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Sprigs & Twigs
Family-run since 2003, minutes from two of Glasgow's biggest hospitals.
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Sprigs & Twigs has been family-run on Alexandra Parade since 2003, and its position is not accidental: it sits close to Glasgow Royal Infirmary and the Princess Royal Maternity, which means a meaningful share of its trade is the two hardest and most important categories of flower-buying there are. New babies and bad news. Shops in that position either develop real skill and real tact or they do not last. This one has lasted twenty-three years.
The service list is wide for a neighbourhood shop: bouquets, plants and baskets, sympathy tributes, wedding packages, event hire and corporate flowers. Reviews consistently make the same two points. That the arrangements are better than the price suggests, and that the flowers outlast supermarket equivalents by a wide margin. Both are exactly what you want to hear about a shop whose customers are frequently not in a state to shop carefully.
Best for
Hospital deliveries; funeral and sympathy tributes; new-baby flowers; East End weddings.
What I would order
For sympathy work, describe the person rather than picking a tribute shape. This is a shop that will listen.
Worth knowing
Alexandra Parade is a busy through-road; stopping outside is optimistic at most times of day. Its old website address no longer works, so phone rather than searching for it.
The florist that a large part of Glasgow's most emotional flower-buying quietly runs through.
Who it is not for
Anyone after a highly art-directed, single-palette installation. The strength here is judgement and care, not editorial styling.
How it compares
For a more design-led take in the same part of town, Florresters is ten minutes away on Duke Street.
Getting there
Alexandra Parade, Dennistoun, walking distance from Glasgow Royal Infirmary. Alexandra Parade rail station is close.
Where this assessment comes from
Directory listings and published customer reviews. The domain the business previously published under no longer resolves, so the trading history and service list here come from its archived and syndicated listings rather than a live site. Confirm current services by phone.
Sources consulted: Customer review platforms, Dennistoun and Glasgow business directories, and the business’s own previously published about page and service list.
This is a desk-based, opinion-led write-up, not an inspection: I have not audited this business, tested a delivery, or spoken to the owner. Everything above is one person’s reading of information that anyone can look up, and none of it represents the views of the owner of this domain. If you run this shop and something here is wrong or out of date, please tell me and I will fix it.