Apologies for not putting fingers on keys for a bit - but having been busy doing all the things that florist do and 2011 has started out big. We had the big flood in January. We were susposed to get 1.5m of water through the shop on Flood Thursday and we were very lucky that we didn't get any water damage at all. We came in and put the entire shop up on the work benches in case but in the end it was not required. We call came in on Flood Friday to clean the shop and get ready to reopen of Saturday - as the Market was going to reopen then. We also took in some of the homeless at home - we had no power but we cooked on the BBQ and had candles etc and spent time in the balcony watching the debris float down the river. We were very lucky only to have the car park flood.
Febuary had us in Valentines Day prep mobile cold room and all. Valentine's this year was on a Monday which created a logistics nightmare for us as we have some many corporate clients to look after at the start of the week. We were well organised and there was no screaming. We stayed open until 7pm and had busiest two hours between 5 and 7.
March started with the Brisbane Queer Film Festival which FlowerTrap has sponsored since it began. This year the festival is a 10 day event! Two giant arrangements were installed in the Powerhouse theatre to make the week look pretty. Cathy from Charcoal Interiors in Doggett St supplied the urns which again were quite large making the arrangements huge
