Finland’s first flower vending machine opens in Raisio

There it stands in the corridor of the Mylly shopping centre in Raisio: Finland’s first continuously operating flower vending machine, Kukkamaatti. The idea comes from Jenny Hentula, the business owner behind Jennyn Kukka Oy, which runs two flower shops in Turku and Raisio. She owns the company with her son, Arttu Kallio.

The flower vending machine operates seven days a week, including outside the shop’s opening hours.

The idea came about when the business owner thought about how the services of a brick-and-mortar shop could be made easily available to customers outside opening hours. The first outlet to report on the concept was Aamuset.

“Jennyn Kukka is located slightly apart from the other shops in the Mylly shopping centre. We are now testing a sales model in which the machine handles sales on Sundays. This means even better service for customers.”

The business owner emphasizes that the shop remains open during peak seasons, when demand for flowers is higher.

Kukkamaatti is an innovation developed in Finland. Hentula commissioned a Finnish company to build the machine, and the software is also Finnish-made.

The machine is a refrigerated cabinet with 12 compartments. Each compartment contains a bouquet of cut flowers. The customer selects the bouquet they want, chooses the compartment number on the touchscreen, and pays for the product. The compartment then clicks open and the flowers can be taken out. The bouquets stay fresh because the temperature is kept at the right level. Bouquets are available for different occasions, from sad moments to happier ones.

“Kukkamaatti is always kept fully stocked. The system alerts us when only a few bouquets remain.”

Jenny Hentula, business owner

Only one fault so far

This is not a cheap investment: the machine, including its software, costs around €25,000. Since last November, Kukkamaatti has been in a pilot phase. Hentula says the customer experience is now being refined as much as possible.

Her company holds the distribution and sales rights for the flower vending machine. The aim in future is to sell or lease the machine to other businesses in the sector. 

“We have received plenty of enquiries and leasing requests from industry professionals and larger companies. Our goal is to place more machines in good sales locations around Turku.”

Hentula hopes the innovation will find the right users and ease the constraints of shop opening hours. At the same time, it also requires work, as bouquets must be restocked outside the flower shop’s normal opening hours. The machine operates from seven in the morning to eleven at night.

“Kukkamaatti is always kept fully stocked. The software tells us when only a few bouquets remain. So far I’ve restocked it myself, but during the summer holiday season we plan to arrange a rotating shift for that purpose,” says Hentula, who employs five people.

In the event of faults, the company can open the machine compartment remotely. So far, this has happened only once. Contact details are provided on the machine should faults arise.

One thing has surprised the business owner during the pilot phase.

“We noticed that people also buy flowers from the machine during shop opening hours. Not all customers want to come into the flower shop physically — some prefer to buy a bouquet from the machine instead.”

Edit to original Finnish text on 10 Feb. 2026 at 14.00: The first paragraph was updated to specify that this is Finland’s first continuously operating flower vending machine.

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