Flowervision - Bristol Ltd

You're invited to our free coffee morning with Claire and Laura from Floralife on Wednesday, July 24th at 11am at the Flowervision Bristol cash & carry! ☕ Here's what's on the agenda:

💮 Discover how new FloraLife products can save you money, time, and water through engaging discussions and live demonstrations.
💮 Exclusive pricing on our FloraLife starter kit with a FREE Quickmix worth £78
💮Take home £50 worth of free sundries with every starter kit
💮 Enjoy delicious free coffee and snacks

Spaces are limited! To reserve your spot, please email [email protected].

Exciting news 🌸🥳 We’re thrilled to announce that you can now find information about the length and head size of our stunning hydrangeas on our website. Visit our website and login to your account to explore!

When? 30th June What’s on?……………
Networking opportunities
Industry specific news, ideas and activities. This includes a talk about software, and a marketing specific session which will allow you to come away with ideas and plans. It also includes round table talks on Costings, Websites and Wastage in our ‘Planning for Profit’ sessions.
Live Demonstration: Tracy Rowbottom and Lucy Silverthorne will create sustainable designs which will easily be recreated in a commercial setting.
UK Florist of the Year competition heats to take part in and view.
A delicious lunch provided by Toffs Pasta https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bfa-hub-meeting-and-uk-florist-of-the-year-2024-heats-bristol-tickets-868283518377?aff=erelexpmlt

We are really looking forward to seeing everyone on the 30th, lots going on and lots to learn.

Exciting workshop announcement! ✨🌸📱

After the very positive feedback following our April open days, we have been working with Lou from to bring you a bespoke ‘Instagram for Florists’ workshop.

Lou will be providing you with top tips on how to make the most of Instagram to market your business and will be filming our own doing a live floral demonstration, then showing you how to turn this footage into meaningful content.

You’ll then have the chance to film your own floral creation and turn this into a reel during the workshop with Lou guiding you along the way.

The first workshop will take place on 9th July at the cash & carry 6-9pm. We will provide all materials and light refreshments, so all you need to bring is a phone for filming!

Places are £45 each plus VAT and payment will be taken via your account prior to the workshop date.

We only have 12 places available, so if you’re keen to book a spot, please email [email protected] with your customer name and number.

Mark your diaries! 📆

Next week is British Flowers Week, and we’re collaborating with local growers to showcase their beautiful British Flowers in the cash & carry. Here is what we have lined up:
 
🌸 Monday 3rd June 🌸
The team from will be here working on a large British flower installation, which will stay up all week.
 
🌸 Tuesday 4th June 🌸
We invite you to pop into the cash & carry during our opening hours (5am– 11am) to look at the installation and meet some of our local growers, including our new Cornish foliage grower. And you know us here at Flowervision Bristol, we can’t let an event pass without the addition of something delicious, so we’ll be stocked up with British strawberries, scones, jam and clotted cream! 😋
 
🌸 Available all week 🌸
We’ll have a great selection of British flowers available to buy on our web shop throughout the week, plus a selection of British plants available to buy for next day.
 
The growers would love to meet you, so pop in for a chat, scone and a cuppa to celebrate all things British Flowers 💐

Meet Tracy and Lucy, our customer liaison team, and experienced in house florists 😀🌷👋
 
Tracy and Lucy spend time on the road calling in to see you, our customers, to help with anything you might need. Perhaps you need some help using our web shop, or maybe you’d like some guidance on pricing, or even advice on which rose variety would be best for an upcoming wedding? Most importantly, they are here to support you and listen to your feedback so we can continually improve our service.

Both Tracy and Lucy have a wealth of experience in the flower industry. Tracy started working at her local florist on a Saturday before enrolling on a floristry apprenticeship. She ran her own florist for 22 years, and during that time she also taught floristry (fun fact she taught Lucy at college!), did demonstrations and lots of freelance work, and has won numerous RHS Chelsea medals. Tracy then moved into a marketing and buying role for a large sundries wholesaler, before moving to Flowervision Bristol 6 years ago.
 
Lucy also started working at her local florist on a Saturday when she was 14 years old and has never looked back! She ran her own florist for 14 years, where she created wedding, event and funeral flowers, taught classes, and even won a Chelsea gold medal. Lucy was a long term customer of Flowervision Bristol, and joined our family in January 2024.

So if you would like Tracy or Lucy to pop in and see you, leave a message in the comments, or drop us an email to [email protected] and we can arrange a date and time that suits you.

Cornish Foliage: available to pre-order NOW!🌿

It’s happening!! You can now pre-order your Cornish foliage 🥳

Key things to know:

🌿 The pre-order list will work a week in advance and will be open from 12pm on a Monday until 10pm Sunday for delivery / collection on the Thursday or Friday of the following week. Therefore you need to place your order the week before you require it.

🌿 We will receive our delivery once a week on a Wednesday - hence why you can have a delivery / collection on a Thursday or Friday.

🌿 It will be updated on a weekly basis, based on what is available

🌿 You can access the pre-order list in the same place as the flower pre-order list

Any questions, just drop us a message 😀

A throwback to this time last week at ’s second instalment of workshops showing the group how to create a foam free funeral range.

Tracy used a wide range of techniques and materials to create different mechanics including some of the following:

🤍 Biodegradable card trays planted directly with soil and planted up to create a living wreath

🤍 Baskets filled with moss to resemble foam, enabling stems to be pushed straight in

🤍 Willow branches & string used to create a sheath structure for a casket

Naturally these things won’t last as long as ‘traditional’ funeral arrangements, but one of the key takeaways from this session was not trying to directly replicate designs made in foam, and instead offering an alternative range.

So if you’ve been asked for foam free funeral flowers, why not give one of these techniques a go, or get in touch if you’d like Tracy to talk you through any of them in more detail.

A big thank you to the wonderful group that attended, you created some truly beautiful pieces 👏

PLEASE READ: Due to Brexit, changes to rules around importing flower and plant from the EU will start from Wednesday 1st May.

The following 5 flower groups and ALL plants will require physical inspection upon entry into the UK: Dianthus, Chrysanthemum, Gypsophilia, Solidago, and Orchid.

Flowervision Bristol has been given approval to become a ‘Control Point’ (CP), to enable us to carry out physical inspections ourselves and minimise disruption, however this was only granted 2 weeks ago, so we are still in the process of implementing the facilities required to do this.

It‘s possible that we may experience delays receiving our stock this week, which could have a knock on effect to your delivery times. We therefore strongly advise if you have any time sensitive orders for this week that you order your stock a day earlier than required to allow for any hold ups at customs. 

We will keep you updated as much as possible, and as always will work as hard as we can to try to minimise any disruption to your business.

Best wishes,
Team FV Bristol x

A big thank you to the lovely group who came to our first workshop last night 😍 💐 was showing the group how to create a foam free bridal cascade bouquet.

If you’re interested in attending one of our workshops, here is what we have coming up:

7th May - Creating a foam free funeral range
Session 1 11.30am - 2pm
Session 2 6pm - 8.30pm

23rd May - Bold Floral Headpiece
Session 1 11.30am - 2pm
Session 2 6pm - 8.30pm

4th June - Large Fresh Flower installation
Session 111.30am - 2pm
Session 2 6pm - 8.30pm

All materials will be supplied,but please bring your own tools. To book a place email [email protected].
Fee is £20 plus VAT payable 48 hours prior to event.

And if there is anything you would love to learn, but isn’t in our list of workshops, just pop it in the comments! 😀

How was this a week ago already?!

Still in awe of the beautiful display created by Jen & Jess for our open event last week 🤩

For those of you that pre-ordered your GAIA Vessels with us, we are expecting the delivery in the next couple of weeks. We’ll drop you an email as soon as it arrives, and get your orders ready for delivery / collection.

What an exciting thing to look forward to 🙌

Thank you for letting us steal your fab pics 💖

Do you ever feel overwhelmed by Instagram and wonder how you could better utilise it for your business? Yeah, us too! 😅 But we have just the person coming to our Spring / Summer open event on the 17th April who can help! 😀

The lovely Lou from will be running pop up Instagram workshops throughout the evening covering the following topics: (swipe for more info ➡️)

✨ 4:30 - 5:15pm - Instagram stories
✨ 5:30 - 6:15pm - Reels for florists
✨ 6:30 - 7:15pm - Instagram Discoverability
✨ 7:30 - 8:15pm - Instagram Q&A clinic

No need to book a spot - just show up to the workshop(s) you think will be useful to you 😊

If you are yet to RSVP to our event & planning to come along, please email [email protected] with your customer number, business name, date you’re attending (17th or 18th) & how many are attending*

*Reminder this event is for registered customers of Flowervision Bristol only 🌸

NEW LOOK, SAME US! 🤩🧡💙

Some of you may have noticed on our 2024 Spring / Summer open event promo that we have been teasing you with our new look…

Since we became part of the Duyvenvoorde Group , we felt that we needed a more cohesive look with our partners. And also a chance to celebrate our growth, which enables us to provide you with even more of the very best flowers, plants, and sundries 💐🪴✂️

Don’t worry though, we’re still the same Flowervision Bristol that you know and love, just with a modern new look ✨💁‍♀️

We are very excited to be officially launching and sharing more of our new branding at our Spring / Summer open event on 17th & 18th April (see previous post for full details), and we would love for as many of you to come along and help us celebrate this new chapter!

The rumours were true! 👀🤩

We are absolutely delighted to announce that as of May 2024, we will be stocking a selection of the GAIA collection.

We are so excited to stock these ceramic vessels, which are both functional and beautiful, and we know you are going to love them.

The founders, Jess & Jen, will be attending our 2024 Spring / Summer open event in person on 17th and 18th April. They’ll have a sample display of their full range and will be creating showstopping floral displays to showcase the collection. Be sure to come along to chat to them!

We’ll also be offering an exclusive discount to our customers who sign up to pre-order the available products at the open event. Definitely not one to miss!

We are very excited to invite you to our 2024 Spring/Summer open event! 🙌

Please join us at the cash & carry on Wednesday 17th April 4pm-9pm or Thursday 18th April 8am-12pm 📆
 
We have LOADS of exciting things lined up for you, more details to be revealed soon, but highlights include…

📱👩🏻‍🏫 Instagram for business training workshops with (17th only)

🇳🇱🇬🇧 Dutch & British grower floral displays & demonstrations

✨🌸 exclusive pre-order & meet the creators

🥪 🇮🇹 Freshly baked Italian subs & street food by (17th only)

🧵🎀 Hand dyed silk ribbon showcase by .uk

🖥️🌹Flowervision web shop Q&A & advice on how to get the most out of our web shop

🌴🌵A chance to explore our plant jungle

✂️🏺20% discount across our full Bristol sundries range 

Plus goodie bags, free flowers, plants & sundries to take home!

We hope you can make it - please RSVP via email to [email protected] with your customer number, business name, how many guests will be attending & on which date 😀

Yesterday we shared that the grower we use for Anastasia green bloom chrysanthemum is stopping the production of this variety for now 💚

After 15 years of growing, the grower is taking a break as this is a notoriously hard variety to grow (even after 15 years of practice!) and maintain a high quality.

If you’re a fan of these blooms and sad to see them go, our buyers have advised that there is an alternative variety available - Alemani (swipe to see). We hope to be able to source this variety without any issues, but just a heads up that as there are now fewer green bloom chrysanthemums being grown, this might not be available 100% of the time.

🌻SAVE THE DATE!🌻

We are very excited to announce that we will be hosting our spring / summer open event on Wednesday 17th April 4pm-9pm & Thursday 18th April 8am-12pm.

We have SO many exciting things lined up that we can’t wait to share with you…more details to follow very soon 🤩

Our Mother’s Day preorder list is now officially open 🥳🌷

Just a quick bit of recovery time post Valentine’s and now it’s on to preparing for the next big floral celebration, which falls on Sunday 10th March this year!

Our buyers in Holland have been collaborating closely with growers to produce a Mother’s Day preorder list with a beautiful assortment of flowers, including tulips, eustoma, hydrangea and roses to name a few.

The preorder list will be open from midday on Tuesday 20th February until 10pm Friday 1st March. Be sure to take advantage of our fixed prices ahead of the Mother’s Day rush.

As always, we’re here to help with any queries you may have, so don’t hesitate to get in touch 😊

Happy Valentine’s Day lovers ❤️

The sun might not be shining on your flowers, but your romantic floral creations will be bringing a different kind of sunshine to lots of lucky people today 🥰☀️

Good luck, we hope you all have a great day!

We’ve just learned that have launched the first today!

We’ve had a few bunches from the auction in the cash & carry recently, and they’re available on our preorder list (for now) as availability is limited.

What a lovely addition to a winter wedding bouquet these would make. Has anyone used them? 🤍

7 days until the big day of lurveee! 🌹❤️

Below are the staggered closing times for the rose preorder list over the coming days. We aim to give you ultimate flexibility & accommodate all those last minute bouquet requests 🙈

For Fri 9th Feb > closes @ 10pm Wed 7th
For Sat 10th Feb > closes @ 10pm Wed 7th
For Sun 11th Feb > closes @ 10pm Fri 9th
For Mon 12th Feb > closes @ 10pm Fri 9th
For Tue 13th Feb > closes @ 10pm Fri 9th
For Wed 14th Feb > closes @ 10pm Sun 11th

Reminder that the cash & carry is also open on Sunday 11th 5:00 - 8:30am.

Wishing you all a fabulous Valentine’s period, and as always, if you need anything you know where we are 😀

These ranunculus are here to remind you that our ‘Valentine’s Flower’ preorder list closes today at 10pm - Friday 2nd Feb ❤️

Last date to preorder from our ‘Valentine’s Rose’ preorder list as follows:

🌹 For Fri 9th Feb = order by Tue 6th
🌹For Sat 10th Feb = order by Wed 7th
🌹For Sun 11th Feb = order by Thu 8th
🌹For Mon 12th Feb = order by Fri 9th
🌹For Tue 13th Feb = order by Sat 10th
🌹For Wed 14th Feb = order by Sun 11th

Tulips are go! This weekend was in the Netherlands, which marks the official start of the Dutch tulip season 🌷🇳🇱

Here’s a few snaps taken by our colleagues at of a recent visit to . Triflor produce over 30 million tulips that are available in 115 different varieties! These include parrot, fringed, crown, and double (peony) tulips.

Mixed anemone making their own perfect colour pallet 🎨

It’s Mimosa season! ✨💛

Available for a few months of the year from January to early spring, the auction is filled with trolley’s of sweet scented Mimosa with its bright tiny yellow blooms & feathery silver, green foliage.

It’s a date!🌹💌❤️

Our 2024 Valentine’s flower information & preorder lists will go live this Friday 12th January!