Freshcut Downtown

Specialties

Freshcut Downtown In Portage Place Shopping Centre Has Been Owned And Operated By Sisters Monica And Melanie Since May 1995. Monica’S Background Is In Business And Management While Melanie’S Great Interest And Talent Is In Floral Design With Training Locally, As Well As In Alberta And Holland. Throughout The Year, Melanie Often Offers Enthusiastic Workshops For Hands On Training. Melanie Has Also Participated In Several Television Specials With The Latest One On Cbc’S Living Winnipeg. Our Newly Renovated Shop Is Located In The Heart Of The Winnipeg And Offers Full Services To Both The Corporate As Well As The Personal Needs Of That Community. We Have Participated In The Tenant Advisory Committee And The Downtown Biz. While We Are Committed To The Downtown Of Winnipeg, We Serve The Entire City. Flowers From This Location Can Also Be Delivered To Rural Areas Outside Of The Perimeter Such As Oakbank, Dugald And Anola. (Rural Delivery Rates Apply) Let Us Be Your First Choice For Flowers.

History

Established in 1995.

Freshcut Downtown in Portage Place Shopping Centre in downtown Winnipeg has been owned and operated by sisters Monica and Melanie since May 1995.

Monica’s background is in business and management while Melanie’s great interest and talent is in floral design with training locally, as well as in Alberta and Holland. Throughout the year, Melanie often offers enthusiastic workshops for hands on training. Melanie has also participated in several television specials with the latest one on CTV Morning Live.

Our shop is located in the heart of the Winnipeg and offers full services to both the corporate as well as the personal needs of that community. We have participated in the Tenant Advisory Committee and the Downtown Biz.

While we are committed to the downtown of Winnipeg, we serve the entire city. Flowers from this location can also be delivered to rural areas outside of the perimeter such as Oakbank, Dugald and Anola. (Rural delivery rates apply)

Meet the Business Owner

Melanie B.

Business Owner

Melanie started working part time in a flower shop in high school where she got bit by the flower bug. She continued working with flowers through college in Edmonton.

In 1994, an opportunity for a WPG franchise came up and her family was on board to purchase together.

The first year Monica was on her own with her dad doing books, then a year later her sister Monica joined the team with her business degree.

Over the years, Melanie has enjoyed training with the local floral wholesalers as well as taking a design course in Olds Alberta College and an amazing teaching opportunity in Holland. This was the beginning of her love for European design and different textures and use of foliage.

In 2010 the shop left the franchise and went through a branding process

to become freshcut downtown. It was important to have downtown in the name and invest in the community. Melanie has recently been asked to join the Downtown Business Board. She loves the support of downtown Winnipeg and being able t