Fruit and Flowers are the traditional 4th anniversary gift. A few years ago, we planted a variety of new flowering bushes and trees in our yard with the hopes and expectations of enjoying an immediate spring season in a bountiful and thriving garden – but nature had other plans! Some plants have grown beyond our wildest imaginations while others have shown little interest in exposing their potential beauty that lies just under the surface. Similar to our relationship, our garden demanded time, care and attention to blossom into what it eventually became in our 4th year of marriage. Nurture your relationship just as you would a new garden and there’s no telling what might emerge. Enjoy picking out something from one of these gift ideas!
Gifts We Love!
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Anniversary Flower Bouquet
Nothing says I Love You a bouquet of roses! Make your choice of up to three dozen preserved red roses artfully displayed in a beautiful black hat box. Or opt for dozens of other fresh varieties and arrangements will make for the perfect 4th anniversary gift.
Stunning. There’s really no better way to describe these rose boxes! Every flower color under the sun and a variety of box sizes are available to find the perfect 4th anniversary gift for your loved one. Taking it a step further, these unique custom boxes are sure to surprise and delight anyone. Even better, these beautiful roses will last for AN ENTIRE YEAR with minimal maintenance – no watering or sunlight required!
Flowers + Subscription = Perfect 4th Anniversary Gift! Fresh flowers are always a welcome sight and scent in our home. But having them automatically delivered would be a total game changer! Sign up for a subscription plan and enjoy discounts and free shipping on your flower delivery with options from weekly through every other month. If you’re just looking for a one-time shipment, Bouqs has plenty of amazing arrangements that will bring a smile to your partner on your special day.
Afloral is your “botanical home” for an incredible 4th anniversary gift that will last through the seasons just like your marriage, now almost half a decade old. We are partial to this stunning magnolia as we recently planted two trees in our yard and are in love with the flowers and leaf colors. Afloral has so many options for every room and season, there’s no doubt you’ll find exactly what you’re looking for.
Thread Penguin transforms a picture of your wedding bouquet into a stunning embroidered piece of art to preserve that memory forever. These beautiful pieces almost don’t even look real! Choose from a variety of sizes and design options on this Etsy store for the ultimate custom flower anniversary gift. Or if your partner is an experienced stitcher, upload a picture of your bouquet and purchase a customized digital download pattern to embroider right at home.
Supposedly the medium board serves 6-10 people, but we’re gonna go out on a limb here and say this board is the perfect size for just the two of you! Truffle cupcakes, brownies, pineapple hearts, chocolate strawberries and more – you literally can not go wrong with this dessert board. Edible Arrangements is the perfect spot for this year’s anniversary gift with so many fruit and flower options alongside these delicious treats.
The classic gift gets a modern touch with handpicked fruits, cheeses and sweet treats that’s sure to please any recipient. But don’t forget to share! There are a variety of anniversary themed fruit baskets as well as an option to join a fruit club, which delivers a delightful array of fruits on a 3, 6, or 12 month subscription basis. Yum!
With a “Fruity Florals” scent type, this perfume exemplifies the Fruit/Flower present option for this year’s anniversary. The aromatic fragrance is a big winner in our house and we’re sure it’ll please all of the senses in yours, too! If your partner is not looking for a new perfume, Sephora has ALL. THE. THINGS. you would ever need to bring any fruit or floral scent to your life.
I don’t often buy Annie flowers so I took this opportunity to really go big! Like a typical man, I went to a local florist (trust us kids, it wasn’t so easy to order everything online back in 2012!) with a budget and zero ideas of what to get. I told them it was our anniversary and would love a beautiful holiday bouquet to remind us of how the church was decorated on our wedding day. They put together an incredible arrangement and delivered it to our house on our anniversary. Annie loved it!
Annie to Jay: Fruit
The last thing Jay would want is a bouquet of flowers. And I was coming up empty on ideas for a fruit gift. But one day while driving to work I noticed for the first time an Edible Arrangements store near our house. I bought a huge “bouquet” of delicious fruits topped with chocolate covered strawberries and pineapples. It was delivered to our house and made for a sweet treat before (and after!) our anniversary dinner together. Definitely the best way to combine the flower and fruit options for Jay.
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