With my family on the other side of the world and a ridiculous time difference between Melbourne & Glasgow, I often need to order things with minimal fuss. I know my Mum likes this flower shop which is just around the corner from her, so I got in touch by email and the owner sent over a few photos of arrangements. I picked the most beautiful one (obviously), sent payment by text as the time difference didn't really work out for phoning the card details, and they were promptly delivered to her door with a card on her birthday.
They were at the upper end of pricey but then, everything in Australia is really expensive so I wasn't too bothered. I'd definitely use this shop again for flowers for my Mum just because of how handy it is to them, and I found the communication by email simple and easy. My only suggestion would be to have some way of ordering and paying online. read more