Florists in Harborne & Edgbaston, Birmingham

Why there are so many

One building explains most of this page. The Queen Elizabeth Hospital sits at the top of Edgbaston, it is one of the largest single-site hospitals in the country, and the flowers people buy on the way to a ward are a substantial and completely reliable trade. Add the Calthorpe Estate streets, the cricket ground, the university and a Harborne High Street that people still walk along, and you have a catchment with money and a reason to spend it.

The shops have divided the ground sensibly. Floral Scenter on Tennal Road is the old hand, thirty-six years in and doing the cathedral and corporate work. Tiddly Tulips and Zanda B are both Edgbaston studios chasing the wedding and luxury gift end. Further west, The Flower Garden at Woodgate and Sarah's Rose Garden in Quinton are neighbourhood shops serving the far side of the A456, where the citywide delivery brands rarely bother to go.

Getting around, and what it costs

Harborne and Edgbaston are bus territory rather than rail. The 11 outer circle is the useful one, and Harborne High Street has short-stay parking that actually turns over. Prices in Edgbaston proper are the highest in the city outside the studio florists, and the studios here start around fifty-five pounds, so this is not the part of town for a fifteen pound bunch. Go two miles west to Quinton or Woodgate and the same money buys noticeably more stem.