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Downies Flowers

Florist · Addington-Middleton, Christchurch

What your customers see when they look for you, and where that puts you among 83 Christchurch florists.

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Checked13 October 2026
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Downies Flowers

Florist · Addington-Middleton, Christchurch

Where you stand#5of 83 florists
Overall health9.5/10across the eight areas
How AI describes youMarketbase business report

What AI tells people about you

Downies Flowers is a Christchurch florist based in Middleton offering fresh, handcrafted bouquets and same-day delivery across the city. With over 50 years of experience they provide floral arrangements for birthdays, sympathy, weddings and everyday gifting, plus wholesale supply across Canterbury. Customers can order online or visit the Middleton shop for local, friendly service.

Downies Flowers is a Christchurch florist located in Middleton that creates fresh and dried floral arrangements for everyday gifting, special occasions and sympathy. The shop offers same-day flower delivery across Christchurch, serving homes, businesses and selected hospitals from Monday to Saturday.

The florist specialises in handcrafted bouquets, bespoke wedding flowers and wholesale supply across Canterbury. Their product range includes vibrant fresh bouquets and dried arrangements, and they promote reliable delivery options and online ordering for time-sensitive occasions.

Customer feedback highlights consistently fresh, well-arranged bouquets and helpful communication when organising deliveries. Review themes point to large, colourful arrangements that meet expectations, attentive responses for visitors and out-of-town orders, and positive experiences with customised dried and celebration flowers.

Locally, Downies Flowers is characterised by long-standing experience, a Middleton retail presence and a combination of retail, wedding and wholesale services. Customers seeking Christchurch same-day delivery, bespoke wedding work or wholesale blooms will find a neighbourhood florist that emphasises thoughtful design, reliable service and a broad offering across Canterbury.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Downies Flowers shows a very high Google Business Listing health score of 9.8 out of 10, indicating strong completeness and accuracy. The business has a claimed listing with a website link and a visible phone number, and it correctly displays open status. A solid strength is the consistent contact and access for customers, supported by a complete listing.

Strengths

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    Open statusYour listing shows the business as trading, so customers see accurate availability and Google treats the listing as live.
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    ClaimedYour listing is claimed, so you control what it says, you can reply to reviews, and edits suggested by the public come to you first.
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    NameYour business name is showing on the listing, so a customer searching for you by name finds you, and everything else on the listing hangs off it.

Top two opportunities

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    Photos on the listingYou carry more photos than most of this market, which gives a customer a real look at the work before they ring.
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    Category fitYour category set is one of the better-fitted in this market, so you are eligible for nearly every search happening around you.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 5 of them.
9.1Strong
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4.6 ★★★★★ (61)
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From the business

Downies Flowers is a trusted Christchurch florist based in Middleton, offering fresh, handcrafted flowers and reliable same-day flower delivery across Christchurch. With over 50 years of experience, we create beautiful floral arrangements for birthdays, sympathy, celebrations, and everyday gifting. Our flower delivery service covers homes, businesses, and selected hospitals throughout Christchurch, Monday to Saturday. In addition to our retail flower shop, we design bespoke wedding flowers and supply wholesale flowers across Canterbury. Known for quality blooms, thoughtful design, and friendly local service, Downies Flowers is proud to be a leading Christchurch florist. Order online for same-day delivery or visit us in Christchurch.

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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Downies Flowers shows a solid health score on Google reviews, indicating a generally positive sentiment with room to improve. The top findings include a higher-than-average response rate relative to peers and strong confidence in ratings, along with a respectable review count that sits in the upper median. Focusing on further improving star rating and maintaining engagement will support growth.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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    Star ratingYour rating sits below what half the businesses here carry, which gives a customer choosing between three of you a reason to pick one of the others.
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    Response rateYou reply to some of your reviews but not most, so a customer scrolling your page finds long stretches where nobody answered.
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    Review confidenceYour rating and your review count together sit ahead of half the field here, so a customer has enough to go on and no reason to hesitate.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing 3 of them.
5.1Room to grow
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4.6★★★★★61 reviews
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Sarah G.★★★★★ · 2 months ago

Absolutely stunning flowers! I got the Blossom - flowers in vox bouquet for my mother on Mother's Day and they were way more than I expected. The bouquet was huge, vibrant and colourful. Simply gorgeous

Response from the owner2

Thank you so much Sarah 🌸 We’re so happy to hear you loved the Blossom arrangement for Mother’s Day, and thank you for sharing the photo as well. We really appreciate your kind words and suppo...

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Robyn O.★★★★★ · 2 months ago

I ordered flowers online from Australia to be sent to family in NZ. Absolutely beautiful flowers and the arrangement was so much bigger than expected also gorgeous little Bear sent. Very Happy !!!

Response from the owner

Thank you so much for your lovely review Robyn 🌸 We’re so happy to hear the flowers and arrangement exceeded expectations. Thank you again for your support and for sharing your beautiful photo...

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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

Downies Flowers shows mid-range health in Google Maps with a 5.4/10 overall health. The business ranks well for several local keywords, especially in the Hillmorton and Addington-Middleton areas, indicating strong local visibility for flower design and dried flower queries. The main opportunity is expanding aggregate and borough presence to push above current midpoints.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

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    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches less often than half your suburb, so on a search from nearby you sit below businesses a customer would otherwise treat as equal.
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    Maps visibility across the city groupYou turn up across more of the surrounding suburbs than the middle of the field, so customers searching from outside your own patch are finding you.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
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2Top three for "dried flower shop" in 2 suburbs, seen in 32
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A Little Bit Floral5.0 ★ (52) · Florist
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The Dried Flower Room5.0 ★ (3) · Florist
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Bunch Floral5.0 ★ (38) · Florist
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Dainty Blossoms NZ5.0 ★ (1) · Florist
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Map positionsChristchurch florists · 83 businesses
You are #32 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Downies Flowers shows very high health (9.4/10) for its social and directory presence, indicating strong visibility and trust. The strongest strengths are outstanding Facebook and Instagram profiles with high trust scores, plus an accurate Yellow Directory listing. The main focus should be to expand visibility on other key platforms to capture additional local customers.

Strengths

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    Having a Facebook page at allWe found your Facebook Profile page, and the trail is strong enough that nobody would question it is yours - it is linked from something you own, or it dominates a search for your name.
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    Instagram ProfileWe found your Instagram Profile page, and the trail between you and it is unambiguous - it is linked from something you own, or it dominates a search for your name.
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    Yellow ProfileWe can see your Yellow Profile listing (https://yellow.co.nz/y/downies-flowers-579369867) found via: Google search results.

Top three opportunities

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    Tiktok ProfileWe could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
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    Neighbourly ProfileWe could not find an active Neighbourly Profile listing for your business, which means anyone checking you there finds nothing and moves on to whoever is listed.
  • 3
    LinkedIn CompanyWe could not find an active LinkedIn Company listing for your business, which means anyone checking you there finds nothing and moves on to whoever is listed.
15 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 6 of them.
9.5Strong
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FacebookdowniesflowersDownies Flowers | Facebook✓
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InstagramdowniesflowersDownies Flowers | Instagram✓
TiktokNo account found1
NeighbourlyNo listing found2
LinkedInNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch florists · 83 businesses
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05Facebook pageMarketbase business report

Your Facebook page

Strengths

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    Where your page link pointsThe link on your page goes to a domain that is yours, so a visitor who came for the photos leaves on your terms and the enquiry lands in your inbox rather than someone else's.
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    A page address you choseThe address on your page carries your business name, so a customer told about you at a barbecue can find the page by typing what they heard.
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    A phone numberA phone number shows on your page, so the person who found you on Facebook before they found your website can ring straight from it.

Top three opportunities

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    Recommendations on your pageA couple of recommendations have landed on the page, fewer than most here.
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    People following your pageYour following sits ahead of half the pages here, so an ordinary post reaches a real local audience without you paying for it.
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    What your page says about youYour intro carries more detail than most pages in this market and is doing the work of a short landing page for the visitors who never reach your website.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
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Downies supply all in-season fresh flowers, foliage and floral accessories to trade and general public nationwide, specialising in DIY Wedding and Event flowers.3
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Facebook pageChristchurch florists · 83 businesses
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Your website

Downies Flowers shows an excellent on-page SEO health for its homepage, with a very high overall score and well-tuned title tag. The meta description is already strong, and the favicon, size, and relevance checks are all in good standing. The main opportunity lies in fine-tuning the meta description length and ensuring the text-to-page size ratio remains optimal for readability.

Strengths

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    Domain HealthYour site answers cleanly over a secure connection, so a customer clicking through from Google lands where they expect with nothing in the way.
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    On-page scoreFew sites in this market clear these checks as completely as yours: fast to open, readable, and accurate about itself to Google and to the person who lands on it.
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    Page titleYour home page headline fits a search result exactly, so the whole line reads to someone scanning a page of results rather than cutting off mid-phrase.

Top three opportunities

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    Separate sites linking to youMore separate websites link to you than most of this market, so search engines see a wide spread of independent sites vouching for you.
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    Meta descriptionYour search summary is close to the length that usually survives intact, so the length is near enough settled and the wording is what moves people now.
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    The shape of your link profileYour links come from a wider range of sites than most profiles the size of yours, and the mix of link types reads as earned rather than bought.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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How people find you on Google

Downies Flowers shows a healthy website traffic profile with a strong overall health score, indicating stable visitor volume and keyword footprint for a Christchurch florist. The most notable findings are paid traffic momentum and solid organic value, suggesting paid campaigns and content efforts are starting to pay off and should be reinforced.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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    Monthly ad visitsYou are getting a small number of visitors from paid search, fewer than most businesses advertising here.
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    What you spend on adsYour paid search activity is smaller than the middle of the businesses advertising here.
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    What that traffic is worthThe search visitors reaching your site are worth more than half the businesses here, so a real share of your enquiries cost nothing to acquire.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
8.8Strong
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bloomex.co.nzFlower Delivery in Addington | Online Addington Florist
flowersacrosschristchurch.co.nzFlower Delivery to Addington Florist
www.downiesflowers.co.nzDownies Flowers | Beautiful Fresh Flowers for Every Moment

Beautiful, handcrafted flowers from Downies Flowers. Fresh bouquets and dried blooms made with care in our Middleton shop, with same-day delivery in the city.

www.christchurchflowerdelivery.com.auAddington, Local Florist delivery by FLOWERS ACROSS ...
3About 966 visits a month from search, across 287 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch florists · 83 businesses
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08Opening hoursMarketbase business report

Your hours against demand

Downies Flowers shows partial alignment with Christchurch demand: open during several strong Thursday midday peaks but closed through key weekend afternoons. Strong alignment occurs Thursday 11am-1pm and 2-3pm when customer searches are highest. Missed opportunities include Saturday and Sunday afternoons when demand is high but the shop is closed. No low-demand open hours were identified.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

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    Hours aligned with demandYour hours line up with demand worse than nearly every business here, which means a good share of your open time passes with nobody looking for what you do.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
3.2Room to grow
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Downies Flowers
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Hours 1
Monday9am-3:30pm
Tuesday9am-3:30pm
Wednesday9am-3:30pm
Thursday9am-3:30pm
Friday9am-3:30pm
Saturday10am-1pm
SundayClosed
Opening hoursChristchurch florists · 83 businesses
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01Google listing2 opportunities

02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page3 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#5of 83 Christchurch florists
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Christchurch floristsOverall · 83 businesses
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