> SLOW FLOWER GIFTS
From make-your-own workshops, a big downtown market and weekly subscription services, there are more options for Mother’s Day florals grocery store bouquets. Toronto Flower Market Stop to smell the offerings of 16 different vendors at the first instalment of the 2017 Toronto Flower Market. When: Saturday, May 13 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. (other dates: June 10, July 15, August 19, September 9, October 7) Where: 1001 Queen St. W. near CAMH Website: torontoflowermarket.ca Subscriptions Many slow flower florists and growers don’t have retail locations and instead offer order-only subscription services:
Qt Flowers: Daily, weekly and monthly Toronto deliveries from $10 a bouquet.
Pink Twig: This “Flower of the Month Club” offers $25 bouquets plus delivery fees anywhere in Toronto and the GTA.
Philia Flora: Weekly, bi-weekly or monthly subscriptions lasting two to five months in Toronto and North York from $30 per bouquet.
Sweet Gale Gardens: Bouquets for five to 20 weeks from $100 for pickup in east and west end of Toronto.
Floralora Flowers: Bouquets or make-your-own-arrangement buckets of flowers for four to six weeks until September from $110. Pickup in Toronto, Picton, Wellington and Prince Edward County.
Posy Gang: Six weeks of bouquets starting in June from $180 pickup in Whitby or $240 anywhere in the GTA.
My Luscious Backyard: Weekly, bi-weekly or monthly Toronto deliveries for $49 to $85 per arrangement. Workshops Treat mom to a workshop with the pros at these Toronto flower studios:
Coriander Girl: Private bachelorette and birthday workshops plus wreath, flower crown, planter and vase arrangement workshops. Price: From $100. Location: 77 Florence St. #107.
Bloom School: The owners of Blush and Bloom flower studio offer workshops and three- to seven-day intensives on weddings and other events. Price: From $185. Location: 163 Sterling Rd. #160.
Wild North Flowers: Fowlow and team offer personalized private group sessions in addition to hand-tied bouquet tutorials and “Vase Composition 101” workshops. Price: From $125. Location: 135 Tecumseth St. #12.