White Orchard Gifts

About White Orchard Gifts

Gifts Women Love - Independent Boutique Gift Shop.

Originally opened in September 2011, White Orchard is a quirky independent boutique gift shop located on one of Shrewsbury's most historic, interesting streets. Enveloped in the stunning timber-framed building known as Abbots House on Butcher Row, it is often described by customers as an 'Aladdin's Cave'. Known by locals for carrying lovely, unusual gifts and accessories, while delivering unrivalled customer service, this gorgeous gift shop is filled with all of the owner's favourite things: women's accessories, unique home decor pieces, unusual gifts, and an amazing selection of greeting cards.

Over the years this gift shop has become a vital resource for the residents of Shrewsbury and the surrounding communities. Whether shopping for gifts and greeting cards for the special women in their lives, buying new decor pieces for their homes, or looking for the perfect accessories to pair with a special outfit, customers know they will find an incredile selection to choose from when they visit White Orchard.

We specialise in finding gifts that women of all ages will love.

Jennifer’s passion for giving the perfect gift to the special people in her life propels her to constantly search for unique gifts that will be more personal to your loved ones, as well as the usual gifts you simply cannot go wrong with.

As a self-described 'every day woman', Jennifer knows that not everyone has a large budget to spend on gifts for their loved ones. For this reason she ensures there is always a great selection of gifts to suit any budget. "When a person is on a tight budget, they don't want to walk into a shop and feel like they cannot afford anything in there. That's a demoralising feeling for anyone. And while I cannot guarantee everything in the shop will fit within a particular person's budget, I never want our customers to leave feeling like they can't find anything they can afford."

One of Jennifer's favourite ways to personalise a gift for someone she loves is a special greeting card that seems as though it was designed specifically for the recipient. This is why White Orchard has such a large selection of greeting cards.

When Jennifer and her husband took over White Orchard in February 2019 the shop had a great selection of blank greeting cards by Wrendale Designs and Berni Parker Designs. Since then, Jennifer has not only increased the number of offerings from both British designers to include birthday and other blank occasion cards, but she has added several others to their offerings as well.

White Orchard now offers a wide variety of greeting cards from British greeting card companies Louise Tiler Designs, White Cotton Cards, Camilla and Rose, and Wendy Bell Designs. Now, White Orchard has one of the best selection of engagement, wedding, and anniversary cards in Shrewsbury, as well as an ever growing collection of gorgeous cards for new babies and christenings. Jennifer also loves a beautiful Christmas card, so you can always find a selection of blank British made Christmas cards on offer at White Orchard in November and December.

Not one to rest on her laurels, Jennifer is not yet finished expanding these offerings. Soon, White Orchard will offer special 3D birthday cards and she has plans to add even more British made greeting cards to their website in 2023 and 2024.

One of Jennifer's favourite things about her bricks and mortar shop in Shrewsbury Town Centre, is the number of tourists from all over the UK that come to visit. Many of them make remarks about wishing there was a shop like it near them. Inevitably, this would lead to people asking if White Orchard has a website. When Covid-19 struck in March 2020, Jennifer knew it was 'now or never'. When else would she have months to work from home building a website? Over the course of the first lockdown Jennifer worked with a Shrewsbury based branding agency to develop an e-commerce website. Aware that her customers were still in need of greeting cards and gifts even though they couldn't be with their loved ones, the website launched on 5 May 2020 with a focus on her best sellers: gifts and blank greeting cards by Wrendale Designs, Berni Parker Designs, East of India, Louise Tiler Designs and White Cotton Cards. In the weeks that followed she added women's scarves, socks, and other accessories.

Nearly three years on, the website has a much larger selection of gifts. One of Jennifer's favourite new additions was their collection of new baby gifts. Whether you're looking for a plush toy or something cute for the nursery, this selection of gifts is continuing to grow.

If your life is anything like mine, then you don't have time to constantly be searching different websites looking for great gifts for the women in your life. Instead, you want one or two websites that offer a wide variety of gifts that is constantly evolving to bring you the cutest new gifts they can find. At White Orchard, we are bringing our 11 years of experience in the gift shop industry to your front door. With a specialty in gifts for women, you will always find a selection of blank greeting cards, women's accessories and other unique gifts women love on our website.