A few years ago I received a lot of floral greetings when moving into a new office, mostly from clients abroad who ticked some boxes on Interflora. The deliveries came from Floral Studio and every single one made me laugh, especially the pot plant adorned with "new baby" balloon. I'll never know if the joke was intentional - after all, the sender was German ... I loved the overall tackiness and that the deliveries were not of the boring generic sort you would generally expect from a global flower delivery system.
Not sure if the shop is still part of Interflora and whether the people running it are still the same, but Floral Studio is still there on its little corner at the less popular end of Portobello Road. And it's a proper flower shop where you can select your favourite blooms to be arranged into a lovely creation - at reasonable prices. I promise to buy more flowers to make sure it's still here in years to come. The area has been changing at a frightening pace and a lot of the more useful suppliers have been replaced by fashion chains or nail bars. read more