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Flowers for my woman? — Brooklynian

Flowers for my woman?

raisedeyebrow
raisedeyebrow
edited November -1 in Prospect Heights
So, aside from calling 1-800-FLOWERS, where can a man (or woman) get some flowers for his awesome lady (or man) in this nabe? I need the 411.

:D

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  • brooklynpotter
    brooklynpotter
    hands down, zuzu's petals in north PS. her arrangements are gorgeous, really special and unique
  • tsarina
    tsarina
    I'll second that in a second. Nothing else compares.
  • whatchuwant
    whatchuwant
    Sending link of this thread to bf.....
  • raisedeyebrow
    raisedeyebrow
    Awesome, thanks. I had opted to get flowers at the grocery on Flatbush and learned the hard way. Never again!
  • bkchickie
    bkchickie
    raisedeyebrow wrote: Awesome, thanks. I had opted to get flowers at the grocery on Flatbush and learned the hard way. Never again!
    I've had OK luck with Natural Land flowers (but only when I'm doing the arranging myself). I don't have any experience w/ Zuzu's but their windows look lovely.

    It's a nice, thoughtful question for you to be asking!
  • brooklynpotter
    brooklynpotter
    you can do the flowers at natural land if, as bk chickie pointed out, you arrange them yourself. but you have to be good at that.
  • stacey
    stacey
    brooklynpotter wrote: hands down, zuzu's petals in north PS. her arrangements are gorgeous, really special and unique
    Yes 100%!!
  • brooklynpotter
    brooklynpotter
    plus, fonda (the woman who owns it) has been in the nabe forever (her old store was one of the ones that burned down in that huge fire on 7th ave @6 years ago, and her dog was inside at the time).

    what many people don't know is that after the fire she was very wary of opening a new store and didn't think she could afford to, and a huge group of people in the community held a fundraiser to help her new shop.
  • raisedeyebrow
    raisedeyebrow
    What about the Forest Floor? Any experience?
  • bkchickie
    bkchickie
    raisedeyebrow wrote: What about the Forest Floor? Any experience?
    None here. When you do buy the bouquet, please make sure to post here about your experience. And maybe a picture?

    I have had a good experience with Ophalia on Atlantic, but that's Brooklyn Heights.
  • bkchickie
    bkchickie
    Oh, I also wanted to add, puh-leese don't call 1-800-Flowers. Their arrangements are so cheesy. I would rather have someone go the bodega route (hey, you had to stop, select, and buy--that takes thought) than do them.
  • brooklynpotter
    brooklynpotter
    i think 1800flowers takes more thought than the cheapo bodega flowers.

    spend $25 on various bodega flowers, bring them to me. i will arranged them like the ones at zuzus for a small fee. :D/
  • raisedeyebrow
    raisedeyebrow
    BKChickie wrote: [quote=raisedeyebrow]What about the Forest Floor? Any experience?
    None here. When you do buy the bouquet, please make sure to post here about your experience. And maybe a picture?

    I have had a good experience with Ophalia on Atlantic, but that's Brooklyn Heights.

    will do. I am not buying flowers for a while though. I bought for v-day and noticed that the quality of flower was not so great.

    I went to Forest Floor today and looked in the fridge. All the flowers were old and wilted. I have never seen that before.

    I think there is another place on Vandy near St. Mark's. will look there too.
  • belzjm
    belzjm
    btw, zuzu's petals on berkeley is either closing or closed.

    just read about it yesterday.
  • brooklynpotter
    brooklynpotter
    oh no. belzjim, where did you read this?
  • brooklynpotter
    brooklynpotter
    ok, according to OTBKB, the small store is closing and moving in with the big store:

    http://onlytheblogknowsbrooklyn.typepad.com/only_the_blog_knows_brook/2009/02/hellogood-bye-little-zuzu-moving-in-with-big-zuzu-on-fifth-avenue.html
  • belzjm
    belzjm
    http://onlytheblogknowsbrooklyn.typepad.com/


    scroll down about half way to monday, feb. 16th....

    very sad to see it go.
  • brooklynpotter
    brooklynpotter
    it's not really going, it's merging with its big sister
  • fillylabinga
    fillylabinga
    BKChickie wrote: I have had a good experience with Ophalia on Atlantic, but that's Brooklyn Heights.
    I think you mean Opalia and it's more like Boerum Hill, but I've had a good experience there too. The flowers were very well received. But I guess they usually are, huh?
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