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NEWS
S
urrey-based flower subscription company, The Flower
Blooms, is our favourite, zero-waste, eco-conscious flower
club. Set up by two best friends Katie and Claire – who came
up with the fabulous idea of creating fresh flowers personally
hand-delivered to your door in beautiful bundles. Choose from
weekly, fortnightly or monthly flower subscriptions. Plus, unlike
other flower subscription services, The Flower Blooms are such
good value for money – they start at just £26.50 per bundle
with free delivery included.
LET’S START AT THE BEGINNING,
HOW DID YOU TWO MEET?
Katie: We met way back in 2005- I was fresh out of university
having just started up a wedding planning company. I needed a
florist and so fate- and the Yellow Pages sent me Claire!
Claire: We worked on numerous weddings and events
together over the next few years and then remained friends
ever since.
HOW DID THE IDEA OF LAUNCHING
THE FLOWER BLOOMS COME ABOUT?
Katie: On a bench, in the pouring rain at our local garden
centre! We’d met there with our little ones about a month before
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the first lockdown, and
Claire mentioned that
she’d had a new
business idea that
she wanted to run
by me.
Claire:
Having
worked in the
floristry
industry
for over twentyfive years, the
business idea felt
like the perfect
next step in my
career. I’d watched
the popularity of
flower subscriptions
grow- but I wanted
to create something
different and better.
Katie was doing some
great work in digital content
and social media management,
so I just knew we’d be the
