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Hi, Does anyone know when the first flower shop actually opened? During which era? Or by who?
Lookin but can't find the answer!!
Helen x

oh hells that could take a while to find out people have used flowers to express emotions and the like for hundreds of years. good luck

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Sarah Creating Bespoke Wedding Flowers Cheshire

looking on a family history site there was a Emily Ingram who was a florist who had a shop 60 Theodore Street ASTON ABOUT 1915. That is the earliest established fact that I can find at the moment, but will keep looking.

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Rainbow

Quote of the day : To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age.
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'SAYING IT WITH FLOWERS' Author, Jennifer Davies, publisher Headline.
The story of the flower shop from Victorian time to the present day.......A very interesting read. Sorry I can't help further.

I seem to recall that Eve used a Fig leaf for decoration and as leaves are considered 'foliage' and an integral part of floristry then the supply of that leaf would have to be considered a 'floral supply event'. The only person who could have supplied it would have to be the 'almighty' as i would assume that Adam would not have wanted to complete the contract for obvious reasons. We also know that the 'almighty' was the creator and therefore 'owner' of all things green and growing and that he held vast stocks of these items in numerous locations around the world. We could in fact refer to it as one big shop as he obviously had no staff at this point in time and so must have managed it all by himself. The fact that he made no charge for the leaf is not relevant as we know that 'florists' still work for nothing to this day.

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you're soo funny fly

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Sarah Creating Bespoke Wedding Flowers Cheshire

well said Fly

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www.willowsfloristry.co.uk

thanks for that!! seem to be reading the victorian era saw the first florist shops opening in the early 1900's? prior to that we had flower arrangers dating back as far as the egyptian period. Does that sound good?!

Is it purely for the UK or the world in general? try chekcing out the "History" pictures at the Swiss Florist "Blumen Maarsen" think they go back to about 1910?!

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FAUN TO BE WILD...!!!

it was me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!london 1892 outside the cake shop