Any Brides-to-Be?

This coming Sunday, October 13th, there will be a Wedding Faire at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center. This is a fun event where you can find everything you need for your upcoming wedding.  Sparks Florist will be showing unique bouquets that will surely inspire your creativity! Ceremony arrangements, reception flowers, cake decorations, bouts, and corsages will be on display for you to look at and get the ideas flowing. We invite you to come, ask questions, and let our flowers and displays stir up your creativity!  Feel free to call us for more information: 775-358-8500.

Hurry and Vote!! One and a Half Days Left for the School Appreciation Week Contest!

The School Appreciation Week Contest is almost over, so hurry and vote!

Sparks Florist is celebrating School Appreciation Week! Is your teacher the best? How about your Principal? Do you just love your school nurse? Music director or other staff? If so, then nominate your school as the best in the "I Love My School" contest sponsored by Sparks Florist. All faculty and staff from the top 3 winning schools will each have a unique and long lasting Everbloom Exotic Design delivered to them at your school! Vote online HERE from September 13 through September 26th

We are closing the contest at noon on September 26th, so get your vote in HERE!

School Appreciation Week

Sparks Florist is celebrating School Appreciation Week! Is your teacher the best? How about your Principal? Do you just love your school nurse? Music director or other staff? If so, then nominate your school as the best in the "I Love My School" contest sponsored by Sparks Florist. All faculty and staff from the top 3 winning schools will each have a unique and long lasting Everbloom Exotic Design delivered to them at your school! Vote online HERE from September 13 through September 26th.

Plants - Cancer?

Have you ever wondered what causes those large growths bulging from trees?  Well, probably not, but us here in the flower and plant world do think of these fun and exciting topics (no exaggeration...). Thankfully, there is an answer to this question!  The inquisitive and deep thinker C. Clairborne Ray, a columnist for The New York Times, happens to ponder like the rest of us floral minds, and decided to look into this conundrum.   It turns out that these "tumors", or growths, don't metastasize because the plant cells have cell walls preventing them from moving around.  Hugely multiplied collection of cells, or plant tumors, is usually caused by a virus, fungus, bacterium, or structural damage according to Dr. Susan Pell, director of science at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. To read the article and settle your straining mind that is yearning to figure out what those bulging growths on plants and trees are, read more here: Tree Bulges. 

June is for Brides!!

 

Sparks Florist offers an amazing special for the month of June!

Any bride-to-be who makes an appointment for a wedding consultation with our designer or sales associate during the month of June (wedding date can be any time), and enters into a wedding contract with Sparks Florist, will receive 20% off her flower order. This 20% discount applies only for her floral arrangements made by our designer, but not for delivery, set-up, or labor charges, nor for flowers purchased for DIY (design-it-yourself) wedding parties or loose flower purchases. For example, if a bride-to-be decides to make her own reception centerpieces, but asks our designer to make the bridal bouquet (or other arrangements), this discount applies for the bridal bouquet and all other arrangements made by our designer. How nice is that!

Click here to set up your free one-hour wedding consultation for the month of June. (Act fast, because time slots are filling up!)

An Open Letter to Sparks Florist Customers About Deceptive Practices

April 12, 2013

Dear Sparks Florist Customer,

Sparks Florist has been working with Nevada State Senator Debbie Smith of Sparks to enact a law requiring that non-local floral businesses clearly state the address of their business in their internet ads and phone directories.
 

In the flower business, there are companies known as deceptive order gatherers who are located out of state, but advertise as if local.  Often, their trick is to make it seem as if they actually are a given real local florist.  This has happened to a surprisingly large number of Sparks Florist customers when they landed on a deceptive advertiser’s website, thinking that they were on our website at www.sparksflorist.com

Here are two internet ads that I copied directly from a Google search on “sparks florist” that serve as concrete examples:

	$19.99 Sparks Florist www.goflorist.com/SparksFlorist Guaranteed Sameday Delivery Here in Sparks Florist. From $19.99!		Sparks Florist - Same Day Delivery in Reno. www.reno-florists.com/ Order Online & Save $10 Today! View this ad's deal - valid as of Jan 31, 2013

 

Although Sparks Florist had neither knowledge of, nor anything at all to do with these transactions, some of our customers thought poorly of us because they were very disappointed with the results. Once they informed us of their experience, and we discovered the cause, we were able to explain it, but the disappointment remained. 

If this happened to you, and you are willing to provide written testimony that we can use to support S.B. 404, please email me all of the details at mike@sparksflorist.com 

In return, I’ll send you a free voucher for one of our fun DIY Design Classes to compensate you for your trouble. 

S.B. 404 soon will be presented to the State Senate and you can help us by contacting Nevada State Senators.  You can read the bill at:  Senate Bill 404.  A list of Nevada State Senators can be found at: Nevada State Senators.

Please remember to enter www.sparksflorist.com in your browser to get to our website.  You know us and trust us because we have been your “Your Personal Florist” for over 53 years.  We sincerely appreciate your business, and thank you for your kind consideration and the help you might provide in this matter.

Sincerely,

 

Mike Fiannaca

President

Sparks Florist Inc.

Valentine's Day is Right Around the Corner!

Interesting fact:
In 2002 scientists in north-east China discovered a fossilised flower that bloosomed about 125 million years ago. Called "the mother of all flowers", Archaefructus sinensis resembles the modern water lily.

With Valentine's Week right around the corner, guys don't forget to pamper the special gals in your life -this includes wives, girlfriends, daughters, mothers, and grandmothers! Check out all of our specials Here to make sure you are covered and earn extra bonus points! Four of our specials include two truffles from Sweets Handmade Candies and one includes a heart sucker from Tahoe Toffee!

As a bonus, every Valentine's order delivered between February 11th-13th will include a 2-1 coupon for John Ascuaga's Nugget! PLUS...The first 20 customers who purchase our Timeless Jewel Arrangement will receive a certificate (valued at $500) good for:

• a One-Hour beauty/glamour/boudoir photography session at Huong Forrest Photography
• Professional hair and makeup for the photography session
• a $200 photo print credit!