Author Archives: Cindy Gregoire

In these days of rapid change, new technology, and innovation – flowers seem a bit of a “has-been” bygone generation. Floral designs of today lean toward eclectic and brand naming, like Martha Stewart. Traditional flowers like a simple dozen roses, seems to have fallen by the wayside. A popular notion since the turn of the […]

Congratulations on your upcoming celebration! Planning for a wedding involves many details, timing, and takes effort to pull everything together for the big day. When planning for your flowers, the first decision should be budgeting based on the size of your wedding party and venue. Some venues involve a bride, a groom, and a judge […]

I just had a customer stop in saying they had tried to send orders through 1-800-Flowers for the delivery to a funeral here in North Branch but was told they no longer service 55056. As you may know, those large corporations such as Teleflora, Avas Flowers, and many of the other websites that come up […]

Not that anyone is asking this question, but did anyone notice the dwindling number of flower shops as of late? I am sad to relay that our competitor, Wildflowers just closed their doors in December.  Wildflowers was a vibrant and exciting shop in the community, providing many smiles with a variety of gift-giving ideas, daily […]

In Minnesota, we celebrate four seasons per year, every year.  Spring marks the change from death to new life when we witness flowers emerging from ground on their own – like tulips waking among snowcaps.  No cultivators are required, they grow and blossom without any help from mankind.  There is not one more worthy than another, […]

North Branch Floral recently switched to FTD as its primary wire services provider.  Because of this service, we can leverage FTD florists to fulfill your orders going anywhere in the country or internationally.  FTD is the oldest and most mature floral network with assured quality standards to ensure your floral arrangement arrives by the hands […]

Can you believe spring is upon us! We made it through another long, drawn out winter full of cold breezes, chills, icy walkways, slippery roads, and slush! Check out our beautiful variety of floral designs, baskets, vase arrangements and table centerpieces. We have many ways for you to order. Stop in at 6138 Main Street […]

North Branch Floral is in the process of working out the bugs in our online web ordering system. Thanks to Becky, we have the data privacy notice up and we are waiting on Elavon to approve and enable our credit card processing. This has been a very long delay, and I apologize to everyone who […]

Its summer once again, and its time to get all excited about local parades! Here in North Branch, Minnesota, our local parade is the Mid Summer Day’s Parade which is the third Sunday of June, which tends to fall regularly on Father’s Day. Thank you to all the Fathers who generously gave up their day […]