Flower shops in Highland Township, MI

Getting your bearings in Highland Township

Highland Township sits in the northwestern corner of Oakland County, Michigan, a stretch of land defined more by lakes and rolling woods than by dense subdivisions. The township wraps around a mix of small residential pockets, farmland, and recreation land, including the Highland Recreation Area that draws hikers, anglers, and cross country skiers depending on the season. There is no single downtown grid the way you find in older Michigan cities. Instead, homes and businesses spread along M 59 and the connecting county roads, with clusters near Highland Road and the lakes that give the area its character. If you are trying to get flowers to someone here, it helps to know which lake or road they live near, because a driver working out of a shop on E Highland Rd will plan a very different route to a home near Duck Lake than to one closer to the Commerce Township line.

Distances that look short on a map can take longer than expected on township roads that curve around water and wooded lots. A caller from out of state often assumes a delivery is a straight five minute hop, when in practice a driver may need fifteen to twenty five minutes depending on traffic on M 59 or Milford Road at the wrong hour. This is worth keeping in mind when you are asking about a same day window, especially in late afternoon when commuter traffic picks up.

The florist based in Highland Township

Flowers of the Lakes, located at 2825 E Highland Rd Ste 123, is the florist shop physically based in Highland Township. It is open six days a week, which gives it more flexibility than a shop that only opens five days, though it still means one day a week when the counter is closed and no walk in orders can be taken. As a florist rather than a wholesale outlet or a grocery counter, its work centers on arranging and delivering cut flowers, plants, and related gifts for the everyday occasions that come up in a township like this one. Because it sits directly on E Highland Rd, it is reasonably positioned to reach homes and businesses along the main corridor without a long detour, though anyone living far off the main road toward the lakes should still expect some extra drive time built into a delivery estimate.

There is no indication of other florist storefronts physically located within Highland Township itself. That does not mean residents are without options. It means most of the delivery coverage for this specific area comes from this one local shop plus florists based in the surrounding towns who extend their delivery range into the township.

What is blooming and what it tends to cost by month

Michigan's growing season shapes both what looks freshest in a Highland Township florist's cooler and what a bouquet is likely to cost. In January and February, expect the highest reliance on imported stems such as roses, tulips forced early, and hothouse flowers, with a simple mixed arrangement often landing somewhere in the thirty five to sixty dollar range and premium dozen roses climbing higher around Valentine's week.

March and April bring the first local tulips, daffodils, and hyacinths as greenhouses in lower Michigan start producing again, and prices on spring bulb flowers tend to ease slightly compared to deep winter, often in the thirty to fifty dollar range for a nice arrangement. May is Mother's Day season and demand spikes hard, so even though peonies and lilacs are becoming available locally, prices often rise rather than fall during that specific week, with arrangements commonly running forty five to seventy five dollars or more depending on size.

Summer, from June through August, is when Michigan really delivers on its own flowers. Peonies in June, followed by zinnias, sunflowers, dahlias, and garden roses through midsummer, tend to bring costs down modestly for local mixed bouquets, often thirty to fifty five dollars for a generous seasonal arrangement, though wedding season demand in these same months can push prices for larger event work upward.

Fall, September through November, shifts toward chrysanthemums, asters, and richer toned dahlias, with typical arrangement pricing similar to summer, in the thirty five to sixty dollar band, before costs climb again in November and December as holiday demand and imported flower costs both increase. December in particular tends to mirror the winter high end, with holiday centerpieces and poinsettias adding to the range, often forty to seventy dollars depending on complexity.

These figures are broad regional expectations for lower Michigan rather than a guaranteed quote, and a caller should always ask for a current price when placing an order rather than assuming last year's range still applies.

The occasions that keep local shops on their toes

Certain days on the calendar reliably increase order volume for any florist serving a township like this one. Valentine's Day and Mother's Day are the two biggest single day pushes of the year, both requiring advance ordering if you want a specific flower type or a guaranteed delivery window rather than whatever can be fit in late in the day. Funerals and sympathy arrangements are a steady year round need, often on short notice, and a shop's ability to turn around a same day sympathy piece matters a great deal to families dealing with a sudden loss.

Prom season in the spring brings a wave of corsage and boutonniere orders concentrated in a tight window, and local high schools in and around the township drive that demand heavily in April and May. Weddings, especially outdoor and lake adjacent weddings that are common in this part of Oakland County, tend to cluster from late spring through early fall and usually require weeks of planning rather than a phone call the same week. Get well and new baby arrangements headed to area hospitals are a quieter but consistent category throughout the year, and birthdays and anniversaries fill in the calendar the rest of the time.

How to make the call and what to expect

Calling ahead rather than assuming an online order form will reach the actual arranging florist is the more reliable path in a township like this. When you call, have the recipient's full delivery address ready, including any apartment, suite, or building detail, along with the best phone number for the recipient in case the driver needs to find the location. Mention the occasion, since a florist arranging a sympathy piece for a funeral home drop off will make different choices than one preparing a birthday bouquet for a home delivery.

Same day delivery is realistic for many everyday orders placed in the morning or early afternoon, particularly on a day the shop is open, but it becomes far less certain if you call late in the afternoon or on the shop's closed day. If the occasion is time sensitive, such as a funeral service happening the next morning, say so clearly and ask directly whether that timing can be met, rather than assuming it will work out. For big volume days like Valentine's Day or Mother's Day, calling a day or more ahead is the safer move, since same day requests on those specific dates are the hardest for any single shop to absorb.

When a nearby town's shop is the better call

Highland Township borders several communities that have their own florists, and in some cases calling one of those shops directly makes more sense than routing through the township's single local option. Milford, just to the northwest, has its own small town center and is a natural choice if the recipient lives closer to that side of the township or actually resides within Milford itself. Commerce Township, to the southeast, is another option worth checking if the delivery address sits nearer that boundary, particularly given that Commerce Township is home to a hospital that some families need flowers delivered to directly.

Walled Lake, Village of Clarkston, Holly, and Hartland round out the surrounding towns with their own florist coverage. Village of Clarkston sits to the northeast and can be a shorter drive for addresses on that side of the township, while Holly and Hartland cover the northern approaches. If your recipient's address is genuinely closer to one of these towns than to E Highland Rd, it is worth calling the shop based there directly, since a local shop generally knows its own immediate streets and can quote a more honest delivery window than a shop routing a driver across township lines.

A note on hospitals, funeral homes, and schools

Delivery to a hospital or funeral home comes with its own etiquette that a florist handles routinely but that a caller should still be aware of. Hospitals often have specific drop off points, visiting hour restrictions, or units such as maternity or intensive care that will not accept flowers at all, so mentioning the hospital name and unit when you call lets the florist confirm whether the delivery will actually reach the patient. Funeral homes typically want arrangements delivered before a scheduled visitation or service, which means calling well ahead of the event time rather than the morning of, especially if the service is early in the day.

Area schools generate their own seasonal rush, mainly tied to prom and graduation, and a corsage or boutonniere order for a specific dance date should be placed with enough lead time that the florist is not scrambling the same afternoon. None of this requires special handling beyond clear communication, but it does mean giving the shop the full picture, including exact recipient location and timing, rather than a bare name and address.

Neighborhood and seasonal timing to remember

Because Highland Township is spread out rather than centered on one commercial strip, delivery windows can vary meaningfully depending on where in the township the recipient lives relative to E Highland Rd. Winter weather is also a real factor here. Snow and ice on county roads in December through February can slow deliveries beyond the usual estimate, so building in extra time during a storm rather than expecting a tight window is the more realistic approach. Spring mud season and summer lake traffic on weekends can likewise add unpredictable minutes to a route that looks quick on paper. None of this is unusual for a semi rural Michigan township, but it is worth factoring in in when you are coordinating timing with a recipient who is expecting flowers at a precise hour.