Flower power: Creative florists in Vancouver

Flowers truly are the perfect gift for any occasion: housewarming, get well soon, a romantic offering or just to brighten someone’s — or your own — day. Their simple beauty and fresh fragrance are a truly affordable indulgence. From corporate events and weddings to everyday displays, here are some florists creating gorgeous bouquets.

Flower power: Creative florists in Vancouver
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Flower Factory

1
4285 Main St, Vancouver, BC V5V 3P8

Walking into this hip flower shop on Main and 20th is like entering a fairytale woodland scene. Stems and greenery are scattered seemingly haphazardly across a large central worktable. But the leaves and petals are being expertly and creatively tamed into stunning bouquets for every occasion. Specializing in modern arrangements using orchids, calla lilies and ranuculus in the colours of the season, their bouquets will brighten any room and any mood. Shop as well from a wide range of vases and accessories.

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Granville Island Florist

2
1513 W 8th Ave, Vancouver, BC V6J 1T5

This fragrant market stall in the Granville Island Public Market evokes all the romance and nostalgia of indulging in a bouquet of fresh cut stems on your weekly market shopping excursion. The corner stall is bursting with buckets of hydrangeas, gerbera daisies, freesia and alstroemeria and every other varietal you can think of. Known for their elaborate, large-scale arrangements as well as their work for high-end clients like the Shangri-La, Pacific Rim and Holt Renfrew, their humble location belies their floral expertise.

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Olla Urban Flower Project

Not only is this gorgeous plant and flower shop creating stunning of-the-moment air plant and succulent arrangements, they’re also a social enterprise. Everything they source is from a local farm or garden or is fair-trade certified, and they provide jobs to locals of the Downtown Eastside where they’re located. They also reuse corporate arrangements — so often just used fleetingly — for non-profit events operating nearby. And they promote the growing of retail flowers in urban residential gardens. Beauty and good cause in one.

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The Flower Box

3
1319 Commercial Dr, Vancouver, BC V5L 3X5

The staff at this quaint florist on the Drive is happy to help you choose and arrange the perfect bouquet for your occasion. Guide them with colour preferences or flower variety, your budget or the relationship you have to the person you’re offering them to, or just put it in their capable hands and you’ll walk away with a lovely bouquet customized for you. The store sources stems grown locally as well as tropical plants and flowers from reputable global farms.

Celsia Florist

4
1930 Arbutus St, Vancouver, BC V6J 3X7

This full-service flower shop will outfit you with stunning vintage-modern bouquets, sell you flowers by the stem to arrange yourself, teach you the creative art of flower arranging and even deliver a weekly arrangement to your home or place of work. Whether for a wedding or other grand ceremony, or just to brighten your living room, this beautiful florist in the 100-year-old heritage house in Kitsilano serves all your floral needs.

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Alison Cairns has been working in writing and publishing for over a decade. A devoted Vancouverite, she loves exploring the hidden gems and new happenings — both cultural and culinary — in the city. She is also a lover of coffee, wine, craft beer and pretty much all food except sea urchin. She staves off the results of these loves by running the seawall, cycling the city and hiking the mountains.
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