Stems LLC

l. If you can work around the fact that the professionals @ STEMS does not live on the computer, seldom snaps a selfie, still uses pen and paper for note taking then you will get along just fine. Call first to make sure Bonnie has time to meet. Print out your style guide and walk into the shop. You will get the best bang for your buck. I've contracted with her team for an upcoming wedding for my daughter in May and can't wait to see the beautiful arrangements.

and that we could anticipate our quote within two weeks. A month passes, and I was advised during a follow-up call that the quote was definitely in the mail. Another month passed, and I was advised that she would make an exception and email the quote that night. During a third follow-up call weeks after that, Bonnie admitted that the quote was still not done but that she thought it would be done soon. She advised that we were not asking for any unusual or out-of-season flowers but did not ever provide a clear reason for why we still did not have a quote. We gave up after five months and hired a different florist. I am writing this review because 9 months after our initial meeting, I received a mailed quote from Bonnie with no explanation. Having already hired a different florist, we recycled it. Two weeks before our wedding we received a curt phone call asking "how we would be going forward and what we had selected from the quote she provided", as if there was a possibility that we would have waited all that time to hear from her. It is a mystery to me how other couples have been able to work with Bonnie given our absolutely bizarre experience with her. She is a wholesaler and claims to be the most affordable, however, our florist's prices were competitive and more affordable and our arrangements were lush. Believe what the reviews say about her poor communication, save yourself the time and energy, and work with someone who is organized and will communicate with you in a timely manner.

eous! Thanks, Bonnie!

as also very affordable and able to work within a budget.

rrangements. We agreed that some pink was needed, but we insisted it would be extremely minimal. There were four large pink ranunculus in my bouquet.

ely beautiful and like nothing I had ever seen before (the two things I knew I wanted.) Throughout the planning process, meetings with Bonnie were a joy and always left me feeling less stressed and more at ease about how setup would go and everything would look. I'm a very type A bride, and I couldn't have been happier with the entire experience!

beautiful and my bridesmaids bouquets were beautiful!

rgeous the day of.

the day. Bonnie is old school in her paperwork though and only sends handwritten estimates through the mail which can significantly delay the process of finding a florist and adjusting your budget. In the end though, Bonnie came through and provided beautiful flowers, great centerpieces and overall just some amazing decor.

, but the ease of everything was worth the wait.

our gift to make our day beautiful!

their flowers from her and then designs them. She can easily just do it all on her own. She is old school in the sense that she is a Lexington native, knows everyone, knows every event venue, and has done thousands and thousands of events. Let her do her thing, because she is amazing. She delivers, picks up, designs, pins on bouts for the boys, has eisels to rent, etc. She can do it all, and I HIGHLY recommend you use her! She causes no stress at all.

ir wedding!

ok a while for us to get a quote from Bonnie but she was great and affordable and so easy to work with!!

iced. We made arrangements for multiple rental items, extra areas to be decorated and for transportation of the floral arrangements from the church to the reception and all was done exactly as we requested. Bonnie is a talented, hard-working lady and I highly recommend her and Stems for your floral needs!

we would be well taken care of! She made everything from selecting our flowers to organizing and coordinating day of services so simple. Our flowers were beautiful and everything I could have wanted!

ost TOUCHING moment was when she suggested putting freesia in my wedding bouquet so whenever I smelled them again it would remind me of the most wonderful day of my life. (She thought roses were too common).

tories of rental companies to find specific types of vases that I had in mind. When we had to switch from an outdoor ceremony to an indoor ceremony 3 days before the wedding, she jumped to action to bring a little of the outdoors to the indoors and TOTALLY surprised me with extra things she had up her sleeve. Bonnie is MORE than a florist. Bonnie has worked with pretty much all the vendors and venues in Lexington, so she knows them and their employees already. She has great business relationships in the wedding industry. Many times, she would reach out to my coordinator at my venue without using me as a middle man because she knew I had so much going on. Her flowers and arrangements were just so breathtaking- and got many comments from our guests! I really cannot say enough about Bonnie and her staff. If you are getting married in Lexington, there is really no one else you should go to!!

coral color....more pink than coral and she assured me she knew exactly what I meant. I showed her examples of pictures so that she would have the color I had in mind. I also requested peonies, while she told me they would be hard to get because I was getting married in July and that they would be expensive she would do her best. Well I ended up with garden roses, which were pretty but I was a tad disappointed but they were still pretty. My bouquet itself was gorgeous, a little small than I had expected but still pretty. My bridesmaid flowers were freaking orange...ORANGE! I hate orange, my wedding colors were navy, dark gray, and a pink coral color. So yup I had bridesmaid bouquets, large flower arrangements, and table center pieces that were my least favorite color. Regardless the wedding were still beautiful and people didn't notice they were orange. The flowers themselves were beautiful but I was just really upset that they were orange. I wish that I had been able to see the flowers before 2:30 the day of my wedding so that they would have been right. I would just suggest meeting a few days before so that you are both on the right page when it comes to color and type of arrangement.

hurch to our flowers for Mary and a remembrance candle. She also arranged surprise flowers for our mothers! When planning the reception she thought of ways to save money by reusing flowers from the church and by transitioning flowers from the cocktail hour to the reception. Although she can sometime be hard to reach in the afternoons, keep calling and schedule an appointment, she is definitely worth it! She also helped my mother-in-law get flowers for the rehearsal dinner and was very easy to work with. Highly recommend!

ressed with how all of the arrangements turned out!