Every Bloomin’ Thing

I put cut eucalyptus in my office and hang some in my shower (seriously try it, it’ll make your shower feel like a spa) and usually pick up a couple branches from the grocery store florist along with my groceries. I thought I’d try Every Bloomin’ Thing since it’s on my way home and is a smaller business.
The first time, I left empty-​handed because they only take cash for small transactions. My most recent visit, I was also looking for a couple succulents and air plants to use as props in a photo shoot I was doing. They didn’t have much for air plants, just two free-​standing air plants and the rest had been incorporated into larger rock and log displays. They were cute displays but wouldn’t work for what I needed. I ended up picking out several small succulents and although it was a small selection, I was happy with the variety they had.
The pricing, though. Uffda. I paid almost $ 20 for three tiny 1.5″ succulents. I was also a little grumpy about being charged for two branches of eucalyptus when they were more like two sticks of eucalyptus — meanwhile the branches I get at the grocery store florist are always nice and full, with several offshoots. Bummer.

Honestly I cannot even give this place a star rating because it was CLOSED. :(
We wanted to stop by on a Sunday morning to purchase flowers for a family member at the hospital at 10:30 in the morning and it was CLOSED?! Doesn’t help that there was major construction going on right in front of the store.
There were 2 – 3 other cars that also wanted to buy flowers and pulled a loop in the parking lot.
Advice: Weekend hours are a good thing :)

Sent flowers from Florida to my friends moms funeral in Iowa City. Based on Unilocal contacted Every Bloomin’ thing. They were responsive, listened to my preferences for flowers (no carnations) bright spring time bouquet and delivered it the day after Thanksgiving to the funeral home. Got a picture of the bouquet from my friend who appreciated it’s beauty. They did a great job.

This is THE florist to use in the Iowa City area. Very professional, understanding and pleasant to deal with. Ask for Maja (Mia)! I called in an order from Illinois for a good friend in Iowa City. Her suggestions were creative and will make for a dynamic arrangement that is sure to make my friend feel appreciated. I’m in a customer service business, and I appreciate fine companies like this!

Outstanding service. The owner offered to hand deliver a professional thank you for me. It means a lot that the flowers will be delivered within 30 minutes of calling. It may not happen every day but it is outstanding service.

We selected Sanja and her team at Every Bloomin’ Thing to help make our wedding beautiful and she did just that. We brought her just a few pictures of the «vibe» we were going for and let her take it from there. (I highly recommend working this way vs. dictating specific arrangements.) I was especially impressed at how inspired Sanja is after all her years in the business. Her creativity, excitement and enthusiasm were contagious! Yes, she’s busy, but when the time came to focus on our wedding, she really came through. She took ridiculously detailed notes down to the exact spellings of everyone in our wedding party. And when we had one little hiccup and a ring bearer’s flowers were missing, she sent a driver out ASAP with a new boutonnière. In the end, our flowers were stunning and exactly what we wanted.

Pretty good flower selection. They had a number of different colors of roses — even in the deeps of winter — which was nice. Greenery with the flowers was an extra $ 1 — a first for me, but not unheard of I’m sure.
Overall, wasn’t overly impressed, but I wasn’t unimpressed either. It’s definitely a spot I’ll drop by in the future for flowers on my way home!

Every Bloomin’ Thing has a terrific reputation as one of the best flower shops in town. It’s the place where you can usually find a really nice, out of the ordinary flower arrangement. The reason I only gave them two stars: I chose them to do the flowers for my wedding a few years ago and they didn’t do a very good job. I didn’t feel they were very careful to listen to what I wanted. About half of the flowers were beautiful; the other half (my bouquet included!) were quite mediocre. The flowers in my bouquet had pollen all over them which ended up staining my wedding dress. Grrrrr! Regardless, lots of people I know go there regularly and really like it.