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6 florists in Bournville & the South, ranked
No. 16.9Original illustration drawn for this site. Not a photograph of the shop. Weoley Castle · Bournville & the South
Buttercups & Daisies
Three Best Rated in Birmingham seven years running, from Weoley Castle.
No. 26.8Original illustration drawn for this site. Not a photograph of the shop. Longbridge · Bournville & the South
Sarah Kelly's Flower Room
Free parking directly outside, which almost nowhere else here can offer.
No. 36.6Original illustration drawn for this site. Not a photograph of the shop. Northfield · Bournville & the South
The Flower Centre
On the Bristol Road since 1975, and shut again by half four.
No. 46.5Original illustration drawn for this site. Not a photograph of the shop. Bournville · Bournville & the South
Tuckshop Flowers
A Bournville garden and an allotment, sold as bouquets.
No. 56.5Original illustration drawn for this site. Not a photograph of the shop. Selly Oak · Bournville & the South
Beryl's World of Flowers
Nearly fifty years on Raddlebarn Road, open from half past eight.
No. 65.7Original illustration drawn for this site. Not a photograph of the shop.
Why there are so many
South Birmingham buys a lot of flowers and buys them steadily rather than fashionably. This is the Bristol Road corridor: the university at Selly Oak, the Cadbury estate at Bournville, the long residential run through Northfield to Longbridge, and a set of shops that have mostly been in the same window for decades. The Flower Centre has been on Bristol Road South since 1975. Beryl's on Raddlebarn Road is coming up on fifty years. Neither is trying to be fashionable and neither needs to be.
The exception, and the reason this page is worth reading rather than skimming, is Tuckshop Flowers. Carole grows a large share of what she sells in a Bournville garden and an allotment, works without floral foam, and belongs to Flowers from the Farm. There is nothing else quite like it in the city, and it is the strongest seasonality and sustainability score on the whole list.
Getting around, and what it costs
The Cross City line does most of the work here. University, Selly Oak, Bournville, Kings Norton and Northfield all have stations, and Sarah Kelly's Flower Room at Longbridge is the rare Birmingham florist with free parking directly outside its door. This is the best value quarter of the city. Thirty-five to fifty pounds is a normal bouquet price here rather than an entry point, and the two long-established shops on the Bristol Road are cheaper again.