Thrifty Florist
Sixteen Floral Design Centers To Serve You
Thrifty Florist is a family owned and operated floral design firm. Since starting business in 1989, Thrifty Florist has blossomed under the direction of CEO and Owner, Chris Rea, to include 16 locations throughout metro Detroit and surrounding areas. It is Michigan’s largest retail florist and one of the nations leading retailers of flowers and related floral gifts.
We offer beautiful, farm fresh flowers, plants and occasion themed gifts. Our floral design team is one of the best in the state of Michigan. We offer free floral consultations for customers seeking to have our team handle floral design and decorating for their home or office.
The first store was started on the Westside of Detroit at the corner of Grand River and Telegraph Road. We started by bringing in flowers by the truckload and selling them at unbeatable prices. We eliminated the middleman and passed the savings on to our customers.
When we bypassed the middleman, we found that we were selling fresher flowers than other florists in town; and much to our surprise, our flowers were even fresher than the local wholesalers in town. Customers, to this day, come in and comment about the freshness.
Our stores are customer-focused and customer-friendly. We offer quality products at affordable prices situated in convenient locations at major intersections across the Metro area. Accessibility and convenience are important to Thrifty customers, that is why our stores are open before rush hour until bedtime; even on most major holidays, including Christmas.
Romantic Valentine’s Day flowers and gifts await your purchase at Thrifty Florist!
Happy Valentines Day Mug
Love Stories for Valentines
Some of us are hopeless romantics or know others who are. In two weeks Valentine’s Day will be observed. The most romantic occasion for expressions of love and thoughtfulness. Whether it is two young people in love, school kids exchanging cards, sending flowers to a lonely senior person or just doing something thoughtful for a friend, it is a time to show affection. Love poems are plentiful during this time. People spend lots of time in the card section trying to find that perfect card with just the right message or perhaps making up their own personalized poetic message.
Looking back in history, you will find many romantic love stories. Most often the stories involve a couple who over came hardship and weathered the storm. Once such story is that of Robert and Elizabeth Browning. Perhaps you remember Elizabeth’s famous poem to Robert:
How Do I Love Thee? (Sonnet 43)
Elizabeth Barrett Browning – 1806-1861
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of being and ideal grace.
I love thee to the level of every day’s
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for right.
I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.
On January 10, 1845, The great poet, Robert Browning wrote to Elizabeth Barrett. She was an internationally renowned poet and he was a 32 year old poet who was not yet famous. Robert was enamored with her poetry and volume of poems. In his message to Elizabeth he said “I love your verses with all my heart, dear Miss Barrett—I do, as I say, love these verses with all my heart”. This started a 20 month long correspondence of over 600 letters and is one of the greatest literary correspondences.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning was the daughter of Mary Moulton Barrett and Edward Barrett. Her father as an extremely wealthy landowner who owned sugar plantations in Jamaica. When Elizabeth was just 21, her mother passed away. She was the oldest of the family’s 12 children and often thought to be her father’s favorite child. Edward Barrett was a strict man and forbid his children to get married. In 1846, against Edward’s wishes, Robert and Elizabeth secretly wed.
Some of Elizabeth’s illness was thought by her physician to be worsened by the cold winters in London. He recommended she travel to Pisa Italy. It was there that Robert and she would spend the next 15 years of their lives. They secretly married and had a son. Living happily until her death in 1861, they continued to write poetry. One of the most famous poetic lines ever written came from Barrett Browning’s Sonnets From the Portuguese (1850). The well known line is , “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways”.
Elizabeth continued her works completing a second edition of Poems, as well as Casa Guidi Windows (1851), Poems before Congress (1860), and her well known verse-novel, Aurora Leigh (1857). She was an activist for Italian nationalism, the abolition of American slavery, and for the advancement of women. Robert published Men and Women, which was a dedication to his wife Elizabeth. She died in his arms on June 29, 1861.
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Thrifty Florist
Visit one of our 16 convenient locations. Most are open Monday-Saturday 8:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. and Sunday 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Our Detroit location at Grand River and Telegraph is open Monday-Saturday 8:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m., Sunday 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
To help assure on-time delivery during the busy holiday season, place your order at least one day prior to the following major holidays: Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New Year’s Day, Valentine’s Day, Easter, Administrative Professionals Week, Mother’s Day, Memorial Day, Father’s Day, Independence Day and Labor Day.
Send flowers, flower arrangements in your state today through a local Master Florist. Secure online ordering and flower delivery. Award– winning service. Satisfaction guaranteed. Thrifty Florist– A Family flower shop since 1989. We offer same day delivery-deliver to any city or state nationwide anywhere in the world. Fresh flowers to anyone anywhere.
Flowers delivered across the street or across the nation. We are Master Floral Designers. We cover all the Occasions and have a Variety of Flowers to send.
Holiday Bouquets, Arrangements, Roses, Tulips., Daisies, Lilies, Star Gazers, Gerbera Daisies, Orchids, Calla Lilies, Carnations, Daffodils, Gladiolus, Iris, Mums, Hydrangeas, Snapdragons, Tropical Flowers, Tropical Plants, Terrariums, Dish Gardens, Euro Gardens, Flowering Plants, Blooming Plants, Sweetest Day, Valentine’s Day, Christmas, Mother’s Day, Easter, Secretaries Day, Secretaries Week, Thanksgiving, Sympathy, Funeral Arrangements, Get-Well, Birthdays, Congratulations, New Babies, Retirement, Anniversary and Weddings as well.
Specialty Services
We specialize in the following services:
- Large inventory of fresh flowers
- Tropical
- Plants
- European/dish gardens
- Contemporary and traditional arrangements
- High-style floral arrangements
- Silk arrangements
- Weddings
- Funeral designs
- Extensive gift line
- Gourmet and fruit baskets
- Gift baskets
- Greeting cards
- Candles
Thank you for reading our blog. We would be honored to have the opportunity to assist you with a romantic Valentine’s Day floral product.
