About this vendor
Floral design and Event styling with 35 years experience in the Wedding and Events Industry. Call us today to set up a complimentary consultation. Serving the Twin Cities and surrounding areas.
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Business Attributes
- Woman-owned Business
Decorations & Accents
- Aisle Decorations
- Centerpieces
- Flower Girl Baskets
- Pedestals
- Vases
- Wedding Arch
Flower Arrangements
- Bouquets
- Bouquet Wraps
- Boutonnieres
- Centerpieces
- Corsages
- Flower Crowns
Awards and Affiliations
Reviews
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Carmen went above and beyond for our wedding! The initial calls and emails helped a lot with figuring out what would be available and what colored flowers would look the best with ...
our colors. I would recommend The Cutting Garden for all future brides!
Carmen and The Cutting Garden were wonderful to work with for our wedding. She executed my vision perfectly! The flowers were beautiful and just what I wanted. She even did a great...
job finding ways to get creative so that we could make our flowers multipurpose between the ceremony and reception. Would recommend!!!
Carmen is fantastic!! I brought some ideas to her from pinterest and she was incredibly helpful with picking out colors and providing other ideas of how we could decorate. She is s...
o easy to work with and has a ton of items for rent which I really appreciated. We didn't want to worry about buying a lot of things to use for one day and then take home. Everything turned out beautifully! She truly brought my vision to life! We could not recommend her enough!
We absolutely love when Carmen from The Cutting Garden is part of a wedding day at The Blaisdell! She’s such a joy to work with—always kind, professional, and incredibly creative.
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Her floral designs are breathtaking every single time. From lush, romantic bouquets to hanging floral installations and beautifully styled tablescapes, Carmen has an amazing ability to bring a couple’s vision to life and completely transform the space.
Every time she walks through our doors, we know the end result will be stunning. We can’t say enough wonderful things about Carmen and her team—her work always leaves us (and our couples) in awe!
— The Blaisdell
Could not recommend Carmen at the Cutting Garden more! Her creativity, communication, expertise, dedication to our day, and fair pricing all exceeded our expectations - she made ou...
r vision come to life, well within our budget and affordability, and was so easy to work with every step of the way. We got so many compliments on our florals, and we agreed with them all, you will not be disappointed in what Carmen and the Cutting Garden have to offer :)
Carmen was phenomenal. She created exactly what my vision was. I rented almost all decorations from her in addition to all the florals. Her and her team truly made it magical and u...
nforgettable for us. I would book her time and time again.
Carmen was truly a dream to work with!! She is not only personable and a joy to be around, but her work is outstanding. I didn’t have a super detailed idea of what I wanted the flo...
rals for our wedding day to be, and she helped guide us making everything so beautiful and special on the day of. 10/10 would recommend for everyone to use her business!
We had a wonderful experience working with Carmen at The Cutting Garden! She was so great to work with & offered super helpful suggestions and ideas for creating a vision for the f...
loral & decor for our wedding. She helped make the planning process stress-free, and was always super responsive to any questions that I had throughout the process. On our wedding day, everything was perfectly executed and was even more beautiful than I imagined! Highly recommend!!
Carmen was amazing - she took the vision I had for specific colors and styles of arrangement and made it reality while being so flexible around the budget we had. She was creative...
in trying to find ways to adjust florals to make it as beautiful as possible without avoiding the reality of cost, and she was incredibly communicative with us and receptive to our ideas the whole time. Day-of, I was SO impressed by all of her work and felt she had understood me well!
Carmen was our florist for our July 2025 wedding, and we were so happy with the incredible work she and her team at the Cutting Garden did to bring our vision to life. From the fir...
st call we had with her, she listened closely to our high-level vision and added an expert touch to elevate every detail. Carmen's creativity and deep understanding of floral design helped tie everything together in the most beautiful way. Every arrangement—from the bouquets to the ceremony arch to the reception centerpieces—were thoughtfully curated and flawlessly executed. The interplay of colors, textures, movement, and blooms were exactly what we had imaged, and somehow even better. If you're looking for a florist who combines artistry with heart and precision, look no further!
Carmen is amazing! She really brings your vision to life and her flowers are so beautiful! Amazing to work with. Highly recommend her. She is also very responsive and gets back to ...
you in a timely matter.
Carmen at The Cutting Garden was fantastic, organized, and easy to work with! She truly understood my vision and brought my Pinterest board to life. I can't recommend enough workin...
g with a florist who has years of experience. She helped guide me in what designs to choose that matched the rest of my wedding vibe.
We are so grateful to Carmen at the cutting garden for making our floral dreams come true. Truly could not recommend her more! She was so easy to work with and her passion for flor...
al design shows through her beautiful work. Everything was exactly how we imagined!
Carmen did a wonderful job bringing my inspiration pictures to life for my wedding. She was great to work with and you could tell she really cared about making everything perfect f...
or us. She was affordable and flexible to make things work for our situation which was a bit untraditional.
We had such a great experience working with Carmen at The Cutting Garden! She was incredibly willing to work within my budget and truly made the most of it. I didn’t have a super f...
irm “vision” going in, but she offered wonderful ideas for colors, décor, and arrangements, and gave thoughtful feedback throughout the process. She was easy to work with, quick to respond, and made the planning process stress-free. On the wedding day, everything was executed perfectly thanks to all the care and preparation she put in ahead of time. Highly recommend!
Carmen was so nice to work with- she was able to take my ideas and turn it into reality. The flowers were excellent quality and arrangement. She also does flower pressing and fram...
ing- which she is doing for my bouquet!
I can’t say enough wonderful things about the flowers for our wedding! From the very first consultation, Carmen truly understood my vision and brought it to life even more beautifu...
lly than I could have imagined. Every arrangement—from my bouquet to the centerpieces and ceremony flowers—was fresh, vibrant, and thoughtfully designed.
Carmen was so great to work with! She was an amazing communicator and offered really good recommendations on flowers because I didn't really know what I wanted right away. Would 1...
0/10 recommend!
Carmen and her team were prompt with our flowers on our wedding 5/17/25. From the very beginning we were so impressed with Carmen's attention to detail and friendly, down-to-earth ...
demeanor. She certainly delivered. She took our colors and created such a beautiful vision. Our floral on our bouquets , corsages, and wedding party, popped, and looked so classy. The wedding reception votives, floral, and added greenery was so stunning and elegant, it took our breath away. We loved the clean clear stands and the floral for our ceremony, it created some really beautiful images. Thank you so much again Carmen, for seeing our vision and creating something for a lifetime of memories.
Carmen met with me in person to brainstorm ideas. She was flexible and made changes to the plan based on new inspiration photos. She came through! Everything was as expected and...
was BEAUTIFUL!
Professional. Affordable. And BEAUTIFUL!!!!!
Carmen was fantastic to work with for our wedding! She saw our vision and brought it to life, all while sticking in our budget. She was so talented and listened to everything we wa...
nted, from hearty flowers for an outdoor December photoshoot to simple greenery and candles on the tables. She even is taking my bouquet from the evening and turning it into a keepsake frame for us! Would absolutely recommend working with her for weddings and other events!
Carmen was fantastic to work with throughout our entire wedding planning - she was incredibly responsive, flexible, and professional, even as I changed my mind numerous times on a ...
color palette! The end product was even better than I had dreamed! The bouquets, flower arch, and table decor were dreamy and gorgeous!! My guests could not stop complimenting the gorgeous flowers and candle table arrangements! I would recommend Carmen over and over again!
We worked with Carmen, and she was wonderful! Had great ideas and worked with our inspiration photos. At our final details meeting, Carmen helped us figure out ways to enhance our ...
overall vibe with rentals to make our vision come to life. We would 100% recommend working with The Cutting Garden for any of your event needs!
Carmen truly brought my entire vision to life for my wedding! I gave her a few inspiration photos and explained what I was thinking and she did the rest - she executed it perfectly...
! I cannot recommend her enough. Not only does she do the most beautiful work, but she is the sweetest and most genuine person. We had countless guests coming up to us and telling us how beautiful the florals were and how fragrant they made the entire room! It smelled like a fresh flower shop. Carmen was so fun to work with and talk to! I can't say enough good things about her - she is a must for all of your floral needs!
Carmen was a joy to work with, she was very receptive to my ideas and preferences. I absolutely loved my bridal bouquet, it was exactly what I had envisioned! She was also very res...
ponsive to my emails and messages and has very reasonable prices compared to other florists. I would highly recommend her to any couple!
I can't recommend Carmen enough! She was absolutely amazing to work with! She listened to our design ideas, offered guidance along the way, and made our floral dreams come true! We...
received so many compliments on our florals and it is all because of the amazing work from Carmen and her team!
Carmen was one of my favorite vendors to work with for our wedding on 10/5! Her professionalism and expertise are mind-blowing. Phone calls with her were easy to schedule and we we...
re able to quickly figure out everything we would need on our wedding day, even some places we wanted blooms where we hadn’t considered it, like on our wedding cake! I emailed her with a Pinterest board of our flower vision, though we are not particularly floral people, so our vision was a bit more vague than some other brides’ may be.
She more than delivered! When I first saw my bridal bouquet, I was almost hopping up and down! Our guests couldn’t stop talking about how lovely and colorful our flowers were! We absolutely adored them, and they held up so well through all the festivities! Since The Cutting Garden only did our set-up, our bridesmaids helped us to donate the blooms the following day to parts of our communities, as Carmen suggested we could do on our initial call. A great way to spread the joy of flowers!
I’m blown away by Carmen’s wonderful eye for color and composition, and her professionalism is top shelf! I couldn’t recommend her more.
(In the attached photo is my bouquet on the left and our sweetheart table centerpiece. The wrap is not The Cutting Garden’s, but it is a piece of my mother’s wedding dress with my grandmother’s embroidery work on it. The other is one of my bridesmaids’ bouquets she took home!)
We worked with Carmen at The Cutting Garden for our wedding this past summer and were so happy with the results. Carmen thoughtfully listened to my vision and reviewed my mood boar...
d / inspiration photos and crafted a proposal based on that. One of the best things is that she had a wide selection of beautiful decor (candlesticks, table signage, runners etc) to choose from so we ended up using her for that too - so nice to not have to go through another vendor for those things. We got so many compliments on the floral from my wedding guests. Would definitely recommend.
The cutting gardens did an amazing job at our wedding. Everything was beyond perfect. From the florals, to the table decor, to the seating area, and everything in between. Carmen w...
as wonderful to work with and very knowledgeable! Couldn’t recommend Carmen and her team more!
We loved working with the Cutting Garden for our wedding day! We had a few meetings with Carmen and she did an amazing job on our wedding day florals. She is so knowledgeable about...
design looks and different florals which was very helpful for us in figuring out exactly what we wanted. The florals were absolutely perfect as well as the team of individuals who came and set everything up and then tore it down at the end of the night! Our wedding day was truly so magical because of the Cutting Garden.
Carmen was so fantastic to work with! She was a great communicator, understood our vision from the start, and helped to bring it to life! The flowers and centerpieces were beautifu...
l. We would choose The Cutting Garden again and again.
Carmen and The Cutting Garden made our wedding day SO BEAUTIFUL. The florals were stunning, and we got endless compliments on them from our guests. The bright colors made our weddi...
ng day look so fun and gorgeous. I cannot emphasize enough how much Carmen added to our day and helped us have the perfect wedding.
So happy we went with Carmen for our wedding day flowers! Amazing to work with, beautiful flower arrangements. Thank you! 🩷
We had an amazing experience working with Carmen for our wedding. Carmen was incredibly easy to work with, and her experience in the industry really showed. Her creativity and grea...
t ideas truly brought my vision to life, and I didn't have to worry about a thing. The ability to rent decor from Carmen also made the process so much easier and stress-free. In a business full of vendors, Carmen stands out. She is trustworthy and will make your day beyond beautiful. Her team is efficient and great to work with. I highly recommend the Cutting Garden for any special occasion! I absolutely plan to use her in the future for other events as well!
Working with Carmen was a dream! She is flexible so meeting with her for pre wedding meetings was so easy! I am someone who is not great at design or vision and she offered wonderf...
ul ideas to help create a beautiful day! The set up and tear down process was so smooth! The day of our wedding there was possible rain and she offered to come back to set up later in the day once we knew where the ceremony would be held! She is so kind, accommodating and truly cares about making each clients day seamless and beautiful! I would absolutely work with her again!
Cutting Garden helped our wedding day vision come together better than we could imagine. We put our trust in Carmen and her team to make our special day a visual spectacular and th...
ey did more than succeed then exceled. Thank you Cutting Gardens for everything you did.
Carmen did a spectacular job on our flowers for our wedding! She created beautiful bouquets and table greenery and flowers for our seating chart sign. Carmen was so friendly and re...
sponded to any questions we had very quickly. She was a pleasure to work with and I would highly recommend her services!
We are so happy we chose Carmen from The Cutting Garden to do our wedding flowers! Having beautiful flowers and the right color scheme was important to me and Carmen took our inspi...
ration photos and our ideas and put them together to create such beautiful bouquets, bouts and decor! I walked into the venue and said, “YES! This is exactly what I was picturing in my head!”. I would recommend to other friends who are getting married and looking for a beautiful florist in the area!
Carmen is outstanding! Our flowers were absolutely beautiful! She created a magical setting, not only for our bouquets and tables, but for our pergola - all delivered and assemble...
d personally. Delivery was exactly when she told us, assembly and presentation was fabulous! Carmen has a warm presence and has crazy TALENT!! I'm not kidding when I say 'magical' - many people described the wedding that way, and the flowers were a big part of that!
Many thanks!
Carmen was the first vendor we booked after booking our venue, and for good reason! Not only is she an amazingly talented florist, but she is also the sweetest most calming soul to...
work with.
She took my vision for my wedding and completely brought it to life.
Every person at my wedding kept coming up to me and telling me the florals were so beautiful and was the most beautiful wedding they have been to and I owe it all to Carmen.
HIRE HER! I promise you won't regret it!
I am so happy to have gotten to work with Carmen and would recommend her again and again to anyone!!
Carmen was amazing to work with and the flowers were beautiful! Would definitely recommend her!
Carmen did the BEST job with our florals, and made my vision come to life. I am pretty particular, but didn't know a lot about florals. From my first phone call with Carmen, I knew...
she was the best choice for us! She was friendly, professional, and so knowledgeable. She was able to understand my vision completely and did the most beautiful job making it come to life.
Our flowers were gorgeous. We received several compliments from guests about how stunning they were and the quality of the florals.
Carmen was a delight to work with! She listened patiently to all of my ideas from color to arrangement styles and then put it into action. Carmen is a trusted floral expert! She an...
d her team delivered the flowers personally to our wedding site (the day after a major holiday) and they were PERFECT!
Oh my goodness where do I even begin?! Carmen came highly recommended to me and for good reason! Not only is she an INSANELY talented florist, she is also just a JOY to talk to and...
work with.
She took my floral vision for my wedding and brought it to life, completely blowing my expectations out of the water. Her and her team came in on wedding day and immediately I felt at ease. They set everything up SO fast, and then came back and tore everything down at the end of the night - you could tell this wasn’t their first rodeo.
I am so happy to have gotten to work with Carmen and would recommend her again and again to anyone!!
Carmen was so easy to work with. No pressure and great results. We would certainly hire her again.
Carmen is awesome! We met with her multiple times and was willing to change my quote multiple times when I couldn't quite make up my mind. She was so knowledgeable not just about t...
he florals, but about my venue and which things would look good where. She made some suggestions I hadn't considered and ended up loving! Carmen was so responsive and worked with what I wanted. The flowers were BEAUTIFUL! We went with the pocket boutonnieres which were a hit - our coordinator said she is going to recommend them to all of her clients moving forward. Could not recommend Carmen and her team enough! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
Carmen created MAGIC with my wedding bouquets! I told her what I was wanting flower wise, and she put them together better than I could have ever imagined! And the way she decorate...
d our venue! Seeing my flowers and the venue brought tears to my eyes it was so beautiful! She did an incredible job! I would highly recommend The Cutting Garden! VERY reasonably priced as well for wedding flowers. I was surprised.
My husband and I hired Carmen and The Cutting Garden as our florist for our wedding this past September. From our very first meeting with Carmen right down to wedding day, we would...
n’t have changed a thing. Carmen was professional, knowledgable, responsive and so very kind. We enjoyed working with her very much. Carmen does BEAUTIFUL work and it is evident she doesn’t spare any details. She had recommendations for us as to how to make our $$ go the furthest as far as making certain pieces detachable and reusable. My bridal bouquet and the bridesmaids bouquets were even more perfect than I had imagined. The centerpieces stole the show during our dinner and reception. I would 10/10 recommend Carmen to anybody getting married who wants to be blown away by the beauty and QUALITY of Carmen and team’s work. Thank you so much for making our day extra special!
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