Top notch florist that doesn't charge the earth! Great quality flowers and beautifully arranged…read more The staff are extremely helpful and come up with some excellent creative ideas if you're stuck for finding a present for someone and balance this wonderfully with great empathy shown if the occasion is of a more solemn nature. I would recommend this florist to anyone!

For all floral needs this shop is first class. Flowers are fresh every time. They can cater for…read moreLarge events, or if you just want them to make up a little bunch as a prezie for someone don't feel embarassed you can just ask they are more than happy to help. I have over the years shopped here for sad occasions and happy ones. I have never been let down and the staff are lovely. Although I live away now I would go the extra mile to use this shop.

Exquisite. That's probably the best word to describe their floral arrangements…read more I thought Bettys was just your friendly neighbourhood florist, but little did I know, the shop has been around since 1850 (!!!), and comprises a talented team of florists trained by a Chelsea Flower Show Gold Medal Winner. And it shows - Bettys creates some of the most stunning arrangements I've ever seen. If I ever had one of those circus weddings, this is the company I'd commission. They provide flowers for any and all occasions, including anniversaries, birthdays, funerals, new babies, weddings, even commercial purposes. Bettys is right around the corner from where I used to live, and my event-planner ex used their services for his extravagant parties. I was even the recipient of a few magnificent arrangements, much to my delight. The team here are extremely friendly and happy to help you select the flowers that will appear in your arrangement. Or if you're hopeless like me and can only describe your perfect arrangements in terms of colour ("Uh. Pink, please?"), Bettys can take your lack of direction and still produce a heavenly creation to suit your special occasion.

So, I was served this morning by Sarah and Julie and it has to be said...what a team! They pulled…read moreout all the stops to make a beautiful large, luxury. Festive Floral basket working to a very tight deadline. They couldn't have been more helpful, efficient and friendly. Thank you so much ladies. The recipient of the flowers was overwhelmed with what you put together for her and I'm incredibly grateful to you. You're are a real credit fo the business and a big reason why I would use Betty's Florists again.

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other than Health With Herbs at 124 Cowbridge Road East. Laura's would therefore be a fruiterers…read moreand florist of distinction by default if it weren't for the fact that it would still earn this title even if half of the fruit and veg shops of Cardiff were lumped together in a row. Run by a husband and wife team who really take care of their business, and stocking everything that you could ever feasibly wish for at extremely affordable prices. They even had beautiful doughnut peaches in the last time I paid them a visit. Delicious! It's just a shame that there isn't an equally good butchers across the road to compliment their efforts. Instead there's a Tesco's!

There are some shops which will survive the times, no matter what. They're like cockroaches While…read moreall the supermarkets crumble and burn, these shops will forever remain sturdy and loved. It's amazing really! This greengrocers sells some of the loveliest fruit and vegetable that you'll find. It makes such a nice change to be able to walk into a shop and see earth and leaves and think, oh yes, that's right, vegetables come from the ground! And apples grow on trees. It's all too easy to forget this when you're just picking up plastic bags of fruit from the supermarket. The service here is wonderfully friendly, and they never fail to stock beetroot and rhubarb when I want it most. Satisfactory indeed, my friends. This is a definitive cockroach shop, in a good way! If only Laura's was in Penarth instead, then it would pretty much be perfect.

I don't like red roses, boys/ men. Take note. I do like flowers though. Actual, real flowers in the…read morewild, in plant pots, but mostly in big bright beautiful bouquets given to me, meant for me, from someone quite lovely. What kind of flowers? Orange gerberas. Sunflowers. Crazy exotic creations. Daffodils. Cornflowers. Pretty little posies of wild flowers and sweet peas. I am not alone in this. A lot of people like giving and receiving flowers. They say things we don't know how to otherwise. Things like: 'Sorry' I dumped you/ ran over your cat/ spilt red wine on that dress I borrowed and promised not to spill red wine on... 'I love you' friend/ mum/ tiddles/ Romeo/ Charlotte Church 'Thinking of you' ... I know I've not called for three years but, well I've been busy Gran, and I'm sure you understand. Things like that. If you need to say things like that I'd recommend the Secret Garden because they can say it beautifully. They've got fashion know how to bring to creating bouquets. They offer a sensational selection of seasonal blooms, full of vibrant colours for any occasion - hand-tied bouquets; wedding flowers; corporate contracts; gift ideas and sympathy flowers. Delivery: They have a same day delivery service to surrounding Cardiff, and a next day delivery for nationwide orders placed before 2pm.

The ordering process did not go smoothly. I had to explain what I wanted to a second person, two…read moredays after I had originally placed the order. I asked for the bouquets to be delivered to a particular place and they were delivered to a different place. But the worst thing was the actual flowers. I asked for brightly coloured flowers. Instead I got a mish-mash of random types of flowers, and most of them in drab and washed-out colours. A lot of them had started curling at the edges of the petals, even though they were still in water and there were lots of stalks of berries for some reason. I asked for flowers, not berries. It looked like I got palmed off with the flowers nobody would choose at the shop.

This is a smart little florist sourcing its flowers from Holland, and staff there go out of way to…read moreget your arrangement just right. As you'd expect, they cater for all occasions. They can dress a hotel for a wedding reception, decorate a marquee for your celebration, and design beautiful buttonholes for your wedding, working with ideas you already have - or coming up with ideas for you if you're stuck. Depending on the season and the type and duration of the event, they know what type of flowers will hold up to the rigours of the day - and can avoid those that will die in the wrong conditions.

My friend got her wedding flowers from Barkways last year and they gave an amazing service right…read morethrough. She had something quite specific in mind and they listened to her requests, came up with some really cool ideas. They really knew their stuff and also helped her to find ways to keep the costs down. Everything on the day looked perfect and they still looked fresh at the end of the night. Luckily I got to take some home!

Gift shop? Flower shop? Or café? It's certainly quite hard to actually define Garlands…read more Considering the name you'd believe that Garlands primarily focuses on flowers, but I was actually quite unimpressed by their flower selection. You can certainly buy some nice simple flowers to perhaps brighten up the house, but I wouldn't recommend them if you're after something more special (I would not be pleased if my boyfriend gave me flowers from here). But flowers aside, Garlands is simply wonderful if you're after a gift, but don't quite know what to buy. They sell a wide variety of items including; posh crockery, vases, photo frames, clocks, toiletries etc... all of which are highly unique. As Cardiff is sadly lacking a Cath Kidston, I was most pleased to discover that Garlands stocked a small range of this brand, which is better than nothing. I have never eaten in the café so don't feel I can really pass judgment, but as for the décor it was quite simple. So don't get your flowers from here, but absolutely check out the gifts, as you won't find anything else like them in Cardiff.

Rolfe's has been a florist since 1967, and now employs a team of four qualified florists - so when…read moreit comes to experience they definitely have it. They've also kept up with the times, though, and their shop front is modern and cheery, always with a colourful display of their flowers outside, and home to an in-house balloon artist. They provide flowers to suit all occasions, including wedding and civil partnership flowers, bouquets, corporate flowers, unique tributes, sympathy flowers, balloons and flower arrangements. If you'd rather talk to them in your own home, they will arrange a home consultation for you, and they can deliver 6 days a week (Monday to Saturday, 8am to 5pm) - while their relay service means they can also deliver nationally and internationally.

I ordered flowers for my mother's funeral and the flowers were not the flowers I ordered on the…read morecross advertisement very disappointing on a very sad day I hoped the flowers I ordered would be the same as advertised I bought the yellow cross in good faith that I would receive the flowers advertised but I didn't not pleased

A truly enormous garden centre on the eastern outskirts of Cardiff, conveniently situated adjacent…read moreto junction 29 of the A48M where it meets the old A48 Newport Road. It's a popular shopping destination in its own right, and is actually part of the large UK-wide Wyevale chain. As well as an enormous range of plants, seeds, gardening tools and gardening supplies, it sells all sorts of gardening-related merchandise, such as garden buildings, garden furniture, pet supplies, books, ornaments, greeting cards, toys, clothing etc. Their prices aren't the cheapest, but it's all in one place and the quality is not bad (and it is getting very hard to find independent high-quality traditional nurseries, these days). Many of the staff are not that expert in the plants, though - certainly not compared with the horticultural or botanical expertise that resides in parts of the British gardening fraternity. That said, they always seem to be pretty friendly and willing to help, and the whole experience is rather less intimidating than it can be in some traditional nurseries. For those living in hope of a dry summer, there is an extensive range of barbecues and barbecue supplies. (Note: worth getting in stocks of charcoal, as there is always a run on supplies at the first sign of Bank Holiday sun). They also have a hire service for a very extensive range of garden and building machinery, if buying your own rotovator or mini-digger seems something of an indulgence. Perfect for the would-be 'Bob the Builder' (or 'Bob y Bildar'). There's a decent sized cafe, which is quite pleasant outside the week-end peak times, although there's no escaping the warehouse 'architecture'. It's very popular with pensioners during the week. At week-ends, the whole place is packed by families on an afternoon out, which makes for a slightly more stressful shopping experience. The centre has toilets and is designed to be accessible for wheel-chair users. The Wyevale website is quite interesting for the novice gardener, with a 'plant finder' facility, which tells you what you can grow in the soil and aspect of your garden.

Blooms is a massive garden centre that's easy to get to from either Cardiff or Newport, with…read morehelpful staff (though not all of them perhaps 'experts') and a huge array of plants, garden furniture and ornaments, and gardening tools and accessories. The centre is also home to a decent little book shop and a café, and it sells jewellery, clothes, pet-related products, farm-style foods and even fresh Welsh meat, jams and chutneys! Blooms even offer an equipment hire service, so you can hire garden and building machinery rather than go out and buy it if you only need it for a one-off occasion. Some of the stock can be a bit on the expensive side, but I think most big nurseries are the same, and at least you can browse around lots of different departments under one roof here.