Flower Delivery UK 

Ever wondered where the flowers actually come from..............? 

Flowers are grown by nursery men and professional growers all over the world and transported
 by sea, land and air into the wholesale markets in each country.

The most famous growing country is Holland where mile upon mile of greenhouses
 cover the landscape growing fruit, vegetables and flowers
 to supply many countries across the world.

Ecuador and Columbia are fast becoming major players in the supply of fresh flowers.
  Australia, Israel, Kenya, South Africa, Guernsey and Jersey are all also major suppliers of fresh flowers.
 The growers export their flowers directly into the wholesale markets around the world.
 The biggest market is in Holland.  The Dutch Auction supplies much of Europe
and buyers come from all over the world to buy flowers from this Dutch Auction.

Ever wondered where we at Flower Delivery UK get our flowers............?

We at Flower Delivery UK are proud to be part of the Metz Premium Network -
 one of the biggest flower distribution and supply companies in Europe.
 As well as Metz buying from the Dutch Auction,
they also directly import stock from their growing partners in Ecuador. 

More importantly Metz are constantly developing very large ties direct with the Dutch growers.
  All flowers supplied by Metz are strictly to order.

We are able to choose from hundreds of flower types,
 varieties and colours knowing that the flowers we order will be bought just for us!

This means that when we order say 100 stems of chrysanthemum,
we know this order has been directly passed to the grower and those 100 stems are cut fresh for us.

 The flowers are packed and transported overnight and are delivered to us the following morning.
This large network system ensures that the flowers we receive are the freshest possible. 

We receive delivery of our flowers early morning and by lunchtime the flowers
 have been prepared by our florists (extra leaves stripped and stem ends cut),
placed in Professional 2 flower solution and placed in our temperature controlled cold room.
  These measures ensure that the flowers are kept in perfect conditions.
  Unless exotic, the flowers are not kept at room temperature.

  Once conditioned the flowers are used to individually make the bouquets ordered on our website.
  Bouquets are made throughout the day and replaced back
 into the cold room until they are packed and dispatched.
During packing we place an absorbent cloth around the bottom of the stems
 which is soaked in a solution of flower food.
 This ensures that the flowers remain hydrated before they are delivered to the recipients.

 Our policy in buying is to buy a little, often - ensuring fresh flower deliveries throughout the week.

Have you ever wondered where the flowers in your local florist come from...........?

 Some of the larger and busier local florists can also be part of the Metz Premium Network
 and receive the same high quality flowers that we do.

Years ago, the local florist not only had to look after their shop all day,
 but travel very early in the morning to buy their stock from the wholesale fruit,
 vegetable and flower markets scattered across the country. 

   In time specialist wholesale flowers suppliers stepped in to go to the markets
 and then travel around local florist shops supplying individual florists.
This process was developed by some of the larger flower wholesale suppliers who
 developed their own work units and had the flower suppliers
deliver to them thereby cutting out the market.
The florist could then go to these more local smaller suppliers instead of going to market.
 The only problem with this is that the supplier bought product speculatively
 in the hope of selling it to the florist and often the florist could arrive
 looking for a specific flower only to disappointed when that particular flower was not in stock.
  A smaller wholesaler cannot be expected to stock everything!

Both of these systems created a delay in the time the flowers are cut to the time they reach the florist.

   Have you ever wondered where the flowers in your local supermarket come from..........?

Large supermarkets buy in bulk. 
They will quite often have contracts direct with the growers to supply
 x thousand bunches of flowers a week.
 Because they buy in bulk the flowers take longer to be cut and package by the growers
 and so bunches have to be stored until the x thousand of bunches have been picked.

  Once packed the flowers would then be sent usually by lorry
to the supermarket's central warehousing.
  They are then unpacked and redistributed across the country store by store.

  All this bulk purchasing and handling involves time and creates pressure on the flowers
which are often dry packed with no water. 
The flowers once they reach the supermarket are already several days old,
 but because the supermarkets have very a very high turnover the flowers are sold to unwary customers. 

Once at home all too often the flowers die often due to dehydration
not in your home but dehydration caused by the time spent out of water during transportation.
  There are often no staff at supermarkets who are specifically trained
to look after flowers.
 At my local supermarket (a very large national chain..) I'm appalled to see
bashed and dead flowers still on display!  Beware of supermarket flowers!

To Contact Flower Delivery UK

       UK callers please call us on: 01691  624 555

    International callers please call us on: intl code + 44 1691 624555

You can call us between 9.00am to 4.30 pm Mon to Fri and 9.30 to 11.30 am on Saturdays - UK time.