Florists in Wellington

Before you order in Wellington

We don’t list Wellingtonflorists. Unlike some trades there is no public register of New Zealand florists to work from, so every listing has to be read from a shop’s own site one at a time — and a cut-off time we guessed at is how a funeral delivery gets missed. Rather than guess, here is what to ask.

Four questions that prevent most problems

• “What time is your same-day cut-off, and is the recipient’s suburb in your same-day zone?” Two separate questions. Being inside the delivery area does not mean being inside the same-day area.
• “What’s your substitution policy?” Florists substitute when a stem is unavailable, which is normal. Whether they check with you first is the thing that varies, and it matters if you have asked for a specific flower for a specific reason.
• “What’s actually in season?” A seasonal arrangement at a given price will be bigger and last longer than one built from imported stems. Asking this question usually gets you more flowers.
• “What happens if nobody is home?” Policies differ: left in a porch, taken back to the shop, redelivered for a fee. Worth knowing before a bouquet spends a summer afternoon on a doorstep.

For deliveries to a funeral or a hospital, say so when you order. Both have hard windows and specific requirements, and a florist who does them regularly will tell you what those are.