We sell both fresh and dried flowers, and we get asked the difference almost every day. The honest answer is that they do different jobs, and once you see it that way the choice usually makes itself.
Fresh flowers mark a moment
A birthday, an apology, a welcome-home, a funeral. Fresh flowers carry feeling precisely because they do not last forever. They are scent and softness and a week or two of colour, and nothing replaces them for occasions that matter. Ours are arranged to order in the shop and delivered the same day across Winchester when you order by 12 noon.
Dried flowers keep it
A dried arrangement is furniture in the best sense. It sits on a shelf or a mantelpiece looking deliberate and beautiful for a year or more, with no water and no maintenance. Dried suits new homes, offices, gifts sent at a distance, and anyone who loves flowers but travels too much to keep fresh ones alive.
The practical differences
Fresh is local. We deliver it ourselves, and we keep it local on purpose so it arrives in perfect condition. Dried is national. It is made by our sister brand Dried Blooms, posts beautifully anywhere in the UK, and delivery is free on orders over £40. If you are sending flowers to Aberdeen, send dried. If you are sending them across Winchester for a birthday tomorrow, send fresh.
Or both
Plenty of our customers do: fresh for the moment, dried for the months after. A fresh bouquet for the anniversary and a dried arrangement that stays up all year says it rather well.
Browse both ranges online, or come and see us in the shop. We are open every day and the kettle is usually on.
