Anniversary flowers in Virginia Beach

A lot of Virginia Beach anniversaries are return trips. The Cavalier has stood on the hill above 42nd Street since 1927, and couples who married in its ballroom — or whose parents did — come back on round-numbered years, which is why the blocks between 40th Street and the Cavalier's lawn see a steady trickle of anniversary deliveries that have nothing to do with the summer tourist season. The same pattern repeats at the Hilton at 31st Street, where the King Neptune statue in Neptune's Park has become the default backdrop for a photograph that gets retaken every five years, and at the Bayfront hotels along Shore Drive, where the Chesapeake Bay gives you a sunset over water rather than a sunrise. Our ten shops know the difference between an anniversary order and a birthday order in this city: the anniversary order is more often timed to a check-in, a dinner reservation or a specific hour rather than to a workday, and it is far more likely to come from out of state, from an adult child marking their parents' fiftieth.

Most anniversaries, though, happen at home, and home in this city means a specific set of neighborhoods that each carry their own delivery quirks. Bay Colony, Linkhorn Park, Cape Story by the Sea and Alanton in 23451 and 23454 are established, tree-heavy and full of long driveways — a driver needs the house number visible or a phone number to call. Croatan and Shadowlawn, tucked behind the south end of the Boardwalk, are a five-minute walk from the sand and a maze of narrow lanes. Great Neck, Birdneck Point, Wolfsnare and Kings Grant in 23452 and 23454 run on cul-de-sacs. Church Point, Baylake Pines, Ocean Park and Chic's Beach in 23455 sit north of Shore Drive with the Lesner Bridge and the Lynnhaven Inlet between them and the rest of the city. Lago Mar, Red Mill and Sandbridge in 23456 are the long south runs, and Sandbridge in particular is a single road in and out — plan an hour, not twenty minutes. Inland, Thalia and Pembroke in 23462 and Kempsville and Indian Lakes in 23464 are the fastest routes on the grid, minutes from Virginiabeach Florist Inc on Princess Anne Road and Fairfield Flowers in the Fairfield Shopping Center.