Tags: florists | gifts | plants

I must confess that I'm not a casual, let alone a regular, customer at the Pavilon location, but the local flower shop is a genuine oasis in a desert of shiny shelves and shop assistants.

Nothing but pleasant, smiling faces and a choice of almost fifty types of cut flowers including several exotic species. If you leave the bouquet up to the shop assistant, she'll conjure up a magnificent work of art before your very eyes.

You can also buy flower pots of various hues, candles and dried flowers.