# Are local flower shops all gone in your area? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 20, 2010, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-local-flower-shops-all-gone-in-your-area/525765 "2010-01-20T23:54:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-local-flower-shops-all-gone-in-your-area/525765/1 "2010-01-20T23:54:12Z")
There used to be 2 good florists with in a couple of miles of my house. The neighborhood kind of place where you could get a corsage for prom, a dozen roses, or a birthday arrangement. They are now both gone. All that’s left close by are grocery stores that sell prepackaged bunches of flowers (as opposed to bouquets), and a few higher end places that require appointments and seem to speciallize in weddings and other big events. So, do you still have local florists near you? ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-local-flower-shops-all-gone-in-your-area/525765/2 "2010-01-20T23:58:37Z")
Plenty. Many are associated with the big national chains, though, but it’s certainly not only supermarkets. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-local-flower-shops-all-gone-in-your-area/525765/3 "2010-01-21T00:04:12Z")
There are a lot around here. In fact… I just realized I’ve lived in four different places since moving to LA… and I’ve never been more than a mile from a flower shop. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-local-flower-shops-all-gone-in-your-area/525765/4 "2010-01-21T00:12:06Z")
Yes. I delivered for them some over the summer. They’re affiliated with Teleflora and the other national services like that, but still the local neighborhood flower shop. ---
**Author:** ![sevenwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@sevenwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sevenwood)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-local-flower-shops-all-gone-in-your-area/525765/5 "2010-01-21T00:29:26Z")
Just chiming in to agree with the other repliers. We have two independent local ones in our little Pennsylvania suburb. They are both hooked up with major national services and have cheerfully “delivered” flowers to friends and relatives across the country. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-local-flower-shops-all-gone-in-your-area/525765/6 "2010-01-21T00:47:01Z")
What **gary** first said. There’s still some, but they go through the big chains anyway so one typically can’t tell much difference. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-local-flower-shops-all-gone-in-your-area/525765/7 "2010-01-21T00:58:00Z")
I can think of four - no, five - independant florist’s and three regular market stalls within a few minutes’ walk of my place. There’s also the huge Columbia Road Flower Market on a Sunday, but that’s got nothing to do with the other florists. I only know of one national chain of florist’s at all. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-local-flower-shops-all-gone-in-your-area/525765/8 "2010-01-21T01:07:38Z")
There’s at least three within as many blocks of each other in my small Chicago suburb. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-local-flower-shops-all-gone-in-your-area/525765/9 "2010-01-21T21:11:09Z")
I live in Chicago and there are local florists all over the place. I can think of three within 2 blocks of my house ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-local-flower-shops-all-gone-in-your-area/525765/10 "2010-01-21T21:17:11Z")
There are florists around here. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-local-flower-shops-all-gone-in-your-area/525765/11 "2010-01-21T21:21:14Z")
Curiously enough, one near me recently broke from a chain and became an independent florist. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-local-flower-shops-all-gone-in-your-area/525765/12 "2010-01-21T21:24:14Z")
There are two in walking distance of my home. One of them has really good prices, even on Valentine’s Day. Unfortunately the employees at both are extremely unpleasant. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-local-flower-shops-all-gone-in-your-area/525765/13 "2010-01-21T21:27:52Z")
There are two within blocks of where I work, and several more around town. Plus the usual offerings at the grocery store. ---
**Author:** ![Monstera\_deliciosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monstera_deliciosa/32/109_2.png) [@Monstera\_deliciosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstera_deliciosa)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-local-flower-shops-all-gone-in-your-area/525765/14 "2010-01-21T21:54:10Z")
There are two in this medium-sized town in the far northwestern suburbs of Chicago. They are both attached to nurseries, so basically it is one-stop shopping whether you need flowers to put in a vase, or in the ground. One also belongs to one of the networks, so when my mother ordered anniversary flowers for my husband and me from a florist in her town in NY, (she didn’t do the internet) the order was filled by that florist here in my city. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-local-flower-shops-all-gone-in-your-area/525765/15 "2010-01-21T22:31:41Z")
Offhand, I can think of three within walking distance. And, zooming out from my address thrice on Yelp, I see there are 11, not counting the supermarkets and event-planning type places. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-local-flower-shops-all-gone-in-your-area/525765/16 "2010-01-21T23:38:37Z")
Where have all the florists gone, Long time passing, Where have all the florists gone, Long time ago? ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-local-flower-shops-all-gone-in-your-area/525765/17 "2010-01-21T23:50:50Z")
Three within a few blocks of me. ---
**Author:** ![foolscap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9a140/32.png) [@foolscap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolscap)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-local-flower-shops-all-gone-in-your-area/525765/18 "2010-01-22T00:19:05Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > Where have all the florists gone, > > Long time passing, > > Where have all the florists gone, > > Long time ago? I think they all went to seed:D ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-local-flower-shops-all-gone-in-your-area/525765/19 "2010-01-22T00:23:35Z")
Rural Iowa, we’ve lost a **lot** of businesses over the past 20 years but the florists and greenhouses are doing fine. People are always gonna go to proms, get married, and die, and gardening is really popular. I wonder if it could be considered a recession-proof business. ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-local-flower-shops-all-gone-in-your-area/525765/20 "2010-01-22T23:12:56Z")
My cousin’s a florist, and she’s my age (26), so, yeah, they’re still around. There’s at least one local place in town that I’m aware of, and I don’t buy flowers. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-local-flower-shops-all-gone-in-your-area/525765.md?page=2)