Todd Oldham(TM) Introduces Whimsical Gift Baskets Inspired By Nature on FTD.com for the Fall Season

Pet Gifts, Potted Plants & Unique Blooms Also Featured In Oldham Collection 


DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., Sept. 18  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- FTD.com, the leading floral and gift provider, will welcome fall with a new collection of scrumptious, festive, even whimsical gift baskets for everyone on your list, including your pets.  Designer Todd Oldham, who first partnered with the company to create a line of creative, high end arrangements for Mother's Day 2006, has once again reinvigorated the traditional floral bouquet and gift basket by marrying nature's gifts with his unique style.

"The crisp, clean offerings of autumn inspired me to create gift baskets infused with organic materials, including fruit, nuts, tea, to celebrate the earth's natural elements," says Oldham. "We were inspired by the season's color palette, including the brilliant reds and oranges of leaves, greens and yellows of gourds and the contrast of a fresh snowfall over evergreen in our floral arrangements."

Oldham's imaginative gift collection offers a fresh new take on the classic gift basket and offers a thoughtful way to appeal to the interests of friends and family.  The Gardener's Gift Set features fresh bulbs, canvas gloves, seed packets and fingernail brush in a sleek green watering can, and the Bamboo Tea Tray holds a lovely grey ceramic teapot, organic teas, and after-tea mints.

"FTD's continuing mission to satisfy our customers challenges us to keep our offerings new and unique, while maintaining a high standard of quality," said Bill Van Cleave, FTD.com Executive Vice President.  "FTD.com visitors will find delightful surprises in Mr. Oldham's innovative creations, which prove to be more successful each season."

In addition to the nature-inspired gift baskets, pet lovers will delight in dog and cat gift sets, featuring Oldham-designed pet placemats, colorful leashes, captivating toys and gourmet treats.  Designed specifically for the dog lover, Todd's fun and imaginative pet basket is a fantastic way to spoil the dog in your life or to recognize a loved one's relationship with a special pet.  Oldham's Good Dog Gift Basket arrives in a bright green basket loaded with a vinyl dog mat, a leash, a rope carrot chew toy, a green rope ring chew toy, and Little Lulu Peanut Biscuits.  Cat lovers can keep their kitten smitten with Todd's Pretty Cat Gift Basket, which arrives filled with goodies such as a vinyl cat mat, a tin of organic catnip, two knit catnip toys, a bowl of cat grass, and a rainbow catnip toy.

In addition to Oldham's diverse gift baskets, his vast selection of potted plants, colorful blooms, and unique arrangements put a creative spin on traditional gifts.  For example, the Wooded Wonderland bouquet is composed of an unexpected mix of bright orange Asiatic lilies, red hypericum berries and wheat stems. The Forest Floor centerpiece puts an unusual twist on the standard seasonal arrangement, combining sunflowers, roses, crespedia and fall foliage, and is topped with 3 long tapers.  Another bouquet, the Bountiful Beanpot, features a striking arrangement of yellow Viking chrysanthemums, burgundy carnations, oak leaves and eucalyptus, and bear grass in a beautiful reusable ceramic pot.

FTD.com's new line of Todd Oldham Fall products will be unveiled exclusively on http://www.ftd.com/ on September 6.  The gift baskets and floral arrangements will be available for between $39.99 and $79.99.

About FTD Group, Inc (NYSE:FTD): FTD Group, Inc. is a leading provider of floral-related products and services to consumers and retail florists, as well as other retail locations offering floral products, in the U.S., Canada, the U.K. and the Republic of Ireland. The business utilizes the highly recognized FTD and Interflora brands, both supported by the Mercury Man logo, which is displayed in approximately 45,000 floral shops worldwide. The consumer businesses operate primarily through the http://www.ftd.com/ Web site in the U.S. and Canada and the http://www.interflora.co.uk/ Web site in the U.K. and are complemented by the florist businesses, which provide products and services to the Company's independent members.

About Todd Oldham:  Todd Oldham, is the host of Bravo's break-out hit Top Design as well as a distinguished innovator of accessible design for Target, the Todd Oldham by La-Z-Boy furniture collection and interior designer of The Hotel in South Beach, Florida, Todd Oldham is the founder of Todd Oldham Studio (http://www.toddoldhamstudio.com/), a multifaceted, full service design studio located in New York City. Todd is a regular on NBC's Today, and the host of MTV's Crib Crashers and Todd Oldham's Handmade Modern on HGTV. He is also a photographer whose work has appeared in L'Uomo Vogue.

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