San Francisco flower shop round-up

Whether they love you, or they love you not, anyone can appreciate the awe factor that a luminous bundle of flowers can bring to a scene or circumstance. That’s why downtown’s concrete jungle blooms with floral spots to help the busy crowds stop and smell the ... yep, you get it. Whether you’re on the go and needing to grab just a few stems or wanting to stop in for a thoughtfully curated arrangement, your flower cravings can be satiated.

Professional arranging is at hand from those well-versed in pruning, plucking and packaging the eye-catcher you’re looking for at myriad shops and stands. Why? Because flowers are the classic gift and quick nature fix. Instill your home or friend’s heart with the uplifting fragrance and color of a bouquet by one of these BARTable SF petal peddlers.

This Mission favorite’s black-painted storefront serves as a striking backdrop to the parade of colors brightening its entry on Folsom Street.

Mission de Flores

24th St. Mission (SF)

The ambiance in Ampersand’s self-dubbed “barn-and-mortar” perfectly complements the goods on hand.

Ampersand

16th St. Mission (SF)

Elizabeth’s Flowers is a family-owned operation that’s long been putting together exotic species and local organic blooms.

Elizabeth’s Flowers

Montgomery St. (SF)

As is evident by the name itself, The Flower Cart gets it right through its simple and classic approach to selling blooms.

The Flower Cart

Montgomery St. (SF)

From wedding centerpieces to Hawaiian leis, Lydia’s Flowers can put together a formal arrangement for any occasion.

Lydia’s Flowers

Embarcadero (SF)

by Linda Koffman

Linda Koffman is an SF-based freelance writer and editor. Also a beginner gardener by day/performing songwriter by night, she feels grateful to live a life of extremes balancing plenty of contemplative silence with rocking out in a band. When not writing, she keeps her hands busy (and dirty) with old guitar strings and soil, and enjoys engaging with the Bay Area’s diverse environmental and cultural beauty. She loves puns to a fault and shamelessly laughs at her own jokes.