Golden Gate Studios

he final results just from the few images I showed/talked through in our initial meeting. He also helped me manage my budget giving me recommendations on flowers that were similar to my favorite flower (Peony) and repurposed as many arrangements as we could for the ceremony and reception. A true professional with years of experience in the business. Highly recommend!

e our budget. We even made a few last-minute changes, and he was more than happy to assist with them. The flower arrangements on the day of the wedding were exactly what we were looking for. They were gorgeous and were the perfect addition to our décor. We highly recommend using Golden Gate Studios for your floral needs as you won’t be disappointed.

we had a firm budget) but he did such a fantastic job we just cannot recommend him enough.

iew of what my centerpieces would look like, and to give my final payment, I had some feedback that he perfectly implemented. He is responsive, proactive about communicating with venues, and has so much experience that he brings to your consultation and floral experience. He was incredibly pleasant to work with. Not to mention he is an incredibly affordable option compared to some of the other quotes that I received in the process!

beautiful bouquets that captured the coastal feel we were looking for. 10/10 would recommend. Once you see his work you’ll be blown away like we were. He communicates well leading up to the wedding and was on time and excited on the day!

th Jay was over the phone and via email, but he values in person meetings, and it allowed us to not only thoroughly talk through our event’s needs but also allowed us to see both our lower and higher table arrangements in person leading up to the big day. We also loved that he had all of accessories from the lanterns and candles we used both to line our ceremony aisle and throughout our tables and lower floral centerpieces, to the beautiful chuppah, Jay made all of our visions for the space come true. He even added floral sprays to our greenery wall, welcome sign, and accented the cake. He was recommended to us by the venue, and we know why, he knows the space inside out, and we were so confident in his work every step of the way! Thank you Jay and everyone at Golden Gate Studios!

eautifully arranged from the ceremony to the cocktail hour and reception. Jay is a full service florist and stays through the ceremony to relocate the flowers to the cocktail hour and reception. The beautiful sprays from our arbor looked stunning on our cake and sweetheart tables. He pinned up all of the men and mothers and made sure everything was perfect! We highly recommend Jay for any event and would use him again in the future.

take the stress away from planning this part of the wedding. I would happily recommend Jay and his team at Golden Gate.

lowers exceeded my expectations. We got so many compliments on all of the florals and bouquets. Truly the flowers of my dreams. We were so impressed and happy with the results.

to life and it was more than I could have hoped for! The blue hydrangeas were perfect and I was so happy we added the blue delphiniums to my bouquet! I would definitely recommend Jay to any bride!

planning. A long-time expert in his field, Jay is amazing to work with, and his floral pieces show it. With plenty of picture books showing examples of arrangements and colors when you meet with him, Jay helps you create your vision, and thinks of all the little things that you may not have thought about. From arranging in-person meetings, to us calling to ask questions and make small changes, Jay was so considerate of our schedules and changes, and managed it all with stride. His expertise is first-class, and arrangements are truly a work of art.

remely easy stress free process and we would recommend them to anyone for any occasion

and accommodating throughout the entire process. Our centerpieces are still receiving compliments months after the wedding - just spectacular.

erything looked beautiful. I was nervous my bouquets weren’t going to have enough color but Jay reassured me and captured exactly what I was envisioning. My bouquets, centerpieces, pew arrangements, sweetheart table, the list goes on were absolutely GOREGOUS, I had so many compliments. My mother-in law even cried when she saw the beautiful centerpieces at the reception. I would highly recommend Golden Gate Studios, they were fantastic!

to text messages and we were able to share photos back and forth to lock in the vision. I sent Jay a few inspiration photos and let him take creative freedom from there. The arrangements turned out even better than I imagined! The roses were some of the biggest I've ever seen and my bouquet was so full and lush. I just wish I could have saved it forever, everything was completely breath taking.

provide you down to the color of the wrap on the bridesmaids bouquets. He makes a sample centerpiece to make sure your visions are aligned before the big day and is always open to questions, changes and suggestions. Our wedding was in southern NH and that didn't deter them at all, Jay and his team are nothing short of amazing and are an obvious choice for your wedding florist!

using Zoom so I could explain what kind of flowers I would like, instead defaulting to email, in which was a lot harder to explain pictures of what I was thinking of. I was also in for a rude surprise when, only a couple months from the wedding date, after having waited a few weeks for an email reply from Jay on a particular flower piece I was thinking of, I got an aggressive phone call telling me that I either payed the deposit in the phone call then and there (without yet having received the updated invoice with the changes I asked for), or I could find another florist. I was extremely shocked at the unprofessional behaviour, but payed the deposit anyway for fear of not being able to find another florist so close to the wedding day. As well, though I had sent very specific instructions in my email correspondence with Jay about what I wanted for my bridal bouquet, it seemed all that was thrown aside on the day of the wedding when I received my bouquet: not a posy like I had asked, pink carnations (when I asked for peach), cala lillies (when I only asked for these in the boutonieeres), and it was a very tightly bound ball-like bouquet (when I had asked for a more free-flowing one). Epecially given that it was my bridal bouquet and was hoping to preserve it for posterity, I was very dissapointed. In all fairness, I was very happy with the baby's breath bridesmaid bouquets, the chapel arrangement flowers, and the centerpieces for the tables. It was really just the bridal bouquet where I felt my directions were thrown by the wayside, as well as Jay's unprofessional and unaccomodating service.

utiful and everywhere you looked they were the perfect touches. Highly recommend jay and his team!!!

this guy will not disappoint. Flowers were fresh, arrangements were gorgeous and his pricing is so competitive. Thank you so much for the beautiful bouquets, the gorgeous arrangements and how pleasant you and you staff are.

ast minute requests and just nailed exactly the look we were going for. He is just a nice and friendly person and a pleasure to work with. He and his team are masters at what they do and we are so happy they were able to bring our wedding vision to life. Thank you!

ay for arrangements and being so accommodating!

nish to our wedding design.

bsolutely beautiful and I got a lot of compliments on the centerpieces and the bouquets. He works with you on everything detail. I highly recommend Golden Gate Studios!

nest feedback on what would work best. He absolutely brought our vision to life, and we were so happy with our flower arrangements. I had a guest tell me the bouquets were the best she's seen. If you are looking for a florist for any occasion, I would highly recommend Jay and his team at Golden Gate Studios!

ly during a busier than normal wedding season. I loved and absolutely adored my flowers, especially in how vibrant and colorful they were, which is what I wanted. I highly recommend Jay and his team to help out with flowers for your event.

th and captured exactly what I wanted my flowers to look like! Highly recommend !

going for and Jay helped us get to the exact flowers that gave us that feel. We also had the gazebo for the ceremony decorated with flowers and they were just amazing. We even used those same flowers at our sweetheart table and everything complimented so nicely. I'm so thankful to Jay and his group for helping us find what we wanted and guiding us to such a fantastic end result. We couldn't be happier and highly recommend Jay and Golden Gate Studios.

ame time to reschedule we were so happy that Jay and his team were available to be our Floral vendor on our newly scheduled date, one year later. The day was all we had hoped it would be and more. Working with Jay was such a great experience. He is very knowledgeable about flowers, super kind and responsive, very reasonable and flexible with the circumstances our world was facing & was very familiar with our venue already which was very helpful. He took my visions of having a dusty rose/elegant look and made them come to life. Our flowers came out beautiful. We received so many compliments. Some guests even took some of the center pieces and bouquets home and said they lasted longer than they expected. My husband comes from a family of florists and even they were raving about the flowers saying how beautiful they looked. I highly recommend using Gold Gate Florists for your floral needs!

reception, farm tables, sweetheart farm table for Bride and groom) were beyond stunning !!! At all our meetings Jay listened and made suggestions to make our daughters dream come true !!! A true professional !!!!

inted as my centerpieces included FAKE flowers (GASP!) and the vessel I selected was not used. The flowers on my arch were also much smaller than anticipated, but wasn't my biggest issue. Upon meeting with Golden Gate I was happy with what I was hearing regarding design, floral options and cost. I liked the idea that a sample centerpiece was also offered so I could see my vision come to life before the big day. When it came time for my sample centerpiece, it was gorgeous - big, lush and romantic with the flowers I wanted. Fast forward to my wedding day, I look over while taking photos and notice that a different centerpiece vessel/vase was used. It was big and clunky and the opposite of what I wanted for my romantic wedding. Albeit, I sighed and moved on. I also noticed the color of the roses in the centerpieces were off, more peachy then faint pink. It was my wedding day so I went on and enjoyed the day without inspecting the flowers. To my dismay, the next day, I noticed the wrong colored roses were indeed FAKE. Fake flowers for $$$$ spent on centerpieces. I was mortified. Imagine what my guests would think?!? I called Golden Gate the next day to articulate my frustration. The response was, "I don't know what to say..." Apparently the color rose I selected was not available and the executive decision to use FAKE flowers was made. I wouldn't pay $$$$ for fake flowers.... I spoke with Jay a few days before the wedding to clarify the arch (in which he was quite snippy about and later apologized for)- he could have mentioned at that point the flowers were unavailable and maybe substitute for white or other shade of pink. Even if we hadn't spoken, he could have called me. I understand things don't always go as planned, but its my wedding - I am paying for it. If I opt to use a florist, I don't want fake flowers. Jay tried to downplay the issue with stating the flowers were "high quality silk flowers" and that I didn't even notice until the following day - they're still fake. At the end of the day, the my wedding bouquet was beautiful (not the right color) but beautiful. I didn't appreciate the tone I received after voicing my displeasure and the condescending laugh. We resolved the issue thereafter, but I would have preferred to get the flowers I paid for originally. I am sure Golden Gate does great work usually. but do you want to run the risk of fake flowers? If I knew, I wouldn't.

ry real :) Definitely would recommend!!

ng looked and much his work brought our room to life! Highly highly highly recommend!

as great - we showed him some pictures of flowers that we wanted for our wedding, and he turned our vision into reality. Thanks, Golden Gate Studios!

TIPLE vendors in RI/southern MA, I am certain that the price/work can not be beat. I was totally blown away walking into my venue and seeing the floral arrangements, I got so many compliments all day long and after the wedding about the flowers. Also, just trust Jay. I was definitely a type A bride and Jay reminded me time and time again to just take a deep breath and let him work his magic... and boy was he right. Thank you golden gate for making my flower dreams come true!

th roses, white and purple, calalillies and a bunch of other beautiful flowers. Loved how they look the flowers from the ceremony to the reception to help reuse the flowers instead of charging more for more flower. The room was beautiful and looked just as I imagined! I would recommend them to anyone looking for a florist!

ve and beyond for us! My flowers were AMAZING, he knows what he is doing! He listened to my vision and knew exactly how to bring it to life. Hire him today!

beautiful beyond our wildest dreams. Absolutely unreal! Jay and Melissa were fabulous to work with. Pricing was definitely affordable. Our flowers even lasted for several days after the wedding. I cannot imagine our wedding without Golden Gate Studio.

than expected due to COVID, and our table layout changed a month before the wedding. The flowers came out beautifully! Highly recommend them!

cted multiple times from the color scheme to the number of centerpieces, bouquets, etc. Jay never flinched. He also independently took care of ensuring we remained within our original budget. We highly recommend Golden Gate!

have been able to work with them! Thank you to all who made our dreams come true!

ot have to be an expert florist to work with him. I told him my color scheme and theme, and let him be creative and it definitely paid off! I cannot express enough how much I appreciate him. Seriously you need him for your wedding!

ater for our big wedding in Newport. Each time, our flowers were PERFECT! Our bouquets, center pieces, and floral arrangements exceeded my expectations! When your other vendors get excited when you tell them that Jay is your florist, you know you’re working with the BEST! He is a class act and a wonderful florist. You will not be disapointed with Jay!