Whilst it looks like our summer will fizzle out without too much in the way of sunshine (we still live in hope of an Indian summer!), now’s the perfect time to be thinking about autumnal flowers. Whilst many of the flowers that our florists will use to create your flower delivery can be obtained all-year-round, [...]

AWeymouthflorist has given the country a glimpse of what the flowers at next year’s Olympic Games might look like by creating presentation bouquets for a pre-games Olympic sailing test event. The 48 presentation bouquets were created by Weymouth florist Fiona Penny, who is also competing to be contracted by the London Organising Committee in 2012. Fiona [...]

Whilst today’s floral gifts usually have a card with a written message attached, history tells us that a century or so ago, people didn’t need that written expression – instead they knew what the sentiment was from the style of the arrangement, the flowers used and the colours chosen. Throughout history, flowers have had language [...]

On our blog, we often talk about what goes into running a florist shop and what it takes to ensure your flower delivery arrives on time and with the correct flowers in peak condition. This time, I thought we would talk about bulb flowers, and more precisely, spring bulbs. Right now in Holland and, we’re [...]

Sadly, the riots that have spread across major English cities in the past week have had an impact on one of our florists – Flower Haven in Ealing. The shop was badly vandalised, with windows smashed and floral displays ransacked. All at Direct2Florist send our best wishes to the team at Floral Haven and hope [...]