Flower shops in Margate, FL

Finding your way around Margate before you dial

Margate sits in the middle of central Broward County, wedged between Coral Springs to the northwest and Coconut Creek to the north, with Tamarac and Lauderhill just to the south and east. The town runs along State Road 7, also known locally as US 441, which is the main artery that most of its businesses, including its flower shops, use as an address marker. Coconut Creek Parkway cuts east to west and links Margate to the retail corridors near the Coconut Creek line. If you are sending flowers to someone in Margate, it helps to know which side of State Road 7 they live on, since the numbering shifts from north to south addresses at a fairly predictable midpoint. Margate is a mostly residential town of single family neighborhoods, garden apartment complexes, and a handful of retirement communities, so most deliveries are house or apartment drops rather than office towers. There is a hospital serving the immediate area, Northwest Medical Center, which handles a steady stream of get well and new baby deliveries from local shops. Families here also lean on the town's schools, parks, and community centers for graduations and recitals throughout the school year, and those events add their own bump to local flower orders in spring.

What the Margate flower shops actually do

Margate has four flower shops operating inside town limits, all working out of storefronts on or near State Road 7 and Coconut Creek Parkway. Hollywood Florist, at 2141 S State Rd 7, is a straightforward florist shop. Krystyna Floral Designs, at 2728 N State Rd 7, is open six days a week. Lucy's Celebration, at 5247 Coconut Creek Pkwy, works as a florist, handles flower delivery, and does flower design work, and it too is open six days a week. The Flower Shop of Margate, at 2141 N State Rd 7, covers the same three services, florist, flower delivery, and flower design, and keeps the same six day schedule. None of these shops are described here in terms of quality or reputation, only in terms of what they are set up to do and when their doors are open. If you want opinions on any of them, that kind of feedback lives on our sister site, RateAFlorist, not here.

What is blooming and what it tends to cost by month

South Florida's climate means Margate florists work with a mix of imported stock and a few things that actually grow well locally, so pricing follows national wholesale swings more than it follows the seasons outside your window. In January and February, expect roses to climb in price ahead of Valentine's Day, with a dozen long stem roses commonly running somewhere between 55 and 90 dollars depending on the shop and the wrap. March through May tends to bring in more tropical mixes, orchids, and mixed spring arrangements, with a standard mixed bouquet often landing between 40 and 65 dollars. Mother's Day in May is one of the priciest weeks of the year here, and shops often add a delivery surcharge or require earlier ordering windows because volume is so high. Summer months, June through August, are generally the calmest stretch for pricing, with everyday arrangements often available in the 35 to 55 dollar range. Fall brings a modest uptick tied to homecoming season and the start of holiday ordering, and by late November and December, poinsettias, amaryllis, and holiday centerpieces show up alongside the usual roses and mixed bouquets, with prices climbing again into the 50 to 100 dollar range for larger holiday pieces. These are broad ranges, and any given shop's actual pricing will depend on the specific arrangement, the container, and how far in advance you order.

The occasions that keep local shops busy

Valentine's Day and Mother's Day are the two heaviest days of the year for any Margate florist, and both usually require ordering a day or two ahead if you want a specific arrangement rather than whatever is left. Funerals are a steady source of work throughout the year, since Margate and the surrounding towns have several funeral homes that local florists supply on tight turnarounds. Quinceañeras and sweet sixteens are common in this part of Broward County given the area's demographics, and those events often involve larger standing arrangements or corsages ordered weeks in advance. Weddings add business in the cooler months, roughly October through April, when outdoor ceremonies are more comfortable in South Florida. Graduations in May and June, along with the general run of birthdays, anniversaries, and new baby deliveries tied to Northwest Medical Center, round out the calendar. None of this requires guesswork on your part beyond knowing roughly what kind of occasion you are ordering for, since any of the four shops can walk you through options once you call.

How to make the call and get it right

Calling ahead works better than ordering blind through a website, especially for same-day delivery. When you call, have the recipient's full delivery address ready, including any gate codes or apartment numbers, since a lot of Margate's residential complexes require that information before a driver can get in. Mention the occasion, your budget range, and whether you have a color preference or a flower to avoid, such as lilies if the recipient has allergies. Same-day delivery is realistic in Margate if you call in the morning, ideally before early afternoon, since shops need time to build the arrangement and route it before their delivery driver's day ends. Calling close to closing time on a Saturday, especially around Valentine's Day or Mother's Day weekend, is the one situation where same-day delivery becomes unlikely no matter which shop you reach. If you are ordering for a funeral, ask the shop directly whether they are familiar with the specific funeral home, since local florists in this area often already know the delivery routine and drop off times each home prefers.

When a shop in a neighboring town makes more sense

Margate borders several towns with their own flower shops, and sometimes calling one of those is the better move. If your recipient lives closer to the Coral Springs side of the county line, especially in the northern neighborhoods near Coconut Creek Parkway's western stretch, a Coral Springs florist may simply be closer to that address than any of the four shops inside Margate. The same logic applies if the delivery is in Tamarac, Parkland, Lauderhill, Pompano Beach, or Deerfield Beach, all of which border or sit near Margate and have their own local florists. The rule of thumb we use across this whole directory is simple: call the shop closest to the recipient's actual address, not the shop closest to you or to the town name on the envelope. A flower shop that is ten minutes from the delivery address will almost always get there faster and fresher than one that has to cross town, even if that means calling a florist in a neighboring town instead of one of Margate's own four shops.

A note on hospitals, funeral homes, and schools

Northwest Medical Center is the hospital most local flower orders in Margate are tied to, whether for new baby bouquets or get well arrangements for patients. Local funeral homes in and around Margate rely on nearby florists for both standing sprays and smaller sympathy arrangements, and any of the four shops in town can typically accommodate a funeral order with enough notice, usually at least a day. Margate's public and charter schools generate their own smaller wave of orders around graduation time in late spring, along with dance recitals and school fundraisers throughout the year. None of this changes which shop you should call, but it does explain why certain weeks, particularly graduation season and the days around major holidays, tend to be the busiest and least flexible for same-day requests.

Neighborhoods and the practical geography of delivery

Margate does not have sprawling distances the way some Florida towns do, but it is spread across a mix of older single family sections near the eastern part of town and newer development closer to the Coral Springs line. Coconut Creek Parkway is a useful mental marker for anyone unfamiliar with the town, since it runs east to west and several apartment and condo communities sit along or near it. State Road 7 remains the backbone of the town's commercial strip, and three of the four shops listed here sit directly on it, which makes them easy to describe over the phone even to a delivery driver who does not know Margate well. If you are ordering for someone in a gated community, it is worth calling ahead to confirm the shop has delivered there before, since gate access can occasionally slow down an otherwise straightforward same-day delivery.