Having lost his father from Cancer, Clay Atchison with McAdams Floral supports the “Stand Up For Cancer” by donating 10% of the purchase price of every Stand Up To Cancer Bouquet. Through the gift of flowers to a friend, loved one, or a cancer survivor… we can all be a part of the movement to help push Cancer research forward.

A Stand Up To Cancer TV fundraising event will be simulcast on ABC, CBS, and NBC on September 5th with each broadcasting company donating one hour of commercial free fundraising broadcast time.

Cancer claims one person every minute of every day in the US, each year it takes the lives of more than a half a million people.

Busy customers find that live plants not only add instant beauty to their home but also provide an important connection with nature. Bromeliads’ unique styles and striking colors add great sizzle wherever they are placed, making them an ideal and easy-to-use decorating detail. Because they are available in a wide range of shapes, colors, sizes, and varieties, bromeliads are excellent choices when offering plants for seasonal themes, no matter which season is approaching.

These plants are long-lived, some producing flowers or flower stalks which last for months while others show off their colors on their leaves. They do well in interior or exterior settings, require little care and have a natural resistance to most pets and diseases. They seem to adapt to whatever environment they inhabit. Not only are customers attracted to bromeliads as home decor, these eye-appealing plants do well promoted as gifts, especially for the person who has everything.

Responding to the great consumer appeal of bromeliads, 10 new varieties were showcased at the Tropical Plant Industy Exhibition’s New Plant display by various growers. Bolder, brighter colors make the new bromeliads varieties even more irresistible for brightening up a room, porch, patio or garden. To see the entire selection of 2007 TPIE New Plant varieties, including the 10 new bromeliads featured, visit www.tpie.org.

This holiday originated from the efforts of Miss Anna Jarvis – a West Virginia school teacher and a devoted daughter – who believed that grown children were preoccupied with their own families and too often neglected their mothers. On May 10, 1908, two years after her own mother’s death, Miss Jarvis convinced Andrews Methodist Church in Grafton, WV, to hold the first Mother’s Day Service. The service was attended by over 400 children and their mothers. At the conclusion of that service, Miss Jarvis presented each mother and child with a flower: a carnation, her own mother’s favorite. It launched a Mother’s Day tradition.

The House of Representatives quickly passed a Mother’s Day resolution, but the resolution stalled in the Senate. Villages and towns, cities and states, began unofficial Mother’s Day observances. By 1914, to dissent on the Mother’s Day issues seemed not only cynical, but un-American. Finally, the Senate approved the legislation, and on May 8, 1914, President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day.

Although Miss Jarvis intended Mother’s Day to be religious observance, now Americans purchase millions of floral bouquets and gifts in celebration of their mothers.

We believe this new feature on McAdamsFloral.com will help keep our customer’s informed on our new products and services, as well as covering topics like Care & Handling of flowers and plants. If you have any topic request, please feel free to contact us at sales@mcadamsfloral.com!

For my very first blog post, I thought I would mention that we were fortunate to be interviewed by Steve Broussard of KAVU Channel 25 on Valentines Eve. If by chance you missed the 10pm news on later Valentines Eve, you can see us “in action�? by clicking the “Press�? category on McAdamsFloral.com.

Take care, Clay