The benefits of a LOCAL FLORIST
Whether you are choosing flowers for an occasion, wedding, sympathy, or holidays and corporate events our diverse design style can accommodate our customers. In the last few years Lasting Florals has achieved an outstanding rating by our clients for our custom floral designs. With over 200 FIVE star ratings across social media . This is our 8th consecutive year receiving the couples choice award from the National Wedding site Wedding Wire. We are endorsed by many many local venues, on Borrowed and Blue, The Knot, Yelp, Yellow Pages, a member of Flower Shop Network and Bloomnation. This year we had the honor of providing an instructional class for Suntrust Corporation for 90 attendants at the elaborate Jefferson Hotel in Richmond Virginia.
With all the order gatherers that provide flower delivery, the public is not happy with the service they are receiving. The value of the products or quality. What we have found at Lasting Florals Florist is that consumers want to speak to the designer that they are purchasing the flower gifts they are sending. We hear it every day, sure anyone can go online to a large franchise and place a flower order that tons of florists carry, THE SAME THING. Lasting Florals has been in business 14 years, survived the recession and has gained a very large repeat clientele. The reason for that in the flower industry is because we are trustworthy, consistent and have the customers best interest at heart and budget. Large company's and some small pay large fees to be a member of various National Florist website memberships. The price of that is passed on and guess to whom ????? Lasting Florals does not which greatly benefits the consumer. We are not REQUIRED to have merchandise that benefits a distributor of such products when we can provide unique artisan inspired vessels, containers and glass ware for our floral arrangements. Yes we can duplicate anything you see on line if you want.
I guess this is more of an informative piece about the industry as a whole. You can go online and put in consumer complaints for florists and see what pops up. Consumers that have paid for something they did not get, orders being directed to a florist they have never used in the past, ridiculous hidden services charges, and flowers delivered in a box left on the porch. Yes, we are a small mom and pop business and accountable for every product that leaves our shop. So shop local and shop smart !!!
