Here's what's happening at McArdle's:
Orchids are for Everyone!
When: Tuesday January 26, 10:30 to 12:00
Cost: Free
RSVP: yourfriends@mcardles.com
Please be our guest in attending McArdle’s 2nd Annual Orchid Forum featuring orchid expert Bill Bianchi of Bianchi Davis Greenhouse. Bill has been growing orchids for over 50 years!
The Art of Hand-Tied Bouquets
When: Tuesday February 2, 10:30 to 12:00
Cost: $20.
RSVP: yourfriends@mcardles.com
Learn a few different techniques of creating hand-tied bouquets; including the traditional European style. Hand tying is a great way to make your bouquets look professional! All materials are included; please bring a pair of scissors.
With our own award-winning designer Michael Derouin, AAF, AIFD, PFCI, CAFA
Workshop: Terrariums – A Living Microcosm
When: Thursday February 4, 10:30 to 12:00
Cost: $75
RSVP: yourfriends@mcardles.com
Terrariums are a wonderful way to have a little bit of heaven in your home. A properly designed terrarium is relatively easy to make using simple-to-find materials, and can add a distinctive flair to an otherwise plain room. Terrariums inherently evoke a peaceful, meditational element and are guaranteed to sooth the soul. Plants grown in a glass-enclosed chamber tend to stay happy and healthy with little care. Even those with a “brown thumb” will quickly realize how easy plant-care can be!
Come join John Horn---one of the leading horticulturalists in the area---and learn the basics of terrarium building and care. You will leave with a beautiful piece of living art in an 8” diameter x 14” tall glass cylinder. You’re guaranteed to leave with a smile on your face!
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Happy New Year!
This will be my last blog for the year 2009. I can't believe another year has flown by so quickly....
2010 is going to be a special year. McArdle's Florist and Garden Center is celebrating 100 years in business! How should we celebrate?
See you next year!!
H
2010 is going to be a special year. McArdle's Florist and Garden Center is celebrating 100 years in business! How should we celebrate?
See you next year!!
H
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
The calm after the storm...
It's a few days post-holiday, and it's below freezing outside. The decorations are coming down, and it feels...bare. Now that the winter festivities are just about over we start getting that itch for warmer weather and long, sunny days. But a walk around the greenhouse is a perfect way to lift your spirits. Already, I'm seeing primroses, helleborus, and hyacinths. It's very encouraging!
One way I like to perk up my indoor surroundings once the last of the decorations are carefully packed away is by adopting some new plants. There's nothing like a new peace lily or basket of primroses to brighten up even the dreariest of winter days. And did you know that houseplants aren't just lovely to look at but they purify the air?
I also find myself buying more cut flowers this time of year. Sure they may not be growing outside just yet, but you can always find cut tulips, lilies, and roses at your local florist. Tulips are a reminder of sunnier days ahead. Roses and lilies are so fragrant. It's amazing what a bouquet of flowers can do.
H
One way I like to perk up my indoor surroundings once the last of the decorations are carefully packed away is by adopting some new plants. There's nothing like a new peace lily or basket of primroses to brighten up even the dreariest of winter days. And did you know that houseplants aren't just lovely to look at but they purify the air?
I also find myself buying more cut flowers this time of year. Sure they may not be growing outside just yet, but you can always find cut tulips, lilies, and roses at your local florist. Tulips are a reminder of sunnier days ahead. Roses and lilies are so fragrant. It's amazing what a bouquet of flowers can do.
H
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Santa and his Reindeer are coming to McArdle's!!
Just released...
LIVE REINDEER COME TO GREENWICH DOWNTOWN BUSINESS DISTRICT
First Annual Greenwich Reindeer Festival & Santa’s Workshop
November 27 – December 24, 2009
Greenwich Holiday Stroll Weekend December 4, 5 and 6
Greenwich, Conn, Nov. 10, 2009 – Santa and his reindeer are coming to town. Come see Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Comet, Donner and Blitzen, LIVE, with Santa at McArdle’s Florist & Garden Center, 48 Arch Street, in Greenwich at the First Annual Greenwich Reindeer Festival and Santa’s Workshop to benefit Kids in Crisis, starting Friday afternoon, November 27 through Christmas Eve, December 24, 2009. The event promises to be a magical moment that children and families will cherish forever as they have their holiday photo taken with some of the only reindeer in Connecticut.
On November 27, the reindeer will arrive from the North Pole and process down Greenwich Avenue accompanied by the town’s public officials to their month-long home at McArdle’s. Children, pets, adults and families can have their photo taken with Santa and his team of reindeer, with proceeds benefiting Kids in Crisis. Photo packages begin at $29.99 and include special coupons to shop at participating downtown Greenwich stores. Hours for the Greenwich Reindeer Festival and Santa’s Workshop are as follows: Monday through Saturday, 9 am to 5:30 pm and Sunday, 9 am to 4 pm. Reindeer feeding times will take place daily at 9 am and 4 pm. McArdle’s will offer complimentary mulled cider each day.
Sponsors include the following: Reindeer Sponsors: Flexjet by Bombardier, People's United Bank, Pepsi and Shaklee, Debbie Marin, Independent Distributor. Event Sponsors: McArdle's Florist & Garden Center and M.H. Heaven Real Estate. Media Sponsors: The Advocate, Greenwich Time, Brooks Community Newspapers and Moffly Media. Creative design by Creative Insight.
The event coincides with the First Annual Greenwich Holiday Stroll Weekend, December 4, 5 and 6. Holiday carolers, bell ringers and other musicians from local churches and singing groups will stroll through town while residents and visitors enjoy world-class shopping and delicious dining. Greenwich area merchants from East Putnam Avenue to Lewis Street to East and West Elm Street and along Greenwich Avenue will be joining the fun festivities, offering seasonal refreshments to welcome holiday shoppers. Hours are Friday, 4 pm to 7 pm, Saturday, 10 am to 7 pm and Sunday, 11 am to 4 pm.
“It’s the perfect combination of local pride and holiday spirit and the beginning of a great new tradition in Greenwich,” said Alon Marom, Director of Corporate and Community Giving for Kids in Crisis, the event beneficiary. “We hope everyone will come out and enjoy all that Greenwich has to offer while at the same time, supporting our mission at this special time of year.”
Kids in Crisis, www.kidsincrisis.org, is Connecticut’s only free, round-the-clock agency providing emergency shelter, crisis counseling and community educational programs for children of all ages and families dealing with a wide range of crises—domestic violence, mental health and family problems, substance abuse, economic difficulties and more. Since its founding in 1978, Kids in Crisis has helped more than 96,000 Connecticut children and families; last year, more than 7,300 adults and children received assistance from the organization.
For more information about the Greenwich Reindeer Festival and Santa's Workshop and the Greenwich Holiday Stroll Weekend, please visit www.mcardles.com. These events are created and produced by TMK Sports & Entertainment, a Greenwich-based event marketing company.
LIVE REINDEER COME TO GREENWICH DOWNTOWN BUSINESS DISTRICT
First Annual Greenwich Reindeer Festival & Santa’s Workshop
November 27 – December 24, 2009
Greenwich Holiday Stroll Weekend December 4, 5 and 6
Greenwich, Conn, Nov. 10, 2009 – Santa and his reindeer are coming to town. Come see Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Comet, Donner and Blitzen, LIVE, with Santa at McArdle’s Florist & Garden Center, 48 Arch Street, in Greenwich at the First Annual Greenwich Reindeer Festival and Santa’s Workshop to benefit Kids in Crisis, starting Friday afternoon, November 27 through Christmas Eve, December 24, 2009. The event promises to be a magical moment that children and families will cherish forever as they have their holiday photo taken with some of the only reindeer in Connecticut.
On November 27, the reindeer will arrive from the North Pole and process down Greenwich Avenue accompanied by the town’s public officials to their month-long home at McArdle’s. Children, pets, adults and families can have their photo taken with Santa and his team of reindeer, with proceeds benefiting Kids in Crisis. Photo packages begin at $29.99 and include special coupons to shop at participating downtown Greenwich stores. Hours for the Greenwich Reindeer Festival and Santa’s Workshop are as follows: Monday through Saturday, 9 am to 5:30 pm and Sunday, 9 am to 4 pm. Reindeer feeding times will take place daily at 9 am and 4 pm. McArdle’s will offer complimentary mulled cider each day.
Sponsors include the following: Reindeer Sponsors: Flexjet by Bombardier, People's United Bank, Pepsi and Shaklee, Debbie Marin, Independent Distributor. Event Sponsors: McArdle's Florist & Garden Center and M.H. Heaven Real Estate. Media Sponsors: The Advocate, Greenwich Time, Brooks Community Newspapers and Moffly Media. Creative design by Creative Insight.
The event coincides with the First Annual Greenwich Holiday Stroll Weekend, December 4, 5 and 6. Holiday carolers, bell ringers and other musicians from local churches and singing groups will stroll through town while residents and visitors enjoy world-class shopping and delicious dining. Greenwich area merchants from East Putnam Avenue to Lewis Street to East and West Elm Street and along Greenwich Avenue will be joining the fun festivities, offering seasonal refreshments to welcome holiday shoppers. Hours are Friday, 4 pm to 7 pm, Saturday, 10 am to 7 pm and Sunday, 11 am to 4 pm.
“It’s the perfect combination of local pride and holiday spirit and the beginning of a great new tradition in Greenwich,” said Alon Marom, Director of Corporate and Community Giving for Kids in Crisis, the event beneficiary. “We hope everyone will come out and enjoy all that Greenwich has to offer while at the same time, supporting our mission at this special time of year.”
Kids in Crisis, www.kidsincrisis.org, is Connecticut’s only free, round-the-clock agency providing emergency shelter, crisis counseling and community educational programs for children of all ages and families dealing with a wide range of crises—domestic violence, mental health and family problems, substance abuse, economic difficulties and more. Since its founding in 1978, Kids in Crisis has helped more than 96,000 Connecticut children and families; last year, more than 7,300 adults and children received assistance from the organization.
For more information about the Greenwich Reindeer Festival and Santa's Workshop and the Greenwich Holiday Stroll Weekend, please visit www.mcardles.com. These events are created and produced by TMK Sports & Entertainment, a Greenwich-based event marketing company.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Looking for ideas....
...for upcoming workshops for the holiday season. Anything you'd like to learn?
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
October, so far...
What a fun month this has been so far! We've had two very fun, very well attended hands-on workshops so far and one more to go. The first two were flower arranging, both with a fall theme. And next week's is very appropriate for the time - pumpkin carving! And we're not talking your everyday jack o'lantern either.... It's not too late to sign up for some Halloween fun!
Friday, October 2, 2009
Upcoming Workshops
Here's what's coming up at McArdle's :
Tuesday Oct. 13 - Create a harvest topiary
Tuesday Oct 20 - Design a "minikin" - a sugar pumpkin sitting om a beautiful ring of autumnal flowers
Tuesday Oct 27 - "Treat" yourself and learn a "trick" to enhance your pumpkin carving. Tools included.
Cost: $20 per workshop (covers materials -- bring your own scissors and wire cutters)
RSVP to yourfriends@mcardles.com
Hope to see you there!
H
Tuesday Oct. 13 - Create a harvest topiary
Tuesday Oct 20 - Design a "minikin" - a sugar pumpkin sitting om a beautiful ring of autumnal flowers
Tuesday Oct 27 - "Treat" yourself and learn a "trick" to enhance your pumpkin carving. Tools included.
Cost: $20 per workshop (covers materials -- bring your own scissors and wire cutters)
RSVP to yourfriends@mcardles.com
Hope to see you there!
H
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