Fairfield Flowers

Best of Weddings (1x)

Hampton Rd, Tidewater Area, N. Carolina

About this vendor

Operating out of Virginia Beach, VA, Fairfield Flowers is a florist that specializes in crafting unique floral arrangements for special wedding events. Locals, Karl and Charlene are the proud and passionate owners of this flourishing enterprise. The pair is head-over-heels about their profession and the honor they feel for helping enhance the look and feel of your momentous nuptial celebration. Fairfield Flowers was established in 1993 and has since grown into its reputation as a cornerstone of Virginia’s floral industry. Charlene and Karl are consciously focused on keeping their designs innovative and modern, ensuring that your arrangements are always on-trend. No matter how detailed the vision, these experts are able to match and elevate your florals using tasteful color palettes, and the freshest blooms available. Ensuring your wedding receives the attention it deserves, Fairfield Flowers assigns lead coordinator Meredith Barlow-Spry to help you get the most out of your investment. This expert takes care of your every floral need from initial consultation to the day-of set up. The company can assist in the creation of various arrangements that range from eclectic decor pieces to bouquets and even unique floral apparel.

Details

Business Attributes

Woman-owned Business

Decorations & Accents

Aisle Decorations
Centerpieces
Flower Girl Baskets
Pedestals
Plants
Vases

Flower Arrangements

Bouquets
Bouquet Wraps
Boutonnieres
Centerpieces
Corsages
Flower Crowns

Awards and Affiliations

4.5

out of 5.0

32 reviews

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4/13/2024 • Stephanie D

Everyone at Fairfield Flowers was pleasant to work with for our December wedding, and they were extremely kind and gracious in working with us to stay within our budget but still get the flowers we wanted! All of our flowers were gorgeous, from bouquets to bouts to arch! We did, however, have a few small issues. I should have asked more questions about our flowers and how they would keep track of our notes, inspiration pictures, etc. when I had several phone calls and emails throughout the year (from different members of the Fairfield flowers team) asking me the same, repeated questions about the types of flowers, style of bouquets, and design of arch flowers we wanted. I ordered a "petite" version of my bridal bouquet for my bridal portraits, and it was absolutely gorgeous, similar to one of my inspiration photos, but was also quite large and missing the white orchids I had requested. I figured they would be in my actual bridal bouquet, and they were! However, my day-of bridal bouquet (described as "large cascade") was MUCH smaller than the "petite version" for my bridal portraits; when the flowers were delivered on our wedding day, everybody thought that my bouquet was actually the one for my step-daughter, including myself. Again, it was absolutely gorgeous and did include the white orchids, and did match up with another one of my inspiration photos, but it was obvious that nobody had taken pictures of the first bouquet in order to recreate it for our wedding day (or if they did, nobody looked at it before putting it together). Thus, my bridal portraits and wedding photos look disjointed as the difference in bouquets is VERY obvious. It was not enough of a problem and frankly there was not enough time for me to go bonkers on our wedding day, but it did dampen the mood for a bit. The other issue was the matter of the arch flowers - namely, the ARCH part. Not ONCE were we told in conversations about arch flowers (verbally, via email, in our contract, or otherwise) that Fairfield Flowers does NOT own any arches/arbors!!! In fact, via email 5 months beforehand, I asked specifically about pictures of the arches they had and did not receive a direct response, simply "we will do the arch just like your picture." From this I assumed they had an actual form that looked like the one in my reference photo, and I didn't give it another thought... until 3 DAYS before the wedding when we discovered that they were only bringing and *installing* flowers on the arch, NOT providing the form itself. Thankfully, our wedding and venue coordinators were able to help us find something fast and it all worked out in the end, and the arch flowers themselves were exactly what I had envisioned and asked for! For anybody considering Fairfield Flowers, I think they are wonderful folks who provide lovely flowers and truly do care about their clients! I would just be sure to ask LOTS of questions and make sure to get everything you can in writing. To FF, I would HIGHLY recommend that any discussion of arch/arbor flowers includes written and verbal advisory that the couple/venue/third party must provide the form itself, in no uncertain terms! I would also suggest implementing a more organized system of tracking orders for your clients (have all documents, reference pictures, etc. in one file, including pictures of petite/mock-up bouquets, as we reasonably expected them to be the same based on our contract and the terms "petite" and "large cascade").

4/08/2023 • Dorothy R

We chose Fairfield Flowers as the florist for our wedding. I initially met with them in-person prepared with inspiration photos since I didn't really know much about flowers, only what I liked, and they were confident they could make this happen. They were also very helpful with figuring out where it was possible to cut down on costs (reusing aisle decor as table decor for reception, reusing bouquets for the sweetheart table, reusing extra flowers for dessert/entrance table). I also asked for pretty basic colors, mostly white and a few light pink pieces with eucalyptus/silver dollars and greenery. Coming closer to the wedding some of my choices actually changed and they were accommodating for this adjusting prices and numbers of each item. The day of, they brought the flowers to my venue in the morning as I paid for delivery and set up, so I'm glad they had this option. The type of flowers they chose were in line with my inspo pics, fluffy, and beautiful. These were all the good things that worked out with this florist, however it wasn't exactly the perfect interaction. THE DRAWBACKS: 1) Throughout the months leading up to the wedding they had reached back out to me not once, but a few times asking me to resend them my inspo pics for reference. Each time they asked for me to resend it I lost a little more confidence in them as I felt they were lacking organization and professionalism. 2) Within our email threads (and the reference document I sent them) I explicitly explained what I did NOT want within the florals and the day of a few of the main pieces included greenery that I didn't want. I did not want any "tropical" looking greenery and I said specifically no palm fronds, and there were palm fronds in my arch florals. Thankfully my day of coordinator was able to take these down and remove the palms, so they don't show in the photos. 3) Some of the flowers in my bridal bouquet were broken and hanging at odd angles. Not sure if this was an accident during delivery or when the flowers were being handled the day off, but I did my best to hide the broken flowers. 4) On another communication note, I had to call them the day of my wedding to figure out when they were coming since they hadn't arrived by 10/11AM when I expected them. They didn't give me an official arrival time, just "the morning of", so I reached out to them to see when they would arrive and over the phone they told me "oh, we were just about to call you and ask when's a good time" since I said now is a good time, they decided to head over to our venue. That exchange just felt a little unprofessional. Altogether, it wasn't a terrible experience, but the few hiccups along the way and the day of didn't entirely leave me with confidence. They were a very good price though so if you're trying to budget on florals like me, then they may be worth it.

1/29/2023 • Sarah P

Terrible experience with this company for my wedding. After our initial consultation, and emailing them images of what I wanted my bouquets and table arrangements to look like, they got it completely wrong. The table arrangements looked nothing like the images I sent or what was described when we went in for our first meeting. When I spoke to the owner of the store after my wedding, she refused to take full responsibility and in turn blamed my wedding day-of coordinators, saying that they signed off on the flowers, which the coordinators denied. The owner only offered a partial refund, even though she was clearly in the wrong. We have used Fairfield flowers in the past for special occasions and will never do so again.

12/03/2022 • Larry Diane F

Way beyond what we had hoped for! Tropicals from around the world, Charlene has contacts with major distributors and was able to get us white Protea from Denmark, white anthurium, orchids, and exotic greenery that was gorgeous. We were stunned at the beauty of the wedding party table display, all the different table settings, the flowers adorning the aisle chairs...and the bouquets were spectacular. I wish I could post pictures - you wouldn't believe what this little shop can do!!

8/01/2022 • Tina D

Fairfield Flowers made the most beautiful floral arrangements and bouquets for my wedding. Sam was so helpful. I knew of a couple flowers I wanted to use, and she was able to suggest some additional types of flowers that complimented by bouquet perfectly. I was so in love with my wedding bouquet. Everything was absolutely perfect and even better than I’d imagined. I will definitely recommend Fairfield Flowers to anyone who needs a florist in the future. 10/10

7/25/2022 • K W

Beautiful flowers and great service, affordable

6/18/2022 • Elizabeth W

I started my search super early into getting engaged, due to COVID, and I was overwhelmed with the many options available to me in terms of flowers! I went back and forth if I really *needed* fresh flowers, or if I could DIY some fake flowers to get us through our day. I'm so thankful I didn't go that route! I barely had to interact with Fairfield Flowers, but I sent them inspiration photos of what I envisioned, and man, they truly went above and beyond to make those a reality! I'm so impressed with all the little details they had in each flower arrangement, and I highly recommend you choose Fairfield Flowers as you begin your own search through the numerous options available to you! They are highly knowledgable and creative, and I'm so grateful for their help! Hands down, if you're debating between fresh flowers or not, you will never regret going with Fairfield Flowers! They even had vases for each bouquet, so that the flowers would remain hydrated and could become decorations for our reception! I'm so impressed!

6/18/2022 • Michelle W

Fairfield Flowers went above and beyond for our wedding day! We had a consult with them over a year in advanced and Charlene (the owner) was AMAZING at making sure we had the flowers we wanted and could stay within our budget. She had many suggestions for reusing bridesmaids bouquets for reception decor and even gifted us vases to carry out that vision. My bouquet was even bigger than I imagined and came out so beautiful. I was in love with it!! Fairfield Flowers was so helpful with communication regarding flower pick-up (they will deliver but we wanted to save money), payment, and flower ideas as my vision for my wedding was every changing. Thank you so much for being apart of our special day!

1/23/2022 • Katie C

The amount of compliments I got on all my florals!!! The Fairfield team went above and beyond prior to the wedding to ensure I picked the exact flowers I wanted. They also called the week of to confirm all the ones I asked for were in. They were timely in delivery and truly made the process seamless. 1000% recommend!!

11/18/2021 • Angela M

Fairfield Flowers did an amazing job on the flowers we purchased for the wedding. My bride’s bouquet was amazing. My boutonniere was amazing and the arbor arrangement was perfect. We got so many compliments about the arbor arrangement. Everyone loved it. I even had people ask me who our florist was. If I ever need flowers again for any occasion, they will be my only choice.

9/09/2021 • Spenser G

Designed wonderful bouquets, boutonnieres, and table arrangements for our wedding. We were happy to support a local business as my wife grew up in this area of VB and the flowers were all wonderful! We originally were going to do table arrangements on our own, but we ended up switching to Fairfield Flowers and there were happy to accommodate our request!

1/20/2021 • Sarah P

Fairfield flowers was amazing to work with. I almost cried when I saw my bouquet and my bridesmaids bouquets because they were BEYOND what I could have imagined. They took my Pinterest inspiration photo and completely nailed it. They were also so easy to work with, responded quickly, and made me feel very comfortable because you can just tell they know what you’re doing. They were also very reasonably priced compared to the one other florist I looked into. Everyone raved about the flowers even my “hard to please” type family members LOL. Highly recommend Fairfield flowers!

1/15/2021 • Emma D

I had my bridal bouquet, bridesmaid bouquets, and wedding decor flowers done through Fairfield Flowers. I told them specifically what I wanted with multiple picture examples - specifically dark/wine red, dusty rose, and white flowers; dusty miller; and greenery in my cascading bouquet. They weren’t able to provide a preview of what they would put together, but they’ve confirmed in my initial appointment and through email correspondence that they would be able to get what I was looking for in my bridal bouquet. Unfortunately, when I got the flowers the day of the wedding, my bridal bouquet was definitely not what I asked for and looked nowhere close to the picture examples I’ve sent them. The pink and white roses were hardly distinguishable because the pink roses were so light, plus the pink roses were tinged brown as if they were going bad. Then they had tiny “bright” red flowers scattered sparingly throughout. My coordinator rushed it in to get it fixed, but all they had were bright red flowers, so they just added big bright red roses (it was either that or gerber daisies…) I understand that they were probably trying to get it to look close to what I had asked, but it would’ve been nice if they were forthcoming about the fact that they didn’t have the colors I had asked for. The bright red clashed with my wedding colors, so I can’t help but feel grieved when I see it in my wedding photos. I hate writing reviews like this, but I can’t help but be honestly disappointed.

9/28/2020 • Melissa H

Fairfield Flowers is a premier vendor of my venue space but I also saw a display at a wedding show I went to. Fairfield had amazing customer service and was on board with my vision. I wanted different, boho, lots of pampas grass; very hip and sexy. And that’s exactly what I got. They got me and my vision and ensured my vision came to life! I received so many compliments on the flowers. I would highly recommend!

7/17/2020 • Whitney O

Fairfield was easy to work with, even during a pandemic! Beautiful arrangements and great service.

1/07/2020 • Danielle H

They are amazing! I had a specific idea in mind for my bridal bouquet and they made it come alive!

6/16/2019 • Kimberly P

Amber was fantastic with a very creative point of view, which adds an extra level of amazing detail to your wedding. The delivery crew was exceptional and made sure every detail was cared for.

4/15/2019 • Nadine G

Fairfield Flowers created the prettiest bridal bouquet and sweetheart table centerpiece for our wedding. We worked with their General Manager/Wedding Consultant, Amber. She took the time and sat with us to discuss what our vision was, showed us photos of flowers, and made recommendations. Later on, when we arrived home, we received a delivery from her-a floral candle, as a thank you for coming to them for our floral arrangements. It was a nice touch, especially since we browsed other flower shops in the area that were downright rude. The bridal bouquet was perfect. The floral arrangement for our sweetheart table was beautiful-we received many compliments from our guests and people wanted to pose next to or behind it because it was so pretty. Cost was moderate, but given the great customer service and products, definitely worth it!

12/12/2018 • Erin F

Fairfield Flowers was everything I was looking for in a florist for my wedding. They worked with me every step of the way to visualize my ideal bouquets, altar arrangements, pew arrangements, etc. I didn't want your standard flowers, and they were excited to work with me at every step of the way...even when I changed my mind a few times.

11/27/2018 • Jasleen S

They did an amazing job on my back drop and center pieces ! They made my engagement decoration beautiful! I’m going to use them for all my ceremonies. They had great customer service also.

11/04/2018 • Rose L

Amber at Fairfield flowers was amazing! From the moment we booked them two years ago all the way up to the wedding day. Her team met every expectation and more I couldn’t have been more impressed with the end result. Not only wherethe flowers perfect I always felt like family when we came into the shop with questions or to make payments. Thank you so much Fairfield flowers!!

11/02/2018 • Alexandra R

I could not speak more highly about Fairfield Flowers! Despite my tendency to poorly explain what I'm picturing in my head, Amber created the PERFECT bouquets and table decor. It's as if she could see into my head and then made them even better than I could have imagined. She was so great to work with and so helpful. Our experience was great and we will definitely be back for any future floral needs!!!

10/21/2017 • Chelsea L

This store was amazing. I had never seen any of their work, but I trusted them since we got a good recommendation (the owners son). I showed them pictures of what I wanted, told them how I wanted it tweaked, and when my flowers showed up the day of, my jaw dropped. I wish I could have kept my bouquet forever it was so gorgeous with such rich colors!!! And the flower piece they made for my arch was heavenly. They even draped the material I bought to make my day that much more simple. I recommend Fairfield to anyone who wants a great price with amazing quality. They didn’t try and get me to have an excess amount of flowers and helped me stay within my budget

5/14/2017 • Chelsea S

Let me just start by saying I searched high and low for an amazing, affordable florist and I found it with Fairfield. When searching for a florist, I believe that Fairfield is extremely underrated and I highly recommend giving them a shot! AMBER is awesome to work with. She is super flexible and takes pride in making your dreams come true with anything you could possibly imagine for your flowers. I called her with last minute changes thinking I would have to go in to make the changes, she did everything over the phone and my bouquets came out just the way I had hoped. I still cannot get over how gorgeous all of the bouquets and centerpieces turned out! And on top of everything, affordable! Highly recommend Fairfield Flowers!

12/20/2016 • Amanda C

Fairfield Flowers were so easy and great to work with! i had first gotten a quote from Norfolk Florist, but I wasn't impressed with their customer service or happy with the price. Fairfield made the process so easy and also quoted me significantly lower than Norfolk Florist. For one bridal bouquet, a toss bouquet, a maid of honor bouquet, 2 bridesmaid and 3 groomsgirl bouquets, 3 corsages, and 4 boutonnieres, it only cost $800! I only showed Amber a few pictures from Pinterest and she was able to translate those pictures into the perfect bouquets. The flowers were seasonal and perfectly matched our winter wedding theme. Everyone complimented both my bouquet and my bridesmaids/groomsgirls bouquets. I would highly recommend Fairfield Flowers for how easy they were to work with and their price!

10/31/2016 • Kelsey S

My florist was great! Since my parents are from the 757, they actually picked up the flowers the day before and drove them up to Charlottesville for our ceremony. The florist packaged all the bouquets safely so that my mother could just pop them in the trunk. They were breathtaking the day of! So many florists laughed at our flower budget, but Fairfield Flowers said "of course, lets make it happen!"

10/30/2016 • Stella S

Charlene and Amber did an absolutely amazing job! I gave them some inspiration pictures and they took it from there. I did not know what my flowers looked like until I arrived at my venue. I was absolutely blown away with everything they did!

3/21/2016 • Amber F

Charlene and her crew did everything possible to help my fiancé create the perfect proposal! Their attention to detail was outstanding. They truly went out of their way to help him! Thank you Fairfield Flowers!

10/23/2012 • Julie C

Prices were really good. boutonnieres came wrong but they fixed and delivered them in time. some flowers didn’t hold up past the ceremony.

10/21/2011 • Eric M

Fairfield Flowers did a fantastic job on picking out the perfect flowers that complemented our wedding colors (Gator Blue and Gator Orange). I'm not sure how many of you out there are botanists, but these folks here at Fairfield Flowers know what they're doing and they don't hammer you down over prices. They are just a wonderful florist tucked away in Virginia Beach and would highly recommend them to anyone searching for a dedicated, amazing florist in the Hampton Roads area. Thank you so much Charlene and staff!! Sincerely, Eric and Danielle McBride Married September 10, 2011

8/10/2010 • Lindsay R

They were great to work with they not only made beautiful arrangements but took all of the other rehersal decorations and set them up for me as well. Even though my flowers were not in season they made it happen!!