Flower Muse Studio

Eighteen dollars buys three stems, wrapped. That little “Three Wishes” bouquet is the cheapest thing on Flower Muse’s shelf, and it says something about the shop: it is as happy selling a small Tuesday gesture as a $300 anniversary armful. The studio sits in the Willoughby Town Centre shops and splits its time between flowers and a workshop table where people make things.

The flowers

Everything is priced online, which is rarer among florists than it should be. Wrapped bouquets run mostly from $65 for a medium “Sweet Bloom” to $158 for the biggest seasonal designs, with the Designer’s Choice from $115 and premium roses from about $102 during a November 15% promotion. There are also boxed arrangements, orchids and plants, dried bouquets from $25, preserved flowers at $38, and a pet-friendly bouquet built from blooms that are safer around cats and dogs. For Christmas the shop pre-sells handmade evergreen wreaths ($80 half-moon, $120 full) and table centrepieces from $85.

Wedding work is on the menu too: bridal bouquets from $140, corsage-and-boutonniere sets at $70 and flower crowns, with a free consultation first and two to three weeks’ notice on bouquets. Subscriptions come once or twice a month on three- to twelve-month terms, from $50 a bouquet for the smallest size on a year’s plan.

The workshop table

The other half of the business is classes, booked online like products, materials included: a Christmas wreath evening or Saturday morning ($95, Nov 27, 28, Dec 4 and 5), a holiday table centrepiece ($89.99, Dec 19 and 20), a mini Christmas tree ($65, Dec 11), a garden terrarium ($79.99, Nov 21 and Dec 5), a hand-tied bouquet class that changes with the season ($95, Nov 28) and perfume blending ($65 for 30 ml, $85 for 50 ml, ages 12 and up, about an hour). Silver ring making is now once a month at $150, two hours, four people at most. Groups and work teams can book a private session, and the shop says it will bring a workshop to your venue.

Before you book: classes are final sale (one reschedule with 48 hours’ notice), and a session can be cancelled if fewer than two or three people sign up, in which case they move you to another date.

Ordering tips

Noon is the cut-off for same-day delivery; after that they will try, but it may slide a day. Sunday delivery needs advance notice, and refunds are only considered within an hour of ordering, so double-check the card message.

More Willoughby independents are in Shop Local in Willoughby; every flower shop in town is on our florists in Langley page, and the Willoughby guide covers the rest of the neighbourhood.