March 1, 2025
The Bloom Central flower delivery of the month for March in Glen Allen is the Bright Lights Bouquet with Lavender Basket
Introducing the delightful Bright Lights Bouquet from Bloom Central. With its vibrant colors and lovely combination of flowers, it's simply perfect for brightening up any room.
The first thing that catches your eye is the stunning lavender basket. It adds a touch of warmth and elegance to this already fabulous arrangement. The simple yet sophisticated design makes it an ideal centerpiece or accent piece for any occasion.
Now let's talk about the absolutely breath-taking flowers themselves. Bursting with life and vitality, each bloom has been carefully selected to create a harmonious blend of color and texture. You'll find striking pink roses, delicate purple statice, lavender monte casino asters, pink carnations, cheerful yellow lilies and so much more.
The overall effect is simply enchanting. As you gaze upon this bouquet, you can't help but feel uplifted by its radiance. Its vibrant hues create an atmosphere of happiness wherever it's placed - whether in your living room or on your dining table.
And there's something else that sets this arrangement apart: its fragrance! Close your eyes as you inhale deeply; you'll be transported to a field filled with blooming flowers under sunny skies. The sweet scent fills the air around you creating a calming sensation that invites relaxation and serenity.
Not only does this beautiful bouquet make a wonderful gift for birthdays or anniversaries, but it also serves as a reminder to appreciate life's simplest pleasures - like the sight of fresh blooms gracing our homes. Plus, the simplicity of this arrangement means it can effortlessly fit into any type of decor or personal style.
The Bright Lights Bouquet with Lavender Basket floral arrangement from Bloom Central is an absolute treasure. Its vibrant colors, fragrant blooms, and stunning presentation make it a must-have for anyone who wants to add some cheer and beauty to their home. So why wait? Treat yourself or surprise someone special with this stunning bouquet today!
In this day and age, a sad faced emoji or an emoji blowing a kiss are often used as poor substitutes for expressing real emotion to friends and loved ones. Have a friend that could use a little pick me up? Or perhaps you’ve met someone new and thinking about them gives you a butterfly or two in your stomach? Send them one of our dazzling floral arrangements! We guarantee it will make a far greater impact than yet another emoji filling up memory on their phone.
Whether you are the plan ahead type of person or last minute and spontaneous we've got you covered. You may place your order for Glen Allen VA flower delivery up to one month in advance or as late as 1:00 PM on the day you wish to have the delivery occur. We love last minute orders … it is not a problem at all. Rest assured that your flowers will be beautifully arranged and hand delivered by a local Glen Allen florist.
Would you prefer to place your flower order in person rather than online? Here are a few Glen Allen florists to reach out to:
Bloom Flowers and Gifts
10356 Leadbetter Rd
Ashland, VA 23005
Christopher Flowers
3120 W Cary St
Richmond, VA 23221
Coleman Brothers Flowers
2104 Dumbarton Rd
Richmond, VA 23228
Danny's Flower Market
8801 Three Chopt Rd
Richmond, VA 23229
Designs By Janice Florist
4908 Millridge Pkwy E
Midlothian, VA 23112
Nicola Flora
1219 Bellevue Ave
Richmond, VA 23227
Sassy Snapdragon Florals
Richmond, VA 23228
The Greenhouse
2500 Mountain Rd
Glen Allen, VA 23060
The Proper Petal
Richmond, VA 23227
WG Miller Creations Florist And Gifts
6211 Lakeside Ave
Henrico, VA 23228
Many of the most memorable moments in life occur in places of worship. Make those moments even more memorable by sending a gift of fresh flowers. We deliver to all churches in the Glen Allen VA area including:
Hanover Baptist Church
11239 Cedar Lane
Glen Allen, VA 23059
Hindu Center Of Virginia
6051 Springfield Road
Glen Allen, VA 23060
Hue Quang Temple
8535 Hungary Road
Glen Allen, VA 23060
Maranatha Baptist Church
4051 Innslake Drive
Glen Allen, VA 23060
Mount Olive Baptist Church
8775 Mount Olive Avenue
Glen Allen, VA 23060
Mount Vernon Baptist Church
11220 Nuckols Road
Glen Allen, VA 23059
Saint Peter Baptist Church
2040 Mountain Road
Glen Allen, VA 23060
Staples Mill Road Baptist Church
10101 Staples Mill Road
Glen Allen, VA 23060
Nothing can brighten the day of someone or make them feel more loved than a beautiful floral bouquet. We can make a flower delivery anywhere in the Glen Allen Virginia area including the following locations:
Golden Living Community -Elizabeth House
3590 Mountain Rd
Glen Allen, VA 23060
Sending a sympathy floral arrangement is a means of sharing the burden of losing a loved one and also a means of providing support in a difficult time. Whether you will be attending the service or not, be rest assured that Bloom Central will deliver a high quality arrangement that is befitting the occasion. Flower deliveries can be made to any funeral home in the Glen Allen area including:
Affinity Funeral Service
2720 Enterprise Pkwy
Richmond, VA 23294
Bennett Funeral Homes
3215 Cutshaw Ave
Richmond, VA 23230
Bennett Funeral Home
14301 Ashbrook Pkwy
Chesterfield, VA 23832
Bliley Funeral Homes
3801 Augusta Ave
Richmond, VA 23230
Bliley Funeral Homes
6900 Hull Street Rd
Richmond, VA 23224
Cremation Society Of Virginia - Richmond
7542 W Broad St
Richmond, VA 23294
Cremation Society
1927 Westmoreland St
Richmond, VA 23230
Dabney Henry W Funeral Home
Washington Hwy
Ashland, VA 23005
F.E. Dabney Funeral Home
600 B St
Ashland, VA 23005
Greenwood Memorial Gardens and Chapel Mausoleums
12609 Patterson Ave
Richmond, VA 23238
Manning Walter J Funeral Home
700 N 25th St
Richmond, VA 23223
Mimms Funeral Service
1827 Hull St
Richmond, VA 23224
Monaghan Funeral Home & Cremation Services
7300 Creighton Pkwy
Mechanicsville, VA 23111
Morrissett Funeral and Cremation Service
6500 Iron Bridge Rd
Richmond, VA 23234
Richmond National Cemetery
1701 Williamsburg Rd
Richmond, VA 23231
Westhampton Memorial & Cremation Park
10000 Patterson Ave
Richmond, VA 23238
Woody Funeral Home Huguenot Chapel
1020 Huguenot Rd
Midlothian, VA 23113
Woody Funeral Home-Parham
1771 N Parham Rd
Henrico, VA 23229
Consider the lilac ... that olfactory time machine, that purple explosion of nostalgia that hijacks your senses every May with the subtlety of a freight train made of perfume. Its clusters of tiny florets—each one a miniature trumpet blaring spring’s arrival—don’t so much sit on their stems as erupt from them, like fireworks frozen mid-burst. You’ve walked past them in suburban yards, these shrubs that look nine months of the year like unremarkable green lumps, until suddenly ... bam ... they’re dripping with color and scent so potent it can stop pedestrians mid-stride, triggering Proustian flashbacks of grandmothers’ gardens and childhood front walks where the air itself turned sweet for two glorious weeks.
What makes lilacs the heavyweight champions of floral arrangements isn’t just their scent—though let’s be clear, that scent is the botanical equivalent of a symphony’s crescendo—but their sheer architectural audacity. Unlike the predictable symmetry of roses or the orderly ranks of tulips, lilac blooms are democratic chaos. Hundreds of tiny flowers form conical panicles that lean and jostle like commuters in a Tokyo subway, each micro-floret contributing to a whole that’s somehow both messy and perfect. Snap off a single stem and you’re not holding a flower so much as an event, a happening, a living sculpture that refuses to behave.
Their color spectrum reads like a poet’s mood ring. The classic lavender that launched a thousand paint chips. The white varieties so pristine they make gardenias look dingy. The deep purples that flirt with black at dusk. The rare magenta cultivars that seem to vibrate with their own internal light. And here’s the thing about lilac hues ... they change. What looks violet at noon turns blue-gray by twilight, the colors shifting like weather systems across those dense flower heads. Pair them with peonies and you’ve created a still life that Impressionists would mug each other to paint. Tuck them behind sprigs of lily-of-the-valley and suddenly you’ve composed a fragrance so potent it could be bottled and sold as happiness.
But lilacs have secrets. Their woody stems, if not properly crushed and watered immediately, will sulk and refuse to drink, collapsing in a dramatic swoon worthy of Victorian literature. Their bloom time is heartbreakingly brief—two weeks of glory before they brown at the edges like overdone croissants. And yet ... when handled by someone who knows to split the stems vertically and plunge them into warm water, when arranged in a heavy vase that can handle their top-heavy exuberance, they become immortal. A single lilac stem in a milk glass vase doesn’t just decorate a room—it colonizes it, pumping out scent molecules that adhere to memory with superglue tenacity.
The varieties read like a cast of characters. ‘Sensation’ with its purple flowers edged in white, like tiny galaxies. ‘Beauty of Moscow’ with double blooms so pale they glow in moonlight. The dwarf ‘Miss Kim’ that packs all the fragrance into half the space. Each brings its own personality, but all share that essential lilacness—the way they demand attention without trying, the manner in which their scent seems to physically alter the air’s density.
Here’s what happens when you add lilacs to an arrangement: everything else becomes supporting cast. Carnations? Backup singers. Baby’s breath? Set dressing. Even other heavy-hitters like hydrangeas will suddenly look like they’re posing for a portrait with a celebrity. But the magic trick is this—lilacs make this hierarchy shift feel natural, even generous, as if they’re not dominating the vase so much as elevating everything around them through sheer charisma.
Cut them at dusk when their scent peaks. Recut their stems underwater to prevent embolisms (yes, flowers get them too). Strip the lower leaves unless you enjoy the aroma of rotting vegetation. Do these things, and you’ll be rewarded with blooms that don’t just sit prettily in a corner but actively transform the space around them, turning kitchens into French courtyards, coffee tables into altars of spring.
The tragedy of lilacs is their ephemerality. The joy of lilacs is that this ephemerality forces you to pay attention, to inhale deeply while you can, to notice how the late afternoon sun turns their petals translucent. They’re not flowers so much as annual reminders—that beauty is fleeting, that memory has a scent, that sometimes the most ordinary shrubs hide the most extraordinary gifts. Next time you pass a lilac in bloom, don’t just walk by. Bury your face in it. Steal a stem. Take it home. For those few precious days while it lasts, you’ll be living in a poem.