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Garden Roses at Exotic Flowers in Boston

Exotic Flowers, Boston's Premier Florist now has garden roses arrive every monday. These Nostalgic Roses have an old world feeling to them either by their cup and quartered shapes or their fruity or flowery fragrance.

These are roses are grown in Colombia at Alexandra Farms. Alexandra Farms is a small, cozy, nostalgic garden rose farm located in the incredibly fertile savannah of Bogota, high in the Andes mountains of Colombia, where the weather is perfect for rose growing: warm days and cool nights. The garden roses are all hand cut, graded and hand packed.
Trust Exotic Flowers, your local Boston florist to continue bringing in the freshest flowers in Boston.

Webkinz Mazin' Hamsters now at Exotic Flowers in Boston

The "Mazin' Hamsters" is a feature that arrived in Webkinz World in July 2010. Players entering the feature code off of the Hamsters will gain access to a new 3D feature in Webkinz World.

Hamster Pets

There are six different plushie hamsters and two different virtual-only hamsters in the initial Mazin' Hamsters release. Each hamster comes with its own special ball design and tube design (like wallpaper/flooring), and a set of "starter" tubes. Collecting multiple hamsters gives players more design options for their mazes, helps them to make their mazes faster, and allows players to save more maze designs.



Although each hamster comes with a name, you can change this name at the naming station. Now is a great opportunity to pick them up at Exotic Flowers in Boston, Quincy Market and Faneuil Hall.

Home Ecology of Flowers Study

Harvard Research Team Reveals:

Living with Flowers Strengthens Feelings of Compassion,

Decreases Anxiety and Worry



Can the mere presence of flowers in the home change people’s moods or state of mind? Can the effects carry over into our daily lives? New research, a result of a collective effort and strategic alliance by SAF and the Flower Promotion Organization (FPO), says yes.



Powerful Partnership



Throughout 2006, the SAF/FPO Alliance partnered with Nancy Etcoff, Ph.D., of Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, to explore the effects of flowers in the home environment on well-being. The four-month behavioral research study concluded that people feel more compassionate toward others, have less worry and anxiety, and feel less depressed when fresh cut flowers are present in the home.



Main Findings





Flowers feed compassion.



Study participants who lived with flowers for less than a week felt an increase in feelings of compassion for others.





Flowers chase away anxieties, worries and the blues at home.



Overall, people in the study simply felt less negative after being around flowers at home for just a few days. People can feel the power of flowers: Participants most frequently placed the flowers in their kitchens, dining rooms and living rooms, where they spend a lot of time at home. They reported wanting to see the blooms first thing in the morning.





Living with flowers can provide a boost of energy, happiness and enthusiasm at work.



Having flowers at home can have a positive carry-over impact on our mood at work, too. The study found that people are more likely to feel happier and have more enthusiasm and energy at work when flowers are in their home living environments.


To our neighbors. Trust your local Boston florist, Exotic Flowers to decrease worry.

Thanks to friend Todd Civin for a Glowing Endorsement

"Lagniappe is a French Cajun word that means “beyond full measure” or “to give a little extra.” It is best described as the equivalent of giving someone a 13th ear of corn when they only pay for a dozen, but in everything they do.




I learned about the word when creating a story about my friend Roger Crawford, a skilled athlete and motivational speaker. I use the word sparingly in my own personal vocabulary because there are very few who earn the respect of being associated with such an awesome word. So few unfortunately who truly "give a little extra" in all that they do.



Rick Canale, however, is worthy of having the word used when describing him as a friend and a business person. He goes beyond full measure in all he does. He gets it. Why give the maximum when you can give a little bit more than the maximum?



As a customer of Exotic Flowers and a friend and fan of Rick Canale, the human being, I can do no better than to describe Rick as a Lagniappe."

- Todd Civin

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One of the Greatest Seinfeld Scenes Ever

A nice break from flowers for a change... a great scene.

Exotic Flowers Boston Deemed Elite Teleflora Member

EXOTIC FLOWERS IN BOSTON & ROSLINDALE, MA NAMED MEMBER OF TELEFLORA'S NATIONAL ACCOUNT PROGRAM

                      Teleflora Creates Exclusive Program for Select Member Florists

BOSTON, JULY 20th, 2010 - Exotic Flowes was recently named a member of Teleflora's National Account Program, an elite incentive and loyalty program created exclusively for Teleflora's top member florists in America. Teleflora, the world's leading flower delivery network offering only hand-arranged and hand-delivered floral arrangements, created the program as a way to thanks its top member florists for their hard work and support.

Teleflora member florists qualified for membership in the National Account Program by sending orders through the Teleflora network, growing their TF hosted website order volume and designing and delivering orders from fellow member florists. Members of the Teleflora National Account Program represent the top 5% of Teleflora's 18,000 florist partners.

Exotic Flowers has been a member of the community for over 50 years and is located at 609 American Legion Hwy in Roslindale and Faneuil Hall Marketplace in Boston. Consumers can place orders for same-day delivery to anyone worldwide by contacting Exotic Flowers, Boston's Premier Florist at 617.247.2000, 1-800-706-1200 or online at http://www.exoticflowers.com/

Flower Factor: Match Flowers to Personalities of Guests

Testimonials from Exotic Flowers Boston - Roslindale

"Rick, I wanted to thank you for helping me with Mark's birthday party. The flowers were beautiful and balloons very festive. Thanks again - next time we're in Boston, we'll stop by. Thank you. - Laura"

" Good morning -

As usual you and your staff was above and beyond expectations!
She absolutely loves them, and I am the favorite child for a little while :)
Thank you! Have a great day! Margaret"

" Hi Rick,


My mother just called to say that the flowers are beautiful. Thank you and thanks for such quick service. I'll definitely be a returning customer.

Regards, Kathy"

" Hi Rick,


Hillary loved the flowers! Thanks for the great service - I will definitely
recommend you and order from you again!

Caleb C"

"Thank you. the flowers were beautiful. i will be sure to keep your info on file for future reference.


Kathleen "

July 12th, 2010 - Sonny has owned & operated Exotic Flowers for 53 Years

53 Years ago today --

Embarking upon his ambition to fulfill the American dream, Arnold "Sonny" Canale bought Lombardi Florist in 1957. He had been an employee there since 1943. Lombardi's had been a successful florist and nursery since the early 1900's. In 1959, Sonny married Marie "Russo" Canale and merged Lombardi's with her family's florist, Russo's Florist. Russo's Florist had been in business since the early 1900's when Marie's parents arrived from Ponza, Italy.

Foreseeing the changing economy in the coming millennium, Sonny adopted the name Exotic Flowers as its primary signature for doing business in 1993. In 1994 a satellite location was opened at 2 Dartmouth Street in Boston's South End. In 1995, in order to expand our services, we opened a full service floral shop and garden center on route 3A in Cohasset. In June 2001 our flagship store opened at the greenhouse at Faneuil Hall Marketplace. Roslindale remains company headquarters. All phone calls, on line orders, and deliveries emanate from this location.



In 2007, Exotic Flowers partnered with the Boston Red Sox to be The Official Florist of the Boston Red Sox. Exotic Flowers was thrilled to be such a special part of their World Champion season. Our success with the team led to the development of our online memorabilia store, www.fenway1912.com Exotic Flowers firmly believes in sports and their benefit to society. We have been the florist for the PGA Deutsche Bank Championship since its inception, and in 2010 partnered with the Women's Professional Soccer team - the Boston Breakers (www.bostonbreakers.com)as their official florist. Exotic Flowers and Lombardi Florist have also been proud to sponsor our local softball teams and reward our Little League Champions.



Exotic Flowers realizes we are a part of the community and continue to do our best by employing a strong business ethic and offering a beautfiul destination florist in Boston. One can always come in for free plant advice at any time.In 2009, Exotic Flowers closely worked with Fisher House Boston - who provides care for our wounded veterans and their families at the Veterans Hospital in West Roxbury, MA.



Exotic Flowers remains a family owned and operated business. Sonny and Marie work daily and their children all play integral roles in the future of the company. Lauren Canale Trifiro operates an online florist from Scituate. John Canale works part time and offers his experience and customer service skills for the benefit of the growth of Exotic Flowers. Rick Canale oversees the daily operations and ensures that Exotic Flowers remains Boston's Premier Florist.

Wedding Testimonial

" Dear Rick,
We can't begin to thank you for making this wedding so beautiful. The flowers were gorgeous and many compliments went to the arrangements. We appreciate very much your generosity and attention to detail. We're sure Alison enjoyed meeting with you and appreciated your knowledge of everything she was asking for... Many, many thanks. - Love, Dave, Pat, Alexis & Alison 7-1-10"

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