Cape Flower Fields Launches Protea Education Program

VALLEY CENTER, Calif. — Although popular with
hotels and restaurants for their exotic appeal
and long vase life, many members of the public
are unaware of the benefits of Protea flowers.
Cape Flower Fields has hired the New Client
Marketing Institute to produce a year-long
public information campaign to outline the
benefits of Protea flowers as an alternative to
typical floral bouquets.

Natives of South Africa, Proteas are available
year-round from California growers. Every month
new free articles with gift giving suggestions,
flower care tips and arrangement ideas will be
added to the Cape Flower Fields Web site,
http://www.DiscoverProtea.com.

San Diego County grown Protea are some of the
most unusual and long-lasting flowers in the
world, with a typical vase life of 14 to 21 days.
In addition, Protea never die, they just dry, and
the dried flowers make colorful displays.

Gift bouquets of #1 Select Designer Grade Protea
flowers, typically sold only to professional
floral designers, are also available direct from
California growers for sale online at
http://www.DiscoverProtea.com. Bouquets sell for
$49.99, free FedEx shipping included, and come
with mixed exotic Protea flowers and various
“Cape Greens” and ornamental fillers.

For Protea care, arrangement and gift tips, visit
the Web site at http://www.DiscoverProtea.com.
The Web site donates 10% of bouquet profits to
the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
International.

Protea…flowers beyond the ordinary

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About Protea Expert Eugene Brill

Protea expert Eugene Brill, owner of Cape Flower
Fields in Valley Center, California, created
http://www.DiscoverProtea.com to bring Protea
news, tips and flowers to the public. Like the
flowers he grows, Eugene is a native of South
Africa transplanted to San Diego County. He lives
on his flower farm in a Colonial Cape Dutch Home
that he and his wife June recreated based on the
historic farmhouse architecture of the 1700s.
Eugene can be reached for interviews at
(760)259-2001.