Graduation in Toronto

Graduation in Toronto: flowers for the June ceremony and the family table

Graduation in Toronto usually falls in June: the Toronto District School Board's year runs from early September to the end of June, and schools hold their ceremonies in June as the year closes. That timing splits the choice in two: one bouquet the graduate carries out of the hall, another that waits at home for the family. Lavender is a safe first choice here, running from compact spray roses to fuller peony-shaped blooms.

Lavender spray roses and peony-shaped roses for the walk out

Eleven Lavender Spray Roses make a compact bunch, small enough to carry alongside the diploma folder off the stage. Fifteen Peony Lavender Roses swap the small spray heads for fuller blooms; peony-shaped roses are mostly English David Austin varieties and others like them. Larger bunches of the same spray roses suit anyone who wants more stems for the same walk. The florist photographs the finished bouquet before the courier leaves, and any substitution shows on that photo.

White is the colour Canadians associate with mourning, and funeral bouquets most often lean on lilies, roses, carnations and chrysanthemums. In Canada the chrysanthemum is a funeral flower of respect, not a taboo. That doesn't rule out white or chrysanthemums for a Toronto graduate: white flowers, lilies and chrysanthemums are perfectly usable here. A sender who knows the family is better placed to choose than any general rule, and the shade that actually goes out is the one shown on the photo taken before the courier leaves.

For the family table: a rose box, a basket or a floral handbag

Twenty-Five Mixed Roses in a Box, a basket, or the Floral Handbag "Raphael" suit flowers meant for the family table rather than for the ceremony itself, and a basket stands on the table without needing a vase. A basket can carry a balloon or sweets beside the bouquet, and the card that goes with any order is free. June in Canada also brings Father's Day. Flowers for a restaurant dinner after the ceremony go through the venue: the time is agreed with a member of staff beforehand, and the bouquet arrives for dessert or for the toast rather than sitting on the table all evening.

Graduation flower delivery in Toronto is free in the city centre, and the other zones and their timing are set out on the delivery zones and timing page. The exact window for a given bouquet shows on its own page, and most orders go out the same day they're placed. For a graduate staying at a hotel, an order placed from abroad, or care for cut flowers through a Toronto summer, one page covers hotel addresses, orders from abroad and summer care.

For a graduation in Toronto, spray roses and other roses are the easiest place to start if the bouquet is travelling to the ceremony. Flowers in boxes or a flower basket work better for the one waiting on the family table, since both stand without a vase.