted!

They are finally here and moving quite quickly. With hundreds of varieties to choose from we have an array of herbs, vegetables and flowers. Come stop by and take a peak. Planting seeds would be an excellent project to do with the kids over March Break.

Canada Blooms

It's here, it's here! It has been a hectic month trying to put together our floral design display for Canada Blooms but I must say it is looking fabulous and the hard work was definitely worth while. We are still selling tickets at the advance ticket price of $16.00 and we have plenty left. A couple of sweetpeas will be helping out at the Nincompoop booth so be sure to come say hi! We look forward to seeing you and hope you enjoy our floral design display. Keep an eye out for pictures in an upcoming blog post.

Floral Friday

Yay it's Floral Friday! It's been a rainy couple of days but that didn't stop us from picking up some fabulous flowers for the weekend. In my opinion rainy days are the perfect time to get a little pick me up bouquet especially when we are all impatiently awaiting spring. Here is a taste of what we have in this weekend and we look forward to seeing you! If you have any questions or would like to place an order feel free to call us at (416)537-3700.

Freesia

Calla Lilies

Thistle

Pussy Willow

Stock

Vibernum

Featured On blogTO!

We are thrilled to be featured on blogTO today! The fabulous review was written by Robyn Urback  and we are so thankful for her kind words. Click Here to read the review.

 

 

Creating a European Hand-tied Bouquet

Here is one of our floral design videos instructed by our very own floral designer Molly. We really hope you enjoy our tips and tricks and there will be many more videos to come.

Floral Friday

Every Friday we will be posting the new and exciting flowers that have come in fresh from market for the weekend. This is a project I am looking forward to because it's quite fun to take pictures of all of our little flower friends. It will also be helpful if you are looking to place an order because it will hopefully inspire you with creating a colour palette for your order or simply give you an idea of what might be in your bouquet/arrangement. So here is to one of many Floral Fridays to come and I hope you enjoy this taste of our selection.

Craspedia

Pin Cushion Protea

Bupleurum

Two Varieties of Mums

Thistle or Sea Holly

Stock