Where to Buy Flowers & Bouquets

  • May 31, 2023
  • By Botanical lounge
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Depending  on your requirements, flowers can be purchased from the following outlets:

 

Supermarkets

 

Advantages
  • Inexpensive flowers
  • Easy to purchase
  • flowers can be returned if sub-standard

 

Disadvantages
  • According to the individual store, the flowers may have been well looked after or ignored
  • Limited range of flowers
  • Foliage is extremely limited

 

Street flower stalls

 

Advantages
  • Inexpensive flowers
  • Easy to purchase

 

Disadvantages
  • Often open to the elements, which can limit their life
  • Wrapping options limited
  • May be difficult to return flowers
  • Foliage limited

 

Florists shop

 

Advantages
  • Good range of flowers with long stems
  • Choice of foliage often available
  • Flowers can be returned if sub-standard
  • Ability to send flowers easily through a relay service such as Interflora or EFlorist
  • Bespoke packaging
  • Service

 

Disadvantages
  • Flowers can be slightly more expensive than buying from a stall or supermarket

 

Major flower markets

 

Advantages
  • Can be less expensive
  • A vast range of products with longer stems
  • Good range of foliage

 

Disadvantages
  • May have to buy in larger quantities than required
  • Unless you are a regular, valued customer it may prove difficult to return substandard flowers
  • You need to understand the product to get the best quality

Content reference from Judith Black Lock (Author) - Flower arranging

 

Buying Online

 

Advantages
  • Easy to purchase
  • Quality is usually high
  • Easy delivery, sending gifts to your loved ones directly from anywhere

 

Disadvantages
  • Limited options
  • Colors may differ slightly from the original.

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