Where you buy your flowers from says a whole load about how you rate the giftee. While we know there are many who will appreciate the fact you bought them any flowers at all, choosing the right bunch of quality blooms shows your unsuspecting recipient how much you truly care.
Most of us can spot a hastily bought bunch from the garage a mile off. They are not flowers that have been treated with care on their journey, and will have often been sat in stagnant water for days, if not a week, before being bought by hasty fuel patrons. They scream ‘last-minute-gift’.
To help you out, the team at Good Florist Guide has come up with some hints on where to buy your flowers.
Supermarket Flowers
Flowers here are often incredibly cheap, because they are luring you in to buy the chocs and wine to go with them. We know it can be very convenient but be careful! Even if you manage to get that dreadful sticky price tag off without ripping the packaging. They’ll know where they came from! Walk round to your nearest florist and show you went the extra mile.
Garage Forecourt Flowers
This is probably the worst purchase of all because you weren’t even multi-tasking i.e. doing the shopping … you’d simply forgotten! Take it from us, garage flowers are a complete no-no for any self-respecting friend.
Online Ordering
Not bad, especially if you use one of the decent websites who use a network of florists to make and deliver your order. However, be careful if you’re having them couriered rather than delivered by a local shop, because you run the risk they may not arrive on time especially if the weather turns nasty or if they have to be delivered to the office. If that big brown box is late or worse still, never turns up, your thoughtfulness will have been wasted.
Street Stalls
A good combination of economy and personal choice. Many stalls offer as good a range as a bespoke florist, you can have your gift personally made and wrapped. The downside is that they probably can’t deliver and you may need to hide them somewhere overnight. Make sure you have a warm but not too warm place to keep them hidden (garages and car boots are a no-no – they’ll either freeze or overheat depending on where you live!). Fill a bucket with water and cut and condition them so they’re still fresh by morning. Failing that ask the florist stall to put them in an aqua pack or water bubble and then in a flower bag or box so you don’t have to faff about but keep them safe and upright to avoid large puddles.
Local Florists
When it comes to special deliveries a local florist is quite simply the best option. Not only will your recipient know you took the time to pick up the phone or visit the shop to speak to the person making the gift but you’ll have had the chance to really personalise your gift and, if you went in, hand-write the card. This sort of purchase shows true care and shouldn’t cost you any more than an online order, in fact, it may actually end up being far better value because all the money will go on the flowers rather than any middleman charges.
Don’t worry if you’re stuck for ideas on what to buy or how much to spend – you can check out our Buying Flowers guide for oodles of advice.
