About this vendor
Lily Forest Designs is a floral atelier based out of Madison, Wisconsin serving the greater Midwest. Fine art floral design for weddings, events & everyday special moments. They are set apart by their use of unique and novelty blooms designed in their tailored organic style.
Investment begins at $5,500 for delivery & installation. The minimum may be higher depending on your wedding location.
LGBTQ+ Friendly
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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 Alternatives
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Reviews
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My wife and I met Lily after giving up on the florist we were initially working with and were thrilled with the florals she did for our wedding. Everything she made was high qualit...
y, and she was very communicative every step of the way. During the planning stage she gave us plenty of options, including visuals, and didn't pressure us towards any decisions.
It was a pleasure to work with Lily for our daughter's wedding. She was so easy to work with and kind. The flowers were just beautiful! I am so happy that we chose Lily Forest t...
o create such gorgeous bouquets and centerpieces.
I knew we were going to be in the very best of hands from our first meeting with Lily for our wedding florals. Not only is she the sweetest, but her talent and creativity are truly...
unmatched. She listened intently to what we liked and didn’t like, and was always happy to provide numerous quote modifications and answer any questions we had during the entire process. The estimates were so nicely detailed including photos of not only the flowers, but vases, ribbon colors, votives and altar pieces. There were no details left out and no surprises. Walking down the grand staircase and seeing all of the gorgeous flowers on our wedding day, truly made our wedding all that more magical and special. One of the neatest parts, was that my cousin in Chicago actually referred me to Lily because they used to work together back in the day. This speaks volumes to the lasting impression that Lily leaves with not only her work, but her kindness. Her reputation has truly spanned across state lines! I had numerous options when it came down to choosing my other vendors. But there was only one when it came to my florals – Lily Forest Designs. She truly is the best of the best.
If I could give infinity stars I would! Lily absolutely blew us away and somehow managed to exceed expectations we didn’t even know we had. From day one, Lily made us feel like we ...
were her only (and most important!) client, even though I know she was juggling a ton of weddings. Every email and idea was met with so much warmth and excitement. It felt like having a floral fairy godparent.
And let’s talk about flexibility...I changed my mind later in planning (the hanging amaranthus was sooo worth it). Lily handled it with total grace, zero stress, and a “we got you” attitude. The end result looked like it had been planned that way all along.
On the day of, Lily was in perfect sync with our planner (special shout-out to OBEC). It was smooth, seamless, and completely stress-free.
When my husband and I saw everything the day of, it was beyond what we pictured. I can't forget to mention the creative details Lily incorporated to make the day feel all that more personal to us. If you’re looking for a florist who’s equal parts artist, magician, and mind reader—Lily is the one!
Of all of the fabulous vendors that we worked with for our wedding (there were a lot!) I have to say, I think that Lily takes the cake. She is impressively organized, she communica...
tes clearly, she is oh so creative and a joy to work with! She brought ideas to the table that transformed our wedding ceremony and reception. And, our flowers were simply beautiful. Thank you, Lily!
Lily was an absolute joy to work with. She has the best personality and you can feel her passion for what she does. She took so much time to really get to know me and what I wanted...
. She was extremely flexible and beyond creative. I would recommend working with Lily over and over again. She understood my vision to a tee and executed it even better than I ever could have imagined. Thank you to Lily for providing me with the florals of my dreams!!! I will miss working with her <3
Lily was probably one of our best/favorite vendors. She was super communicative, always bringing an excited energy to the mix, and of course on the actual wedding day her flowers/a...
rrangements looked incredible. 14/10 would work with her again and recommend her to anyone interested!
Working with Lily was an absolute dream, and I truly cannot recommend her enough.
My husband and I aren’t the most creative people, but Lily instantly understood our vision and b...
rought it to life with absolute perfection. She went above and beyond anything we could have imagined. Our venue even loved the ivy backdrop wall she designed for our ceremony so much that they kept it up after the wedding!
Beyond her stunning work, Lily herself is a joy to work with— she’s both extremely knowledgeable and one of the kindest people.
I wholeheartedly recommend Lily Forest Designs for weddings and any floral needs.
Oh my, I just adore Lily so very much. If you want not just a vendor, but a dear friend, cheerleader, hype woman and so many other wonderful things on top of being a FLORAL EXPERT,...
Lily Forest Designs is for you. Of course the work was stunning and perfect, (especially for someone who is very much a novice when it comes to florals) but seriously, Lily is so much more than her incredible style and arrangements. When I was in the very lows of wedding planning and stress was consuming me, it was the warmth and excitement from Lily who got me through. She is sunshine. When the wedding party arrived at the venue jaws dropped, oohs and ahhs echoed throughout. Simply put, Lily understands the assignment. I will sing her praises and recommendations to everyone I know getting married. She will make all your dreams come true.
We worked with Lily Forest Designs for our 2023 wedding, and we’re still talking about how incredible our experience was. From the very beginning, Lily was such a joy to work with....
In our first call, she made us feel like we were old friends just catching up, and she was somehow able to take all of the information she gleamed from our easy conversation and turn it into our dream bouquets and centerpieces. Communication was excellent, execution was flawless, and organization was spot-on. Lily thought of everything, and went above and beyond in helping create options for my wife who didn’t want to carry a traditional bouquet. Instead, Lily suggested a corsage with a removable cuff that my wife could take on and off throughout the day as needed. It was the perfect solution. Lily really made us feel special, and we can’t recommend her and her business enough!
It was such a pleasure to meet and work with Lily for our wedding florals. From the start Lily was so responsive, patient, and enthusiastic about everything. We said throughout the...
process that Lily was our favorite vendor to work with because we could tell how much she loved and cared about her job. Lily is SO talented and really brought my vision to life and even exceeded that vision. We got so many compliments on our flowers from guests at our wedding and that is all thanks to Lily! The florals were our favorite detail and something we will remember forever. We cannot recommend Lily enough!
Lily was wonderful and easy to work with. She is amazing at creating beautiful floral designs that compliment the wedding gown and adds so much to the atmosphere of the party. Her ...
retail space is filled with beautiful hand selected items and her love of flowers and design are evident every step of the process. She is professional and detail oriented and a lovely person!.
We loved working with Lily for the florals for our wedding! Our flowers were one of our favorite details, we would book her again and recommend her in a heartbeat.
Let’s start at ...
the beginning - we sent her a few ideas/inspirations on our inquiry form and she had a full proposal with pictures and details that completely matched our vision that we described. We were impressed by how much work she put into our day before we had even booked her services. From there, it was a completely collaborative process. Partway through the planning process, we made an adjustment that significantly changed our floral plan and Lily was completely on board. We had to move our wedding inside due to weather and she pivoted seamlessly.
Her communication was stellar - she was easy to email with, fast to make changes when asked and always upfront about costs.
We whole heartedly recommend Lily!
Lily was my dream florist! She and her team over exceeded all my expectations, the flowers were so beautiful! The vision for my wedding day could not have been more perfect. Not to...
mention the friendly and speedy service. Exceptional!
Lily was absolutely incredible to work with. She was extremely communicative and went above and beyond to ensure we got exactly what we wanted on our special day. After our initial...
meeting, I realized I went over budget and Lily reworked the whole proposal to get it within our price range. Out of all of our vendors, LFD stuck out as one of the best. HIGHLY recommend.
WOW WOW WOW. Lily was an absolutely joy to work with. Not only was she our hype woman but also an incredible artist who made sure our vision came to life. I knew I wanted to do som...
e part of the florals myself but for a florist to take on the big/important parts. Lily was not only game, but helped us make a game plan for the parts of the florals/table designs she wasn't responsible for so we would have everything we needed to succeed with the DIYs we had planned. She did our floral install at the end of the altar, the ground florals, and all bouquets, corsages, and boutonnieres. She made the planning process so much fun and the final product was GORG. Would recommend Lily in a heartbeat.
While we loved all of our wedding vendors, working with Lily for our florals was the absolute highlight of the wedding planning process. She stood out from the beginning of the pro...
cess as we inquired with various Madison florists. Her responsiveness and the amount of care and effort that she put into her initial proposal made her the obvious choice. She made the planning process extremely fun, especially for someone who was not particularly educated on flowers, and spent a great amount of time asking questions, truly getting to know us, and showing us options to ensure the arrangements she put together perfectly captured what we wanted for the day. The morning of wedding day was a blur, but one of my most vivid memories is Lily's team arriving to deliver my bouquet. It was beautiful and far exceeded my expectations, and was the perfect preview for the amazing work we'd get to see at our venue later that day. I can't imagine having worked with anyone but Lily Forest Design for our wedding day and highly recommend booking their team!
Highly recommend! Lily was so fun and easy to work with. She captured our vision better than we could put into words. The flowers turned out beautiful and the guests couldn’t stop ...
talking about them!
If I could give Lily more than 5 stars, I would! We only had a general idea in mind when it came to our wedding florals, and Lily's thoughtful approach provided us with endless opt...
ions to choose from. Honestly, the entire planning process was so smooth because she cares about it just as much as you do. She was a legit hype woman leading up to and during the event! We received endless compliments throughout the day from guests on our chuppah decor, centerpieces, swoon-worthy cake nest, and all of our personal florals including my stunning bouquet. It couldn't have possibly been any more beautiful!
Lily and team were absolutely astounding. The only idea or thought we had going in to our initial consult was fun and celebratory, and they absolutely delivered with the initial id...
ea!! And not only did they knock the design out of the park, Lily worked with us regularly to tweak various ideas and designs to fit our budget and helped us incorporate some really fun and personal touches while maintaining the fun design. Lily was responsive, supportive and attentive, and was absolutely a joy to work with - we’d often ask them to connect with some of our other vendors and they would just run with working with our cake baker or day of coordinator without a hitch. I highly recommend working with Lily and team for any event you can imagine or dream up!!
Working with Lily for our wedding was amazing. We went in to planning not knowing much about florals, but with a few pictures for inspiration, Lily was able to capture our vision p...
erfectly. Throughout the process she was an excellent communicator, enthusiastic, and so talented. The bouquet she made for me and the bridesmaids left me speechless, and the centerpieces she designed for us were so elegant. I cannot recommend Lily enough.
Lily and her team were absolutely the reason our wedding was as beautiful as it was. From the first call, I immediately felt confident in her to make my vision come to life. Throug...
hout the process she was communicative, thoughtful, and made me so excited for our day. On the day of, everything was even more amazing than I could have ever imagined!! If I could give her a million stars I would!
Lily and her team are great! They are so incredibly sweet! I swear she was more excited for my wedding than I was! Incredibly supportive of your ideas but is ready to fill in any g...
aps if you vision isn't particularly strong.
Communication was excellent. She was very responsive and patient. She seems willing to work with varying budgets and will work with any DIY you want to mix with her florals. She's great at her floral designs and she'll help you with centerpiece looks.
The team that showed up day of was also very sweet. Her team is able to drop off, help set up (even stay through a room flip), and come back to tear down.
If you have a particular budget, she'll do her best to find ways to help you with costs such as repurposing flowers ceremony flowers including the bouquets. She took care of all of our florals including ones that adorned our cake.
If anything unexpectedly inconvenienced us, even if a mild inconvenience, she did what she could to make things better.
Definitely recommend Lily to anyone who needs florals!
Lily was such a joy to work with - she was enthusiastic, supportive, and a great communicator. She did a wonderful job with the flowers for our wedding!
I was lucky enough to have Lily design my wedding bouquet and from the very beginning, I knew I was in good hands! Florals were a daunting part of my wedding prep but Lily made it ...
completely stress free- she thoughtfully considered all my suggestions while coming back with some really fun and unique ideas. Its clear that she has a special relationship with flowers- both artistically & botanically- so after a few phone chats and a mock up I felt confident that I was about to carry a work of art down the aisle. Her attention to detail, creativity and kindness really set her apart from other vendors I worked with. And incredibly professional while still feeling like your chatting with an old friend. Cannot recommend Lily Forest Designs enough!
Lily is not only so lovely to work with, but so incredibly talented! She helped bring my vision to life with fun, delicate, and elegant florals for my bouquet and bud vases as tabl...
e decor. I couldn't be happier with how everything turned out. I would absolutely recommend Lily Forest Designs!
Working with Lily was one of my favorite parts of the wedding. She was kind, thoughtful, and an absolute joy to work with. She made the process fun and easy and I never felt stre...
ssed at all that she'd do a 5-star job. I am a person who knows next to nothing about flowers so trusted her completely to pull together something beautiful - and that she did! I absolutely LOVED my flowers. All the arrangements were simple, elegant, and perfect for our winter wedding. Highly, highly recommend working with Lily and her team.
LILY LILY LILY! There are not enough words for how incredible she was! I am a plant lover, but my interest in flowers is minimal. With that being said we had minimal arrangements, ...
but went for a greenery/jungle vibe which they EXCELLED AT. With that said, my bouquet was the lowest on my priority list, and yet, it became my most favorite aspect of my wedding. Truly I loved it beyond my dress even. In the world wind of the wedding day I lost my bouquet and wasn't able to preserve it and it's my biggest and only regret of my wedding day. Lily is so kind and warm, and her arrangements show that! Book her. Do not hesitate. She made me feel like magic on our wedding day, all through a simple bouquet.
I can’t say enough spectacular things about Lily and her team. Lily brought everything I had in my heart at our first meeting to life and then some! Come wedding day, Lily and her ...
team were extremely professional and helpful with delivering flowers, pinning on boutonnieres and doing the changeover. When we first entered the venue and saw the flowers, we were speechless. Everything turned out so much better than we could have ever imagined, my bouquet and the antique doors were breathtaking. We received so many compliments on our flowers. Lily and her team knocked it out of the park! Highly recommended, I would love to work with Lily again. It was the best experience
Lily and her team were AMAZING to work with! Lily is so creative, organized and made the floral decisions easy! The day of the wedding the flowers were beautiful, they arrived earl...
y and I didn't have to worry about a thing. I would recommend Lily Forest Designs to anyone!
I can't say enough of how fabulous Lily and her team were to work with as the florist for my wedding day. Not only is the Lily Forest Designs team professional, timely, and fun to ...
work with, but also the flowers they did for my wedding were AMAZING. Everyone commented on the beautiful floral arrangements. I especially (as the bride) was taken away by the lovely work done and when I got the first glimpse of the flowers, I was like "oh my gosh, I'm really getting married today!"
I'm so grateful Lily Forest Designs was a part of my big day. If you haven't already, book them now for your wedding!
Lily is amazing to work with!!! Out of all my vendors I think she was my favorite. I didn't really have a vision for my florals but the little bit I could articulate she made a bea...
utiful reality!! Even while she was out getting married & honeymooning herself she was communicative. My husband and I couldn't have asked for a better vendor, and human, to do our florals!
Lily was absolutely amazing to work with!!! She was incredibly responsive, detailed, enthusiastic, and easy to work with. I didn’t have a strong “vision” of what I wanted my floral...
to look like, or at least didn’t feel like I could articulate it super well, but Lily was able to identify exactly what I wanted through our Zoom meeting and my Pinterest board. I was so impressed with her very thorough document outlining every aspect of the wedding floral. She was extremely detail-oriented and commutative - the best of all my wedding vendors. I would love to work with her again in the future. I absolutely recommend Lily to do your wedding floral!
Lily and her team were amazing! They did such a fantastic job to work within our budget and arrange the most beautiful flowers for us on our wedding day. I got so many compliments ...
on my bouquet! They would always respond quickly so much any time we emailed them and were so easy to work with. They made the process super simple for us. Would absolutely recommend!!
LILY IS AMAZING!!! Going into planning for my wedding, I honestly did not have super strong feelings or opinions about the flowers because I am just not super knowledgeable! During...
my initial phone call with Lily, I let her know our wedding “theme” and colors, and she immediately had so many great ideas. She emailed me pictures of so many different types of flowers and options, which was so nice since I really had no idea where to begin. Lily was super flexible leading up to the wedding day and allowed me to make additions/changes to my order even just a couple weeks before the wedding. On the day of the wedding, she helped my husband and his groomsmen get their boutonnières on their jackets and set up everything at our venue. We opted to pay the changeover fee, so Lily’s staff stayed to move our ceremony flowers to our reception area and I highly recommend doing this! Lily took away all the stress from the day and I did not have to worry about a single thing related to flowers on my wedding day. When I saw my bouquet for the first time, my eyes just lit up because it was so much more beautiful than I could have imagined. So many of my guests were telling me how beautiful all the flowers were. I highly recommend Lily for any of your floral needs!!
Lily was amazing with coordinating our wedding flowers! She really understood our vision and captured it above and beyond our expectations! She is so flexible with meeting to talk ...
about our vision and any changes that we made beforehand! We would definitely recommend her for your big day!
Lily was truly amazing and was extremely helpful every step of the way! When we had to postpone our original wedding date due to Covid, she went above and beyond to make sure our n...
ew date worked. She had wonderful suggestions for different flowers and listened to what we envisioned for our day. I cannot say enough good things about her and her team!
We used Lily Forest for our wedding arrangements and absolutely LOVED their work. In the intial phases I was really struggling to narrow down/clarify what I wanted in our wedding ...
flowers. Lily helped me figure it out almost immediately and the flowers for the wedding were abslutely AMAZING! I can't say enough good things and would highly recommend!!
Lily was amazing to work with. She took my vision and brought it to life. She even took lilacs from her own bush and added them to my flowers because she knew they were my favori...
te. She’s easy to get ahold of and responds quickly. Had a blast working with her.
I interviewed 8 florists because I had no idea what I wanted with respect to floral other than I wanted it to look good (which I know is very vague) and be a little unique and kind...
of off the beaten path (also vague). I wanted it to be reasonably priced (more vague). And I wanted to make sure nothing irritated my allergies, which are often set off by very fragrant blooms / lots of pollen. Lily did a fantastic job of using my invitations, my wedding dress, and any other decisions I’d already made to come up with leading questions that ultimately helped her read my mind. Lily was easy to work with throughout the entire process and very flexible as our floral needs changed based on guest-list fluctuations and just people changing their minds (i.e., my mom added corsages for her and my MIL very last minute).
The week of the wedding Lily was very communicative and did a great job of coordinating with the venue without me so that her floral installation and break-down were seamless and stress-free for me.
I ordered ceremony floral (aisle pieces and a chuppah decoration), cocktail hour floral (small centerpieces, some bathroom bud vases), and reception centerpieces. Lily helped me re-use literally everything to cut down on costs and be more eco-friendly. She also designs into Agra wool, not single use floral foam, if that’s a priority of yours.
And after all that, I came in about 12% under the budget I had set for my floral decor at the beginning of wedding planning.
Lily's work is amazing! Not only were WE blown away by the flowers, but so were our guests. They posted Facebook photos of arrangements they took home!
Lily Forest Designs was by ...
far the BEST vendor of all for our wedding. Lily was able to hear our vision and turn it into the most amazing arrangements. She is detailed, helpful, prompt, and always did what she said she would. Her artistic vision is spectacular. Everything went perfectly.
I cannot say enough about how wonderful our experience was. We would use her services again in a heartbeat. Love love love her work!
I cannot say enough wonderful things about Lily and Aly. Not only are they just great people, they are absolutely incredible florists who have an infectious passion for what they d...
o. I want to quit my job today to work with them! They were so supportive, calming, detail-oriented and knowledgeable. You can tell that every flower is carefully chosen, and placed with purpose and love. Obviously marrying my husband was the highlight of my wedding.... but seeing my flowers for the first time was a close second! Just stunningly beautiful work. You will not regret working with these two.
Lily and her team were phenomenal from start to finish, I cannot recommend them enough! Not only is she a clear and prompt communicator, she is genuine, honest, a talented creative...
, and a positive presence during a sometimes overwhelming process that is wedding planning. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!
Lily and her staff were truly such a pleasure to work with! Meeting with her and seeing her creative ideas come to life made our florals one of the things we were most excited abou...
t on our wedding day! Lily captured our vision PERFECTLY and elevated it beyond what we could've ever imagined. Our florals were one way that we incorporated loved ones that are no longer with us and I'm so glad Lily was the one to help us execute that. HANDS DOWN will recommend Lily Forest Designs to anyone and everyone in a heartbeat 💕
Lily and her team were absolutely amazing. I was so grateful to have picked Lily Forest Designs for florists for my wedding! Lily was SO detail oriented which I absolutely love, it...
was very clear to me that she was invested in our wedding and wanted to see our dream come true. I would highly recommend Lily for you wedding, I can promise you will not be disappointed!
I just got married a few days ago, and I absolutely loved my flowers!!!! Working with Lily Forest Designs ended up being one of my favorite parts of my wedding planning. Initially,...
I wasn't super excited about my flowers during my planning process, but as soon as we had our first conversation with Lily, I became SO EXCITED about it! We talked colors, types of flowers, what I liked and disliked.... and she really helped translate the ideas in my head and it turned out perfect! Not only that, but she encouraged me and my ideas the whole way. She was very genuine and supportive of what I wanted when discussing ideas. On the day of, she and her team arrived right on time and distributed flowers to everyone! They were so helpful and so wonderful! I would absolutely recommend them for wedding flowers, especially if you feel unsure about what types of flowers you want.
Lily is an INCREDIBLE florist with a wonderful sense of design, a compassionate heart, and a great sense of humor. Her professionalism, care for us as clients, and ultimately her F...
LOWERS completely blew me and my wife away. What she did for our wedding completely surpassed our wildest dreams and I would never hesitate to recommend her. Highly recommend for LGBTQ+ couples, as well. Go for Lily - you will not be disappointed!!
Lily Forest Designs was recommended to us for our wedding by a friend who had hired her for her wedding. After looking through pictures and doing research into other companies, I k...
new Lily would be the one who could bring my images to life. It only took a few photos to show her exactly what I wanted. And she did just that. She is the sweetest, responsive, and most amazing florist I have ever worked with. She truly puts her heart and soul into her work and I appreciate that more than anything. I got so many compliments on my bouquet from people who were at the wedding and even people who only saw pictures. You will not have any regrets or questions if you choose Lily!
Lily was simply the best vendor that I worked with for my entire wedding. Not only did she make my vision come to life (understood what I was looking for without me being able to a...
rticulate it), but was thoughtful, kind, timely, and just a floral badass. She went above and beyond. My father made a chuppah for our wedding and was totally in over his head with nicely draping fabric over it. Lily took care of it— it looked way nicer than anything my dad could have done. It was a lifesaver on our big day! It looked excellent.
Lily was nothing less than incredible. Lily was extremely professional, patient and guided me through this entire process.
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1252 Williamson St., Madison, WI | Wisconsin
Lily Forest Designs