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There's nothing worse than the embarrassment of forgetting a loved one's birthday or anniversary, but fear not - Bunches is here to help! Use our handy reminder service to let us know all those important occasions, and we'll send a timely nudge to ensure you never forget that important date again!

Adding your reminders is completely free and only takes a couple of minutes. Simply log-in or register and select reminder service, you can click on the 'Add Reminder' button and enter the occasion details then when the time is right we'll send you an email reminder complete with a Bunches.co.uk discount code, just in case one of our bouquets would make the ideal gift!

Oh, and speaking of important dates - don't forget Father's Day this Sunday 20th June!

Cards are an ever popular add-on gift to buy with our flowers, and we regularly change the designs to keep them as fresh as possible! Along with our new summer flowers launched this week, I thought you might also like to know we have also introduced some exciting new cards!

All of our greetings cards are designed exclusively for Bunches and hand crafted locally by a small company called 3 Dot Cards. Its part of my role to co-ordinate the development of new cards and it's always a real treat visiting the workshop which can only be described as an Aladdin's cave of craft materials! I love spending a morning experimenting 'Blue Peter style' with glitter, ribbon, patterned paper and sequins to help design some wonderful new creations!

Here are a few of our new designs available now, but keep an eye on the website as more will be added in the next few weeks...

The wait is finally over... our new range of summer flowers has arrived which is bursting with seasonal colour, from citrus orange Asiatic Lilies, to striking yellow Sunflowers and crimson Carnations. Flowers are a great way of brightening up a loved one's day whether you want to celebrate a graduation, say thanks for looking after the dog while you're away on holiday, or you simply want to let someone know that you are thinking of them this summer.

With so many new bouquet designs this year it's difficult to pick a favourite, however the Sunflower Melody is my front runner as it makes a stunning, contemporary summer gift created with Sunflowers, orange Colandro Roses, white Anastasia and burgundy Leucadendron stems - perfect!

We will be running a competition throughout June over on Facebook where you can win a stunning Sparkling Champagne platinum bouquet. All you have to do is to be a friend of 'Bunches Florapost' and tag us in your flower pics. The best flower pic tagged with Bunches Florapost in June wins the prize!

We will post the best entries on the bunches.co.uk fan page, including the winning pic.

So make sure to become a friend on our profile, and to like our fan page, then get tagging!

As a Sex & the City fan, I'm not ashamed to admit that I've recently been catching up on a few old episodes in eager anticipation of the second film release later this month. As Carnations are often dismissed as untrendy by many, it was good to see fashionista Carrie Bradshaw giving them some good press by receiving a beautiful bouquet of pink Carnations and describing them as 'endearing' during one of the later episodes.

Carnations have been a Bunches favourite for 21 years and they still remain popular with customers of all ages. Our pink and white Special Bouquet was re-launched last year, and is one of our best selling bouquets...the perfect gift for SATC fans and great value at only £14.99!