Covent Garden Flower Market Price Info

kaysmith87

I went to Covent Garden flower market yesterday and thought i'd share a few prices as a guide. I found it really hard to source info online so hopefully this might help some.

The prices do vary daily but as a guide ( this was also without haggling to much as I was only buying a few to test out designs).

Roses - Long stem in bunches of 20 60p a stem
Roses - short stem ( looked more than long enough for bouquets etc and longer than those in the supermarket. Bunches of 20 - 30p a stem.

Sunflowers - 75p a stem in bunches of 5 (stem more than 1m)
Gerbers - £15 for a box of 50 long stem
Gerbers - £5 bunch of 20 slightly smaller heads and shorter stems (same length as you get in the supermarket).

Peyones - £5 for a bunch of 10
hydrangeas £1.50 a stem ( i think some had them at £1 but not 100% sure).

Gip (white foliage stuff - sorry im rubbish with flower names!) £5 for a massive bunch.

Here is a link to some pics from the market and the bouquets I mocked up - the large sunflower one is around 25cm in diameter and only cost £4.75!

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150280123445310.373333.749385309&l=10bdf4dbbd

eng3ecd

Brilliant, thanks very much. What time did you go?

kaysmith87

we got there for around 7am and there was still lots of choice, I'd say we were there until around 8-8.30. They let you buy by the bunch so you don't have to get huge quantities but I get the impression if you do you can haggle more ( we got a few £ off!) They take orders so I am going to work out exactly what I want and call around to get prices a few days before. I think i'll go with Alagar Ltd though as they were so much more helpful and were the cheapest in the market for what we wanted.

johannalf88

Thats really good, thanks for the tip!

Maysie

lovely idea. i like the comment our house stinks of flowers after one of the pics lol