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November is the month we say thank you out loud. Between Thanksgiving dinners, year end deadlines, and the people who quietly keep life running, there are more reasons to show appreciation now than at any other time of year, and thank you flowers do it in a way a text message never will.
Here is who to thank this season, what to send each of them, and the small details that make a thank you arrangement from Dottie's Flowers feel personal, whether it is going across the San Fernando Valley or across Los Angeles.
A thank you note gets read once. An arrangement sits on a desk or a kitchen counter for a week, and every time the recipient walks past it they remember who sent it and why. Flowers also take the pressure off the person receiving them: there is nothing to return, nothing to repay, and no awkward gift etiquette to work out. A modest bouquet says thank you just as clearly as a grand one.
Our Blushing Beauty, pictured above, is a good example of the tone that works for gratitude: champagne roses, snapdragons, spray roses, and green hydrangea in soft blush and peach. Warm and generous without feeling romantic.
For a quick thank you, a smaller, cheerful arrangement is exactly right. It says you noticed without making anyone feel they owe you something in return.
Our Simple Gesture lives up to its name, with soft pink roses and lavender cushion mums in a clear glass vase. You will find more options in this size among our just because flowers.
Flowers for a host work best when they can go straight onto the table. Choose a long, low design so guests can see each other across it, and keep the fragrance light so it does not compete with dinner.
The Peach Garden Centerpiece was designed for exactly this, with peach garden roses and pink cymbidium orchids arranged low enough to talk over. Thanksgiving falls on November 26 this year. Delivery the day before lets the host place the flowers before guests arrive, while delivery the day after turns them into a thank you once the dishes are done. Our Thanksgiving collection has more designs built for the table.
For a client, a manager, or a whole team, a blooming plant usually outperforms cut flowers. It survives a long weekend, asks almost nothing of a busy office, and stays on the desk well into the new year.
Our Mini Orchid Grouping sets three small phalaenopsis orchids in ceramic containers, which works nicely as one gift or split across a few desks. Browse our plant collection for more long lasting choices.
Thanking a medical team is one of the kindest things you can do, but some hospital units do not allow fresh flowers, so it is worth a quick call before you order. We deliver to hospitals and medical offices throughout our area, and our hospital flowers are chosen with those settings in mind. Clear address details, including the floor and unit, help the delivery go smoothly.
In the traditional language of roses, deep pink stands for appreciation and gratitude, which makes it a natural choice for a thank you. Yellow roses stand for friendship and cheer, a good fit for coworkers and neighbors. Red is best saved for romance. Our guide to rose color meanings goes deeper if you want the message to match exactly.
The card is where a thank you arrangement becomes personal. Skip the generic line and name the specific thing: the dinner, the late nights on the project, the way they showed up when you needed it. Two honest sentences are plenty. If you are stuck, our card message ideas give you a starting point for almost any situation.
Julia brings together local dahlias, garden roses, and fragrant Ecuadorian roses in peach, coral, and pink, all in a white ceramic vase.
Autumn Blossom mixes coral roses, orange gerbera daisies, green hydrangea, and touches of purple for a bright, seasonal thank you.
Orchids and Succulents pairs phalaenopsis orchids with an assortment of succulents in a clean, contemporary container, a thank you that keeps going for weeks.
Whoever made your year a little easier, there is an arrangement that says so. Browse our just because flowers, call Dottie's Flowers at 818-996-2603, or stop by our shop in Reseda. We have been family owned since 1970, and same day delivery is available across the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Glendale, and Pasadena, including to offices and hospitals.
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