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Free Local Delivery (Limited Period)
Good news Halifax, Dartmouth, Clayton Park and Bedford!
We are pleased to offer free delivery to our local customers!
* The following conditions apply:
Free Delivery Campaign Period
This free service is applicable to online orders received & paid for on or before Jan 5th, 2021.
Free Delivery Service Areas
We wish we could serve all of HRM but lines must be drawn somewhere. Basically, the service is applicable to addresses in the Halifax Peninsula, Dartmouth, Clayton Park, and Bedford. Click here to see the delivery service areas.
Minimum Order Amount
A minimum order amount of 20.00 before tax is requested.
Other conditions:
1. Package weight is maximum 10kg.
2. Package width + height must not exceed 100cm.
Do you need to do anything extra to get the free delivery service?
No. Just order online as usual. We will reply to you via direct email and let you know if your order qualifies for the free delivery service or not. We will make all the arrangements with you after you have placed your order. If your order does not qualify, we can still ship to you via Canada Post (but shipping costs will apply), or you can opt to do an in-store/curbside pickup.
Deliveries will normally be made within 2 business days after payment is confirmed.
The service areas & conditions are subject to change without prior notice.
Please take advantage of this campaign while it lasts!
Updated 18-Dec-2020
Now it can be told! We have been waiting for the official press release and now it is finally out! (Read here.)
This free local delivery service is made possible through the generous support of the Halifax Innovation District— in collaboration with the Halifax Partnership, the Halifax Regional Municipality, and the Province of Nova Scotia, and the wonderful people at Haligone, an innovative start-up that uses an online platform to optimize schedules for a quick & efficient delivery system. Not only that, they are environmentally “green” and sustainable using electric vehicles (EV) as their mode of transport!
Thank you very much!
Updated Jan 6th, 2021
The Free Local Delivery offer has now ended. We hope you were able to avail of this service. Thank you to Haligone for the extraordinary service. Thank you Halifax Partnership for the sponsorship!
December Ikebana Lessons Cancelled
It saddens us very much but we have decided to cancel the ikebana lessons scheduled in December.
Affected dates are:
Dec 2nd (Wed) 10-12 morning
Dec 13th (Sun) 10-12 morning & 1-3 afternoon
Lessons that are already paid for will remain valid and will be honoured with your next booking when we are able to re-start.
We are still hoping that we can start lessons again in January, 2021 so we will keep those bookings active until further notice.
If you have any questions, we are a phone call or email away.
We thank you for your understanding. Please keep safe and we hope we can enjoy flowers together again soon.
Second Wave Safety Measures
Updated Nov 28, 2020:
Customer limit inside the shop will be 3 persons maximum at any time. Thank you.
Updated Nov 24, 2020:
Customer limit inside the shop will be 5 persons maximum at any time. Thank you.
Although we are very fortunate to be in a “safe” province like Nova Scotia, we cannot relax our guard. As the weather cools, the number of COVID-19 cases are beginning to rise again. We need to remain vigilant!
Starting Nov 16th, 2020, we are limiting the number of customers inside the shop to a maximum of 6 persons. If you’ve been to our shop, you know that our space is small and it is a challenge to maintain social distancing at all times. The NS Public Health guidelines allow a maximum of 10 persons without social distancing but we decided to make stricter rules for the safety and comfort of everyone.
“Gathering limit for businesses and organizations that can’t maintain a physical distance of 2 metres (6 feet) because their physical space is too small - 10 customers or clients maximum without social distancing (keep as much social distancing as possible)”
So, if we are going to exceed the six-customer limit, we may ask you to wait outside for a while. There are Q spots on the sidewalk to guide you where to wait for your turn.
Please queue on the Q’s!
Everyone entering the shop is also requested to wear a face mask.
Thank you very much for your cooperation and understanding.
P.S. Online shopping and curbside/in-store pick-up are still on-going as well!
"Sō" Magazine August, 2020
Our exhibition—Connecting—last June, 2019 at the Lunenburg Library, was featured in the August, 2020 edition of "Sō" (「草」) magazine, the official publication of the Sogetsu Teachers' Association.
Transitioning To Paper Bags
From Sept 1st, 2020, the shop is officially using paper bags for your small (as in “not bulky”) purchases.
No Extra Charge For A Paper Bag
Reality is that paper bags are significantly more expensive than plastic bags. But we’ll provide paper bags, if necessary, at no charge…for now. We will see how this goes. If less people ask for bags, then we will still be able to provide the paper bags for free for those moments when you do need one.
Let’s Reduce!
We ask our customers to bring their own reusable bags whenever possible. We will not offer to bag your purchases unless you specifically ask us for a bag.
What About Bulky Purchases?
No worries. We will still have large plastic bags for items that will not fit in regular reusable bags. Yes, we know we have big plushies in the shop!
Thank you very much for your understanding and cooperation.
Ikebana Lessons Restart
Finally! We are happy to announce that ikebana lessons will restart in September. Hopefully we can pick up where we left off!
Please check the lesson dates here.
Please note that we have given students who were booked for the cancelled March lessons priority so some lesson times may be fully booked already.
Original photo credit: Kent Martin.
We ask everyone to wear a face mask during the lesson.
We ask everyone to bring their own clippers, if possible.
Hand sanitizer will be available at the studio.
If you feel sick or have any COVID-19 symptoms, please stay home, call 811 and take care.
If you have travelled outside of the Atlantic bubble within the past 14 days before the lesson date, please complete your self-isolation first.
Thank you for our understanding.
Hope to see you soon!
Our Exhibition Won An Award!
We are happy to announce that our ikebana exhibition, Surprise!, held last May 10-12, 2019 at the Keshen Goodman Library has been selected by Sogetsu Headquarters to be one of the recipients of the Sogetsu Sakuhin Award (草月作品賞)* for 2019.
We thank all our students who participated in this exhibit. It was due to all your hard work that we are able to receive this recognition from Sogetsu School. Everyone, take a bow! We are very proud of you!
The award ceremony was supposed to be held last March, 2020…but it was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. So we just received the Award in the mail.
A very rough translation:
The Sogetsu Sakuhin Award is presented to Surprise! Sogetsu Ikebana Exhibition.
Your work imbued with novel ideas and a bold spirit of challenge adds a new page to Sogetsu's diverse creative activities. We commend your achievements with the Sogetsu Sakuhin Award and look forward to your future activities.
Dated March 27, 2020. Signed by Akane Teshigahara, Headmaster of the Sogetsu School
* NB:
We could not find an appropriate way to translate this award so we left the word “sakuhin” (作品) as it is. “Sakuhin” means “a work of art or literature.” The direct translation would have been the “Sogetsu Work Award”…but that didn’t really feel right in English. One possible way to convey the meaning of the award is to translate it as something like the “Sogetsu Excellent Work Award” or maybe the “Sogetsu Award for Excellent Work”…although the word for “excellent” was never in it.
The list of award recipients for 2019 as published in So Magazine, June 2020 edition. (Sorry, in Japanese only.)
The exhibition poster.
Please Wear A Mask
On July 24, 2020, the province of Nova Scotia announced that wearing face masks becomes mandatory when entering most indoor public spaces starting from July 31, 2020. This regulation includes retail establishments like ours. (Read the NS government’s announcement here for complete details including exemptions.)
We ask for your cooperation when visiting our shop. Let us help keep each other safe and healthy. Thank you very much for your understanding.
Shop Reopens!
Finally!
The shop will reopen on June 20th, Saturday.
New store hours are: Mon-Sat, 1:00-5:00 pm. We’ll try that for now and see how it goes.
Blade sharpening service will also re-start. Knives will be picked up and returned on Tuesdays.
We will have a hand sanitizer bottle at the door and we ask all customers to use it as they enter.
We are excited to reconnect with the community! See you!
