Flower shops in Redmond, WA

Getting flowers to a Redmond address

Redmond sits on the eastside of Lake Washington, a city that grew up around technology campuses and still keeps a small downtown feel near its older core. A caller trying to get flowers delivered here should think in terms of neighborhoods rather than just a zip code, because the city stretches from the Sammamish River valley up through Education Hill and out toward Union Hill. Marymoor Park anchors the western edge of town, Redmond Town Center and the newer downtown core sit near the middle, and the Microsoft campus takes up a large stretch of the city along with a growing cluster of other employers nearby. Anyone giving directions over the phone should mention the nearest cross street, a shopping center, or a well known office campus, since street numbering alone can be confusing for a driver working a tight afternoon delivery route.

Distances within Redmond are usually short, ten or fifteen minutes by car in normal traffic, but the city borders Kirkland, Bellevue, Bothell, and other towns closely enough that an address near the edge of Redmond might actually sit closer to a shop based in one of those neighboring cities. This matters for delivery timing more than it matters for the flowers themselves. A shop working from the middle of Redmond will usually reach any address in town within its normal delivery window, but a house tucked against the Kirkland or Bellevue line might be a faster trip for a florist based there.

What the Redmond florists on this page offer

Two florists are based in Redmond itself. Bear Creek Florist operates out of Redmond Way and works as both a florist and a gift shop, open six days a week. Redmond Floral, located on NE 95th Street, is also organized as a florist and gift shop and keeps the same six day schedule. Both shops fall into that familiar category of full service local florist paired with a small selection of gifts, which is typical for shops that serve a mix of home deliveries, office deliveries, and walk in customers picking something up on the way to an appointment. Being open six days a week rather than seven means callers should always confirm which day is the closed day before assuming a delivery can happen on short notice, particularly around a holiday weekend.

Neither shop is described here in terms of ratings or reviews. This page exists to help a caller find the shop and get in touch directly, not to rank one against the other. Anyone curious about past customer experiences with a specific shop can look at RateAFlorist, a separate site built for that purpose. Here, the goal is simply to lay out who operates where, what kind of shop it is, and what days it is open, so the calling and ordering can happen without a middleman gathering the order online and passing it along later.

Seasonal blooms and pricing through the year

Western Washington's mild, wet climate shapes what looks best in a Redmond arrangement at any given time of year, and it also affects price. Late winter and early spring bring tulips, daffodils, ranunculus, and early ceanothus branches in from Pacific Northwest growers, and a simple mixed bouquet in that stretch often runs somewhere in the twenty five to forty five dollar range, with fuller arrangements moving up from there. Spring proper, from April through May, is when peonies start to show up locally alongside lilacs, and peony heavy arrangements can push toward fifty to eighty dollars or more depending on the stem count, since peonies have a short season and command a premium while they last.

Summer, June through August, is the easiest season for a Redmond florist to work with because dahlias, sunflowers, garden roses, and a wide range of field grown flowers are all available regionally. Standard bouquets in summer often land in the thirty five to sixty dollar range, and larger celebration arrangements can run higher. Fall brings chrysanthemums, late dahlias, and warmer toned mixes with berries and foliage, generally in a similar price band to summer, sometimes a touch higher as the growing season winds down and certain stems get scarcer. Winter, especially the run from Thanksgiving through Valentine's Day, is the most expensive stretch of the year almost everywhere, Redmond included, because holiday demand for roses, amaryllis, and evergreen arrangements pushes prices up, and a dozen roses around Valentine's Day can easily run sixty to one hundred dollars or more depending on the arrangement and vase.

The occasions that keep Redmond florists busiest

Redmond's calendar of busy flower days looks a lot like most American towns, with a few local wrinkles. Valentine's Day and Mother's Day are the two heaviest volume days of the year for any full service florist, and both shops in town would be working at capacity on those dates. Graduation season in June brings a wave of orders tied to local high schools and to the University of Washington's various programs nearby, since families often send flowers to mark the occasion. Because Redmond has a large working population tied to major employers in the area, sympathy and get well orders sent to office addresses are a steady part of the year round business, not just a holiday spike.

Wedding season, roughly May through September, is another busy stretch, with couples booking arrangements for local venues and reception halls well in advance. Funerals and sympathy arrangements happen on their own schedule throughout the year and tend to be the most time sensitive orders a shop handles, since services are often set within a few days of a death. Winter holidays, from Thanksgiving centerpieces through Christmas arrangements and New Year gatherings, round out the year with a final surge before things quiet down in January.

How to place a same-day order by phone

Calling ahead works better than assuming a website order will be handled instantly, because a real shop is juggling a delivery van, a cooler full of stock, and a design table all at once. When calling a Redmond florist, it helps to have the recipient's full address on hand, including any apartment number or business suite, along with the best delivery window if there is one. Mentioning the occasion, even briefly, helps the person answering the phone suggest something appropriate, whether that is a sympathy piece, a birthday bouquet, or a simple thinking of you arrangement.

Same-day delivery is realistic in Redmond if the call comes in during normal business hours, ideally by early afternoon, since both local shops need time to design and route deliveries before their drivers finish for the day. Calling right at opening gives the most flexibility. A request that comes in close to closing time is much less likely to go out the same day, and it is fair for a shop to say so rather than promise something that won't happen. Holidays are the exception where earlier is always better, since Valentine's Day and Mother's Day orders can fill a day's capacity well before the actual date arrives.

When a nearby town's shop is the better choice

Redmond borders several towns with their own florists, including Kirkland, Bellevue, Bothell, Mercer Island, Duvall, and Issaquah. If the delivery address sits closer to one of those towns than to central Redmond, calling a shop based there can mean a faster, more direct delivery, since that shop's driver may already be working that side of the map. This is especially true for addresses near the Redmond and Kirkland line, or on the far side of town toward Duvall, where a Redmond based shop has a longer drive than a florist already working that area.

The idea of calling the closest shop rather than the shop with the biggest advertising budget applies just as much across town lines as it does within Redmond itself. A recipient's actual address, not the sender's location, should drive the decision. Someone in another state sending flowers to a Redmond hospital or home should ask whichever shop they call whether that address falls within a normal, direct delivery route, and if not, whether a neighboring town's florist would serve it more reliably.

Hospitals, funeral homes, and schools around Redmond

Redmond's growth as a tech hub means a lot of flower deliveries go to office buildings and corporate campuses rather than only homes, and any shop working in town is used to navigating building security desks and mailrooms for that kind of delivery. On the residential and personal side, sympathy deliveries to funeral homes and memorial services are a routine part of a local florist's week, and timing those correctly around a scheduled service is something callers should discuss directly with the shop rather than assume will happen automatically.

Schools in the Lake Washington School District, which covers Redmond, occasionally receive flower deliveries tied to graduations, staff appreciation events, or school functions, and a local shop familiar with the area's schools can usually navigate drop off procedures without much back and forth. For medical deliveries, addresses near hospital campuses in the broader Eastside area sometimes fall just outside Redmond's own borders, which is another case where confirming the exact address with the florist before ordering saves time and avoids a delivery being redirected to a different shop entirely.

Redmond's layout and why exact addresses matter

Because Redmond spans everything from the flat valley floor along the Sammamish River to the hillier residential streets near Education Hill and Union Hill, a delivery address that looks close on a map can still take extra time to reach depending on traffic patterns and road grade. Downtown Redmond, near Redmond Town Center, is generally the easiest area for any local shop to reach quickly, while addresses further out toward the city's edges may take a bit longer, especially during commute hours when traffic around the main employment campuses gets heavy.

A caller who mentions a nearby landmark, whether that is Marymoor Park, a specific business park, or a well known intersection, helps the florist's driver plan the route more efficiently. This kind of small detail rarely changes whether a delivery happens, but it can make the difference between an order going out early in the afternoon versus later in the day when a shop's schedule has filled in around other deliveries.

Deciding between Redmond's two local shops

With only two florists based directly in Redmond, the decision often comes down to which shop is more convenient to reach by phone or in person, and which side of town the delivery address falls on. Bear Creek Florist, on Redmond Way, and Redmond Floral, on NE 95th Street, are both full service operations paired with a gift shop, both open six days a week. Neither is described here as better or worse than the other, since that kind of judgment belongs on a review site rather than a directory page. A caller can simply phone whichever shop sits closer to the delivery address, describe the occasion and the recipient, and let the florist take it from there.