About Us
Our Roots Run Deep...
Sending Beautiful Flowers Worldwide begins here in the Fox Valley. We can’t claim a corner on the market anywhere else, if we can’t deliver the goods to our own back yard. Memorial Florists business philosophy is summarized in our mission statement: To deliver the freshest and highest quality flowers, plants and gifts accessories, while providing the utmost in customer service.
Flowers send feelings. Each customer has a specific and unique need. It may be Valentine’s Day or Mother’s Day, but no two Valentines and no two Mothers are alike. Since 1923, and with the transfer of leadership through four generations of the Aykens family, Memorial Florists and Greenhouses has provided personal service and a keen attention to detail with every order.
For over 25 years, Memorial Florists & Greenhouses has been honored to be in the top 250 florists among 28,000 nationally and in 2020 Ranked in the top 50!
Time Line:
1923 – Richard Aykens Started Sunny Side Floral on Wisconsin Ave.
1930 – Sunnyside Floral was moved to across the newly erected Memorial Drive bridge to its current location and renames Memorial Drive Florist
1936 – Harold R. Aykens took over ownership.
1969 – Thomas H Aykens took over ownership.
1975 – Memorial Drive Florist erected its new building on the current site and changed its name to Memorial Florists & Greenhouses, Inc. (MFG)
1975 – Memorial Florists purchased Kraemer Greenhouse in Neenah, WI.
1976 – H&A Wholesale opened allowing Memorial Florists to buy hard goods and cut flowers globally.
1977 – Interior Plantscape of Wisconsin (IPW) was established, leasing and maintaining plants in office buildings, hospitals, restaurants and schools.
1980’s – MFG grew to 7 locations including Valley Fair Mall, Fox River Mall, Northland Mall, City Center Appleton, Main St. Neenah Wisconsin and its Headquarters on Memorial Dr.
2001 – MFG closed their Neenah location and replaced the greenhouses with a state of the art Growing Facility at its 2320 S Memorial Dr location.
2002 – Memorial Florists 2320 S Memorial Dr location suffers a devastating fire. Total loss of 2.2 million dollars. No orders were lost and MFG opened up the day after operating out of the Wholesale building and Corporate offices that did not suffer any damage. Days later Retail operations were temporally relocated to Valley Fair mall.
2003 – Memorial Florists Celebrates it Grand Re opening 9 months after a fire burned the 2320 S Memorial Dr locations down.
2007 – Memorial Florists Opens a new Location on Commercial St in Neenah next to Kessler Funeral Home
2008 – Robert T. Aykens and Mary Aykens-Jurgella the Fourth Generation of Memorial Florists and Greenhouse’s, take over ownership.
2015 – Memorial Florists moves Neenah Location from Commercial St to the Downtown Neenah.
2017 – Memorial Florists consolidates to one location located at 2320 S Memorial Dr.
2018 - Memorial Florists partners with Front Range Biosciences to be come the first Clean Stock Industrial Hemp Greenhouse east of Colorado.
2020 - Memorial Florists is Ranked in the Top 50 Florists Nationally.
2023 - Memorial Florists celebrates 100 years in business.
Memorial Florists, Greenhouse, & Flower Delivery
2320 S. Memorial Dr
Appleton,WI 54915
Additional Information:
Our shop is open:
8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday.
We Will be closed on the Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Years Day.
Specialty Services
We specialize in the following services:
- Large inventory of fresh flowers for any occasion
- Weddings / Wedding Flowers
- Sympathy and Funeral flowers
- Birthday Flowers, Get Well Flowers, Anniversary Flowers
- Plants
- European/dish gardens
- Modern and traditional flower arrangements
- High-style floral arrangements
- Silk flower arrangements
- Dried floral arrangements
- Extensive gift line
- Gourmet fruit baskets
- Gift baskets
- Greeting cards
Delivery Policy
A local delivery fee of $12.00 will be added to each order, for each address. (For deliveries outside our local delivery area, this fee may vary.)
U.S. orders must be received before 2:00 p.m. in the recipient's time zone to assure same-day delivery. Orders received after that time will be delivered the following day.
We will do our best to accommodate deliveries at specific times of day, but we cannot guarantee it.
We are unable to make deliveries on Sundays. Deliveries requested on this day will be delivered the following business day.
Delivery of orders to rural route addresses or cemeteries cannot be guaranteed.
We will be happy to accept your international orders if you call our shop directly. We are unable to accept international orders over the Internet.
Holiday Deliveries
To help assure on-time delivery during the busy holiday season, place your order at least 1 day prior to the following major holidays: Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New Year's Day, Valentine's Day, Easter, Administrative Professionals Week, Mother's Day, memorial Day, Father's Day, Independence Day and Labor Day.
Our shop will always be closed on the following holidays: Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New Year's Day, Easter, Father's Day, Independence Day and Labor Day.