Huisman Flowers

Trusted Floral Design Firm in Michigan

Huisman Flowers, a division of Eastern Floral Lakeshore, is one of the most trusted floral brands in the state of Michigan. We employ an extremely talented, professional and award winning floral design team that our customers have come to know, trust and love. These folks are truly some of the most talented floral designers in the state. They are continually busy creating gorgeous multi occasion themed designs. Huisman Flowers backs every floral bouquet with a 100% customer satisfaction guarantee. That is how much we believe in the quality of our floral products.

We are owned and operated by Rick and Nikki Huisman and are a division of Eastern Floral Lakeshore. As Eastern Floral Lakeshore, our firm has served customers in Grand Haven, Holland, and throughout the Lake Michigan area for many years. We sell and deliver beautiful fresh flowers and plants. Our flower shops also sell a wonderful collection of occasion themed gifts. Huisman Flowers guarantees on-time delivery of all flower purchases.

Our staff creates luxurious, upscale floral designs, at very affordable prices. Customer service is a top priority for us. We back every flower arrangement we create with our 100% customer satisfaction guarantee. Beginning in 2021, we plan to operate our Grand Haven and Holland flower shops as both Eastern Floral Lakeshore and Huisman Flowers locations.

Valentine’s Day romance is in the air and Huisman Flowers has the freshest and sweetest gifts!

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Love Stories for Valentines

Valentine’s Day is in two weeks. This fantastic day is for romance and other sweet stories of affection. Whether it is two young people in love, school kids exchanging cards, sending flowers to lonely senior person or just doing something thoughtful for a friend, it is a time for caring. Love poems abound during this time. People spend lots of time in the card section trying to find that perfect card with just the right message or perhaps making up their own personalized poetic message.

History provides us with numerous love stories. Often the stories involve a couple who over came hardship and weathered the storm. Once such story is that of Robert and Elizabeth Browning. Perhaps you remember Elizabeth’s famous poem to Robert:

How Do I Love Thee? (Sonnet 43)

Elizabeth Barrett Browning – 1806-1861

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of being and ideal grace.
I love thee to the level of every day’s
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for right.
I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.

On January 10, 1845, The great poet, Robert Browning wrote to Elizabeth Barrett. She was an internationally renowned poet and he was a 32 year old poet who was not yet famous. Robert was enamored with her poetry and volume of poems. In his message to Elizabeth he said “I love your verses with all my heart, dear Miss Barrett—I do, as I say, love these verses with all my heart”. This started a 20 month long correspondence of over 600 letters and is one of the greatest literary correspondences.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning was the daughter of Mary Moulton Barrett and Edward Barrett. Her father as an extremely wealthy landowner who owned sugar plantations in Jamaica. When Elizabeth was just 21, her mother passed away. She was the oldest of the family’s 12 children and often thought to be her father’s favorite child. Edward Barrett was a strict man and forbid his children to get married. In 1846, against Edward’s wishes, Robert and Elizabeth secretly wed.

From the time she was a teenager, Elizabeth suffered from an illness that caused spasms, breathing difficulties and depression. The illness was so bad that she would stay in her room most of the time and was convinced that she was destined for a life of loneliness. Then Robert came along and showed interest in her. She did not believe he or anyone could truly be interested in her.

Robert Browning was the son of Robert and Sarah Anna Browning. His father was a bank clerk and his mother a pianist. He continued his letters to Elizabeth and was very direct about his affection for her. She was very hesitant and refused to see him until May of 1845 which was months after they first started to communicate. Even though Elizabeth was skeptical of marriage and her father was against it, she and Robert continued to secretly see each other.

Some of Elizabeth’s illness was thought by her physician to be worsened by the cold winters in London. He recommended she travel to Pisa Italy. It was there that Robert and she would spend the next 15 years of their lives. They secretly married and had a son. Living happily until her death in 1861, they continued to write poetry. One of the most famous poetic lines ever written came from Barrett Browning’s Sonnets From the Portuguese (1850).

The well known line is , “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways”. Elizabeth continued her works completing a second edition of Poems, as well as Casa Guidi Windows (1851), Poems before Congress (1860), and her well known verse-novel, Aurora Leigh (1857). She was an activist for Italian nationalism, the abolition of American slavery, and for the advancement of women. Robert published Men and Women, which was a dedication to his wife Elizabeth. She died in his arms on June 29, 1861.

What ever your romantic and caring mission is, the professional and talented floral designers at Huisman Flowers would be honored to help you find the perfect flower arrangement or gift box of sweets for your valentine!

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