OUR STORY
OUR STORY
Our founder David is a visionary and expert evolving the floristry scenery in London for more than 20 years now. During his exceptional career, he has mastered identifying the customers’ problems. One of his first goals was to make flowers more accessible for Londoners. The inspiration for that was born out of his personal struggles to find flowers late after work and his motivation to create a magical place for flowers to “blossom” in London’s urban landscape.
Based on his honest efforts and motivations, his floristry business has branched out considerably with a garden centre and café in Hampstead Garden Suburb that turned into an enjoyment hub and a place to find tranquility out of the big city life. That 'home of the flowers' also hosts the Flower School created by David aiming to introduce more people into the magic of floristry. Today we are known and offer our flowers in the whole UK.
Letterbuds is a natural progression of his aim to make high-quality fresh flowers more affordable for the customers. The affordability and the freshness have been achieved by sourcing fresh stems directly from farms using the brand’s wholesale division - Badais International.
LETTERBUDS = HIGH-QUALITY FLOWERS
OUR STORY
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OUR VALUES
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Freshness & Affordability
Letterbuds is more of a family than a company where we put the satisfaction and needs of our clients above anything else. We believe that a happy customer equals happy company. Our mission is to deliver the freshest stems at the most affordable prices.
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Sustainability
We aim to make our supply chain sustainable by sourcing as many flowers as possible directly from farms, meaning that their freshness and longevity is greater and we cut out a number of journeys to different countries and wholesalers in the usual supply chain. All our letterbox flower options are carefully selected to include flowers that are available all year round and as much as possible, flowers that will last well, to allow the recipient to enjoy them for longer. Our inventory is carefully managed and controlled to allow us to constantly adjust to the flower demand for various seasons and peak events, and thus to reduce waste. As you might have guessed, all of our packaging is recyclable.
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Diversity
Our company staff come from all over the world and offer a wonderful mix of cultures and energy. Our ages range from late teens to almost 70 and we see only people who are fabulous and committed and love what they do. There are no barriers to age, career progression or country of birth. This truly gives us strength and happiness which is a benefit to our company and staff and we wish the same for every company in every part of the world.
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Charity
MenCap is our current charity of choice and we are truly delighted and honoured to work with them. Over the years, we have worked closely with Mencap to help mentor and support their students to work with flowers and plants at our floral workshop in North west London. We have received dozens of wonderful people who have had the chance to learn and enjoy and develop skills. In some cases we have offered a follow-up of paid employed positions. It has been our pleasure to host their graduation ceremonies for a number of years and continue to offer our support to this wonderful charity. We donate 30p for every sale of our ‘Bastille’ letterbox flowers.