This year, you will find that the florists at Hearts and Flowers have crafted unique Christmas arrangements that celebrate winter. A beautiful white candle centerpiece, created with natural PEI greenery, is a very peaceful way to welcome your guests. You can also send family and friends your Christmas wishes, knowing the candle will glow beautifully on their dinner tables. Hearts and Flowers have all the supplies you’ll need, and their staff are happy to help if you want to make your own arrangements. It’s recommended that you start by filling your favorite container with wet Oasis floral foam, then insert pine boughs to create the size and dimension you want. Leave spaces to add some balsam fir, adding texture and a beautiful aroma. Next, overlay some of the balsam fir with small bits of cedar. Lastly, add some holly or berries. Source material to make your arrangements pop are bountiful on PEI. “We have lots of wild rose hips, winterberry (Iex verticilatta), and Autumn olive (Elaeagnus umbellate). Berries may not last the season, but they do provide colour and texture. Bayberry adds a wonderful silver-grey accent with a soothing fragrance. Pinecones, alder cones and acorns add a natural woodsy look. You might also like to experiment with apples, oranges or other fruit. If you store your arrangement at night in a cool place, in a fridge or outdoors above freezing, it will stay fresh longer.” Hearts and Flowers is open for in-store shopping, online orders made through their website, and phone orders. They can deliver plants and flowers in Charlottetown, Stratford, Cornwall and throughout PEI. You can also have flowers delivered out of province by calling a florist in that community (Google “florist” and the name of the town), so you can make your gift a special surprise for those loved ones far away.
Bring the feeling of the holidays into your home with superb arrangements from Hearts and Flowers in Charlottetown. Beautify your world with the natural glories of PEI branches, berries, and boughs, bringing their fresh fragrances to signal the start of the best season of the year.
Hearts & Flowers 149 Great George Street
Charlottetown 902.566.1499 flowers@heartsandflowers.ca www.heartsandflowers.ca
► Alan Preston
FALL 2022/WINTER 2023 www.pei-living.ca
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