Flower arrangements

An arrangement arrives finished. Where a bouquet needs a vase and a pair of hands at the other end, everything in this collection is built into its own container and can be carried in, put down and left.

Flower Arrangement Delivery Across London

Flower arrangement delivery runs seven days a week from our studio at Unit 3, The Willows, 80 Willow Walk, London SE1 5SY. Order by 10 PM for same-day delivery across London and Greater London.

Arrangements are the one part of the range where the delivery route matters as much as the deadline. A hand-tied bouquet can be boxed and sent anywhere in the UK; a built arrangement in a basket, vessel or foam base has to travel flat-bottomed and level, which is what our own London vans do and what a parcel network does not.

So if the address is outside London and the piece has to arrive intact, tell us before you order rather than after — +44 7458 683130, or WhatsApp on +44 7387 939120. We will say honestly whether we can get that particular piece to that particular postcode, or whether a bouquet or a flower box is the better product for the journey.

What Is Actually in This Collection

“Arrangement” covers four quite different kinds of work, and it is worth knowing which one you are looking at.

Gift arrangements in a vessel. Baskets, hatboxes and ceramic containers built on a soaked foam base, made to be given and put straight down. This is what most people mean by the word, and it is the safest thing to send to an office, a hospital, or anyone who will not want to deal with stems.

Sympathy and funeral work. Sheaves, sprays, cushions, hearts, crosses, letter tributes and casket work. These are built to be seen once, at a service, from a distance. If that is what you need, the funeral flowers collection groups them properly, and sympathy flowers covers what is sent to a person rather than to a service.

Seasonal and dried pieces. Wreaths, mantelpiece pieces and centrepieces, including dried work in pampas, bunny tails and preserved stems. Dried arrangements are the only thing here that does not need water and does not end — they are bought as objects rather than as flowers, and they suit people who like the look but resent the throwing away.

Event and installation work. Table centrepieces in sets, mantelpiece pieces, vase suites and larger installations, quoted rather than bought off the shelf. These are made to a brief and to a site, and they need lead time.

Arrangements for Hotels, Offices and Restaurants

A significant part of what the studio does is not gifts at all. Reception desks, lobbies, restaurant tables, meeting rooms and shop windows are a different design problem from a bouquet, and they are usually run as a standing order rather than one at a time.

The differences are practical. Commercial pieces are built taller and denser, because they are read from across a room and seen from every side rather than from the front. They use structural, long-lasting material — anthurium, orchid, monstera, eucalyptus, chrysanthemum — because nobody is going to change the water on a Saturday. And they are built to a fixed height and footprint, so that the piece delivered in week six looks like the piece delivered in week one, which is the thing that actually matters to a hotel.

Weekly, fortnightly or monthly rotations are the usual pattern, with the old piece taken away when the new one arrives. Tell us the space, the day of the week, the budget per piece and whether there is a house palette, and we will quote it. Our business services page has the detail.

Custom Flower Arrangements: How a Brief Actually Works

More people search for a custom arrangement than order one, and the reason is usually that they do not know what to ask for. The brief that works is short and contains four things.

Where it will stand. A dinner table needs a piece low enough to see over. A hallway console wants height. A reception desk needs a piece that works from three sides. This single fact changes the design more than the flower choice does.

The palette, or one flower to build around. Either “white and green” or “around these garden roses” is enough. Naming eight flowers is not more helpful than naming one.

What to avoid. The flower they dislike, the colour that clashes with the room, the scent that is too strong for the space, lilies if there is a cat. This is the most useful line in any brief.

The budget. Saying it plainly gets you a better piece than leaving it open, because it tells us whether to build on volume or on a small number of expensive stems. Pieces built the second way sit in our luxury range.

Leave that in the order notes, or message us first if you want to agree the design before paying. For anything at event scale, allow several days — the flowers are ordered in for the piece rather than taken from the bench.

Looking After an Arrangement

Almost every gift arrangement here is built into florist’s foam soaked in water, which is what holds the shape. That changes the care instructions completely from a bouquet: there is nothing to cut and nothing to rearrange.

Pour a small glass of cool water onto the foam every second day — enough to keep it damp, not enough to pool in the base. Keep the piece away from radiators, direct sun and draughts, and away from the fruit bowl, because ripening fruit gives off ethylene and ages cut flowers noticeably faster. Pull out any stem that fades before it starts affecting its neighbours; the piece will close over the gap.

Dried arrangements need the opposite of all this: no water at all, no damp room, and a shake or a hairdryer on cold to take the dust off every few months. Our flower care page covers both, and how long flowers last has a table by variety.

Flower Arrangements — Questions We Are Asked

What is the difference between an arrangement and a bouquet?

Who does the arranging. A bouquet is tied and wrapped, and the person receiving it trims it and finds a vase. An arrangement is built by us into wet florist’s foam inside a basket, box or vessel, so it arrives in its final shape and needs nothing but a little water every second day. That makes it the better choice when the recipient is at work, in hospital, elderly, or simply unlikely to own a vase big enough.

Can you make an arrangement for a hotel lobby or an office reception?

Yes, and it is a large part of what the studio does. Reception and lobby pieces are built taller and denser than gift arrangements because they are seen from across a room and from every side, and they are usually run as a standing weekly order rather than one-offs. Tell us the space, the day and the budget and we will quote it — see our business services.

Can I have an arrangement designed for a specific occasion?

Yes. Colour, height, container and formality all move, and the same flowers read completely differently arranged low for a dinner table or tall for a hallway. Leave the brief in the order notes, or message us first if the piece matters enough to agree in advance.

How much do arrangements cost, and how big do they go?

The collection runs from small desk and mantelpiece pieces up to event installations built from several arrangements at once, and every product shows its own price before you order. Event and installation work is quoted rather than listed, because it is priced by the site and the brief.

How do I look after an arrangement?

Pour a little cool water onto the foam every second day — enough to keep it damp, not enough to pool — and keep it away from radiators, direct sun and the fruit bowl. Pull out any stem that fades before it affects its neighbours. Dried arrangements need no water at all.

Do you deliver arrangements outside London?

Ask us about the specific piece and the specific postcode before you order. Built arrangements have to stay level the whole way, which our own London vans manage and a parcel network generally does not, so for an address well outside London a hand-tied bouquet or a flower box is usually the better product — both are built to travel upright in water. Call +44 7458 683130 and we will tell you honestly what is possible rather than take the order and hope.

Can I send an arrangement to a hospital?

Often, but check the ward first — a number of London hospitals no longer accept flowers on wards at all, and the policy differs between departments in the same building. Call the ward directly rather than the hospital switchboard. Where flowers are allowed, an arrangement is much the better choice than a bouquet, because ward staff have neither the vases nor the time.

Do you make dried and preserved arrangements?

Yes. Dried work in pampas, bunny tails, preserved eucalyptus and seed heads is made to order in the same containers as the fresh work. It lasts indefinitely in a dry room, needs no water, and it is the sensible answer for a desk, a holiday let, a shop window or anyone who travels and would rather not come home to dead flowers.