Hanover Floral Co

This just might be my new go-​to location for holiday arrangements. I stopped in looking for a grave cover for the Christmas season, and found one that was almost perfect but I liked some of the decorations on another arrangement better. The wonderful gentleman who worked there went out of his way to swap the decorations for me, creating the perfect grave cover.
Add the fact that the prices are reasonable, and you’ve hit a homerun.

First of all… beautiful arrangements for a funeral.
But they take advantage of suffering families and their vulnerability and WAY overcharge. Similar floral arrangements from other NJ companies are half of Hanover florals prices.

If I could put 0 stars, I would! Awful experience. They COMPLETELY forgot my wedding date and flowers. At the very last minute, while in the recoding line at the end of the ceremony, someone shows up with half dead, embarrassing, wrong colored, class-​less flower bundles. No one had bouquets, no flower halos for the flower girls, and no corsages or flowers for the men. I immediately sent the makeshift flowers back (after throwing them!). Ridiculous. This embarrassed my wedding day and I refuse to let them get away with this.

When my son got married 4 years ago, a co-​worker recommended working with Mark at Hanover Floral Co. for the flowers. What a good lead! Our experience was first rate. The bouquets and centerpieces were great and working with Mark was a pleasure. He made some great suggestions which led to the fantastic end result. Now my daughter is getting married in December and we are headed right back there!

I used Hanover Florist’s «Cemetery Service» for seasonal flower plantings for a loved one’s grave at one of the 2 local cemeteries they serve. I initially was very pleased with the quality of what they provided every year but have since fired them due to a sudden lapse in common sense used by the person who is responsible for planting the flowers.
An adjacent grave also had this same service and for whatever reason one flower bed was made for the 2 graves, making this look like both graves were part of a family plot. I was not happy to see this. When I complained the same nitwit who most likely did this single bed planting took what looked like the the top of a shovel handle and drew a line in the dirt to «separate» the flower beds. Fortunately, I had some garden tools in my car trunk and made 2 separate flower beds, as it should have been done by Hanover in the 1^st place.
I called their attention to how they handled my complaint and received all the right apologies. However with subsequent seasonal plantings, the same thing occurred, so I fired them. I have since used a competitor, Ridgedale Florist, who is very good and significantly cheaper.

Website order was worthless. I placed an order and paid online, then got a vcall from the shop 10 minutes later saying they «needed more money». Apparently, the delivery address was not in their local delivery area, so I had not met their minimum purchase requirement. Thye website doesn’t mention the minimum and the order went though the site without any issues. I cancelled and I’ll call another florist.

This place is great for all the stuff you need for your garden. Although they do have floral arrangements and so on, I found their garden supplies to be extensive and inexpensive. They have a nice assortment of decorative as well as edible plants. I really enjoy walking around the gardens and houses and seeing all the cool plants they’ve got.
I have to take a star off because it can sometimes be really difficult to wrangle someone to ring you up at the register or find someone to help you make garden-​variety decisions (HA!). They have wagons for you to gather your plants together if there’s more than you can carry, but there’s only six, so on a busy day, bring some helping hands to carry stuff for you.

This’ll probably sound like some sort of Hallmark commercial, but Hanover Floral has been there for all the important moments in my life. Flowers for my parent’s 25^th wedding anniversary in the 90s. to my sweet 16 cotillion. to the rose bouteneer for my blind semi-​formal date (well the guy wasn’t blind. it was a blind date). to the other rose bouteneer for my awkward prom date (!!!). to flowers for a family funeral. Hanover Floral has been through it all with my family.
One of my recent dealings involved flower stands for a family funeral. They took us into a back room which they normally use for weddings (must have. there was white gauzy stuff everywhere). I felt awkward at first, but I realized that this was ultimately better because who wants to discuss funeral arrangements out in the open.
I think their prices are great and that their flowers always look amazing. They’ve been around since 1928. so they obviously know what they’re doing. Check their website for delivery areas. Oh and I’ve listed their shop hours, but you can also order online!