Flowers For Your Wish And Gift Lists

The other big bit of news here at The Monkey Flower Group is an exciting new partnership with Oxbow Produce & Grocery. This rainy season, we're working together to bring Napans fresh, fragrant, and locally grown flowers with a totally unique flower subscription.

The bimonthly bouquets will include delicate and old fashioned garden flowers that aren't readily available in grocery stores, such as daphne, jonquils, snowdrops, sweet peas, lilac, parrot tulips, garden roses, dogwood, and hellebores. More standard seasonal favorites such as hyacinth, ranunculus, freesia, and stock will also make appearances.

Subscribers can pick up their bouquets at Oxbow Produce & Grocery between 3pm - 7pm on the first and third Thursdays of the month, January through April, for a total of 8 bouquets.

The price of the flower subscription is $240, reflecting a discount of $20 per bouquet for a total savings of $160 over the course of the rainy season subscription.

To learn more or to purchase a flower subscription, for yourself or as a lovely gift for someone else, visit The Monkey Flower Group's online shop or contact me directly at 707-418-8615 or info@themonkeyflowergroup.com. 

I hope to be sharing flowers with you or a loved one this rainy season!

Greens and Green Certification

There's a whole lot of green stuff going on here - garlands, wreaths, kissing balls, swags, and . . . certification! That's right, The Monkey Flower Group is now proud Bay Area Green Business!

Environmentally friendly practices have always been central to The Monkey Flower Group's business plan, so in many ways we were well on the way to completing the program's requirements,  especially for waste and pollution reduction. However, the Bay Area Green Business Program really helped me narrow in on ways to conserve electricity and water in my home. My awesome neighbor helped me install a high efficiency toilet (using just 1.28 gallons per flush), and Grandpa helped me install new energy efficient lighting in the bathroom and kitchen. (I wish we had sound bites of him shouting instructions up to me as I crawled around in the attic rafters).

Working with members and administrators of The Bay Area Green Business Program is a pleasure, and it feels wonderful to be part of this lovely, proactive, and positive community.

P.S. Did you know if you live in the City of Napa the water district will send someone out to replace your old waterhog toilet? For free? 

All Aflutter

 

Things are aflutter at The Monkey Flower Group, most literally with these beautiful Cedar Waxwings feasting on our red dogwood berries, but also with mad hott holiday preparations and almost a full month's worth of very exciting news! Stay tuned for the scoop!