Sending Flowers to the Love of your Life – Top Tips for Getting it Right
Flowers are such a great gift for every occasion, but so easy to get wrong, and click here pretty easy to get right. Here’s our hints and tips, do's and don'ts, to avoid the cold shoulder and putting yourself back into the doghouse. Firstly, what not to do.
Don’t buy flowers at the garage or the supermarket.
Especially not the cheap, reduced to clear ones, and particularly ones that have bright blue flowers in them. I mean come on, have you ever seen Mother Nature produce anything that colour? With cheap flowers, you may almost be better off not bothering at all. It may well not be the thought that counts.
If budget is top of mind, then how about picking some wild flowers instead? If you do go with the garage version then our top tip is buy two bunches, take them out the wrappings and rewrap them. If you’re at a garage in the UK, buy the Financial Times, as that salmon pink newsprint makes a pretty funky wrapping paper, and will transform even the saddest looking set of flowers into something beautiful.
And if you do choose something from the garage, bear in mind our next tip too!
It’s the equivalent of the quarter pound box of chocolates. Buy the most stylish bunch you can afford, or buy more of a cheaper flower.
You’d be amazed at how stunning masses of something simple like daffodils are together, and often in the spring you’ll get 3 bunches for £1. So for less than the cost of a pint of beer in London, you could get 9 bunches, which will look spectacular.
Don’t assume flowers are just for the girls.
For any ladies hunting down tips for their other halves, we’re talking to you! If you choose the right version then the man in your life could be very surprised and secretly pleased to receive some great looking blooms. Although probably best not to send them to his workplace.
So bearing all that in mind, here’s what to do.
If you're the type who avoids sending red roses because they just seem such a cliché, don’t think the romantic gesture is beyond you. Most florists have moved into the 21st century and can offer stunning modern bouquets with no sign of red roses or gypsophilia. Don’t be afraid to tell them what you want to avoid, as well as what you think your other half might like.
Well, not so much you as the love of your life. If they fancy themselves as a world class florist, then get them a box of flowers from a wholesalers and let them unleash their creative talents.
If you’re in the London area, then make an early morning trip to the legendary New Covent Garden Flower Market, and buy in a bucket load. Most stalls have done the bulk of their business by 6am, but you’ll find some great places for a bacon sandwich to restore you afterwards. Most big cities have wholesale markets and most are open to the early-rising public.
