MEANINGFUL FUNERAL FLOWERS AND THE PERFECT ARRANGEMENT
11 April 2024
Loosing a loved one is an emotional and challening time and selectiing the right flowers can be daunting. At Townend Florist we understand the importance and significance of a loss wether it be your Mum, Dad, Grandparent, friend or colleague. We know that your loved one is special and we are here to guide you through not just choosing funeral flowers but helpimg you create a floral tribute that is perfect and fitting.
Funeral flowers are a longstanding tradition of showing love, respect, sympathy and is thought to be last gift you can give your loved one.
How is best to choose the ri ...Read MoreRED ROSES FOR VALENTINES
16 January 2024
Valentine's Day ( Wednesday 14th of February) is on its way.
There's only one way to to celebrate Valentine's Day and that's with flowers. It doesn't always have to be red roses but they are the classical symbol of love and romance.
So why choose a florist? Why not just pop to a supermarket?
Because we care, we only use roses that are fit for prupose and that are graded as A1. Which means it is the best quality grown which in turn means that your bouquet will bloom for the longest period of time.
Our roses come delivered directly to us from the grower and wh ...Read MoreALWAYS A HONOUR - FUNERAL FLOWERS
10 January 2024
Funeral flowers are one of the most honoured job a florist is asked to do. As a florist we know how very important a funeral flower tribute is to you.
Every design is made by is personal to us, each flower is a reprsentation of your loved one.
Saying that each family are also diffenrent and we completley respect that you want your flowers to reflect that.
You can see some families like to co-ordinate their flowers, so that each funeral tribute is unique but also sit together as a united collection. While still having their own sentiment.
Special funeral flowers are always a ...Read MoreWhy Choose us this Christmas
11 December 2023
Why Choose Townend Florist this Christmas?
Well its quite simple, we do it all for you. By buying one of our florist choice Christmas Bouquets, you are allowing us to use the best stems available to create a fresh unique design.
By best stems we don't mean that any others are less. As a florist "Best stems" means using flowers that are available from the growers. Rather than tying ourseleves to certain flowers we can buy the more unsual flower to create your bouquet. Rather than passing them up we feel that as a florist it is our job to make your boquuet to the very best ...Read MoreChristmas Flowers at Townend Florist
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Christmas has arrived at Townend Florist. We're all ready delivering some joy and cheer with our beautiful flowers and bouquets.
We know that sometimes flowers can be a small stocking filler gift, like our Christmas Card Flower Arrangement or they can be a main big present gift like our Classical Christmas Bouquet.
Either way we make your bouquet or arrangement fresh and unique. That's why you will find a lot of Florist Choice Christmas Bouquets. By buying these type of bouquqets you will alllow our florists to create your bpuquet with fresh seasonal flowers that will in turn m ...Read MoreFuneral Flowers Can Be Fun
07 November 2023
While we fully understand that at a time of grief it can be hard to smile, laugh or even have fun, we also are very aware that a funeral is about celebrating your loved ones life.
Funeral flowers have a traditonal stance of being the last gift you can give. Today funeral flower tributes are about reflecting your loved one. Some of the wreaths, coffin tops and bespoke funeral flower tributes we have made have been about the fun in life that the loved one had.
We created this grey squirrel out of flowers for a lady who fed a grey squirrel breakfast, lunch and tea. She named him Fre ...Read MoreBringing Autumn Flowers to Sheffield
05 October 2023
Honestly Autumn is the best time of year. Our flowers are popping with colour and so are our creative vibes.
Take this envelope design, our Autumn Charm. Created by us at Townend Florist. It depicts all the fun that autumn brings. Filled with happy, warming colours and seasonal flowers. It sucha fun and different flower gift to give.
Originally we created this design for a lady who wanted to give her daughter something for for Birthday that wasn't a bouquet but somehting different and also something that wasn't overly expensive as she was taking her daughter out for the day.&nb ...Read MoreWhat we do
26 September 2023
The other side to our business is funeral flowers. It's a massive priviledge to make such important flowers for families.
Often we're asked what's the norm? Well truthfully, there isn't one. Flowers and funerals go back centuries, considered the last gift you can give your loved one. Which is still true and times have changed. The flowers we make aren't about tradition is is about portraying who that person is, what they like, hobbies, who they are to you and making them personal.
While Coffin Flowers are a great way of a family coming togehter in a untied des ...Read MoreFalling into Autumn
14 September 2023
Some say Autumn is the best time of year and some people say it's the begining of the darkest days of the year.
As a florist it's one of my favourite times of year. The oportunity to show our customers what we can do, with all the quirky flowers, foliage and natural decorations. While the amount of availability on some flowers do start to fall, this is where a florist thrives. We use creative styles to showcase not only our talent but to give each of our customers somehting unique, different and special. Take our Pumpkin Patch arrangement for instance, filled with fl ...Read MoreEvery Day is Different
05 September 2023
Same day flowers are a unique design, created by us at Townend Florist. Everyday we have a fresh flower delivery come into our shop. Every day we create beautiful bouquets for each and every customer that needs that bouquet delivering today. We take pride in making our flower bouquets perfect for each customer as every customer has a different reason and occasion for sending flowers.
So why cant i have a Purple Haze Bouquet today? Well that is because we would order those flowers to come in for the next day or the pre ordered day you want your delivery to take place.
Our Fl ...Read MoreAll About the Blooms
20 June 2023
Summer is in full swing. Peonies, Sunflowers, Roses, Stocks, Chamomile are just some of the most perfect flowers that are available and we can't resist using them in our bouquets. We definitley using all the vibrance of the season. Our fresh daily delivery straight from the flower farms guarantees that your bouquet will be delivered in perfect condition ready for those beautiful flower stems to bloom into pure some joy.
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31 March 2023
Over March we have had the privilage of helping many families say Good bye to their cherished, loved ones.
For us it really is a privelage to be asked to create each and every design. We know how important and it is to be be part of someones grief and that making funeral flowers are a massive responsibilty. It is never something we would dream of making without pouring our hearts into. Talking to families, finding out about a loved one (thier likes and dislikes), their hobbies and personality all contribute in to how we make each funeral flower tribute.
We also understand that that som ...Read MoreFlowers for April
28 March 2023
As the days get longer, flowers have more fun in the sun. A full new season of flowers are now making an appearance and we're more than excited. After all it's been a long hard winter.
How does a florist combat the eternally winter blues.... well with spring of course. We're seeing so many more varieties of flowers coming through stocks, rannunculus, snap dragons, tanacetum, tulips, hyacinth in fact more than i can mention. As a florist we love the challenges of making stunning bouquets even in the winter when flower varieties are scares but now we're truly seeing in colour. O ...Read MoreSpring has Sprung
21 March 2023
So it's the second day of spring and you wouldn't even know it, the weather is grim, grey and cold. But never fear we've always got some cheer at Townend Florist. We've alway said flowers are for everyone. So with that in mind each each we bring a specially design bouquet on to our shop floor. Not only is it seasonal but also exceptional value too.
This week we've gone for Tulips, because nothing say Spring is here like them. But we've not gone for a standard tulip (no not us), this week Louisa picked out the most beautiful double tulip called Colombus. All ...Read MoreLOVE IS IN THE AIR
01 February 2023
Valentine's Day is on the way and this year we're going bigger and better. Flowers have always been the gift of Valentines. So this year we've gone for or usual velvet red roses , 60 cm long and even though they look big and beautiful when you get them you can actually watch them bloom into the most gorgeous big garden roses.
Read MoreMake the Most of Christmas
07 December 2022
Make the most out of Christmas. We know it's a busy time of year and with only three weeks to go Christmas feels far away. As a florist we plan for Christmas as much as possible.
Read MoreIt's begging to look a lot like Christmas
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Introducing our Gingerbread Bouquet. Christmas doesn't have to be red, white and green flowers but it does have to be beautiful and it definitley has to put a smile on your face. Christmas should be warm, fun and memorable. Just like our bouqets that we create. They are designed by us , photographed by us and made by us and delivered by us. Yers we do it all ourselevs and only for our customers. We will or have used generic pictures of bouquets, we've alwasy wanted to create for our customers and that is why we come up witha new range of flowers and ouquets for each season and for each ...Read MoreFlowering up Christmas
23 November 2022
Christmas and flowers go hand in hand. A wonderful bouquet fresh flowers in December are a true gift. Especially as the winter season gives way to natures rest.
So why are bouquets different? Well we're not a cookie cutter florist. We have always wanted to be unique, create special bouquets. We know when you send a gift you want it to be a memory, flowers that make you go WOW. We've always shown our talents of and very proudly too. Most importantly we've always made our flowers for everyone in mind no matter what your price range because we've always gone by "flowers are ...Read More48 Days to Christmas
07 November 2022
Christmas always feel like it so so very far away. For a florist Christmas is the most exciting time of year. Creating special gifts, making flowers and bouquets that are special ( and every bouquet is made fresh). Each year we get busy making sure that our flowers and on trend, different from the previous year and not the usual bouquets that every other florist in Sheffield makes. Because when you want a bouquet delivered you want it to mean something that is going to be remebered and loved. We also take extra care with our bouquets by delivering them our seleves, You''ll often ...Read MoreThe holidays are coming
25 October 2022
Christmas is on it's way. As every year we have created a new range of bouquets, flowers and displays. We're busy prepping all the beautiful door wreaths that will be available to order from the 6th of November. You can preorder so you are ready to adorn your door this Christmas when your decorations go up.
Sending flowers at Christmas has been a long standing tradition at Christmas, especially in the U.K. Sending a fresh flower bouquet has always been seen as giving the gift of something fresh and vibrant in our darkest days of the year. Especially when there aren't many fresh fl ...Read MoreMid Summer Madness
06 July 2022
As we reach mid Summer the peonies, stocks and foxgloves finish a new era starts. Staring Dahlia, Sunflowers, Celosia and Hydrangea Mid Summer brings some of the biggest flowers of the year. You'll definitley see these big beauties featuring in our bouquets and seasonal flower bouquets.
It may mean that Autumn is drawing slightly nearer but we have plenty of summer brightness left in us yet.
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