Birthdays and celebrations
Table centerpieces and party flowers in Toronto and York Region
We make table centerpieces and party flowers for birthdays, anniversary parties, sweet 16s and dinners at home, designed by hand in our Richmond Hill studio and delivered across Toronto and York Region. Tell us the date, the room and how many tables, and we'll work out the rest with you.
- Quoted for your date
- Designed in Richmond Hill
- Delivered seven days a week
What we make
Flowers for birthdays and celebrations
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Table centrepieces
Low arrangements in your colours, sized to the table: one round piece for a round table of eight, or a run of smaller ones down a long table. Low enough that guests can still talk across them.
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Flowers for the cake or dessert table
A larger arrangement that sits beside the cake and frames it in photos. We'll ask about the cake's colours and height so the flowers set it off instead of drowning it out.
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Bar and entrance arrangements
Something generous where people arrive and where they gather. A vase arrangement on the bar or the welcome table sets the colours for the room before anyone sits down.
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A bouquet for the guest of honour
Handed over at the toast. For a big birthday or anniversary it's often the showpiece: a hundred or more roses with a banner, like Coral Crown or Wreathed in Pink, or something smaller and looser.
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Low runners for private dinners
Flowers running down the middle of the table for a dinner at home or in a private dining room. We keep them low and leave gaps for your candles, plates and serving dishes.
How tall should table centerpieces be?
Seated guests need to see each other. The usual rule is to keep low centrepieces under about 30 cm (12 inches), roughly below chin height when someone is sitting down. Anything taller has to go well above eye level on a slim stand, so people talk underneath it. The middle height, somewhere around 40 to 60 cm, is the one that blocks every conversation at the table.
Then look at the shape of your tables:
- Round tables of 8 to 10: one centrepiece in the middle, about a third of the table's width, with space around it for glasses and bread plates.
- Long rectangular tables: a row of three to five low pieces, or one continuous runner. One big arrangement in the middle leaves both ends looking bare.
- Cocktail tables and high-tops: a single bud vase or a small posy. Anything bigger tends to get knocked over by the second drink.
Count the tables you'll actually set, then add the cake table, the bar and the entrance. That's the list to send us when you enquire, along with the colour of the tablecloths.
Birthday party flowers, from dinner for six to a full room
A birthday dinner at home needs one good arrangement and maybe a bouquet for the person whose birthday it is. That's it. A party for fifty in a rented room is different: tables, a cake table, something at the door, and probably a bouquet for the speeches.
A few ways to think about it:
- Pick two or three colours and repeat them everywhere, rather than a different mix on every table. It looks planned even when the pieces are small.
- Spend where the photos are. The cake table and the guest of honour get photographed far more than table six.
- Go big on one thing. For a milestone, one showpiece bouquet, like Coral Crown with a banner you write yourself, often does more than spreading the budget thin across every table.
If it's a small get-together and you just need flowers on the day, our birthday flowers can go out same day when you order by 1 pm, for most postal codes. For anything with more than a couple of pieces, it's easier to talk it through first.
Sweet 16 decorations: where the flowers go
We make flowers, not balloon garlands or neon signs, so here's the honest version: at a sweet 16, flowers do the most on the cake table, on the guest tables and in the hands of the person turning sixteen.
- Match the outfit or the theme. Hot pink, lilac, blush and white, or black and gold all work in flowers. Send a photo of the outfit if it's been chosen.
- Keep table pieces low and sturdy. Teenagers move around a lot and lean on tables. Tall, tippy vases are a risk.
- Think about the photo spot. If there's a backdrop, put a larger arrangement or two at its base. For a full flower wall, see our flower walls and arches page.
- A bouquet for the guest of honour. Some families like sixteen roses for a sixteenth. Others go oversized, like Wreathed in Pink, with a banner across the roses.
Plan the flowers once the venue and colours are settled, since both change what we'd suggest. A hall with dark carpet and low ceilings wants different flowers from a bright backyard.
Anniversary party flowers for milestone years
Big anniversary parties usually mark a round number, and the traditional anniversary themes hand you a colour plan:
- 25th, silver: white and cream roses with silvery eucalyptus. Cool and clean, and good with grey or white linens.
- 40th, ruby: deep red roses, red spray roses and a little greenery. Red reads strongly across a room, so it doesn't need to be huge.
- 50th, gold: yellow and cream roses, with sunflowers if the party is in late summer. Gold candleholders or chargers do the rest.
Couples often like to see their wedding flowers again. If you have a photo of the original bouquet, send it. We can echo its colours or its main flower on the tables, and make a bouquet in the same spirit to hand over at the toast.
For gift ideas year by year, see our guide to anniversary flowers by year. And if you're sending flowers rather than setting tables, the anniversary collection is the quicker route.
Dinner party flowers that leave room for the food
At a dinner party the flowers share the table with plates, platters and elbows, so they have to earn their space.
- Keep the scent down. Oriental lilies and stock are strongly scented, which is lovely in a hallway and distracting next to food. Roses, ranunculus, lisianthus and tulips are much quieter.
- Watch the pollen. Lily pollen stains tablecloths. If there are lilies in the mix, pinch out the orange stamens before guests arrive.
- Go low and long. Small arrangements down the middle, under about 30 cm, leave room for serving dishes on either side.
- Tell us about your candles. If you're using tapers or votives, we'll leave gaps for them. Keep flames clear of greenery.
- Keep them out of the kitchen. A hot kitchen with the oven on all afternoon is hard on flowers. Put them on the table once the cooking's done.
One quirk worth knowing: tulips keep growing and bending toward the light after they're cut, so a tulip arrangement placed at noon can look quite different by eight. Some people love that. If you don't, choose roses.
Ideas
Colour ideas for party centrepieces
A starting point. Tell us the room and we'll adjust from there.
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Coral, peach and apricot
Warm and easy to live with: peach roses, coral ranunculus and a little green. Good with candlelight and pale linens. Apricot Sherbet is close to this palette.
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Hot pink and orange
Loud in a good way, for a 30th or a summer party outdoors. It works best on plain white tables.
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White and green
White roses, lisianthus and eucalyptus. Calm, suits any venue and photographs cleanly, though a big room needs plenty of it to avoid looking sparse.
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Red and gold
Deep red roses with gold candleholders or tableware. Right for a 40th anniversary or a winter birthday.
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Lilac and blush
Lavender roses, pink stock and lisianthus. Soft enough for a sweet 16 or a garden lunch.
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Sunflower yellow
Sunflowers with white daisies and greenery for a backyard party or a kids' birthday. Nobody has to be precious about them.
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Florist's choice
Tell us the mood and let us use whatever's best on the bench that day, the way we make our Florist's Palette bouquet.
Ready to order
Designs you can send today
Not every event needs a quote. These are in the shop now, made by hand on the day and delivered across York Region and Toronto.
How it comes together
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Send the details
Fill in the form or call (437) 291-5605 with the date, the address, the number of tables and any colours you're set on. Photos of the room and screenshots you like help a lot.
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Talk it over
We go through it by phone: the tables, the cake, the guest of honour and roughly what you'd like to spend, and we suggest what suits the room.
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Approve the design and quote
You get the list of pieces, the flowers and the price to look over. We adjust it with you until it fits the party and the budget.
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Made fresh and delivered
Everything is made by hand in our studio from that day's flowers and delivered to your home or venue anywhere across Toronto and York Region.
Questions
What people ask about birthdays and celebrations
How much do table centrepieces cost?
It depends on the size, the flowers and how many you need, so we quote each party individually. Tell us your budget and the number of tables, and we'll suggest what it can cover, whether that's a full piece on every table or a mix of larger and smaller ones.
How far ahead should I order party flowers?
For a single bouquet or arrangement from the shop, same-day delivery works for most postal codes if you order by 1 pm. For centrepieces for a whole party, many people get in touch a few weeks before. The earlier you call, the more choice you have on flowers and colours.
Can you deliver to a banquet hall or restaurant?
Yes, anywhere we deliver across Toronto and York Region. Check the venue's delivery hours and who will receive the flowers, then put those details in the order notes or tell us when we talk.
Do you place the centrepieces on the tables?
We deliver the flowers ready to set out. Placing them on each table at the venue isn't something we promise, so ask when you enquire and tell us the venue's timing, and we'll let you know what's possible for your date.
Can you match our party colours?
Yes. Send the colours, or a photo of the outfit, the invitation or the tablecloth, and we'll design around it. Some shades are easier to find in some seasons; if one is hard to get for your date, we'll say so and suggest the closest match.
Do you do sweet 16 decorations?
We make the flowers: centrepieces, a cake table arrangement, a piece for the photo spot and a bouquet for the guest of honour. Balloons, signs and backdrops aren't something we make, so pair us with whoever is doing those.
Where do you deliver party flowers?
Across Toronto and York Region, seven days a week, including Richmond Hill, Markham, Vaughan, Thornhill, Aurora and Newmarket. Delivery starts at $12 and is priced by driving distance.
Tell us about your day
We quote every event on its own. Share what you know so far, even if it is just a date and a colour, and we will take it from there.
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