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A Perfect Mother's Day with Gunston Flowers

Are you ready for Mother's Day?

In recognition of Mother's Day, has extended their hours of service. That means that you still have a chance to dash over to the Lorton flower shop to spend a few bucks on the person who brought you into this crazy world. No doubt she'll receive the flowers with a genuine smile, and will think to herself: "What a good kid. This is my day after all!"

Mother's Day weekend is the busiest time of the year for Gunston Flowers. "This is the big one," said owner Peter Chabra. ""Everybody's got a mother."

Chabra and his staff are hurriedly filling orders and delivering flowers to doorsteps.

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"The reality is, though, that the local flower shop is on the verge of becoming extinct because there are so many ways to get flowers online," Chabra said. "The quality, well, that's questionable. There's Teleflora, FTD, ProFlowers - they FedEx the flowers with a free vase and charge $20 for a bunch of roses so that it seems like a deal, but then they tack on $20 in charges. They come to your house and you have to prepare them and put them in water yourself. It's a great idea in theory, but you're not getting the best seasoned flowers, you don't know what you're getting and you have to do all the work."

Mother's Day is a bittersweet time for Chabra. "I lost my mother in 1989. She went in for heart surgery and the last time I spoke with her was on Mother's Day," he said. "I used to buy her an orchid corsage every year. See, I don't have a mother anymore, so it sometimes bothers me people who don't appreciate what they have. All it takes is $50 worth of flowers to satisfy their Mother's Day gift." 

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Gunston Flowers is open Saturday until 6 p.m. and on Sunday (Mother's Day) from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

A popular floral arrangement with lilies, roses, stargazers and snapdragons in a glass vase will run you $40-$55. 

Have a good Mother's Day weekend!


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