My friend lost their mother earlier this month, and another friend and I wanted to get a peace lily for her services. Sumter doesn't have many options for flowers, but Newton's was just what we needed. Once I found what we were looking for, I made a call to the store, and someone actually picked up right away! I had called other places but got no response. After speaking with the kind gentleman on the phone, he explained everything I needed to do and shared the turnaround time and when the flowers would be delivered. He even walked me through how I would receive a confirmation once the flowers were delivered. The whole process was smooth and easy--very convenient. The flowers arrived on time, and we were so grateful for that. If you are looking for a florist, I highly recommend this establishment. We truly appreciate the service they provided. read more

I live in FL, spending the holidays in CO when I received the call that my vivacious, silly, never met a stranger cousin had passed away. I called Newton's and spoke with the owner who was so sympathetic and kind. He helped me choose a perfect arrangement that suited his great personality. What a wonderful decision I made to contact Newton's and trust him being so far away. He made sure the order was delivered to the right location in perfect condition. Thank you, Thank you! I wont hesitate to contact for floral needs in the future. read more

I am a long time (25 year?) customer of Newton's Florist and they've been wonderful to me helping my mom get her Mother's Day and birthday flowers each year. They even called me up one time when I was a little late on making the order, just to make sure everything was alright. I just talked to them, because I'd seen a bad review, and talked to Dale, the owner. It turns out that Dale, not very computer-savvy, has had a Pokemon Go PokeStop put on top of his deer statue, and it has caused him some problems. It turns out that many people coming to collect the Pokemon come into the driveway and block his business, often 3-5 cars at a time at peak. Dale expresses that he tries to treat everyone with respect, but has been surprised himself by the explosive and aggressive reactions people have had to being asked to leave because they were trespassing. I am not privy to all the details, but it escalated to Pokemon players staging a protest in his parking lot and writing bad reviews online (yelling at him that they would be doing so to ruin his business). The police were called and came on the scene. (The police were already concerned with people being in the lot after hours, because down the street there are locations where drug deals have been known to occur.) I helped out Dale, by sending him a link to the "how to have a PokeStop removed from your property" page on the Pokemon Go site. I hope that gets all of his troubles resolved. Dale is frustrated, but he and his staff have been nothing but helpful and respectful to me. read more

Horrible place...the owner is just down right nasty....we were planning on getting flowers for our upcoming wedding from this establishment but after meeting the owner while searching for flower shops we decided not to give them our money....we (my daughter, my fiancee and myself) went searching for flower shops and this was our first stop while we were searching we were playing the popular mobile video game Pokemon Go which my daughter loves we pulled in the drive off to the side as to not block any other traffic coming or going to catch a Pokemon before entering the store and inquiring about having them provide flowers but before we could exit the vehicle we were approached by the owner with a knock on my car window asking if we had car problems I politely replied no we were simpling catching a Pokemon before....and I was cut off there....I was told in front of my 6yr old daughter and wife that I was to get the hell off his property because it was private I said sir you do not have a private property sign and we are not impending traffic coming to and from your drive....and again before I could finish he cut me off by saying again....get the hell off my property get a fucking life and tell your loser friends to do the same....get a life and stay off my damn property....at this point I'm trying to calm my daughter down because of the owners tone of voice while at the same time trying to keep my composure as to not get out of my car and teach this old man a lesson in respect....instead I started my car rolled up the window while still being yelled at and proceeded to get the hell off his property....I have been told by multiple of my friends that they have been run off by this man even as they stand on a public sidewalk.... read more