A Guide to Melbourne’s Best Florists
Words by Chynna Santos · Updated on 29 Apr 2026 · Published on 07 May 2025
Whether your plan is to spoil a loved one, spruce up your home with a pop of colour, or to bask in the serotonin hit that comes from being around fresh blooms, there’s a Melbourne florist for all your needs. Here are some of the best, specialising in sustainable arrangements, classic bouquets, bold colours and everything in between. And we’ve included an option that delivers Australia-wide, for when you need to send flowers interstate.
Flowers Vasette
If the sunflower windmill on the shop awning doesn’t catch your eye, the jungle of stunning houseplants will. Since opening in 1989, Flowers Vasette has become renowned for elevated arrangements highlighting natural presentation over unnecessary frills and accompaniments.
The Beautiful Bunch
This social enterprise delivers flowers with a difference: every purchase directly provides support to young women from a refugee background, giving them access to training and employment opportunities. Almost all of the blooms are grown in Australia, and you can get a bottle of wine and a vase delivered too.
The Big Bunch
Understated elegant bouquets reign supreme at The Big Bunch, where flowers are sourced daily from the growers. Understatement is optional, however. The Big Bunch is just as comfortable turning the usual floral suspects – such as hydrangeas, peonies and lilies – into statement pieces to brighten up a big room.
Daily Blooms
Daily Blooms was made for type B people. The online florist offers same-day delivery (though you can schedule ahead, too). There’s a rotating selection of seasonal blooms, so you don’t need to know your way around flowers to land on something that works. The brand swaps plastic wrapping for biodegradable hessian and twine, and also offers curated gift sets for occasions like Mother’s Day.
Flowerdose
The stylish space at Flowerdose could double as a spa – but for now, it’s an ornate showcase for fun and girlie bouquets of roses, orchids and other delicate flowers. Many arrangements tend towards pretty pinks and reds, making it a good pick for when you want to say I love you with blooms.
The Green Room
A bumblebee won’t know what to do with itself inside The Green Room. Here, you’ll find a kaleidoscope of colour and shades on the stands – and mixing and matching is encouraged. It’s a neighbourhood favourite for Albert Park locals, specialising in eclectic and colourful arrangements that will brighten any occasion.
Roses Only
The name isn’t literal. Alongside its signature roses, this family-founded florist arranges posies, tulips and natives, among other stems. Roses Only first opened in 1995 and has since grown to operate across Victoria, Queensland, NSW, SA, WA and the ACT – a handy option when your recipient lives interstate.
Bush
After closing its Carlton retail space, Bush shifted to an online-only model, keeping its focus on native blooms sourced from across Australia. The florist works with independent growers to source small batches of rare and diverse flowers. It also takes sustainability seriously, with a strict reuse and recycle policy and no floral foam in sight. Plus, its emphasis on Australian natives helps support biodiversity on farms around the country.
Glasshaus
It’s been almost 18 years since Paul Hyland first opened the rainforest-like Glasshaus, a sustainable flower shop that has also spawned an indoor-plant nursery and events space – in neighbouring Richmond locations. His arrangements have graced vases and installations at some of the city’s best restaurants and cafes, but Glasshaus still has a strong selection of special blooms made for gifting.
Pollon Flowers
This colourful shop on Flinders Lane is hard to miss: bright blooms spill out onto the laneway from the heritage-listed Chapter House building in the St Paul Cathedral precinct. Nicholas Minton-Connell first opened it in the late 1990s, and since then it’s become known for its intricate window installations, as well as flower arrangements that blend old and new.
Bridge Road Florist
This floral stalwart has been open since 1976, and was known for trading 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Although its current hours are reduced, the shop is still open later than most other florists. Step inside – whether day or night – to find a vibrant and diverse array of flowers that go into both classic and striking arrangements. It boasts one of Melbourne’s largest varieties of blooms, and its shelves are also stocked with chocolates, wine, ceramics and other gifts.
Azalea Flowers
The Australian natives and seasonal blooms of Azalea Flowers bring a botanical flush to the Coventry Street edge of South Melbourne Market. Founder Michael Pavlou wrote the book on using Australian flowers and foliage (literally, he co-wrote Bush Flowers in 2023). Best bit? You can do a market shop in the same trip.
Shop 49, South Melbourne Market, 322–326 Coventry Street, South Melbourne
azaleaflowers.com.au
Crushes Flowers
Founded by former i-D Magazine editor Briony Wright, Crushes started as a creative floral studio working on installations for the likes of Australian Fashion Week, Rising, Alpha60, Bistra and Pieces of Eight. Now you can get the colourful, elevated arrangements delivered to your home or gifted to anyone across Melbourne. From pastels and a colourful medley to dark, elegant blooms, the selection is tight but aesthetically pleasing, no matter what you choose.
Additional reporting by Bec Dickinson, Rose Donohoe, Doug Wallen, Ruby Kraner-Tucci, Lisa Fukuda, James Williams and Simone Richardson.
This article was first published on December 2020 and has since been updated.
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Chynna Santos is Broadsheet’s branded content editor.
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