Daisy Florist

A small city-centre shop in the Great Western Arcade, run by a young team who met at Birmingham’s universities. Two things make it worth the detour: you can send it a photograph of the bouquet you have in your head and have it recreated, and it will deliver to a graduation venue at the hour you ask for.

What to come here for

The core is city-centre gifting — birthdays, congratulations, anniversaries, apologies, Mother’s Day and Valentine’s, in hand-tieds, flower boxes and the shop’s own Flora Message format. Being inside the arcade rather than in a suburb, a good share of the work is somebody nipping out of an office to fix something before the end of the day.

Graduation is the second, and it is handled with unusual care: the shop keeps a dedicated collection each season and will deliver to the ceremony venue at a requested time if you leave a note with the order. In a city with this many universities that is a more useful promise than it sounds.

Weddings and events are taken as a full service — bouquets, buttonholes and corsages, floral arches and backdrops, aisle, altar, table and welcome-corner styling, with delivery, set-up and takedown offered and the consultation free. The same team does proposals, baby showers and corporate events, in fresh or premium artificial flowers. Funeral bouquets are made to order as well, though this is not the shop’s centre of gravity.

Delivery and urgency

Same-day hand delivery and in-store pickup both run on chosen time slots rather than a single cut-off, which is the more useful arrangement if the flowers have to land at a particular moment — a ceremony, a meeting, someone getting home from work. Collection from the shop is free, and for a city-centre order it is usually the fastest route.

Nationwide delivery goes by courier and is subject to courier timing, so treat it as a different product from the local hand delivery. Cancellations need at least a day’s notice, since a custom arrangement is started well before the delivery slot.

Highlights

• Send a photograph, get something like it. Upload an inspiration picture and the team works to it rather than to a catalogue.
• Delivery to a graduation venue at a set time. Add the hour as a note and they work to it.
• Hands-on workshops. Small groups at the shop, seasonal stems, and you take your own arrangement home.
• Fresh or premium artificial. The choice runs through the whole offer, weddings included.
• Personalised finishing. Custom stem counts and names printed on the ribbon.

Where the flowers come from

The shop does not publish where it buys; nothing is said about markets, auctions or growers.

The shop, the service and what else they do

The Great Western Arcade is a Victorian shopping arcade of small independents, and the shop reads as one of them: a compact space where you can look at what is in the buckets, buy a card and accessories at the same time, and have a bouquet made up while you wait.

The workshops set it apart from the rest of the trade: hands-on sessions for beginners as much as enthusiasts, in small groups at the shop or at chosen venues, covering bouquet styling, colour pairing and flower care, with private bookings for birthdays, hen parties and team days. The schedule is still being built, so the sign-up list is the way in.

When to come and how to get there

The shop is inside the Great Western Arcade in the heart of the business district, minutes from Snow Hill station and an easy walk from the tram — convenient for an office errand, less so for parking.

The peaks are Valentine’s Day, Mothering Sunday, Christmas, the summer graduation weeks and the wedding season from late spring. On those dates the time slots are the first thing to run out, so book the slot before you finalise the bouquet.

Questions and answers

Can I get flowers delivered today?

Yes — same-day hand delivery runs on selected time slots, and in the city centre collection from the shop is often quicker still.

Can they copy a bouquet I have seen?

That is a standing offer: upload the picture with your order and the team will work towards something similar rather than identical, since the stems available change week to week.

Will they deliver to my graduation?

Yes, to the venue and at a time you specify — leave the time as a note when ordering.

Do they run flower-arranging classes?

Yes, in small hands-on groups at the shop or at chosen venues, with private sessions for birthdays, hen parties and team days. Dates are announced through the sign-up list.

How far ahead should wedding flowers be booked?

Start with the free consultation as early as you can, especially for arches, backdrops and full venue styling, which need set-up and takedown planned around the venue’s own schedule.

How do I know the flowers are fresh?

We repeat no freshness guarantee on the shop’s behalf. It is a walk-in shop, so the practical check is to look at the stems yourself; for a delivered order, the shop asks for photographs if anything arrives wrong.

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