A bouquet is a multi-purpose present for many occasions: birthday, new baby, marriage, professional promotion etc. You would choose the most appropriate bouquet according to your intuition or based on the taste of the gift recipient. How to turn your gift into the most appreciated? In this article we will tell about flower etiquette, and how to present a bouquet and accept it.
Step 1: how to select a bouquet
You would better take a close look at all the bouquets offered in the online store before making your selection. Keep in mind the age and gender of the recipient as well as the nature of relations between you and him/her. For instance, it would be a bit weird to present a gorgeous bouquet of 100 scarlet roses to your seasoned coworker.
Carefully consider where and when you will present your bouquet. If you got a date with a girl in a park it won’t be suitable to present an enormous heavy bouquet to a fragile young lady.
Step 2: presenting a bouquet
There are two ways of presenting your bouquet – in person or via ordering a surprise delivery.
Below are some tips and tricks on how to present your bouquet in person:
- Keep flowers in your left hand (or in both hands if a bouquet is huge or in a hat box).
- Start with the congratulations then switch to flowers.
- If you are invited to a party it is worth taking care of a complimenting bouquet for the lady of the house.
- If a bouquet is intended for a girl and her parents attend as well, make sure you have a bouquet for her mother too.
- If a bouquet is intended for a singer or dancer, the best if it will be packed to stay longer.
If you prefer delivery do not forget to apply a short note helping to discover who was the sender of a bouquet. Optionally you can stay anonymous and a recipient won’t figure out who send a gift. Courier dressed in a special suit and wearing bright gloves would produce a lifetime experience. A bouquet received that way would remain in memory for years.
Step 3: accepting a bouquet
A couple of words of gratitude would be enough to show you are pleased with a gift. Even if you don’t like floral artistry do not demonstrate it to avoid offending a giver. Put a bouquet in a vase and place it in pride of place – thus you make a giver sure his/her gift is highly appreciated.
How to Gift Flowers in Business
To arrange a bouquet properly, you need to know the basic principles of floral etiquette for business.
- If you present bouquets to a boss and his/her subordinates at the same time, you should gift the largest bouquet to a boss and s smaller ones to subordinates.
- When gifting flowers to overseas business partners pay special attention to the customs of their country to avoid offending them.
- When choosing a bouquet for a colleague or a boss the best choice is a compact neat one that won’t take up much space on a work table. A bouquet in a hat box does not require a vase and would decorate a work table very well.
The properly selected colour of flowers would emphasize careful attention to a colleague or a boss, see a short guide below.
The red colour symbolizes the recipient’s power and high status in society. Such flowers will be the best gift for a boss.
A bouquet in blue shades is a perfect gift for a seasoned profound person with a lot of experience in a certain niche. Usually it is a senior colleague or immediate superior.
The meaning of white colour is the purity of intent thus would tell about your willingness to negotiate and compromise, to take decisions jointly. It would be suitable as a gift to a colleague by a project team or to negotiating partners.
The yellow colour symbolizes success, wealth and good luck. It would suit those colleagues who engaged in creative activities.
