My husband has ordered flower arrangements from Hearts & Flowers before, so he wanted to use them again for our wedding, which was on June 16, 2017. Neither of us know much about flowers, so we found their suggestions very helpful when we disc...ussed our budget and pinterest pictures with them. They gave us recommendations on how many flowers to put in the bouquets to reduce the heaviness and bulkiness of them even though it actually meant we’d order fewer flowers. When I had asked about ceremony flowers, they even suggested that I just use a reception head table piece to save more money. We wanted simple centerpieces that wouldn’t fall into the food because it was served family style, so we actually used their rental vases and again saved some money upon returning the vases the following day. We really appreciated that they took our budget into consideration and didn’t try to push us to buy stuff we didn’t need. We were able to make some changes a couple months before the wedding, too, which saved us more money.
The flowers themselves were absolutely beautiful. My bouquet had 18 white roses and turquoise-purple dendrobium orchids (I hope I got that right!). Several people complimented me on them. I can't seem to upload photos in the review, but they really were beautiful and held up quite well in the heat.
I should also mention that Laura (wedding florist) saw that the weather was going to be really hot on the day of our wedding, so she called me two days in advance to give me instructions on how to care for the orchids on the day of the wedding. A family friend also called back and asked for instructions on how to care for the flowers after the ceremony so that we could get them preserved by another company two days later.
Hearts & Flowers let us split up our order, too. My husband and I did a First Look and creative photos before the ceremony, so we needed the boutonnieres and bouquets a few hours earlier than I had originally anticipated. Fortunately, a groomsmen was staying with family nearby, so he was able to pick them up and drop them off in time for pictures.
Our only complaint was a minor one that they were able to address. My husband and I paid off the balance a month early. They usually require the final payment 2 weeks before, so I didn’t notice right away that the check hadn’t cleared. I called them about it, and they were able to cash the check a few days later. I just wanted to make sure we didn’t get overdrawn with so many wedding payments at the same time.