Challenge Us !!

We are so lucky that we get the opportunity to design an art piece with every order, doesn't matter if it's a single flower, a beautiful big hand tied bouquet or a corporate arrangement we love to be creative and are well known for our "little details" but we get really excited when we get to design a big piece to enhance a foyer and entrance way or a design that will will give your function the wow factor!! Give us a call - we look forward to the challenge!!

Aroha - Award winning Florist !!!!

Could we be more proud??? NO WAY !!!
Aroha Competed in the apprentice florist of the year competition (FLONZI)last week at the Ellerslie International flower show and got second!! She now moves on to the National competition where she will fight it out for a shot to represent our fine country at the world skills comp in London in 2011 - we believe she has the talent!! Go Girl !!!

All the hard work is worth it when you get a message like this one !!

On arrival to work this morning I received this email, now not to brag or anything but we often get lovely little thank you letters or emails but this one I thought was really special, we really enjoyed doing this beautiful wedding of all antique green and beige colours (I hope to get some pictures soon and will post them for you all to see) Just when I feel like I can't do another wedding!!!! - I get a message like this and now I can't wait for this weekend to get started on my weddings!





Dear Nina,

It seems like yesterday that we were all in Blenheim celebrating Victoria’s wedding. I am looking out of my windows in Connecticut to a beautiful scene of snow—rather different from the weather of February 6 for our celebration.

I so wanted to thank you for all your beautiful floral arrangements for the festivities. It was a pleasure to meet you, and I wanted to express my profound appreciation for lending your fantastic expertise to Victoria’s special day. Everyone remarked about how gorgeous the flowers were, and after meeting you, I know how passionate you are about your work to ensure that every bride is satisfied. Victoria, and I her mother, certainly were. You are to be commended for a most wonderful job providing us with stunning floral visuals. I truly loved all of your creations, and the colors and combinations were perfect. Thank you, thank you, thank you, not only for your creations but for your accommodating way in dealing with all questions and requests. I now know why you are so highly regarded and come so highly recommended! With sincere appreciation for a lovely contribution to Victoria’s day. Sheila Far

Meet Aroha

Aroha has been here for 3 years full time and 2 years before that as our after school/Saturday girl. Aroha has developed a passion for the industry and has become an amazing florist in a very short time, with an eye for detail and a true perfectionist she is producing some gorgeous designs at a senior florist level.
Early next month Aroha will be competing at the Ellerslie flower show World skills competition - watch this space for pictures of her work, we will keep you posted,we know she will do well!!

Me !

Ok,so every one has been asking me about why there are no pictures of me on the pink poppie blog or facebook page and I my reply is that I am so extremely un-photogenic!However Jessica Jones ( Amazing Photographer ) was in the other day and took some shots of some flowers, my girls and yes she convinced me to have my picture taken too! Knowing of course how amazing she is as I stalk her blog and facebook page on a very regular basis, I knew she would do her magic and well as far a pictures of me goes she did very well indeed!... not too many chins, no eyes half shut etc etc. So if you are one of those people that have been nagging me about the fact that there are no pictures of yours truly .... you can now stop! cause here I am.
Nina Stanley (owner)

White Wedding

This particular wedding we had to do this weekend was stunning! White & Elegant were our instructions and when we took time to stand back and look at the finished result just before the guests arrived we were all quite proud of what we had achieved, the hours of hard work was really worth it!

The venue was amazing, the bridal party gorgeous and the rain stayed away - what more could we want!

I will beg the photographer and hopefully have some stunning pictures to post here soon.

Thanks to Rosie, Aroha & Kimberley - what a team we are!!!

This was a wedding from a few months ago, I was delighted when the bride and groom popped into the shop today to say thank you and had these lovely photos to give me especially as I have spent the day stressing about the weddings we have this weekend ( organising enough staff, making sure all the flowers are arriving when they should, the ribbons we have match fabrics etc etc etc ) Seeing the results in the pictures like this makes it all seem worth while!

Beautiful photos by Jacqui Leslie - thank you!