I've never had flowers delivered before and chose to receive Interflora's cottage garden hand-tied bouquet because it has peonies in it, they are my favourite! The flowers arrived by courier in a large box and were wrapped in lilac tissue with an outer plastic wrap and ribbon. They were perfectly fresh with no brown edges and smelled fantastic thanks to the rosemary sprigs that complemented the roses and peonies. Even Mr commented on how good they smelled which says a lot!
The plan was to give my Mum the bouquet while she was visiting for K's birthday last Wednesday (I didn't want it delivered directly to her in case my blog was mentioned, she doesn't know about it and I'd like it to stay that way). But the flowers arrived on Friday – my fault for not specifying a date, which you can do when you order via the website – so I kept them. You can also choose the size of bouquet and the option to add a vase, unfortunately the vase I'd asked for didn't arrive.
I think the prices are acceptable for a special occasion, it would be so exciting to get a surprise delivery. It's also a handy resource for any last minute panics which is what happened with my wedding bouquet. I made mine myself, but could I find peonies anywhere? No. Interflora have a 'within 3 hours' delivery option which would have saved me a lot of time, petrol money and stress!
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I was sent the bouquet free of charge to review and all opinions expressed are my own.
