Interflora has designed a stunning Collection for Mother’s Day 2010 with an emphasis not only on style and elegance, but also on affordability.

Out of a Collection of over 20 new products, over 60% are priced at below £33.00:

Mother’s Day 2010 Azalea Basket.  Interflora’s team of award winning florists has worked hard to produce a Collection that has wide appeal for both the sender and the Mum. £19.99.

Mother’s Day 2010 Hat Box. Kenyan Roses & Pink Germinis. £32.99.

The Mother’s Day Perfect Gift in our picture really is the complete package.
A fantastic selection of seasonal flowers, presented in a beautiful curved glass vase, and finished with a pink sisal collar and decorative ‘Mother’s day’ bow trim.

This vase arrangement features short-stemmed roses, freesias, germinis, and spray chrysanthemums with salal and pittosporum. £29.99.

And if you’re looking for something other than flowers this year, Interflora has a selection of gifts that would thrill any Mum:

A specially boxed selection of mouth-watering cupcakes each with an iced ‘Happy Mother’s Day’ message. £24.99.

Personalised Mother’s Day chocolates £19.99; the Mother’s Day Treat Tower (gorgeous!) at £29.99; or the Biscuiteers Shoe Box (designer biscuits!) at £24.99.

The Interflora Mother’s Day 2010 Collection will be available to order from Wednesday 17th February, right up until the afternoon of Saturday 13th March for delivery on Mother’s Day, Sunday 14th.

To complement the Collection, Interflora can create individually designed floral gifts with its Designed to Order service. Simply advise on the style, colour and how much you would like to spend.

Prices start at just £19.99 plus delivery.

To place an order visit Interflora.co.uk or call 0800 434343.

Homebase has launched a new value range - a collection of budget DIY essentials to help keep the costs down.

This collection of over 300 everyday essentials, including 150 for under £5, offers exceptional prices on the products.

From decorating and DIY, to home furnishings and finishing touches, the Value Range has everything you need for a home makeover:

“For the DIY enthusiast” Affordable hand tools including a 3m tape measure (99p), a 16oz hammer (£3.99), 6in junior hacksaw (£1.99) and a slotted screwdriver (99p).

“For keen decorators” Choose from a range of decorating essentials, including plain white wall tiles (£4.49 for a pack of 44), white matt paint (£5.99 for five litres) and lining paper (£2.24, to cover 5.6sq/m).

There is a choice of accessories including, a 500-watt floodlight (£4.99) basic roller kit (£2.49), step stool (£11.99) and paintbrushes from 49p

Other finishing touches for the home include beech laminate flooring (£10.61 for 2.66sq/m), polished brass internal door pack (£8.99) and a silver spotlight – pictured here. (£6.99).

“The new homeowner” Decorate in style for less with home essentials including a paper light shade (£2.49), beech bookcase (£12.99), toilet seat (£8.99) and a coir doormat (£3.99). You can even pick up a double duvet for £7.99 for the first night in your new bed.

“The kitchen connoisseur” With a great range of cookshop products on offer, there’s no excuse to keep out of the kitchen. Pick up a a 16-piece cutlery set (£2.99 and a 12-piece white porcelain dinner set (£5.99).

“The gardening guru” Get into your garden this summer with a range of gardening products including seeds (from 39p), terracotta pots (from 49p) and plants (from 99p).

Homebase is the UK’s second largest home improvement retailer and is recognised for choice, style and customer service.

Visit the Homebase website to view the whole Value range.

If you’ve made it to Christmas Eve and suddenly realised you’re a present down then you do still have a few options.

Interflora’s Christmas Eve flower delivery might just save the day, especially if you’d rather spend your time making last minute Christmas preparations at home, than braving the streets with other panicked shoppers and post-work revellers.

Beautiful flowers and plants can be ordered right up until -

11.00am on Christmas Eve, for guaranteed delivery before Christmas Day.

Whether you need a little something to spoil a loved one or an extra present for an unexpected guest, there are plenty of options.

With everything from a classic candle arrangement in rich-reds to contemporary white hand-tieds, the Christmas flower collection offers options for every taste and pocket.
If you’re looking for an added indulgence, you can include wine, champagne or chocolates to be delivered with your flowers.

To send a stunning seasonal message the Christmas Wish Perfect Gift featured here, comprises of a single large-headed glittered Rose nestled amongst an array of rich red flowers.

Eucalyptus introduces hints of gold and the whole bouquet is already arranged in a beautiful glass vase. vase; and as an extra festive touch, this gift is delivered with a bottle of Chiaro Merlot Red Wine. Priced at £39.95.

To place an order for this year’s Interflora Christmas or Winter Collections, please visit

the Interflora website.

Tel: (0800) 434343.

Rococo Chocolates and The Gluttonous Gardener (Chantal and Ned, have been plotting and come up with some wonderful ideas for sumptuous gifts.

Rococo Chocolates is loved by people who appreciate good quality, real chocolate and who want to enjoy life’s little luxuries, while The Gluttonous Gardener has become well known for their imaginative range of gifts that combine high quality edibles and growables, all beautifully hand packed in wooden crates and delivered next day nationwide.

A Selection:

Rococo Rose Crate
Never promise them a rose garden, but perhaps more modestly opt for this crate of fragrant delights - a beautiful scented old fashioned pink shrub rose, ready to plant with a box of Rococo’s handmade organic milk chocolate Rose wafers.
RRP £48 + delivery.

Rococo Lavender Crate
A beautiful crate containing a healthy potted lavender plant, together with a box of Rococo’s delicious handmade organic dark chocolate Lavender wafers.

RRP £48 + delivery.

Rococo Vineyard
Anyone can own a vineyard with this crate. A red and white grapevine, selected to thrive in the English climate with full planting and care instructions, packed in a crate with a bag of delicious Rococo chocolate “Grapes” to munch whilst you plant. RRP £50 + delivery.

Rococo Italian Coffee break
Ignore the depressing exchange rate and transport yourself to Italy with this gorgeous crate, containing a healthy potted coffee plant, a bag of best Italian coffee and a wedge of mouth-watering soft coffee nougat.
RRP £50 + delivery.

The above are only available from - http://www.glut.co.uk/prodlist.asp?a=srch
Tel: (020) 7627 0800

Web: http://www.rococochocolates.com

Christmas is one of the most important holiday seasons of the year, when Christmas flowers and Christmas plants play a significant part, with their fragrance and festive colours adding a splendid touch to any household.

Each year, Interflora carefully chooses and designs their range of Christmas gifts, including Christmas hampers and luxury Champagne, to enable you to find that perfect Christmas present, for all of your closest friends and family.

Sometimes you can’t be there for special occasions like Christmas, so sending your loved ones a luxurious hamper, or a unique gift, can be your way of sending love or congratulations in your absence.

With Interflora’s International flower delivery service, you can send Christmas Flowers just about anywhere in the world - imagine their joy when they open the door to a magnificent bouquet, brimming with beautiful seasonal flowers.

Or it may be, that you find the hustle and bustle of the shops and the queues a little stressful?

Interflora boasts an outstanding delivery service, where Christmas flowers are available with same day delivery, which means you can be sure that your Christmas present will arrive on the right day, with the right message.

All of Interflora’s gifts for Christmas will be available from the beginning of November and by ordering a Christmas gift online, you can let Interflora take all the stress away:

Web: http://www.interflora.co.uk

Tel: (0500) 434343

B&Q the leading home improvement and garden centre retailer in the UK, will be supporting Cancer Research UK’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month for the first time this October, by selling two beautiful and exotic orchids in distinctive pink pots.

With their delicate petals and scent, these stunning oriental flowers are being offered in shades of pink, purple and white; a real centrepiece, these plants are an ideal gift, which are sure to bring a touch of elegance to any home.

In eye-catching vibrant pink pots, these orchids are easily identifiable and for every Orchid sold, B&Q will donate £1 towards the breast cancer awareness campaign.

Steve Guy, B&Q’s Category Manager for Horticulture says:
“B&Q has been working with Cancer Research UK for a number of years and is delighted to be supporting their breast cancer awareness campaign this October.
So, why not brighten someone’s day with one of our stunning orchids and help raise vital funds for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.”

Available in B&Q stores from 6th October 2008 and £1 from every sale is being donated to the campaign.

Moth Orchids - Twin stem £14.98 and single stem £9.98.

http://www.diy.com
Tel: (0845) 8500175

The Italian appliance manufacturer Smeg (known for its retro-style fridges) is branching out into indoor gardening.

The Home Garden is designed to allow you to create perfect conditions for your house plants. With a light source to supplement natural light and an “ultrasound misting” system for optimum humidity, this mini greenhouse will keep your house plants healthy no matter what the conditions in your room.

Visually, the Home Garden resembles a house in shape, with a tempered glass and stainless steel construction. It can be positioned on any surface - a table or sideboard - or even on its own special pedestal!

To pamper your house plants in this way, you will need to spend around £900, or £1,100 if you want the dedicated pedestal stand.

web: http://www.smeguk.com
tel: (0870) 990 9908