Flowers Manuela
Welcome to Flowers Manuela, a delightful floral escape in Wellington celebrating the beauty of nature through organic and artistic designs. Every flower tells a story, chosen with care to create unique and personalized arrangements that reflect the individuality and style of the recipient. From lush bouquets to exquisite posies, each creation is crafted with love and a deep appreciation for New Zealand's splendid blooms.
Founded by Manuela, who grew up on a flower farm, she brings the legacy of her childhood to life, combining a love for nature with a creative flair. We specialize in providing memorable experiences, whether it's for beautiful weddings, special events, or simply to brighten someone's day with a floral gift. Additionally, we offer a selection of charming gifts, including skincare products and delicious handmade cookies.
At Flowers Manuela, we invite you to share your ideas and dreams so we can create something truly special together. Visit us at 35 Abel Smith Street and let us help you find the perfect floral solution for every occasion.
Opening hours
- monday: 10h-15h
- tuesday: 10h-16h
- wednesday: 10h-16h
- thursday: 10h-17h
- friday: 10h-17h
- saturday: 10h-13h
Our comment from Flowerspedia about Flowers Manuela:
Artistic floral masterpieces
Flowers Manuela is widely celebrated not just as a florist, but as a studio of floral artists. Clients frequently describe their creations as "true art pieces" and "stunning arrangements" that go beyond traditional bouquets. The team excels at translating vague ideas or specific color palettes into unique, bespoke compositions that consistently exceed expectations.
Bespoke service and expert guidance
A key strength of this floristry is the highly personalized customer service. Whether you are an experienced buyer or intimidated by floral choices, the staff provides excellent guidance. They are renowned for working closely with clients to understand their vision and budget, ensuring that even modest budgets result in generous, high-quality arrangements that look far more expensive than they are.
Perfect for weddings and special events
Many customers highlight Manuela’s exceptional work for weddings and major life events. The team has a proven track record of creating bridal bouquets, bridesmaids' posies, and large-scale event decorations. They are particularly noted for their ability to handle tight deadlines and complex requests with grace, such as incorporating specific elements like lanterns or creating flower crowns for special occasions.
Reliability and freshness
The shop is praised for delivering fresh, long-lasting flowers with a divine scent. Customers appreciate the reliability of their service, which includes seamless online ordering for local pickup and efficient delivery services, even for challenging locations like hospitals or apartments. The combination of top-quality seasonal blooms and friendly, accommodating staff makes Flowers Manuela a trusted choice for any occasion.
Flowers Manuela: Reviews
Fantastic experience: The best graduation flowers ever!!! True art piece. Number 1 welly florist
Fantastic experience: Thank you so much for the arrangement you sent to a dear friend today. She loved them and described them as ‘truly stunning’. I really appreciated the thoughtful and creative approach to my order and the fantastic, personal customer service. A class act.
Fantastic experience: Thank you for delivering a beautiful arrangement for my sister’s birthday. Your team was amazing to work with. So much appreciated. From the other side of the globe huge applause!
Fantastic experience: Amazing people!! Beautiful flowers
Fantastic experience: I ordered from Manuela Florist for my daughter’s birthday last week. I live in UK and via emails Juliet was so helpful and they delivered to my daughter on her birthday (in Wellington), the most beautiful bouquet which was absolutely perfect, thank you so much for a wonderful helpful service.
Thanks Margie, so glad your girl enjoyed her bouquet. A pleasure to help
Fantastic experience: Excellent service and kind staff
Fantastic experience: Great place, great price, my favourite flower shop in the city!
Fantastic experience: Excellent experience, went in yesterday to get a bouquet made for my girlfriend and the whole process was so easy and wonderful! Great value for money too!
Fantastic experience: Manuela made the most beautiful arrangement for my wedding, and it was the best experience working with her! She understood our budget and what we wanted perfectly!! We also requested to have lanterns incorporated in the set up, and Manuela added that in seamlessly. Everything came out looking amazing. Now I’m looking for the next opportunity to be able to work with her again…
Thank you, so pleased you loved your flowers for your special day
Fantastic experience: Hi Flowers Manuela.. Can u check your facebook messages, I just sent u a message via messenger.
Fantastic experience: A lovely experience through and through. I'm always intimidated by florists because I don't know what I'm after and the cost is scary, but Flowers Manuela made it so nice, I was able to order a bouquet in advance, specifying my budget and the kind of vibe I wanted. And they really delivered (not literally as I wanted to pickup). My girlfriend said it gave her a new appreciation for floral arrangement how perfect it was for her. Could not recommend enough. They also have lovely and affordable premade bouquets which I am always very tempted by
Fantastic experience: Got a flower arrangement for my boyfriend on Valentine's day, gorgeous and exactly what I had in mind. Their website was down but they still got back to me and answered all my questions, lovely customer service too!
Fantastic experience: I just received a bouquet from here and it’s probably the most gorgeous thing I’ve ever seen. My partner gave them a colour pallet and a budget and they did the rest! I’m so happy with it, will definitely be returning for more in the future.
Fantastic experience: Oh my word!!! These guys are the most fabulous florist’s ever. So friendly and accommodating plus they always nail the brief. I’ve had multiple bunches done by Amber and she’s done a fantastic job every time from $50 to $100 bunches. She takes the time to tweak and balance your vision especially if you’re in store while she’s crafting it. If you need a $50 bunch that looks like a much pricier one (we’ve all been there.. lol), these guys do it best. Can’t sing high enough praises for Manuela, Juliet and Amber—thank you for your passion you gorgeous humans!!!
Fantastic experience: I ordered ‘condolence’ flowers for a friend who lives in Wellington - all arranged via Manuela’s website and email while I was in transit in Europe . They really went the extra mile to arrange convenient delivery and produced a lovely bouquet. Everything exceeded my expectations. Flowers do soothe in times of distress.
Fantastic experience: Thank you Amber @ Flowers by Manuela, you delivered my vision very beautifully and I was very haply with the arrangement. This was just what I had in mind.
Fantastic experience: Great personal services. Beautiful fresh selection. In every way excellent value. Easy roadside parking.
Fantastic experience: Excellent flowers & fabulous service! Will definitely come back for some darker tulips soon :)
Fantastic experience: Ordered 2x autumn/spring bouquets for colleagues’ farewell and they looked so nice. Smelt great and colleagues loved them ❤️
Fantastic experience: Lovely burst of early spring in our living room.
Fantastic experience: Popped in today to by some flowers for my boyfriend who enjoys having a few fresh cut flowers on his table. I'm no florist but I didn't need to be - the lovely lady in the store knew exactly what questions to ask me and put together such a beautiful little boquet for a very reasonable price! It was perfect and my boyfriend absolutely loved them! Thank you!
Fantastic experience: We requested a small bouquet and boutonniere for our wedding photoshoot. She made our shoot perfect, capturing the New Zealand atmosphere and bringing to life the design we had envisioned in our minds. Thank you very much. The shop truly has a wonderland-like atmosphere, with plants more fascinating than those I've seen in botanical gardens. Please create a gift for my beloved wife, when we visit Wellington again.
Fantastic experience: always takes such care no matter your budget!
Fantastic experience: Great florist to deal with, Very happy with the arrangement of flowers that was made up for a birthday celebration . Great understanding on what we were after, I would happily use them again.
Fantastic experience: I got delivered the biggest bouquet of flowers. The courier was lovely and the flowers are beautiful, fresh, and smell amazing.
Fantastic experience: Such an amazing and quick service! I called on short notice and was able to pick up a small bouquet less than 30 minutes later, and is gorgeous and price suiting too!! A service you can depend on
Fantastic experience: Flowers Manuela created my wedding bouquets and floral arrangements and absolutely blew my mind! I cannot recommend these guys enough, they are sensational!
Fantastic experience: Her artistry and sense of balance beamed through in her arrangement today, but her service ethic and good cheer was just *chef's kiss*. At first, I thought the process for online orders was fiddly (I'm used to the usual "pick a bouquet" menu that most florists have), but the to-and-fro was her way of understanding the situation that called for flowers. The result made me realise what a genius approach she has.
Fantastic experience: It's nearby They are definitely friendly and try to help u the best they can I ended up booked somewhere else but I know their efforts on squeezing me in was thumbs up Next time I will go to them
Fantastic experience: Beautiful, caring staff and a beautiful environment; such a gorgeous place to buy plants. The atmosphere is truly calming and it smells divine! Thank you!!
Fantastic experience: Thank you Manuela for what you and your team for my daughter’s wedding in the 25th November. The service you gave was second to none. The arrangements were fantastic. You heard what my daughter wanted and provided above and beyond our expectations. I haven’t stopped raving about how wonderful you and your flowers are. Thank you again. And if anyone reads this review, know this, flowers by Manuela are the very best you can get!
Fantastic experience: Super friendly and helpful, saved the day!
Fantastic experience: By far the best to deal with. Absolutely lovely and swift order placement and pick up on the day. Placed an order for a wreath and bouquet, blown away by how beautiful and the value for money.
Fantastic experience: Fabulous service and these beautiful flowers!! Thank you!
Fantastic experience: Amazing service today at very short notice and the flowers were stunning! LOVED the service from this florist!
Negative experience: Not very impressed with the high cost and average bunch my receiver got. Two stem of orchids and a few already withering roses that were dead within two days. The two stars are for the orchids. I'd go elsewhere next time.
Hi Tina, so sorry to hear that. We have tried to find your order, but can't find it. Please email us as we would love to have the opportunity to rectify this. We expect our flowers to last at least a week unless they are door posies. Huge apologies and hope to hear from you. Email [email protected].
Fantastic experience: Amazing service and so good at what they do.
Fantastic experience: A most magic place. My absolute favourite flower place - designs are original and enchanting. Florists who translate customers' ideas into masterpieces.
Fantastic experience: Amazing service and exceptional quality!
Fantastic experience: Help me win my geogueser!!! LFG!!!!
Fantastic experience: Flowers Manuela is the most gorgeous flower boutique. The florists are always so accommodating and always exceed expectations with their craft. They are always happy to work within a budget and create stunning bespoke arrangements no matter how small you budget is. The flowers are always top quality and super fresh, and the bouquets are unique. Thank you for all the memories made even more special with your gorgeous flower craft!!
Fantastic experience: Best florist in Aotearoa!
Fantastic experience: Hi Flowers at Manuela. Thank you so much for your beautiful flowers and service. Perfect colour palette as requested. Delivering to apartments in the city can be tricky, but you guys nailed it! She LOVED her flowers.
Fantastic experience: I'd just like to say how perfect the flowers for my mums memorial were. You exceeded my expectation. Thank you so much.
Fantastic experience: Placed an order from overseas for Mother’s Day and it was a very fast process despite the distance. She said that they were the prettiest flowers she had ever seen, not to mention in a massive bouquet! Beyond generous and accommodating of the color requests I had. Couldn’t recommend this florist more. Thank you for bringing so much beauty to the day.
Fantastic experience: Beautiful flowers. Every. Single. Time. Talented friendly bunch. Highly recommended.
Fantastic experience: Manuella and her team are an incredibly talented group of people. Even without meeting in person due to covid, the arrangements she made for our Wedding were above and beyond what we wanted. Thank you!
Fantastic experience: I live in Australia and my Mum was in Wellington Hospital after emergency surgery. The girls were so lovely and kind on the phone and they put together a beautiful and personalised arrangement for my Mum. Hospital deliveries were challenging during Covid restrictions and the girls went above and beyond to get the flowers delivered. I am so grateful for their kindness and old fashioned service and for making a really difficult time a little easier. They are now our family florist and I can’t praise them highly enough. Thank you xxxxxxxxxx
Fantastic experience: Amazing service and the flowers here are next level. Beautiful and creative arrangements. I live overseas and they make delivering flowers to my friends and family so easy and quick. Recommend to all.
Fantastic experience: Not my normal florist,but experienced top service from very professional staff and all done with a smile...happy camper !
Fantastic experience: They always create gorgeous bouquets, the store is a magical wonderland, and the staff are lovely
Fantastic experience: Its indeed a floral utopia. I love dropping in to the shop just for that feeling of being in a different world. And they have never disappointed me with their magical work they do on the flowers. Highly recommended!!
Fantastic experience: Wow what a lovely experience engaging with Manuela and her staff in organising flowers for a bereaved parents remembrance dinner our organisation was hosting. I cannot recommend more highly Manuela's manner & expertise at tailoring arrangements perfectly for our event. Her ideas & guidance gave great confidence in the planning and the outcome was stunning. Flowers Manuela will be my automatic 'go to' for flowers in the future both personally & work related occasions.
Fantastic experience: What an absolutely lovely woman to deal with, so stoked and grateful for her help with a last minute delivery. Above and beyond, went out of her way to help me. Thank you so much
Fantastic experience: I've been going to these florists for years and they've always been amazing. Beautiful arrangements at a fair price, and very accommodating too! Cannot recommend this place enough
Fantastic experience: I always use Flowers Manuela when I need flowers delivered for a special occasion. It’s always super easy ordering online from overseas and the bunches always look beautiful. Very happy!
Fantastic experience: What a great experience I had with getting flowers from Manuela. I highly recommend this flower shop, they are easy and awesome
Fantastic experience: Great little shop, the team were friendly and accommodating.
Fantastic experience: To be perfectly honest. I think flowers are too expensive! I'd rather buy a new wetsuit, or power tool. But when there are occasions and situations where the only proper response is flowers, then Manuela, Juliet and the crew at Flowers Manuela are your dream team! From our wedding ten years ago, to recent (sadly) funerals, and many anniversaries and apologies in between. I always go to FM because I never know what other people want, but Manuela and co do, and they get it spot on each time. Thanks for making life (and death!) more beautiful and easier to shoulder.
Fantastic experience: These arrangements are more like studies in modern art rather than traditional bouquets! I have ordered two bouquets from Flowers Manuela so far, and I will continue to order more. Buying these for people is more like a gift to myself, since they are so beautiful and impressive. The staff is also super friendly and courteous! 11/10
Fantastic experience: good for flowers
Fantastic experience: There are florists and there are artists. Flowers Manuela are artists. The arrangement they've created was beyond all my expectations. I'm so grateful! 10 stars if i could!
Fantastic experience: Very good experience for an unaccustomed flower buyer
Fantastic experience: Amazing florist! They put so much care and thought and detail into my birthday flowers and the arrangements they made were perfection. Thank you so much!
Fantastic experience: Absolutely beautiful flowers - ordered some for a friend and they were absolutely lovely. Would definitely recommend.
Fantastic experience: Flowers Manuela was fantastic to deal with and they created a stunning bunch of flowers which thrilled the recipient. The team understood exactly what we were looking for and I highly recommend them.
Fantastic experience: The flowers delivered yesterday from Manuela Were stunning. Thank you
Fantastic experience: Placed an order for my sister in the morning from Aussie knowing they’d have a bit of sass coming from flowers Manuela, super easy ordering and payment and the flowers that were delivered that afternoon were epic - exactly what I was after (with the added bonus of tears at work from the recipient). SUCCESS.
Fantastic experience: Great selection and the staff are fantastic
Fantastic experience: Thanks to Libby and the rest of the team for the amazing flowers for our wedding! They were beautiful and exactly what we wanted. Excellent service - warm and professional with expert knowledge. Highly recommend!
Fantastic experience: Flowers Manuela were amazing to work with , I absolutely lived the arrangements they made for me to decorate a space for a party. Flowers came water wrapped but unfortunately one burst and leaked through the cardboard before we got the the location. Thankfully it wasn’t too much a mission to regime the flowers in a vase . They were so stunning and unique and we had tons of compliments on them. At the end of the night I gifted a bouquet each to good friends .
Fantastic experience: Im not one to review things often however I have ordered from Flowers Manuela many times now and am always in awe of their beautiful bouquets! Hands down the best in Wellington! The service is always incredible and the level of personalization is what makes their beautiful flowers that much more meaningful.
Fantastic experience: Thank you so much for the amazing flower arrangements for our wedding! I was in the hospital getting chemo for cancer, and for health reasons, we had to pull together a wedding in a matter of days. Manuela pulled together everything we needed so quickly, and we both really appreciated how easy it was to work with her. Everyone was in awe of the bouquet, the archway arrangement and very importantly to me, the flower crown made all the difference to how the wig looked which took away all the self-consciousness I previously had. Flowers Manuela captured — and elevated — the vision that we had with the stunning arrangements, and made our wedding day even more special. We couldn't be happier!
Fantastic experience: Really beautiful flowers, amazing staff. Super helpful. I had 15 minutes to get an arrangement together for a photo shoot and they went over and above, getting it done with a smile.
Fantastic experience: Always beautiful and long lasting bouquets from the lovely people at Flowers Manuela
Fantastic experience: Friendly staff and the most beautiful flowers. Their $8 posies are amazing value for money, always unique and generous.
Fantastic experience: Nice and helpful.
Fantastic experience: Fabulous flowers, warm friendly staff who know what they are doing, Manuela is always on point
Fantastic experience: Whether you are looking to get really involved and selective, or trust them to do something great from a vague idea, I have never been anything but thrilled over years of using only them.
Fantastic experience: very good customer service. Staff there has good product knowledge to advice you with buying decisions.
Fantastic experience: Exceptional florist. Always my go to here in Wellington. Give them a price and a brief of what you're after and they'll surely nail it. They've been great with short notice requests too!
Fantastic experience: Flowers manuela did a very thoughtful and thorough job making sure I had the perfect bridal bouquet, bridesmaids bouquets, corsages and buttonholes. They were stunning
Fantastic experience: Given a difficult brief, the staff there put together a beautiful bunch of flowers for us. Very helpful and creative
Fantastic experience: Lovely service
Fantastic experience: As you walk towards Flowers Manuela one can smell a fantastic floral smell as one approaches the shop. I found the shop by looking on line as it was close to where I was located during the day as I was on holiday visiting Wellington at the time. The shop has appeal and is well signposted. Manuela organised my flowers by way of telephone order suitable for the recipient. On collection , the flowers exceeded my expectations & the costing was most reasonable for the effort put into the arrangement. The recipient of the flowers was delighted ...what more can I say but thank you Manuela ,ever so much.
Fantastic experience: Lovely staff who always listen and deliver a beautiful composition. The mix of flowers and greenery on site is delightful.
Thank you for your wonderfully kind words and taking the time to make such a glowing report. Awesome and Thank you! !
Fantastic experience: Great service. Friendly staff. Great value for money. Would recommend/10
Fantastic experience: Best service, most amazing flowers in wellington plus awesome prices! I don't go anywhere else they do everything with so much love <3 Highly recommended!
Fantastic experience: I turned to Manuela for my wedding flowers and I had the most amazing experience. Her shop is the most gorgeous place in Wellington (you feel so special once you cross the entrance door). And after we decided to book her for our wedding, she also took the time to get back to us, and sit with us, talk and show us samples of what we wanted exactly for the big day. I gave her some pictures for inspiration and the final result was above my expectations - not only did she totally respect my wedding colours and ideas, but she also brought her special touch to make it look unique. What's more important is that she used the NZ seasonal flowers that she had in store to fit our theme. The red roses she provided were of the most amazing quality I had ever seen. They looked so good on our wedding pictures! I will definitely turn to her again shall I need any flower arrangement in the future.
Fantastic experience: The most amazing and talented ladies! They created a gorgeous arrangement for my Aunty in hospital and I wouldn't go anywhere else!
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