Our hours for the month of December are 10am – 6pm except for the following dates:

• Sunday, December 22 – 10am – 4pm (We are closing early this day for our staff Christmas party.)
• Tuesday, December 24 – Christmas Eve  – 10am – 3pm
• Wednesday, December 25 to December 29 –  Closed
• Monday, December 30– 10am – 5pm
• Tuesday, December 31 – 10am – 5pm
• Wednesday, January 1 – Closed

America’s Best Flowers will reopen on January 2, 2014. 

Hours will be 10am – 5pm, Monday through Saturday.  For the month of January we will be closed on Sundays.

Also, our last 2013 newsletter will be December 19.  You’ll receive our first 2014 newsletter on Thursday, January 16.

Made to Order!
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America’s Best Flowers would be happy to custom make your Holiday Porch Pots .  To order please stop in and talk to Marty, or email him at abfrobbins@yahoo.com, or call us at 608-222-2269.

Bring your imagination and come on out to the greenhouse Monday – Saturday, between 10am – 3pm to design and create your very own one-of-a-kind Holiday Porch Pot.

• Boxed Amaryllis: Boxed gift set complete with bulb, soil and container. 
• Bulk Amaryllis,
• Decorated and undecorated fresh wreaths, (Made at our own floral shop in Edgerton and on-site at the farm in Cottage Grove.) 
• Roping, 25’ and 50’ lengths,
• Bundled greens, assorted greens in 3 pound bundles,
• Blooming Cyclamen,
• Decorated swags, and
• Fresh table centerpieces.

Last, but by no means least, we have potted boxwoods, holly and dwarf Alberta spruce at blow-out prices!

Just some of the items we have available for decorating!
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Choose from our wonderful selection of artificial table centerpieces and decorated artificial wreaths that will last through year after year of holiday celebrations.

For those of you that like to design and create your own centerpieces or wreaths, we have a wide variety of picks, berries, and gorgeous bows for your decorating needs.

Red and White Poinsettias!
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We realize it can be very difficult to choose between a beautiful red poinsettia and a beautiful white poinsettia.  What a dilemma!  Hmmm, we think we may have the perfect solution for you.  Why not decorate with both colors!  You knew that was coming, didn’t you?

Stop in and pick up several for the coming holiday season.  By the way, poinsettia plants make great host and/or hostess gifts!

Holiday Hanging Basket
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Our Holiday Hanging Baskets will look stunning hanging from a shepherds hook.

Stop by and grab and go with a few of our Grab and Go Decorated Porch Pots or Holiday Hanging Baskets! What a nice way to greet guests even before they cross your threshold.  Fresh greens combined with artificial poinsettias will stand the test of holiday time.

Fresh Christmas Trees
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Our beautiful Frazier balsam mix trees have arrived.  We’ll fresh cut the trunk for you and help you load them into or on top of your vehicle.  If you live within 5 miles of our Cottage Grove location, we’d be happy to deliver them to your home.  A $10.00 delivery fee would apply for that service.

Our America’s Best Flowers Edgerton location can send special holiday bouquets all over the country.  Call our talented staff toll-free at 1-888-287-1411 and they’ll be happy to assist you.

Their garden will thank you!
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America’s Best Flowers gift cards are not only the perfect holiday gift for that favorite gardener in your life, but they make a great gift for your child’s teacher or a fellow co-worker.  Holidays and entertaining go together!  Rather than giving the customary bottle of wine to your host and hostess why not give an America’s Best Flowers gift card? 

We would be happy to take your gift card orders over the phone and mail the cards for you with a personal message for the recipient.

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You can make it a happy, hardy, and healthy season for our feathered friends.  This gift boxed hanging Holiday Birdie Wreath, from Pine Tree Farms, serves up a feast of black oil sunflower, peanuts, colored safflower, and red millet.  Yummo!  Stop in and stock up for the winter. 

Hummingbirds have left us for the winter, but finches remain through the cold winter months.  America’s Bet Flowers has a great assortment of hanging hummingbird and finch feeders, from More Birds. 

These would make great gifts for the bird watcher in your life!

Are you looking for something delicious and unique for your holiday candy dishes and stocking stuffers?  Check out the following sweet ideas from Wiley Wallaby for the holiday season:

• Australian style gourmet red licorice,
• Soft & Chewy assorted licorice, and
• Outback beans with chewy red centers.

The list of ingredients will really blow you away
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Please don’t forget your four-legged best friend this holiday season.  We have a variety of dog treats, this season, made from Trinity Barkery. 

This wonderful organization is devoted to helping people with developmental disabilities live full and abundant lives.  The Barkery offers them the opportunity for employment in a creative and stimulating environment.  By supporting this organization, you will help to provide both financial support and job opportunities for people with disabilities.

These dog treats are handmade with human quality ingredients.  They do not contain any preservatives, chemical additives, or by-products. 

We have an assortment of individually wrapped treats as well as packages of assorted varieties.

We trudged slowly through the knee-deep snow.  Step after step we struggled to keep upright, leaning into the wind to gain some balance against the tornado strength wind.  The whiteout conditions made it impossible for us to get our bearings.  I hated the thoughts that were going through my head.  Which way is home?  Were we going in the right direction?  Would we ever see my dad again? 

Our lungs were burning from breathing hour after hour of frigid artic air.  This can’t be happening.  My mom, I love my mom so much!  I could hear her struggling to catch her breath as she called out words of encouragement to me. 

‘Lucy, come on girl, we can make it!’  

Then, we see a faint image appear.  It’s getting closer and closer…it’s him.  It’s my dad.  He found us, we’re safe!  We’re home! 

‘Okay, Lucy, my little drama queen, snap out of it and just tell the real story!’, says my mom.

Really?  (Once again, isn’t this my story?)  Okay, whatever! 

My mom and I went for our first walk together this week.  We hadn’t gone on one together since mid-September before her foot surgery. 

Okay, we didn’t walk miles and miles, we just walked to the corner and down the block a very short way.

Okay, the snow was not knee-deep, only four inches deep.

Okay, there was no tornado strength wind, only a light winter breeze.

And, nope, no whiteout conditions existed, just a nice gentle snow fall.  

And, my mom’s actual words of encouragement were ‘Lucy, get your sweet dog hiney moving.  I’m cold.  It’s time to go home.’  

And, nope, my dad wasn’t searching for us.  He was out shoveling the sidewalk.  

I ask you, did Hemmingway’s mom edit his writing? Please send me an email at abfscimino@yahoo.com and let me know who you think should have the editing power.

`til next time,
    ~ Lucy