Our Interflora Florists

Interflora is built on more than just 100 years of experience, it’s built on hundreds of years of combined floristry expertise across a dedicated network of over 900 florists. Florists with heritage, a story to tell and legacy to uphold, florists working within their local community to help it thrive and florists with their own individual floristry style. But most importantly, florists with the same goal of wrapping up your sentiments in a beautiful handmade bespoke bouquet and delivering it personally to your special person with care.

April Florist of the Month - Mezmerize Flowers, Harlow, Essex

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Mary, used to have her head in the clouds and dream of being an air hostess, then one cold winter evening she went to a festive floristry workshop to make a Christmas table centre piece, 26 years later she is running her second florist shop, Mezmerize, having fallen in love with flower arranging that night.

In her first shop, Mary made friends with all the other retailers on the street, including Tracy the local hairdresser, over the years their friendship blossomed, and Tracy has now been working with Mary for 2 years, smashing her Level 1 Floristry with distinction and learning as much as she can from Mary on the job.

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Mary reflects: “You’re forever teaching yourself really, new techniques and new ranges come in; you never stop learning. Someone will come in and say to you “Can you make me this”, and we’ve never made one before, but we love a challenge, so it’s really nice to be asked to do things that you’re not used to doing every day.”

But the smaller requests for something classic, have just as much impact. Mary has a gentleman who visits the shop weekly to buy his wife of 60 years 12 stems of freesias because they were the first flowers he ever bought her, and they were in her wedding bouquet; he has dementia now, but he never forgets her flowers. Tracy says: “That makes me cry. I’m the crier. Mary’s the one like, come on, let’s put that bottom lip away. Sometimes you don’t realise how much you’ve made that person’s day.”

Get To Know Our Florists

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Our florists have a wealth of experience you can trust

“I’m a 4th generation florist. There’s a lot of family in the business, my cousins, my brother, and my grandmother, whose husbands uncle started the business after the war; houses where being built in the area and so he opened the florist shop to give people work, growing flowers in his garden.”

Andrew, Williamson’s My Florist

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Our florists give every bouquet their personal touch

Every Interflora bouquet is handmade bespoke by a local florist and delivered personally just for your special person.

“Even if you gave us both the exact same flowers you would still have two different bouquets, we all have our own style.”

Lesley-Anna & Kaz, Stalks & Stems

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Our florists are at the heart of their local community

When Steve had the opportunity to bid for a covid recovery fund he took a holistic approach; Broomhill, has one of the highest pollution rates in Sheffield due to standing traffic, so he oversaw the installation of a giant living green wall, absorbent of CO2 emissions and helping lower pollution.

‘We created something that was good for the community, and looks nice as well.’ Steve, Pavilion Flowers

Our Florists Are Award Winning

“Our Interflora Artisan Award meant so much to us it, it provided us with the recognition we needed from Interflora for all the hard work we put into creating the design’s and getting them delivered on time with great customer service and it is lovely to see our hard work was paying off.”

Stephanie Tue, Pickerings Florist

Our Florist FAQs

Re-cut the stems at an angle, they get an air-lock so quickly, especially roses, once it’s out of water that end will seal up and the head will droop - cut that end!

- Jodie, Flowers By Zoe

From a one week work experience placement to a full time job, I love it and get up to run work every Monday! In that week, it changed my life, it was like my calling! I loved being surrounded by flowers everyday and being able to create for customers and make them happy. Being able to create something beautiful for someone, for a loved one, it means a lot to me, I’ve grown as a person, it’s made me who I am today.

- Celina, Flowergirl

It’s personal, something different to the run of the mill, taking in a little of my crazy personality.

- Michelle Grainger, Michelle’s Flowers Ltd.

I like that it’s got peaks and troughs, I love Valentine’s, Mother’s Day, Christmas where we work the long hours with the high level of orders coming in, then you get the nice settle down, then you get the wedding season.

- Stephanie, Pickerings Florist

Every day is different and flowers change week to week throughout the year. The seasonality of it is great and all the different celebrations we get to do throughout the year.

- Andrew, Williamson’s My Florist

It’s not just about floristry, it’s about imagination and making it work.

- Myra, Williamson’s My Florist

Being able to adapt to change. We handle births, marriages and deaths and all have different way’s of dealing with it, I like that challenge.

- Allan, Henderson’s Flowers

We always make the deadline. There’s always lots of laughs and giggles and coffee in between, coffee keeps us sane, definitely!

- Lesley-Anne, Stalks & Stems.

Or, if like the ladies of Ludlow, you have just pulled an all-nighter for Valentines Day and share your town with Michelin Star chef, Claude Bosi, you will be hand delivered a “tureen of soup in full chefs outfit”!

- Sarah, Florabunda

We cater for all sorts of occasions from the happiest ones to the saddest ones. Floristry has made me see funerals differently, and I feel that being able to do something special and unique for somebody that represents that persons character is actually quite a gift.

- Jonathon, Pavillion Flowers

I like pressure, I like the big weddings, I like the end achievements, the big designs, that bit of stress, I thrive on that.

- Steph, Pickerings Florist

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    Our florist network extends abroad, so you can connect with them wherever they may be.