Subscribe To Flowers!

For as little as £30.62 a month (inc. home delivery and VAT), Anna Rawlinson will deliver fresh, gift-wrapped flowers every fortnight in the Torbay Area.

You Are In Control!

1) Choose how long your subscription will last from 3, 6 or 12 months
2) Specify your preferred date of delivery. Your flowers will be delivered at two week intervals from then
3) Relax and let us do the rest

A 3 month subscription is £105, a 6 month is £189 and a 12 month is £367.

Our flowers will vary from season to season and week to week but that's the exciting bit. Unfortunately for some, this service is specific to Torbay. I'm looking forward to serving my local community!

If you want to subscribe to this unique service visit our website and contact Anna.

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The Devon Wedding Directory

Rawlinsons and Kims Flowers is proud to offer a directory of trusted suppliers of wedding services. Primarily, for those based in Devon but offering a free platform for any service supplier in the UK, we accept joining requests from John O'Groats to Lands End!

The reasoning behind it was that we wanted a place that had a definitive list of suppliers. We vet all newcomers to make sure that they can be trusted and will deliver you the very best of what they do.

Joining is free and permanent, and unlike other directories, a little write-up accompanies the contact details.

So call us 01803 211128 or Email anna@rawlinsonsflorist.co.uk

We also have a Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/The-Devon-Wedding-Directory/144394098976635

Devon Wedding Directory

If you are searching for a place where all the most trusted wedding suppliers are brought together look no further. http://www.annaflorist.co.uk/ is our free directory.

Thing is, we've had eight years of trading and wedding specialty and have got to know a quite fantastic bunch of people from caterers to photographers so we thought we'd share this with you. It's in its infancy but take a look at what is on offer; and of course, the flowers are exquisite!

And businesses: come join, for free, no catch. If you can reciprocate a link then great. If not, no problem. You'll always be on board. We don't just put a text link - we do a little body of text, a text link, phone number and email address.

Take a look at the Catering section of the site and let me know what you think. Thanks

Anna

There’s No Business Like Show Business

In a trade where appearance is everything, colour and design are the most important aspects of floristry. Any florist worth their salt will tell you that passion for the ‘wow’ reaction is what they live for.

Our love affair with blooms dates back to pre-history, in particular for occasions such as burials and medical therapy. Gradually we began to use flowers to express our feelings and enhance our surroundings.

Some flowers such as roses originated in Asia 5000 years ago, some a little later in Italy and Greece. However, it wasn’t until the great global explorations of the 18^th Century that the variety of flowers began to grow and capture the imagination.

With this in mind, it could be suggested that the perfect flower bouquet was one that matched exactly the mood of the occasion, so much more than just ‘flowers’ if the colours and scent that accompanied them was fresh, natural and almost therapeutic!

Superstores are no match for the high street quality in this trade. What some may see as convenience, others see cost-cutting and that is where their power lies, but selling and smelling power are of equal strength; the former can be outweighed by taste and sensibility.

There are many excellent high street and on-line florists, many of whom produce exquisite bouquets but their elegant and ancient trade is dying in the name of convenience.

So, the next time you want to say it with flowers, say it with flowers that have been created with love. Thank you.

Anna Rawlinson is a sole trader of Rawlinsons and Kims Flowers http://www.rawlinsonsflorist.co.uk, for next day delivery of elegant flowers.

Silk Flowers Forever

Rawlinsons and Kims Flowers has an idea to share with all those who are thinking about tying the knot. They have come up with something that will last as long as the union itself: silk flowers of such high quality that it would be necessary to actually feel them before realizing the artifice (even then, it can be doubtful)!

Silk flowers have been around for many years to represent the natural form as closely as possible. In fact now made of exquisite real-feel fabric, the ‘silk’ flowers from Rawlinsons and Kims are of exceptional quality as well as being infinitely flexible.

They can be given as occasional gifts for celebration or commemoration or tokens of love on Valentine’s Day. Ordering silks is as straightforward as asking for fresh; the costs are equal, the reaction just as good.

A particular advantage to these types of flowers over fresh is their tolerance to heat, cold and packing making them the ideal gift or wedding piece for overseas friends and family.

Anna has been booked already to provide wedding designs such as a bridal bouquet and button-holes entirely in silk flowers; for someone that has suffered for many years with hay fever allergies, it is a blessing in many ways.

So ultimately why silk? The answer is very simple. Presented as a memento of the day, far more tangible and apparent than for instance a dried flower, easily kept and easily cleaned!

Anna Rawlinson owns and manages Rawlinsons and Kims Flowers solely by herself.

Please visit her website http://www.rawlinsonsflorist.co.uk and select a gallery from the Ceremonies page to see her range of silk creations and other products.

You can contact her by the following methods:

Tel: 01803 211128 Mob: 07590 400202 Email: info@rawlinsonsflorist.co.uk

The Passionate Shepherd To His Love

Come live with me and be my love,
And we will all the pleasures prove
That valleys, groves, hills, and fields,
Woods, or steepy mountain yields.
And we will sit upon rocks,
Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks,
By shallow rivers to whose falls
Melodious birds sing madrigals.
And I will make thee beds of roses
And a thousand fragrant poises,
A cap of flowers, and a kirtle
Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle;
A gown made of the finest wool
Which from our pretty lambs we pull;
Fair lined slippers for the cold,
With buckles of the purest gold;
A belt of straw and ivy buds,
With coral clasps and amber studs;
And if these pleasures may thee move,
Come live with me, and be my love.
The shepherds's swains shall dance and sing
For thy delight each May morning:
If these delights thy mind may move,
Then live with me and be my love.

Irish Blessing

May the road rise to meet you,
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
The rains fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of his hand.

May God be with you and bless you:
May you see your children's children.
May you be poor in misfortune,
Rich in blessings.
May you know nothing but happiness
From this day forward.

May the road rise up to meet you
May the wind be always at your back
May the warm rays of sun fall upon your home
And may the hand of a friend always be near.

May green be the grass you walk on,
May blue be the skies above you,
May pure be the joys that surround you,
May true be the hearts that love you.

Silverscreen

Rawlinsons and Kims Flowers would like to introduce our new facet: Silverscreen is a service of consultation followed by provision of flowers for TV, film and stage set design. Whatever the period of the drama, whatever the budget of the production, whatever the UK location, Rawlinsons and Kims Silverscreen is the perfect choice.

May all good things be yours

Your happiness begins
With your wonderful wedding day.
You’ll share everything together;
Through it all, your love will stay.

 

Congratulations to you,
As you begin your happy life.
May all good things be yours,
As new husband and new wife.

 

Joanna Fuchs

 

 

Introducing...!

The Number One in wedding floral design in South Devon! We have been trading for eight years and have managed to fight off the worst of the recession. Working from home, we create perfection for the special day.

Rawlinsons and Kims still booking for 2011.

A Chinese Proverb...

When you have only two pennies left in the
world, buy a loaf of bread with one and
a lily with the other.