I contacted Auna from Beijaflor Botanicals in early March 2019 for my wedding on May 26th 2019 at Triple S Ranch in Calistoga. If you read no further, just book Beijaflor Botanicals - you’ll be so happy you did.
I left finding a florist to the... last minute (in terms of wedding planning). Auna was quick about getting back to me with a broken down quote, proposal and contract. I had a “vision” of what I wanted and I felt like in talking with her she immediately understood what I was going for. Because I had waited so last minute she was already booked for another event, but fortunately her assistant was able to drop off all of the arrangements, move them around after our ceremony & pick up vases the following day - it went seamlessly!
The proposal we received from Auna included images, cementing that she understood what I wanted & many of the photos were of her previous work; which made me feel confident I could have similar arrangements at my wedding and I knew what to expect. I had even fallen in love with a bouquet she made for another bride and she figured out a way to recreate the feel of that one for me - in my color palette & florals.
I had been nervous about figuring out the right quantity & arrangements of florals; our specific venue had lots of very long, non-matching, rectangular tables and I was uneasy about how to make them not look sparse, but also didn’t have an endless budget to go “all-out.” Auna was able to meet & walk around our venue with us. We talked through quantities, placement and she was so great at suggesting ways we could reuse some of our ceremony florals for the reception and dinner.
I knew I wanted to give some of the arrangements away to family and friends the day after the wedding and Auna figured out an easy way for us to do that! We received so many compliments and everyone was so excited to take an arrangement home with them. I even got a text months later from a friend reusing the vase, trying to recreate the arrangement we had given her from our wedding.
Auna put in so much “behind the scenes” effort not only in sending me photos, finding new vases, talking through prices, and being open to last minute requests, but also in talking/coordinating with our day-of planner & venue... I truly believe she went above and beyond. I think we must’ve exchanged between 20 and 30 emails, texts and half a dozen phone calls and Auna was nothing short of flexible and responsive throughout the entire process.
It was an absolute pleasure to work with Auna and if I ever throw another big party, I would hire Beijaflor Botanicals again in an instant!