It’s Tebow time in Colorado, and at Bloomin’ this week. Most of our staff had on our orange and Blue, and Sue was sporting the official number 15! We will all be gathering around the tele with friends and family to watch our Beloved Broncos make the magic happen again this Saturday night.

In honor of Tim Tebow mania, we’ve mocked-up a limited edition version of our popular Growfetti in orange, blue, and white seed paper. The name of our newest addition to the Growfetti line–you guessed it…. Tebowfetti! Let us know what you think!

There’s plenty of time to get your orders in so you can have it on hand for tossing in the air when the Broncos win Super Bowl XLVI on  February 5, 201. Go Broncos!

Tebowfetti!

We started off November in style by being featured in OneWed’s event planning blog. Bloomin’s line of eco-friendly, fully plantable wedding invitation suites caught editorial director Azure Nelson’s eye. Nelson “loved the style and designs, and just couldn’t wait to post!” The full article can be found here.

Bloomin’ Wedding Invitations are a unique, Earth-friendly way to make a lasting impression on wedding guests, and show the bride and groom’s commitment to each other and to the planet.

Each of our designs feature the richly-textured beauty of our signature paper—handmade with an infusion of wildflower seeds. Plant it and enjoy memories of the special day year after year—as a vibrant garden will grow right out of the wedding invitation itself!

Thanks for the post OneWed! Glad we could add some seed paper invitations to your repertoire.

OneWed Event Plannning Blog

It’s always fun to see photos of our seeded paper growing!  Here is a photo of some beautiful (and tall!!) Zinnias that bloomed from a recent  PB5 flower bookmark project. You can see that our seed paper works well right in your office as out in your garden. Part of the reason our paper has such a high germination rate is the diversity of seeds. Each sheet includes a mixture of 13 different types of annual and perennial wildflower seeds that will grow everywhere from Atlanta and Anchorage!

The first 5 people to send a picture of growing seed paper will receive a FREE Seed Paper Growth Journal. Send photos to flowers@bloomin.com

This flower video is a little rough,  but the seed paper we planted in 2010 grew quite well. Yea the broad-leafed zinnias did take over and shaded out most of the other wildflowers, but we kept our garden watered and we got good results. This is a small garden on the north side of our business. I tried to demonstrate how I planted the seed paper and how it grew. Yes, we painted our building last summer and it looks much better, so no, this is not some kind of “sleight of hand”. I just linked up the photos I took over the summer and fall and this is what I got. I hope you enjoy it.

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I didn’t do it here in this video, but I have obtained my highest germination rates by creating a greenhouse environment in the early stages of development by covering the planted area with some plastic for a week or so until the sprouts are well established. Once our seed paper is planted it is imperative that it doesn’t gets a chance to dry out. If the seedlings start to develop, and then dry out, they will more than likely not be viable. Below is some seed paper packed with black-eyed Suzan seeds. I put a couple sheets of seed paper in an open baggy on a warm window sill. This is what can happen in a very receptive environment.

Black-eyed susan seeds are small and this paper must have been loaded with them.

Below are some sprouts that were not grown in a zip lock bag, pretty huh! This is where we conduct our loose germ tests. We also test our paper with another company periodically in perfectly controlled environment, but we are always planting random sheets of paper in this tub so we know we are delivering a quality product that will grow.

Here are some real world results you should expect for our seed paper products.

We’ve got great education-themed promotions at Bloomin Promotions for any kind of learning institution. Seed paper makes a unique statement about growing minds!

Bloomin Back to School SSGP

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