Ringwood Florist On the Commons

Always reliable and professional. Beautiful arrangements, the best around. Thank you for the great service.

This place is the reason I refuse to order flowers online. Keep in mind, I’m not talking about a big florist site that outsources the arrangements to your local florist. I’m talking about this florist’s actual website wherein you can order an arrangement from them. A year or so back, I tried to order a fall arrangement for my grandmother’s birthday and the actual product would not look like what they offered; they didn’t even try. I had to send someone to the florist itself and spent the day at work picking out pieces via picture text. It ended up being about two or three times as expensive as what I originally thought I would be spending. Zero convenience, I basically arranged it myself.
I have also ordered several bouquets and just trusted their judgement, something as simple as two dozen roses and such, only to see they delivered only a fraction of the roses and mostly filler flowers. They looked like super market flowers.
Back in June, I walked in to buy some sunflowers for my coworker. I wasn’t looking for an arrangement, just sunflowers. Everything was dusty and some of the furniture for sale looked dilapidated or damaged. It was late June, no sunflowers. And I said as much to the woman at the counter, who also said,“yeah, usually this time of year, we would, but we don’t.” I looked in the glass to see what else I could get and there wasn’t anything, barely any flowers at all, hardly any roses. I looked in the cabinet next to it, at the pre-​made arrangements, and picked out the only attractive piece in there. It actually had some dust on it. I spent about fifty to sixty dollars on a very small arrangement. There was not a lot of customer service. The woman got frustrated with the credit card machine and cursed.
It’s a shame because Ringwood is a charming town and I would love a really nice small town florist. I remember the place being much nicer when I was a child. The prices here are unreasonable for the quality.

Ordered an arrangement over the phone and got much more than expected. My wife was very happy. I had 4 stars, but gave them an extra because Karen have been supporting the Ringwood Educational Foundation for many years.