Dutch Flowers

We received a quote and paid the initial deposit for a very simple order: 8 corsages, 8-10 boutonnieres, and 2 floral sprays for the church some 6 months before our wedding day. (We had no bouquets, no table arrangements - overall an EASY order for a professional florist.) The months passed and we began to worry as we had not heard from Dutch Flowers. Four weeks out from our wedding, we called Dutch Flowers but did not get a call back. Lucky for us, a friend knows the owner and did some investigation: we learned that the employee we worked with no longer works there and the owner had NO IDEA we had an order pending or a deposit paid. Well, we set up a meeting with the owner ASAP, reviewing our needs, showing her our receipt for the deposit and she told us she'd be ready to meet our order. The next day, she submitted a "new" estimate for the order that was DOUBLE what the original quote was...DOUBLE...a month before our wedding. When I told her that we would have never put a deposit down for such an expensive quote (for a VERY small order, mind you) she did not budge. She simply refused to honor the original quote provided by HER employee. In order to not waste the deposit, we removed the sprays from the order and just supplied our families with the C's and B's as originally planned. While they were pretty, the entire experience there was unprofessional, stressful, and completely absurd. The flowers were nice but the business ethics, customer service response, and lack of professionalism was too much to overcome. I DO NOT recommend them.

I won flowers here at one of the bridal shows. The flowers were just right! We spend a lot of time picking just the right look and we got it in Aces! Everyone loved the flowers, even the men noticed! How often does that happen?

Melissa is inspired, energetic, dedicated and creative. One of the things I liked most about working with her was the effort she made to understand my taste. She wasn't interested in pushing her own taste on me. If you look at her portfolio, you'll see that she doesn't have a thing she always does. She works with her clients in mind. Once she figured me out, then the independence with which she catered to it. She figured me out, however, she worked very independently. I was actually pretty surprised when I saw our table arrangements... and I mean that in a GOOD way. I knew what I wanted to a degree, but not being a floral designer myself, I didn't know how to explain or express it. She did something waaaaaaay better than I would have done had I been calling every single shot, but yet she nailed my aesthetic completely. She also designed a truly unique chuppa for my Jewish wedding and used real creativity to work around my budgetary preferences. She also delivered the flowers the day-of and brought a whole team with her even thought my wedding was day-trip distance from town. Some things to have a last minute feel to them in the days leading up to the ceremony, but flowers are living things and Melissa works as an artist, which means those last few days are a flurry of inspiration and activity. I can respect that. It's something you should probably be willing to respect as well if you choose her. She won't disappoint.

The flowers came out beautifully! And she provided a few backups for the boutonnieres in case the heat made them wilt. The only bummer was the father of the bride boutonniere was missing, but we used the backup for the groom so everyone still had flowers :) Mellissa was great to work with! and the flowers came out great!