With every bouquet comes a message. Although the bouquet says a lot, the handwritten message adds an indescribable element to the beautiful experience of receiving flowers. In Victorian times, admirers chose specific flowers to convey their feelings and this was well documented in books like 'The Language of Flowers'. Roses represented love, azaleas - romance, dianthus or carnations - pure and deep love, narcissus - desire, white lilac - first emotions of love, and purple viola, you occupy my thoughts.
Modern day bouquets generally contain flowers which 'speak' but the personal expression of the sender is still very much a necessity - who they are from and why.
Some of the messages we have to write range from the funny, serious, unexpected, to the weird. Our job is to write them in our best handwriting to conjure up the romance of a bygone era when there was no texting, emailing or tweeting.
What are your floral messages like? Do share!
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