Mokena Florist Gives Valentine's Day Tips

Kim McAuliffe is the owner of as well as kids party-planning companies and . She wrote this article for Patch.

Here are a few helpful hints and tips for purchasing flowers for this Valentine's Day and every day!

Plan Ahead

Try to place your order early. Five to seven days beforehand is great. Last minute is sometimes OK, too!

Think Locally

The closer the delivery to the shop the better. Closer to me means Mokena, Frankfort, New Lenox, Tinley Park, Orland Park, Orland Hills, etc.

We ourselves from our shop in Mokena deliver to 300 cities and 8 counties (OMG!!) on a daily basis, but on holidays we like to stay closer to "home base."

Flattery Will Get You Everywhere

When you call into the shop say, "Do whatever you want. I trust you and you do such great work."

This week alone I have had five people say that to me and everyone was and is always very happy with the outcome.

P.S. Plus, it gets you more flowers. Butter me up!

Ask for Specials

Ask what specials we are have for that day or week. Right now we are running 3 specials for Valentine's Day Week!

Leave Time for Delivery

Send out order one to three days before the holiday. Fresher flowers, delivery early and on time—what more could you ask for? If we are delivering on the day of the holiday, please remember it is an all-day delivery. Time deliveries are too hard to complete unless they are closer (within our six-city home base area)!

It Never Hurts to Ask...

Ask about any upgrades. I sometimes forget to make suggestions but we always have nicely priced extra items at our shop.

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