The good news is that you don’t have to scramble and tire yourself for affordable flowers anymore. Uniting Flowers understands the struggle of quaking through one website to the other, for the sake of a perfectly knitted bouquet. So, we have gathered all the best florists of Australia, from Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, and Brisbane to Perth, Adelaide, Hobart, and Darwin. You just have to tap a few times through our website, and a perfectly customised bouquet will be on your way within no time!

We make your celebrations charismatic yet convenient by offering a widespread collection of flowers online. Either go with our ready-made bouquets or pick each petal and stem of your choice to create a customised one, place your order online, and get it delivered to your loved one on the same day. Additionally, we believe in spreading the love and sell flowers online at the least possible prices. That is the reason why we’ve been listed as one of the most affordable flower-delivery services in Australia.

In order to make your life that much easier this Valentine’s day, we’ve created a list of the most affordable Valentine’s gifts available for delivery from some of the best local florists in Sydney:

1. Custom Order – Where flowers are an expression of love, flower arrangements are no doubt the route to your heartfelt emotions. We value our customer’s choices and let them replicate their emotions by designing their own order with a particular budget in mind. With the option of a custom order, we let you pour in ideas and basically hire a personal florist to get a unique hand-crafted floral arrangement. Place an order now and to convey all of your emotions to your beloved this Valentine’s day.

2. Single Rose $15 – Sometimes a bouquet of fancy colorful flowers can’t beat the romantic gesture of a single red-rose stick. It is an immense yet sophisticated means of conveying all your truest feelings to your loved one. Order one today and celebrate the emotion of love this Valentine’s.

3. The One and Only $39.95 – This single rose is embellished with bold greenery and lovely wrapping paper that makes it that little bit more fancy.

4. Single Red Rose Box $45 – A special red rose packed in an elegant white box and tied with a luxurious red ribbon. Add a teddy bear to compliment this lovely gesture.

5. Everlasting Rose Teddy Bear $52 – This one of a kind hand crafted teddy bear is created with everlasting roses and allows you to celebrate the essence of love at the cheapest of prices.

6. It’s Love $65 – Showing your Valentine you really care doesn’t have to break the bank account, this boxed arrangement is an affordable option with just the right number of roses to make it extra special. Add an “I love you” balloon or Rose Bear to take your sign of affection to the next level.

7. A Beautiful Romance $68 – This rose arrangement is the ultimate romantic gesture which perfectly says “I love you”. Include a box of chocolates and bear and your Valentine will definitely feel spoilt like never before.

8. Bondi Bouquet $70 – This beautiful bouquet of gerberas, lilies and roses can come in any colour(s) you like (just specify colours at checkout), perfectly gift wrapped in matching colours. Add extra chocolates and wine for only $15 each!

9. Pink Roses $80 – Even though red roses are the typical symbol of Valentine’s day, an undeniable favourite are also the pink roses. This bouquet is a sweet and caring expression of love that is a refreshing alternative to red.

10. Elegant Rose Bouquet $99 – Roses are an elliptical means of expressing love, and no time could be more perfect for expressing your love other than Valentine’s Day. This rose bouquet is a beautifully knitted bouquet of long stemmed roses, wrapped around with matching gift wrap.

11. Goddess $115 – It’s the little details in life that make the ultimate difference. This golden vase of red roses and greenery is a show stopper in any room!

12. Say it With Roses $120 – This decadent 12 rose arrangement is makes such a statement that it will literally take your breath away, include a teddy bear for a keepsake your Valentine can keep forever.

Alternatively, you can always give us a call on 1300 359 908 or send us an email at contact@unitingflowers.com.au and we can help you out with any questions or requests you may have. We hope you have a lovely Valentine’s day!

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Have you been looking for the perfect way to change up your decor? Or maybe this is the first time you’re in your own home and decorating for yourself? Even if neither of those applies to you, you won’t want to miss these creative ways to incorporate flowers into your Christmas décor this year – it’s all the rage:

Craft a poinsettia tower.

Poinsettias are one of the most common holiday flowers – they are big, beautiful and of course, red, so they are festive, too!

Start with a small, tabletop fake tree as your base. Then, cover it in poinsettias to create a true tower look.

Or, if you still want to use poinsettias but are going for a different look, here is another option:

Fill several different vases of different shapes and sizes with poinsettias and use them as a centrepiece or mantle decor.

Spruce up your window wreath.

A fresh wreath is one of the simplest yet most elegant ways to add a bit of holiday decor to your home. Whether you are placing yours in the window, on the door, or even somewhere else, such as your mailbox, adding a few flowers is never a bad idea.

Try adding a few red or white roses – or both. The great thing about roses is they come in such a variety of colours; you should have options regardless of what the rest of your decor looks like!

P.S. You can even still do this with a fake wreath – it doesn’t have to be a live one. Especially if you are using fake greenery in your wreath, this is a great way to really make it look live but without the hassle of having to switch out the actual wreath so often. The flowers are much easier to maintain.

Dress up your centrepiece for those luxurious parties.

Every table setting requires a good centrepiece and hydrangeas are just the flower for yours.

If you are going for a cosier and more rustic look, try using some fake moss with fake bark – or even real bark from a tree – as the base for your flowers.

Or, if you are going for more upscale and elegant, try using a glass vase with holiday decor, such as ornaments in the bottom, and then add beautiful, white hydrangeas on top.

Pro tip: Hydrangeas are known as the holiday flower – you will often see them incorporated if flowers are being used. But did you know that adding orchids really adds a luxurious touch to your centrepiece? They are bright, light and elegant and will match your ornaments well.

Just add a uniquely crafted bouquet! 

We know you don’t always have time to craft something unique yourself. But guess what? We do! 

You don’t have to totally transform the decor you are already doing – you can easily just add to it with a custom bouquet! 

Whether you are decorating for a party or just looking to spruce up your normal decor, incorporating flowers is a great way to add a fresh and flourishing look to your home. And don’t forget, you can always easily add a touch of greenery to just about anything to give your decor that live aspect.

When it is time for you to start decorating and gifting, check out our Christmas flowers and gift hamper range! And, what easier way to snag great flowers for your decor than ordering online? We’d be happy to help you take your holiday decorating to the next level as quickly and efficiently as possible. 

What other ways have you used flowers in your holiday decor?

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Can you remember all the times you’ve needed to do something and you just wished you could find an easier way to do that online?

“I don’t have time to go to the shops today but I need a dress for tonight”. That’s ok, The Iconic has you sorted.

“I really need help with moving these boxes out of my apartment and I don’t have anybody to ask”. That’s ok, Airtasker has you sorted.

“I haven’t made dinner and the fridge is empty.” That’s ok, UberEats has you sorted.

These days, whatever service you need you can basically have it come to you without even having to speak to anyone over the phone. Just a few clicks later and consider your needs fulfilled!

Experience or Convenience

Fortunately, some people still enjoy the experience of physically visiting a shopfront and browsing, seeing, touching, choosing and buying what they desire. There’s still an innate sense of fulfillment many people feel when they enter a florist shop and that whiff of floral sweetness envelopes their noses.

However, even though many people enjoy this experience and go out of their way to visit their local florist, most of us are time poor and just can’t squeeze in that visit every single time. Let’s be honest, some people don’t even know where their nearest florist is unless they’ve come across them by driving by or walking around the shopping centre.

Online is On Time

The perpetual time drought has left people needing things done last minute and the only way to get it done last minute is finding the solution online. We’re all working longer hours at work, it’s taking us a longer time to get to and from places, we’ve got endless memberships, activities, gatherings and occasions to upkeep and attend. How do we stay on top of it all?

Picture this, your friend has organised a last-minute birthday get-together for tonight and you’re stuck for gift ideas. Flowers sound like a great option and you really want something magnificent. You can’t exactly physically visit all the florists in town to discover that amazing floral arrangement, can you? So, what do you do, like most other people these days, you browse the net for options and solutions.

Google, Facebook, Instagram… Eventually you’ll find that bouquet and it will be delivered just in time for you to pop those heels on and jet out the door for the party!

With all that being said, the next time you want to physically visit the shop for something, make sure you PLAN ahead because chances are you won’t have enough time and then you’ll buy it online, again!

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Spending all day getting their hands dirty, wet,
pricked, chafed and possibly cut means most florists don’t even bother with manicures
let alone acrylic nails! But yes, do pass them over that heavy-duty hand cream.

2.     Nothing is too dirty or too wet for
them

In a hands-on profession such as theirs, they’re
used to water, soil, thorns, dirt, pollen and glue all over them. Next time you
thought you had it tough, imagine 24 hour work days (and then some)!

3.     They’re extremely passionate, about
everything

Making people happy and brightening up their
lives with flowers is a given in their day to day KPI’s. Not only are they
obsessed with flowers but they live and breathe the joy that flowers bring
everybody and that infatuation transcends into their daily lives.

4.     They’re (exceptionally) early risers

Being a florist involves being up around 3 or 4am
to find the best flowers at the market or pick them up from their trusted
growers and then making sure all their orders are processed, organised and
arranged in time and ready for delivery by 9am.

5.     They’re unusually strong

Floristry is labour-intensive and involves
picking up, transporting, unpacking and lifting heavy plants, flowers,
arrangements and installations. While flowers and vases aren’t as light as you
might think, wedding and event styling usually involves large equipment that
needs to be transported and set up with even larger quantities of flowers!

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For the average
person terms such as: arrangements, bouquets, bunches or posies pretty much resonate
the same type of meaning.  Isn’t a bouquet
and a posy an arrangement of flowers? Hypothetically yes, but don’t you dare
say that to your florist!  

So instead of
asking your florist the million-dollar question and to avoid being inundated with
floristry jargon that will do more than blossom your brain with knowledge – we’ll
help decipher the differences between the methods florists use to prepare your
flowers.

Arrangements

Florists
aren’t foreign to the experience of clients ordering an arrangement but actually
having a bouquet in mind, and vice versa. We’ve heard and read countless
stories where clients thought the florist just didn’t ‘get the message’ and
missed the mark when it was actually the client that didn’t know what it means
when you order an arrangement VS a bouquet.

A flower
arrangement is more than just “arranged flowers”. An arrangement is
decoratively placed in a vase, box, ceramic vessel or basket that typically contains
either water or floral foam. Arrangements can contain different types of
flowers, greenery and foliage and comes in many different sizes, shapes and
styles. Florists achieve their desired arrangement designs by crafting the
flowers into the foam/container in such a way that will make sure it stays as
perfect as when you receive it.

Typically
arrangements cost more than bouquets and are the go-to purchase for centrepieces,
parties, events, functions and generally when you want a beautiful floral design
that already has its own container.

Bouquets

Bouquets, we’re
sure you’ve all seen a bunch of them in your lifetime so it goes without saying
what a bouquet is. As opposed to an arrangement, a bouquet is selected and
placed in a bunch with or without foliage and then bound together and usually
wrapped in lovely decorative paper.

However, an
interesting fact is that a bouquet usually doesn’t come with a vase or vessel,
so a florist typically binds and cuts the stems so that the bouquet is able to
either stand upright on its own or can easily be placed in a vase or place of
your own choosing.

Bouquets take
a little more looking after as, unlike arrangements, the recipient has to re-cut
the stems and top up the water in the vase. They are known to make an appearance
in a bride’s hands at a wedding and are generally the most popular gift for special
occasions such as birthdays, Mother’s Day and Valentine’s day.

Bunches

A bunch of
flowers has the same benefit as a bouquet, except that the bunch of flowers
haven’t been carefully selected and crafted in a particular style or design.
Bunches of flowers are usually a number of stems of the same variety of a
flower, loosely wrapped together.

Bunches are
great for people who want to brighten up a room with a bunch of flowers in a
vase or for others who want to use their own creativity and improvise with
using the flowers in their own unique way.

Posies

The distinction
between a bouquet and a posy can probably only be made by a florist and in the
same way florists do an incredible job of utilising the different creations to
make stunning creative masterpieces for different events.

The easiest
way to describe a posy is that they are a smaller/shorter type of bouquet, with
shorter stems. Posies are great for an easy to hold wedding bouquet, thoughtful
gift, or everyday addition to your home décor.

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