Floral Collaborative
Floral Collaborative is a boutique florist located in Palmerston North, specializing in modern, elegant floral arrangements for a variety of occasions. From birthdays and anniversaries to weddings and farewells, this florist offers beautifully crafted bouquets and bespoke designs that embody quality and attention to detail.
Committed to the community, Floral Collaborative not only enhances special moments but also supports local schools, performing arts groups, and businesses in the Manawatū region. Since its inception, they have gained recognition for their high-quality floral designs, even gracing the cover of NZ Weddings Magazine.
Led by experienced florist Cheryl James, the team offers a wide range of products, including fresh and dried flowers, wedding and funeral floral arrangements, as well as curated giftware and home items. As Cheryl puts it, 'Everyone deserves flowers, no matter their style or budget,' ensuring that each customer feels special. For those looking to surprise their loved ones, Floral Collaborative promises a unique and creative experience.
Opening hours
- sunday: (closed)
- monday: 8:30-17:30
- tuesday: 8:30-17:30
- wednesday: 8:30-17:30
- thursday: 8:30-17:30
- friday: 8:30-17:30
- saturday: 9h-15h
Our comment from Flowerspedia about Floral Collaborative:
Modern Floral Artistry and Bespoke Creations
Under the direction of Cheryl James, Floral Collaborative is a highly respected Palmerston North florist known for creating modern bouquets and bespoke arrangements tailored to every occasion. The studio specializes in thoughtful gifts and creative floral designs, ensuring that each piece is unique. Whether it is a "Just Because" bouquet or a custom design for a milestone event, the team excels at translating customer visions into stunning floral realities, often incorporating unusual textures and tones that keep the arrangements fresh and vibrant for weeks.
Expertise in Weddings and Special Events
The florist is a top choice for weddings and corporate events, offering comprehensive services that range from bridal bouquets and buttonholes to elaborate table centerpieces and cake decorations. Clients frequently praise Cheryl and her team for their ability to manage complex floral requirements with ease, providing a stress-free experience. From the initial consultation to the final delivery, they ensure that every detail, from the smallest hairpiece to large-scale installations, is handled with professionalism and artistic flair.
Compassionate Sympathy Services
Floral Collaborative provides sensitive and respectful funeral flowers, including casket sprays, wreaths, and tribute arrangements. The team works closely with families and funeral directors to create displays that honor the deceased with compassion. Reviews highlight their ability to step in at the last minute, offering not just beautiful flowers but also emotional support and understanding during difficult times, ensuring that the arrangements perfectly encapsulate the memory of the loved one.
Exceptional Customer Care and Delivery
Customer service is a standout feature, with the team receiving high marks for being friendly, helpful, and accommodating. They are known for going above and beyond, such as delivering on very short notice or assisting customers ordering from overseas. The florist offers online ordering 24/7 and delivers to Palmerston North and surrounding areas like Feilding, Ashhurst, and Bulls. Reviews consistently mention the freshness of the flowers, noting that bouquets often last significantly longer than those from competitors, and the reliable, prompt delivery service makes them a trusted local choice.
Floral Collaborative: Reviews
Fantastic experience: For our 20 year anniversary hubby got me the most beautiful bouquet of flowers from Floral Collaborative, 3 weeks later they’re still going strong - thank you team
Fantastic experience: Floral collaborative made the most amazing bouquet for my daughter’s graduation last week, it was stunning. Thank you so much.
Fantastic experience: Ordered birthday flowers for my mother as I live overseas what a absolutely beautiful bouquet she received so very happy will be using them again
Fantastic experience: The ladies in the floral collaborative were so lovely and helpful. I walk in, picked a few bunches of flower that suited what i was after. They very kindly put the bunches together to make a lovely arrangement. Outstanding service.
Fantastic experience: 1st class service awesome flowers thank you
Thank you, Sandy, we very much appreciate your support. :-)
Fantastic experience: Great service & flowers
Fantastic experience: Great range for any budget and loverly service!
Fantastic experience: Fabulous customer service and the two bunches of flowers I ordered to be picked up looked great and lasted for ages.
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed the florals.
Fantastic experience: Thank you Cheryl - the flowers are really beautiful and I really appreciated your incredibly helpful, friendly, service.
Thank you Wendy. Always happy to help where we can.
Fantastic experience: I was the recent lucky recipient of a most gorgeous bouquet of flowers from Floral Collaborative. There were so many unusual floral textures and tones that kept opening over the coming weeks, they were an absolute joy. Thank you so much
You are most welcome.
Fantastic experience: So helpful, they made it easy and delivered for me the same day with very late notice. Appreciate it!
Fantastic experience: Came across this hidden gem randomly and have fallen in love with the stuff in here !
Fantastic experience: Absolutely beautiful corsages, exactly what we envisioned even thou we didn't know how to explain what we wanted, wonderfully professional and extremely helpful, pricing fantastic, will definitely keep coming back, thank you
Glad we could help and you enjoyed the corsage.
Fantastic experience: Staff are great and are really helpful. Thank you ladies
Thank you
Fantastic experience: We hurried in to the shop today with half an hour to spare to get funeral flowers for our beloved nana. Cheryl and her team were angels, they sprang into action and created two beautiful, bright bouquets - perfect, nana would have loved them. They were sympathetic and really helpful on such a hard day for us. Thank you so so much for understanding what we needed. ❤️
Hi Team.
Thank you for your beautiful review.
It's always a hard time and especially losing someone so close to you both. We hope your Nana had an amazing send off, we are sure you both would have made it very special. Condolences again from our team.X
Fantastic experience: Such amazing service, beautiful flowers. Ordered at 9.30 this morning delivered by 11.30. Great customer service experience would strongly recommend.
Hi Chris, Glad the flowers where what you were wanting. Thank you for your review. Take care.
Fantastic experience: Very helpful !! And lovely flowers !!
Thank you, Veronica. Glad you enjoyed the flowers. :-)
Fantastic experience: Beautiful shop, lovely staff & amazing flowers!
Hi Hayley, Thank you for a lovely review. It was nice to meet you.
Fantastic experience: Another stunning bouquet from Floral Collaborative. This is the 'Just Because' bouquet. Gorgeous!
Hi Michelle.
Thank you for your lovely review. Take care until next time.
Fantastic experience: The ladies are absolutely amazing!!! Poppen in for a quick birthday and valentine gifts! They are super amazing!
Hi Quinton. Thank you for a lovely review and for the treats you gave us from your beautiful garden. It's always a pleasure to see you.
Fantastic experience: Fabulous ladies and beautiful work!
Thank you, Rennie. Always a pleasure to create for beautiful customers.
Fantastic experience: The team at Floral Creative did an amazing job for the recent Yorb Manawatu Business Awards, thank you for your support, looking forward to 2026 already. Daniel Goymer Yorb
Thank you for your lovely words. 2026 bring it on, we say :-)
Fantastic experience: The team were absolutely amazing with their kind and patient customer service!!! Their bouguet Plumb was also beautifully crafted and presented!!! The recipient was very happy. Thank you
Thank you, Kaleb. It is always a pleasure to create our beautiful Plumb bouquet. Glad the recipient enjoyed it.
Fantastic experience: Thank you to the friendly, helpful team at Floral Collaborative for the stunning flowers we ordered before the NYPA at Labour Weekend. The arrangements were beautiful and have lasted well - even surviving the long drive back to Auckland unscathed. If you need flowers in Palmy, FC should be your go-to.
Congratulations on your daughters success.
Thank you for your lovely review and look forward to meeting you next time perhaps. Take care.
Fantastic experience: 1000 'thank yous' for the flowers that you did for my daughter's wedding reception last weekend. Such a happy day and the flowers were exactly what we wanted - beautiful. We had the same flowers for the bouquet, the groom's buttonhole, the cake, her hair and in the small vases on the tables - you did an amazing job and a week later the flowers are still centre-stage on our dining room table. Thoroughly recommended!
Thank you for your lovely words Amanda. We are glad you had awesome day. :-)
Fantastic experience: Amazing products and service every time!
Thanks Bobby, Always a pleasure :-)
Fantastic experience: My go to flower shop.
So nice to hear Jords. Thank you for your review :-)
Fantastic experience: One stop shop for flowers & gifts - a lovely locally owned business
Fantastic experience: Excellent Staff , Prompt Service and Creative Design
Thank you, Mittu, for lovely words and review :-)
Fantastic experience: Hands down the most caring, kind, understanding, friendly florist I have yet to come across! Cheryl personally went above and beyond to make sure my flowers were delivered with love and care to my grandparents. Kindness like hers is rare these days. The flowers were absolutely beautiful and delivered almost immediately. I couldn’t ask for a more satisfying experience, thank you so much Cheryl, I will definitely be back.
Rachel, thank you for your beautiful review. Its hard when you dont live in the same town, so anytime you need to get that hug to your beautiful grand parents, I'm your gal. Take care :-)
Fantastic experience: Cheryl was a lifesaver, stepping in at the last minute to help us with our wedding flowers. She guided us through our options and went above and beyond by taking care of everything the day before the wedding. The floral arrangement was a masterpiece, and she had an eye for the smallest details. She was a true gem, and I can't recommend her highly enough.
Elysha, it was an absolute pleasure to have been able to create some floral arrangements for your amazing day. Thank you for your kind words. :-)
Fantastic experience: Amazing service, highly recommend!
Thanks Shanan for you kind words.
Fantastic experience: Ran in last minute to get some flowers and the customer service was fantastic, quality of flowers even at the end of the day were great and the presentation of the bouquet was awesome. Definitely recommend for all of your floral needs!
Thank you David.
We strive to do the best by our customers. :-)
Fantastic experience: Can't fault the flowers delivered and the super friendly and helpful lady who took and order, seamless experience, THANK YOU
Fantastic experience: FC have been ever so accomodating in getting a bunch of their best out to my beloved aunt. She was over the moon to receive her flowers today. Thank you so much Cheryl and the FC team. You’ve made her day
Hi Carla-Louise, we are happy that your Aunt was finally able to enjoy her flowers. Makes life tricky when the hospital wont accept flowers at a time your Aunty could have done with some cheering up.
We hope she is well on the road to feeling much better.
Warmest regards
Cheryl & Jane
Fantastic experience: So friendly and helpful - the flowers were stunning, and the recipient was thrilled. I have received flowers from Floral Collaborative several times now, and they have always been so fresh and so beautifully arranged. I wouldn't go anywhere else!
Hi Nic, thank you for your lovely review. We are glad you enjoy our florals.
Fantastic experience: Beautiful, fresh , top tier have ordered a few times and always recommend to others. The owner is absolute lovely and so helpful!
Fantastic experience: Great service and price. Lovely staff. Easy process. Thanks very much.
Fantastic experience: Ordered these assorted flowers to be delivered to my mother in law, she was so happy and she said it was the most beautiful assortment of all her favorites! And smelled heavenly! I’m go glad I ordered it from here :)))
Hi Jenny, Thank you for your review. We are super glad your Mother in law enjoyed her florals. X
Fantastic experience: Thank you so very much for the beautiful bunch of flowers and chocolates you organized for our daughter today. The colours are gorgeous as are the flowers. Thank you for listening so well to my request. It's hard being a mother, living on a different island when your daughter is hurting. You certainly went a long way to making her smile today. Thank you
Hello Penny. Thank you for your beautiful words. We always love hearing that our flowers have brightened someone's day. Glad they made your daughter smile.
Fantastic experience: Always friendly. Always fresh flowers. Always nicely arranged. Always get good advice.
Thank you for a lovely review. We always strive to please our customers. Merry Christmas
Fantastic experience: I have ordered some amazing flowers from here, thank you so much for your awesome work. Will definitely be back.
Fantastic experience: Called Floral Collaborative minutes before close on a long weekend trying to get a gift basket sent to my daughter in Palmerston North. Jess immediately reassured me she would get it together and deliver the basket on the Sunday. Their Communication with me was faultless and they went above and beyond to deliver the most beautiful basket on time. I will only deal with this wonderful team in the future and would highly recommend them to anyone looking for flowers or gifts. Kathryn Fisher Auckland
Hi Kathryn. Thank you for your lovely words, and we all hope that your daughter enjoyed her gifts from you. It was our pleasure to help you.
Fantastic experience: Bought this for Bella Vista Palmerston North reception.Beautiful flowers, smells so good. Lovely owner, will definitely visit regularly.
Thank you for purchasing your florals from our studio today. It was lovely to meet you and we wish you all the best for your new Journey at Bella Vista.
Fantastic experience: Amazing owner / staff. Beautiful flowers. I would highly recommend Floral Collaborative.
Thank you Ashley. Enjoy your fresh flowers.
Fantastic experience: As always beautiful bouquets and selection of pastels and brights and lovely service. Highly recommend
Thank you for your lovely words Aby.
Fantastic experience: Amazing florals!
Thank you for your kind words.
Fantastic experience: Absolutely beautiful bouquets for my wedding day. Lovely caring ladies, thank you for helping make my day perfect
Fantastic experience: I ordered a bouquet of flowers from Floral Collaborative via direct2florist. The flowers were gorgeous, a very generous bouquet given that they were described as 'Medium' size. They were also delivered the next day as promised. Thanks so much!
Thank you for your kind words :-)
Fantastic experience: Local florist that delivered a beautiful plant on the date that I needed. Thank you for doing an amazing job!!
Fantastic experience: Wonderful, professional staff. Quick delivery! Thank you.
Thank you for your review Alaric.
Fantastic experience: I needed flowers at very short notice and my daughter recommended the Floral Collaborative on the off chance they had time for me. Thankfully they squeezed me in and I received the most gorgeous bouquet(one of the nicest I have ever seen actually) at such a reasonable price. Excellent service, quality and value for money.
Thank you for your lovely review. Was nice to be able to help out.
Fantastic experience: Friendly, lovely shop
Thank you for your kind words. Have an amazing Christmas.
Fantastic experience: Love their range, friendly staff, amazing prices and beautiful ready made bouquets, they also have super amazing giftware and cards! thank you so much ❤️
Fantastic experience: Fantastic end of year gifts for our teachers, lovely staff and the most beautiful store
Fantastic experience: My friend and I wanted to get something nice for our teachers on our last day of school, and this store was absolutely beautiful and had the perfect gifts! The dehydrated flowers are a really nice and special way to show your appreciation for something. Great service as well, incredibly kind. Thank you so much!
Ella, thank you for your kind words. It was my pleasure helping you lovely ladies this morning. Happy study break to you all.
Fantastic experience: This store was absolutely amazing and the staff were exceptional. Very happy, loved the flowers. Would definitely go back again. Thank you very much.
Fantastic experience: Beautiful flowers, artfully arranged and very fresh. Highly recommended!
Fantastic experience: Dried floral workshop with my niece and mum. Great experience and so much fun
Hi Paula. It was an absolute pleasure having you ladies join our workshop at the Magic of Christmas, winters day out. Your mum is a legend joining us at that delightful age of 80. Made my heart sing. xx
Fantastic experience: I contacted Floralcollaborative last week to organise an arrangement for my fathers funeral. I can not thank them enough for everything they prepared for us. Cheryl is simply amazing! Her compassion, friendliness, and professionalism is outstanding. Not only did the display look stunning, it also encapsulated everything about Dad. I am forever grateful for the role you played.
Sandra, it was an absolute pleasure to have firstly met you and your family and then to be able to help bring a lovely final tribute together for your beautiful dad and family.
Thank you for your kind words and take care. X
Fantastic experience: Fantastic customer service and stunning floral arrangements. Delivery is very quick. I highly recommend, and will certainly be back.
Fantastic experience: Couldn't rate this business higher...they were friendly and professional. We had time and other constraints but they really went out of their way to be helpful. The bouquet was stunning and after 8 days is still beautiful....thank you....
Fantastic experience: Put in an order from overseas at midday local time. Asked if there was any chance to have it delivered today as it was time sensitive. Within less than two hours my best friend had the most beautiful bunch of flowers. Can’t recommend them enough. Thank you for the wonderful service
Thank you Stephanie. We are doing the best we can in these trying times. Thank you for your beautiful comment. Stay safe were ever you are.
Fantastic experience: They are so friendly and best attitude. Kind and nice people
Angel, you make us smile when we see you in the store. You bring so many good vibes and your beautiful smile. See you next time and thank you for your kind words.
Positive experience: Bouquet for 14th Wedding anniversary. Lovely flowers. Shop used to be on PDC side now Cand C on square. My Go To for a happy day.
Fantastic experience: I had the privilege of having Cheryl and her team for my wedding they have made the whole process easy and stress-free. Would highly recommend them. Their work is just gorgeous
Hi Casi. Thank you for your review. We look forward to creating your florals next week and trust you will have the most magical day.
Fantastic experience: Cheryl and her team were amazing to work with for our wedding. The florals were stunning and everything we asked for. Thanks so much Cheryl!
Fantastic experience: Cheryl at FC is one of the best florists out there! The service is always amazing. Just absolutely love how inviting Floral Collaborative is when I visit Palmerston North. The shop is always full with gorgeous indoor plants and nic-nacs for gifts.
Fantastic experience: When does customer service become great customer service? When you pick these ladies! They are amazing. They helped make a very special day, magical. I am truly truly impressed. I want to recommend them to everyone for any event.
Fantastic experience: I have used Floral Collaborative many times for gifts, my wedding boquet and arrangements and most recently I have attended a floral wreath workshop with a large group. Cheryl always exceeds all expectations and I wouldn't go anywhere else Best service and flowers in town
Fantastic experience: Our social club had a fantastic time making these dried floral wreaths with Cheryl today! Would definitely recommend a workshop.
Megan, this group of ladies created some awesome dried wreaths. Every one so different. Thank you for having Floral Collaborative come and get amongst you all. Thank you for your review. x
Fantastic experience: Great selection of bouquets and house plants. Staff are always more then happy to help
Fantastic experience: What a beautiful studio! I was so impressed by the service of the staff and the bouquet made was stunning, exactly what I asked for. Looking forward to doing my Christmas shopping here ♡
Hi Jesicka. It was lovely to see you and thank you for your kind words. Lots of christmas gifts starting to come in. Keep your eyes peel on new stock. Be nice to see you again soon.
Fantastic experience: Had a lovely time last week picking out a 60th birthday present with Cheryl. It was wrapped beautifully. There are a heap of beautiful gifts in store.
Fantastic experience: I ordered online a bouquet for my 80 plus year old sister for her birthday. They were delivered on time and by someone who was very friendly. The bouquet was full of beautiful blooms and not ‘filled’ with lots of greenery. It is beautiful and a week later still going. Thank you!
Judy, thank you for your kind words. We are glad you have had a good experience with our floral studio.
Fantastic experience: Lovely service and beautiful flowers for my mother in law.
Thank you for your lovely words Kerran.
Fantastic experience: Gorgeous little specialist florist / plant shop. The owner is super friendly and the products are so beautiful ❤️
Fantastic experience: Such a lovely range of florals and house plants to choose from. I selected a plant online to send as a housewarming gift to someone local and it was delivered within 2 hours of ordering!! The recipient sent me a picture and it was also beautifully packaged in a gift bag, healthy and a good size - very impressed! Thanks so much :)
Thank you so much for your kind words, your feedback is greatly appreciated.
Fantastic experience: One of the best places for floral in town, they are always happy to make to order and their gift wares are beautiful, but the best part if their flowers outlast many other shops!! Highly recommended!!
Fantastic experience: Lovely staff Awesome environment Made such beautiful creations Lots to choose from One amazing afternoon loved every minute of it
Fantastic experience: Floral Collaborative is the and excellent Florist. Simply Stunning store with everything from gifts as well.
Fantastic experience: Just what I was looking for and very handy to find a lovely florist outside of the city we live in. Thank you, the flowers were very happily received and the birthday lady - is very delighted - she sent a photo, I tried several other websites in the Palmerston North area before finding Floral Collaborative and was relieved to find them.
Fantastic experience: Thank you Cheryl for the awesome Christmas Wreath making session - was super fun! We will have to come back next year!
Fantastic experience: Beautiful shop lovely owner :D
Fantastic experience: Great flowers and prices!
Thank you, :-)
Positive experience: The florist was very pushy in me purchasing flowers however she was nice and friendly and created a gorgeous bunch
Fantastic experience: Thankyou so much Cheryl for the fantastic bouquet you did for our girls graduation Friendly Service, nothing was a problem Couldnt have asked for better
Fantastic experience: Lovely to deal with! I rang wanting a delivery that same day and they were so helpful and made it happen! Also the arrangement was modern, gorgeous and tailored to what I asked for! A+++ thank you!
Fantastic experience: Awesome service, lovely lady, best in the business
Fantastic experience: Thanks for the outstanding arrangements you made for my fathers 70th Birthday. They were stunning and we got lots of comments. You did them at relatively short notice which is very much appreciated. I will make sure I tell my friends and family how awesome you are.
Fantastic experience: Wedding anniversary......and a big one, 20th. I needed to make a statement and a big one. Cheryl asked me "what did I want?" I wanted Big, Bright and Creative (nice and general I know hey I'm a guy!!). Cheryl came through in Spades! My lovely wife was overwhelmed. Thank you so much Cheryl, your my flower hero. Looking forward to many more special occasions with flowers.
Fantastic experience: Amazing staff and the flowers I brought for my friend lasted for the longest time. The business is under new ownership so thought I'd go back and try them again so pleased I did amazing .
Fantastic experience: Excellent service and very well presented flowers from Cheryl, would recommend very highly.
Fantastic experience: I have to let everyone know how amazing Accent on Flowers is!!! The service was impeccable and the quality perfect! Cheryl 'got' exactly what I wanted even though I rang late on a Friday afternoon while she was in the middle of doing a bridal bouquet. Not just that, but then she personally delivered the flowers to our friends! You will not be disappointed if you shop at Accent on Flowers. Highly recommended.
Fantastic experience: Awesome service, well recommended!
Fantastic experience: Always a good selection of fresh flowers here relatively cheap with same day service delivery available most of the time, good location been in the middle of town. Under new management from this week.
Negative experience: Sent flowers for mothers day from australia,and was disapointed when I saw the photo,looks nothing like the interflora picture,big waste of $80
Fantastic experience: I love the flowers you can get from here! They make great gifts! The florist has a selection of very colourful bouquets and something beautiful for every budget.
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