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You’ve seen it before. The online photo shows a full, vibrant arrangement. What gets delivered looks like it survived a car accident. Wilted stems, cracked vase, flowers that were clearly sitting in a cooler for three days before someone remembered your order.
That’s not what happens here. Every arrangement gets made fresh the morning of your delivery. Your flowers get sourced from the wholesale district that same day, hand-selected by someone who knows the difference between a tight bud and one that’s about to open. They’re arranged in our shop at 3 West 51st Street, then delivered by our own drivers who know exactly which buildings require appointments, which doormen expect what, and how to get your flowers to the recipient without turning them into a science experiment.
If you order before 2 PM on a weekday, your flowers arrive the same day. Not tomorrow. Not “within a window.” That day. And they look like what you paid for—because we don’t outsource to third parties who couldn’t care less about your anniversary, your apology, or your celebration.
Columbia Midtown Florist has operated out of Midtown Manhattan since 2018. Our location puts us minutes from Billionaire’s Row, Central Park West, Fifth Avenue, Park Avenue—basically anywhere your flowers need to go in this part of the city.
We’re not a national chain farming out orders to whoever’s closest. We handle everything in-house. That means when you call, you talk to someone who actually knows what’s happening with your order. When something needs to arrive by a specific time, we control that timeline.
We’ve worked with production designers on film sets, corporate clients who need weekly lobby arrangements, and plenty of residents who just want reliable flower delivery without the usual runaround. The common thread is simple: people want what they ordered to show up on time and look right. That’s what we do.
You place an order online or by phone. If it’s before 2 PM on a weekday, we’re delivering it that same day to anywhere in Manhattan below 100th Street. If it’s after that cutoff, it goes out the next business day.
That morning, someone from our team heads to the flower district and hand-picks your stems. Not from a pre-arranged shipment. Not from whatever’s left over. Fresh picks based on what’s best that day. They bring everything back to our shop on 51st Street, and your arrangement gets made to order. No assembly line. No pre-made bouquets sitting in a cooler waiting for a label.
Once it’s ready, one of our drivers loads it into a climate-controlled vehicle and delivers it directly to your recipient. Our drivers know the buildings in this area. They know which ones need advance notice, which loading docks to use, and how to work with doormen and concierge teams who see dozens of deliveries every day. Your flowers don’t sit in a lobby for two hours. They go exactly where they’re supposed to go, looking exactly how they’re supposed to look.
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Every arrangement is custom. You’re not picking from three pre-set options labeled “deluxe,” “premium,” and “luxury” that all look identical. You tell us what you want—color palette, style, occasion, budget—and we build it specifically for that order.
If you’re sending flowers to someone in one of the residential towers along Billionaire’s Row or Central Park West, you’re dealing with buildings that have strict delivery protocols. Our drivers have been making deliveries to these addresses for years. They know the process. They know the people. Your flowers don’t get stuck in a service entrance because someone didn’t call ahead.
For corporate clients, we offer weekly delivery service. Your lobby or reception area gets fresh arrangements on a set schedule. No chasing down invoices. No wondering if this week’s flowers are going to show up. We handle offices, event spaces, hotel suites, and private residences throughout Midtown and the surrounding neighborhoods.
We’ve also worked extensively with production teams on film and TV sets. If you need period-appropriate flowers, arrangements that hold up under hot lights, or something that matches a specific creative vision, we’ve done it. That same level of attention goes into every order, whether it’s for a movie set or a birthday.
Yes, if you order before 2 PM Monday through Friday. That’s not a marketing claim—that’s the actual cutoff. After 2 PM, your order goes out the next business day.
Same-day delivery works because we’re located in Midtown Manhattan, minutes from Billionaire’s Row. We’re not coordinating with a third-party service across the city or trying to route your order through some national network. Our drivers leave from our shop on 51st Street and deliver directly to your recipient.
The other reason it works is because we source flowers fresh every morning from the wholesale district. We’re not waiting on shipments or pulling from inventory. Your arrangement gets made that day with flowers picked that day, so there’s no delay waiting for stock to arrive.
If something goes wrong, you talk directly to someone in our shop who can actually fix it. Not a call center. Not a chatbot. A real person who knows exactly what happened with your order and can tell you what we’re doing about it.
We control the entire process in-house, so if there’s a delivery issue, we know about it immediately. Our drivers report back in real time. If your recipient didn’t get the flowers, we know why—and we’re already working on a solution before you have to call and ask.
If the arrangement doesn’t look right, we’ll remake it or refund you. We don’t argue about it. We’ve been doing this long enough to know when something didn’t meet expectations. You shouldn’t have to fight with customer service over flowers that arrived wilted or half the size you ordered.
Yes. Our drivers make deliveries to high-end residential buildings throughout Billionaire’s Row, Central Park West, Fifth Avenue, and Park Avenue regularly. They know the protocols.
Some buildings require advance notice. Some have specific delivery windows. Some only accept deliveries through a service entrance, and some require coordination with a concierge team. Our drivers know which is which because they’ve been doing this route for years.
They also know how to handle doormen and building staff professionally. This isn’t someone showing up in an unmarked van hoping to get buzzed in. Your flowers arrive in a climate-controlled vehicle, handled by someone who understands that a $22 million condo building has different expectations than a walk-up in Brooklyn. The delivery experience reflects the quality of what you ordered.
National services outsource your order to whatever local florist is available in the delivery area. You’re not ordering from a specific shop—you’re ordering from a middleman who farms out the work. That’s why the arrangement rarely looks like the photo. The florist filling your order didn’t create that photo, doesn’t have those exact flowers, and is working off a generic description.
We handle everything ourselves. You’re ordering directly from the florist who’s making and delivering your arrangement. The flowers you see in our portfolio are flowers we actually arranged. The person who answers the phone works in the same shop where your bouquet is being made.
We also source fresh flowers every single morning. National services rely on inventory and shipments that may have been sitting in transit for days. By the time those flowers get arranged and delivered, they’re already past their peak. Ours are picked, arranged, and delivered the same day—which is why they last longer and look better when they arrive.
Yes. We work with corporate clients on weekly arrangements for lobbies and offices, and we’ve handled full floral design for weddings and private events throughout Manhattan.
For corporate clients, we set up a regular delivery schedule. Your space gets fresh flowers on the same day every week without you having to place a new order each time. We invoice monthly, and you work with the same point of contact every time—so if something needs to change, you’re not explaining your account to a new person.
For events, we start with a consultation to understand your vision, venue, and budget. We’ve worked with event spaces all over the city, so we know what works logistically and what doesn’t. If your venue has restrictions on delivery times, setup access, or floral materials, we’ve dealt with it before. We also coordinate directly with your other vendors—planners, venues, caterers—so nothing falls through the cracks on the day of your event.
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