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Eight reasons why you should pre-order your Christmas Tree with us

One of the best things about Christmas is buying and decorating your tree. But it can also be one of the most stressful times of the year… especially if all the good ones have been snatched up. At Flowers Unlimited, we can take that pressure away if you choose to pre order your tree with us before the 30th November! Here are 8 reasons why you should pre order with us…   1. We’ll provide free delivery and installation at a time that suits you 2. Choose your tree yourself at our store, or order online without even leaving the house! 3. No prickly pine needles will ...Read More

Our famous wreath making workshops are back for 2019!

We’re extremely excited to announce the launch of four new dates in November and December 2019 for our bespoke wreath making workshops held at our Hove store. Back by popular demand, our workshops sold-out within a week last year. This time around, we’ve made our group numbers much smaller – from 13 to six people per group. You’ll receive a much more hands-on approach, so that you can be sure to go home with a stunning wreath to hang on your door this season! Dates available are as follows: 26/11/2019 - 6.30-8.30pm 28/11/2019 - 6.30-8.30pm 03/12/2019 - 6.30-8.30 ...Read More

BAHBA's 2017

  We had the privilege of supplying the table centres for this year's Brighton & Hove Business Awards - held at Stanmer House on Thursday 14th September. The event organisers were looking for a tropical theme using lots of foliage and we created some simple, all foliage tall vase arrangements using palm leaves, monstera leaves, and grasses. To read more about the event and to find out the winners names click here   Read More

SPRING!

Spring Cleaning and Spring Flowers All of us at Flowers Unlimited hope that you have had a great Easter Bank Holiday weekend and that you were unaffected by Storm Katie. Now she’s blown ov er it looks like normal Spring weather might not be too far away. This is the time of year when traditionally most people feel the need to have a bit of a Spring clean to clear out the Winter cobwebs and prepare for Summer. It can be expensive to buy all the cleaning materials so click here to see these great tips we found for making your own using things most people already have in their kitchen cu ...Read More

Mum we love you!

Hot for Spring from £44.95 Hot for Spring from £44.95 Yes it's that time of year again - Mother's Day is nearly here We have just had an amazingly busy Valentines Day in both our Hove and Southampton stores and now we are heading rapidly towards Mothers Day, Sunday 6th March, followed closely by International Women's Day on Tuesday 8th March.  We all love roses but our florists are getting really excited about Spring flowers which are traditionally really popular gifts for Mothers Day. The shops will fill with the heady scent of freesias, hyacinths, tete a tete, paperwhites, tulips and everyone's favourite: daffodils.  ...Read More

Full-Time Florist for Southampton

Flowers Unlimited are expanding! We’ve recently purchased The Floral Shop in Shirley Road, Southampton and are looking to return it to its former glory. It was the first ever Teleflorist (now eFlorist) shop in the world, and has a long-standing tradition of supplying fantastic flowers and services to the local community. So we are looking for someone to join our team.  Obviously you'll need to be a great florist – that goes without saying. You’ll need a 'customer-first' attitude and be looking to constantly WOW in everything you do. You’ll also ne ...Read More

Delivery chaos!

Euro Tunnel DelaysEuro Tunnel DelaysIt's been a testing couple of weeks for us. The strikes and the migrants at Calais have been causing chaos with the British Flower market. Euro Tunnel closed, ferries full, thank goodness we work with a Dutch wholesaler who has been ready to work extra long hours to ensure that we receive our flowers. We've spoken to lots of shops around the UK who simply have run out of flowers and cannot supply - not the same with us. We've not had a single day where we haven't been able to provide exactly what the customer has requested. In addition to our normal Dutch supplier, we've b ...Read More

Stop The Press - It's A Girl!

Kate with flowersKate with flowers We're all thrilled to have learnt of the safe arrival of a new Princess. The Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton has given birth to a baby girl, Kensington Palace has confirmed. The baby was born at 8.34am, weighing 8lbs 3oz. The new Royal is fourth in line to the throne, knocking Uncle Harry down to fifth.   An occasion such as this is one of the favourite times for sending flowers to wish the family well. We're sure that Kate will be receiving many, many bouquets from parents, siblings, friends, and well-wishers alike.   We'd be thinking about ...Read More

Flower And Plant Care!

This week, we thought we'd give you some flower and plant care tips. Flowers and plants require a degree of care to keep them alive for longer. If you follow these practices you'll be able to improve their vase life.  Each type can have individual requirements but we would generally recommend the following: When flowers are delivered in a bouquet wrapped in cellophane in or out of water: Bouquets will normally be delivered in water so over the sink remove packaging and trim the stems. At an angle cut approximately 1cm from the end. This will help the flowers draw up the water ...Read More

Mother's Day Collection now available

Our Mother's Day collection has been launched and is on our website for you to see right now! Why now choose something for your Mum to thank her for being the person she is - click here to see the whole collection. Read More

Post Valentine's

Thanks to everyone who ordered from us for delivery last weekend. It was a record Valentine's for us despite it being on a Saturday - industry predictions always forecast a 20% drop but we showed a near 30% increase. We sold well over 4,000 red roses plus a huge amount of other coloured roses and flowers.  The picture above shows you one of the orders that we made - 364 red roses plus 1 white rose in the centre. An amazing arrangement and quite a job for our driver to carry up four flights of stairs on delivery! One lucky recipient!    We're now heading towards the 8 ...Read More

Valentine's roses

It's that time of year again - Love is in the air! We'll be delivering beautiful roses all over Brighton, Hove and surrounding areas, as well as one or two vans leaving nice and early for deliveries up as far as London.   We've been preparing for a while now. Our wholesalers and growers have had our advanced orders. It's always a challenge to estimate how many roses we may sell. Too many and you're in trouble, not enough and you're in trouble! Over the years we've become quite good at the numbers and are usually fairly acurate.   We buy 3 grades of red ...Read More

New iTunes and Google Play App Launched

We're really excited to be able to announce that our phone app is now live and ready for you to download from iTunes  - click here or the Google Play Store - click here or search for Flowers Unlimited in either app store on your phone.   You may be thinking 'Why should I download and have another app on my phone?' The best feature of this brand new application is our Loyalty Card. Register for the card to earn rewards and receive exclusive offers.  Here's how it works   Download the app.  Register for the loya ...Read More

Our Mystery Shopping Experience

If you have bought from us, you'll know that we try to provide quality in both flowers and the level of service and expertise. We've realised for a long time now that we need to constantly seek feedback from our customers regarding their experience of shopping with us. The main place where our reviews can be seen is on Trustpilot - if you are interested in looking at them click here We're open minded enough to know that we don't always get things right, and that there are plenty of things that we can learn. With this in mind we asked Shopper Anonymous, the UK's ...Read More

Spring Range Launched

Spring is here, one of our favourite seasons, lots of beautiful bright and cheerful colours along with very scented flowers, take a look at our whole Spring Collection here. Read More

Festive Plants

During the holidays there are a number of festive plants and flowers around to celebrate Christmas. One of the most common is the Christmas wreath. You can find these hanging on doors and inside the house. The tradition of the Christmas wreath dates back to hundreds of years ago. People would use the wreath during celebrations for the winter solstice. Evergreen is traditionally used as this stays green through the winter months. It is a sign of growth and that spring is to come. Within Christian traditions it is seen as a sign of eternity. The wreath has no beginning and no end. It is a welco ...Read More

The Christmas Tree

It’s hard to believe that the Christmas tree hasn’t always been a tradition. The warm glow of the lights and glisten of tinsel is all part of the holidays. Christmas trees are big business and in Great Britain alone at least 8 million are consumed each year. Our beloved Christmas trees only became popular in Britain and America around 1848.  Queen Victoria was pictured standing in front of one and with that the tree became popular. Windsor castle only had a tree because Prince Albert was German and Germany were first to adopt the tradition. The German settlers in America did ...Read More

Our New Ecommerce Website is Now Live!

Our new ecommerce website is now live, order online anytime or if you prefer you can pick up the phone or come in and see us if you're local. Read More
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