We're a small studio on Thames Highway. No call centre, no warehouse bouquets in a box. You talk to the florist who actually makes your order (usually Ren, sometimes Mags) and you get a photo of the finished piece before it goes out the door.
Six ways we can say it with stems
Pick the occasion. If none of these fit, that's what the custom order form is for. Weird briefs are our favourite kind.
A florist who asks what they're like before touching a stem
Most bouquet sites make you pick a photo and hope for the best. We work the other way: a short chat about the person, the occasion and the budget, then we design from what's actually fresh that week.
Our flowers come from eleven small growers around the Waitaki. Most of them within an hour's drive. It means the roses smell like roses, the season shows up in the work, and nothing sits in cold storage for a fortnight.
Photo before it leaves
You see the actual bouquet, not a stock image. Don't love it? We adjust.
Real substitutions rule
If a stem isn't perfect we swap it and tell you. No quiet downgrades, ever.
Fresh off the worktable
A quick scroll through what's leaving the studio.
Four steps between you and a very good day
The whole thing takes about two minutes on your end. We do the fussing.
You tell us the brief
Occasion, person, budget, any "they love/hate" notes. A photo of them helps more than you'd think.
We design around what's fresh
Stems get picked from this week's grower deliveries. If something's not up to it, we swap and tell you.
You get the photo
The finished bouquet, photographed on the bench, sent before it leaves. Quick thumbs-up or we tweak.
It lands, wrapped right
Water-packed, boxed if it's travelling far, hand-delivered across Oamaru. Card written in actual handwriting.
What a bouquet actually costs
Three everyday sizes, plus package deals for weddings, offices and events. Full menu lives on the prices page.
The Posy
A neat hand-tie for desks, hospital rooms and "thinking of you" moments. 12-15 stems.
Order a posyThe Signature
Our bread and butter. Garden-style, textured, designed to the person. 20-25 stems.
Order the signatureThe Grand Gesture
For proposals, big apologies and milestone birthdays. Premium stems, tall wrap, real presence. 30+ stems.
Go bigA small studio with busy hands
We kept count so you don't have to take our word for it.
Word travels fast in a small town
Unedited, slightly embarrassing, and exactly why we keep doing this.
Ordered at 10am in a panic, sent a photo of my mum's garden, and the bouquet matched her roses almost exactly. She cried. I took the credit.
Ren asked about my dress fabric, the venue lighting and my gran's favourite flower before suggesting anything. The bridal bouquet outlasted the photographer.
Office subscription for six months now. Reception looks like a magazine and clients keep asking who does the flowers. Worth every cent.
Local growers, venues and suppliers
Notes from the cutting bench
Asked at the counter this week
Anything else, ring the studio or send the form. A human answers, usually Ren.
Ask us directlyTell us who it's for. We'll handle the rest.
Call +64 7 578 3264, email entrychoicewave@gmail.com, or drop the form, orders before noon can go out today.