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Florist with Flair
WRITTEN BY SHARON DEAN
Sandy Jenkins from Florist boutique has a natural talent for creativity
and presentation.
In fact, Sandy says she has always had an interest in flowers and in creativity.
You may well contribute that love of her business to her grandparents who
loved gardening, having what may be referred to as having had ‘green
fingers’. Sandy remembers in her younger years, strolling through her
grandparent’s gardens and taking time to “smell the flowers”. Commenting to
Sandy at that time, I said how ironic that is, as quite often the more we are in
front of something, or think about a place, image or scenario, how later in life,
that can come around full circle, and suddenly you find yourself with that new
house or job. Somehow the universe brings it back to you…
Sandy brought her business in August 2017, and since then, she has been
building that business successfully, step…by step. Fast forward to May 2018,
Sandy has a very strong database of clients, and Florist Boutique is adding
continually to products and services, she can offer her clients, making the
business “her own”.
Sandy bought the business because she says, “I loved flowers, and I wanted
to bring that to people, flowers can make people feel happier, and there are
many times in a person’s life, in happy or sad moments, where people do
appreciate them”. Sandy has a passion to deliver this philosophy to people on
a day to day basis. Her focus is to provide a high quality of products to people,
which results in customer satisfaction. Sandy is always looking at ways to
grow and expand her business. She employs locally, and has a wonderful
staff member Anna, and she acknowledges the people, who during her busier
times, are there to lend a hand.
Being “Eco friendly”, is Sandy’s vision for her business. She has green waste
bins where she separates the cardboard, and Bio-degradeable bags for wet
wraps. Sandy would love to become as close to being 100% Eco friendly as
possible. As she goes on to explain that “We rely on our environment for our
business, as it reflects the price, so therefore the more that we can do, the
better it is for our business and my clients”.
260 Thames Street, Morrinsville | Phone 07 889 5737
www.morrinsvilleflowers.co.nz
Facebook: Floristboutique@morrinsvilleflowers
Florist boutique offers a wide variety of flowers, houseplants, beautifully giftwrapped
terrariums, air plants and gift vouchers for their customers. There
website is providing as a strong link to the business, with many customers
buying online, and with the extensive range that Sandy offers, everybody is
being catered for and being looked after.
Sourcing locally is important to Sandy, so she has growers accommodating
her range of flowers from Rotorua, Cambridge and Katikati. It enables her in
keeping the flowers fresh, which is a better result for her clients. Alternatively,
Sandy can also top up what she can’t get from local growers in terms of
availability at the time, from wholesalers in Hamilton and Auckland.
Floral classes have proved popular at Florist boutique, and you can register
for a “build a bunch class”, which gives people the basic knowledge of how
to put a bunch of flowers together and present them beautifully. As Sandy
describes, this is something people love to do, and it makes people feel good
about being able to get to do it themselves. There are further opportunities in
the pipe line with different classes soon becoming available.
Florist boutique is a local Morrinsville business, going from strength to
strength. Well done Sandy and the team at Florist boutique.
PG. 18
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