I love this FACT!!…read more They have 23 years experience and this is shown in some of the flower pieces that they have on display. This shop really is beautiful and smells just as good. What else is great about this place is that they also have unusual rare and unique gifts in here and it really is cheap too! Their flowers come from all over the world and you will probably not find anything else like them. It may look like a regular flowers shop but there is a surprise inside!

I'm honestly so disappointed with the service I received…read more I ordered flowers online for my girlfriend for Valentine's Day. Instead of saving £10, I actually chose to pay £10 more for the "hand-tied" Valentine's bouquet specifically because it included lilies -- her absolute favourite flowers. That was the whole reason I selected that particular (more expensive) option. When the bouquet arrived, there were no lilies in it at all. I called to query this and was told they had "matched the value" by including orchids instead. But that completely misses the point. I didn't choose the bouquet based on price alone -- I chose it because it clearly showed lilies in the product photo and description. There was nothing stated anywhere that they could just substitute the main flowers like that without notice. To make matters worse, they offered for us to come down and return the £50+ bouquet and they would give us some stems of lilies instead?! Some of the things being said on the phone genuinely left me speechless -- I was so shocked I didn't even know how to respond. I asked for at least a £10 refund, considering I paid extra for the bouquet with lilies in the photo. That was refused. Eventually, after going back and forth, we came to the agreement that they would deliver two stems of lilies. When they arrived later that day, the lilies honestly looked worse than the ones we had sitting in a vase next to them from Asda. In fact, the lilies from Asda lasted longer than the entire bouquet I bought from this florist. For the price paid and the occasion it was for, this was nowhere near the quality or service I expected. I won't be ordering from here again.

Even though I live 30 miles away, I still return to the florist for any flowers I need for a…read morespecial occasion. I had my wedding flowers from here, numerous birthdays and have even had to get flowers for two funerals from here sadly. They always give great advice, have a good range of flowers to choose from (they have a photo album with previous arrangements that they have done) at a competitive price. The staff are always courteous and treat you with respect and empathy depending upon the situation. They also have expanded over the years and they have a gift section with some reasonably priced plants, vases, etc. There is a car park at the back you can use, as it is situated on a parade. They come well recommended and I should mention that they did all my friends weddings etc.

Best Florist in the Oldham area!…read more The owners, Vickey & Tony are amazing, the Flowers are always beautiful and delivered on time without fail. I am never disappointed and always blown away with the service. This is the only Florist I have NEVER been disappointed with. I always recommend Oops a Daisy to ALL my Family and friends!

Let's be honest, flowers can't erase a stupid argument or replace a family heirloom you've smashed…read more They can however, help you get out of the dog-house and back into your loved one's good books. The trick is, you need to buy as big a bouquet as you can carry and you need to hand-deliver them with a humble apology, a big hug and an even bigger kiss. I can't help you with the last three but I can recommend you get the flowers from The Northern Flower. Situated on Tib Street in the Northern Quarter, it's a cracking little florist that sells a small but brilliant selection of everything from roses, lillies and gerberas to birds of paradise, exotic flowers and big plants. Everything is reasonably priced, the staff are friendly and accomodating and they also sell a small selection of wine and champagne. Good luck and god speed!

If I need flowers I head here. They for a while had a tiny little pug puppy, being a man I usually…read moredon't fall for such pathetic things, but this thing is cute, like definition of cute. Any way northern flower is a small shop front that hosts all manner of lovely green matter. At different times of the year they keep all varietys of plants from orchids to the very cool carnivorous plants including pitcher plants and monkey traps (they dangle down and have been known to catch monkeys in their huge pitcher mouths). The folk behind the counter (always one girl whenever I'm there) knows her stuff inside out and can advise you on an easy to care for birthday present, gift for the girlfriend all the way to more technical beasts such as the before mentioned.

I went here quickly one day as I needed some flowers urgently and I wont say what…read morefor.....ooooppsss! But anyway I was very impressed with this place and what they had to offer and there is a lot to offer. The flowers are well looked after and look good and plus they last for ages. The prices are good to. Good shop!

Great selection of flowers…read more Located very close to Oxford St Train station. The staff are super friendly

I've lost count of the amount of bouquets of flowers I've bought from Venus over the years…read more Suffice to say, there's been a lot and they've never let me down. The prices are a little steeper than other florists but the fact their flowers are so breath-takingly beautifuly makes it worth digging a little deeper. I've bought star-gazing lillies, birds of paradise and bunches of long stemmed roses from here and they're never died or wilted on me until at least ten days later. The staff are super-friendly too and clearly as passionate about flowers and foilage as I am about bourbon, cowboy boots and vinyl.

The selection here is getting really good, especially later in the week. I bought 2 beautiful…read morefloral scarves I wear almost on a daily basis for £15 from Mandalay, definitely worth checking out. More recently I had the best banh mih I've had in the UK from a stall whose name I can't remember and which may have disappeared - argh! Grandma's Touch, despite the odd name, seems to be selling some interesting arepas (beef and plaintain - yes!) although sadly when I was there they had mostly run out (I think, they seemed a bit confused and kept mentioning the name of an arepa that wasn't on the sign I was looking at) and so I had the less interesting beans and cheese (the arepa itself seemed good though, and is gluten free). Other choices included grilled cheese sandwiches, Mexican, Spanish, Caribbean and pastries. SO NO PRET, YES?

I usually avoid Manchester on a Saturday for the sheer volume of people. That's where I've been…read moregoing wrong. I'm not sure which speciality market was on today but it was amazing. First off there's food. My favourite type of market. There's regional food, Lancashire beef, cumberland sausage, Cumbrian cheese. Stalls with Eastern cuisine and curry, looked really really good. Homemade fudge and toffee for the sweet toothed. A strange one: ostrich, kangaroo and wild boar burger stall, if you're feeling particularly curious. Then there's some homemade cupcake and chocolate stalls. A variety of homegrown foods here. Once your belly's satisfied you will find lots of craft and jewellery shops, some very pretty delicate pieces. Some Amazonia gifts perhaps? Lots of fairtrade items. Then there's the shubbery and plantation stalls if you're into your gardening. Once your food's part digested why not tuck into some home brewed beer, with the strangest of homemade labels, cat piss? shit stew? brain damage? At £3.50 a bottle, go try. So that was my day and observation at the markets. According to the website it was supposed to be the crafts and gifts market being the first Saturday of the month. Was much more than that today. Any who Manchester markets give good value, quality, local produce. Support.

Got to be honest, I'm actually getting pretty sick of bleating on about how quirky, quaint and…read morefolksy every shop in the Northern Quarter is. I'm not a fucking pixie. I'm not setting up home with an elf. I'm not planning a vacation in Narnia- I don't need bricka brack, I don't need keepsakes, I don't need fecking chintz- that's why it's called chintz, if it was any use to me it would be called 'the essentials'!! The NQ has sold us a hippy dream that can never be. Being a boho mash head who sits in coffee shops talking about Neil Young, collects dolls and Japanese backpacks and is generally too arty to care about 'the system maaan' is an expensive past time so either these fakers are secretely high flying lawyers or daddy is a patient and giving man because the good ol' NQ is one of the most expensive and business minded monsters in Manchester! Sell me a dream I can achieve Thunder Egg!!

Until I checked out their website, I had no idea that Thunderegg was a shrine to all things…read moreJapanese.. but now it all makes sense. It is a cute little shop in the Northern Quarter selling clothes (Cutie, Gorgeous - brands like that- yes please), vinyl toys, plastic headbands and jewellery. The till area and near the fitting rooms are like if a harajuku girl started up her own branch of Accessorize. They sell Hello Kitty, Paul Frank, Emily Strange and the clothes aren't even that expensive - I tried on a spotty grey/ purple dress for £18. There was a fair amount of the old leopard print and plenty of sequins and sparkle for autumn parties ahead. Also towards the back I found a Herve Leger style bandage dress with an exposed zip. Ok, fair enough all the 'slebs were wearing those six months ago but I think in Normal-Time that's still a good buy.

Delivered a beautiful bouquet for my in laws wedding anniversary at short notice. Highly recommend…read more 5*