is a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation's service. There are many stories as to its actual beginnings, with over two dozen cities and towns laying claim to being the birthplace of Memorial Day. There is also evidence that organized women's groups in the South were decorating graves before the end [...]

History
First attempts to establish a holiday
The first attempts to establish a "Mother's Day" in the U.S. were mostly marked by women's peace groups.  A common early activity was the meeting of groups of mothers whose sons had fought or died on opposite sides of the American Civil War. There were several limited observances in the [...]

History
The idea began with Mary Barrett, president of the National Secretaries Association, now called IAAP (International Association of Administrative Professionals), and C. King Woodbridge, president of Dictaphone Corporation. They served on a council addressing a national shortage of skilled office workers. Together with Harry Klemfuss, public relations account executive at Young & Rubicam, they originated [...]

Did you know if you order your Valentine's Day Roses from Beaverton Florists BEFORE February 1st that we will absorb the annual price increase? Wholesale rose prices as usual for Valentine's Day will TRIPLE their per stem price again this year. Beaverton Florists is promoting a early order bonus of NOT passing that along to [...]

Beaverton Florists buy our local tulips from Hubrich's right here in Hillsboro. Our tulips are as fresh as a 15 minute car ride to our door. While there are tulip farms across the nation and the world we believe that spending our dollars in the local economy. Help support our local economy and choose local [...]

As we near the end of another year I am reminded of a quote by Queen Elizabeth about her year in 1992 ". it has turned out to be an Annus Horribilis" and I might add one more word to make it more fitting for this year "Annus Horribilis Economicus" The year of the lousy economy. With [...]

We had a couple of glitches but overall 24 hours in I would say it has been a success. We have had 13 orders already and many more who look and call (we know because the images are only seen on this site!) so it was a good day!
 
We still have time to get your [...]

Well here we are starting a new website right before Christmas. Not the best plan I will admit.  But we just couldn't wait to go live with this new website to make your life easier and to showcase all of our own products. You will notice that almost all items have a image that shows [...]