About this vendor
Employing her uncompromised sense of the romantic, owner of Violetta, Arlene Boyle, infuses her brides' special day with a chic beauty that combines her true passion for nature with the stunning urban backdrop that the Bay Area provides. Vibrant, passionate and stunning flowers await the modern bride
Details
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 Crowns
Reviews
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4.9
out of 5.016 reviews
Arlene did such a nice job with the florals for our Berkeley wedding back in April. To start, she provided helpful options as we determined the types of arrangements, colors, and ...
flowers that would work well in our venue. (This was especially valuable given that we didn't start with a clear vision for the space.) In our conversations, Arlene suggested ways we could make the most of our budget (e.g., proposing arrangements that could effectively transition from our outdoor ceremony to the indoor reception), and we felt no pressure to overspend. That said, we found ourselves excited about her ideas and ultimately added more florals than we originally had in mind. We highly recommend making a trip to meet with Arlene in person at her SF studio, where we got to see a variety of vases and discuss our plans in person (which was easier than over email).
On the day of the wedding, Arlene coordinated well with our wedding planner, ensured the bouquet and boutonniere made it to the hotel in time for photos, and set everything up beautifully at the venue. We loved our flowers, they looked lovely in the photos, and we would happily work with Arlene again in the future.
The reviews are right, Arlene is amazing! My husband and I planned our small wedding ceremony in two weeks. I emailed Arlene the week prior. She was very quick to respond which w...
as great since we had a deadline that was fast approaching. I emailed pictures of what I had envisioned and I also included Photos of things I did not like. And boy did she nail it!!! The bouquet and two table arrangements turned out even better then what I could have ever imagined. They literally brought tears to my eyes. She dropped the arrangements off the morning of the ceremony ( wore a mask which was much appreciated ) It was such a great experience for us. Thank you again Arlene, we will definitely be calling you again.
I can't tell you just how ecstatic I still am that we chose Violetta Flowers do pretty-up our wedding. I had a few ideas in mind but asked Arlene to see our venue and then use her...
creative genius ... And she did not disappoint! My bouquet was so unique (and I still have a couple of air plants from it that are thriving and on display)! The bouquets and boutonnieres ... the arch ... Everything was beautiful and matched out venue and colors perfectly. Thank you SO MUCH, Arlene ... from the bottom of our hearts.
Cindy and Marc
Arlene Boyle of Violetta Flowers is fantastic! Our wedding flowers were over the top beyond what I had dreamed possible. Arlene spent time to understand what I envisioned and dre...
amed for our wedding -- romantic and classic style with a bit of the unexpected. She visited the site, and met multiple times with me and my mother to talk about design, flowers, colors, table arrangements. She captured everything just as I envisioned -- the flowers were so very special and magical. She even managed to surprise me with my favorite flower -- peonies out of season to add to the hand selected special roses. My bouquet had every single rose we had talked about! Her sense of color and design are wonderful. She created a wonderland of beauty cascading from urns on pedestals, so amazingly beautiful that they took my breath away.
I highly recommend Arlene Boyle as your wedding florist. You will love working with her. She is fun and creative. And you will be thrilled with the result!
I highly recommend Arlene! She did an amazing job with the flowers for our ceremony which we repurposed to use at the reception in the evening. The arrangements were just what we ...
wanted - loose, organic, whites and greens. They were perfect. Her prices were very reasonable compared to quotes received from other florists. She was very easy to work with and extremely flexible (as I decided to change the reception seating at the last minute). We communicated through email and over the phone. Unfortunately, I did not get a chance to meet her when she came to set up the flowers for the ceremony but the flowers looked so lovely.
Arlene is amazing! She was delightful to work with and the flowers turned out much better than expected. She also helped us re-purpose some flowers from our ceremony to our recepti...
on to save money. Highly recommended
Arlene is the best!! She took the time to meet me and learn what our vision was and made it come to life. We were so happy when our flowers were delivered and even happier still wh...
en we got to our reception venue and saw the space set up and how she made the centerpieces.
Thank you thank you thank you!!!!
Arlene is talented! She definitely has an artistic perspective to designing floral arrangements. Arlene captured the vision for our wedding day floral even better than I imagined!...
Prior to our wedding day, Arlene visited the venue space for her own inspiration- she created an arrangement so spectacular- I only wish I knew of her vision prior because I would have LOVED for my bridesmaids bouquets to complement this arrangement!
Because I know I will use her services again in the future, I recommend her to you!
While we were planning our wedding, I must have spent weeks on Pinterest, lost among the beautiful cascading bouquets and dreamy flowered arches. It was almost overwhelming. Luck...
ily, Arlene was able to use her years of expertise and incredible talent to sort through all of my jumbled thoughts and ideas and turn them into something truly beautiful.
I remember getting my hair done in the bridal suite, when one of my bridesmaids looked out the window and ran back to the doorway and said, "Just wait until you see what you're getting married under. You won't believe it." Arlene is an artist. From the flower petal aisle to the beautiful birch chuppah, she truly helped create the wedding of our dreams. The colors were perfect--the flowers were fresh and vibrant. My guests still comment on how beautiful the centerpieces were!
Of course, my favorite was the bouquet. Every time I see pictures of it from the wedding, I think to myself, "I totally would have pinned that." Arlene created the most beautiful, romantic cascading bouquet of blush and white with just the right amount of pop for our marsala accent color. I could not have been more thrilled.
Arlene was responsive, flexible, and she REALLY goes the extra mile for her clients. We got married on one of the hottest day of the year in Healdsburg, and she brought my husband an extra boutonniere in case the first one wilted so we would have a fresh one for pictures in the afternoon. She thought of EVERYTHING. The value, professionalism, and overall product was 100% absolutely worth the 5-star rating. Violetta Flowers (and Arlene) has our highest recommendation. Thanks again, Arlene, for making our special day look like something right out of a dream--our dream!
Arlene is the absolute best. Do not miss out on an opportunity to work with her. She has so much love for what she does and it shows. My wedding at Vine Hill House in Sebastopol wa...
s out of a storybook thanks to her gorgeous arrangements and styling. She and I worked on design closely together and she did a perfect job. It was everything I imagined and so much more. Everyone raved about how gorgeous the flowers were. Thank you Arlene for everything you did to make my wedding so perfect for me. We are forever grateful! I wish we could do it all over again! :)
My wedding planner (Make It Happen!) suggested Violetta Flowers for my March wedding at the Westin St Francis. I will be upfront is stating that I am not a creative person at all, ...
nor do I know anything about flowers. After my initial meeting with Arlene, I felt like she "got me". Her ideas after only a 20 min phone call blew me away and I immediately signed the contract. After calls and exchanging emails (I was originally planning this wedding from out of state), I was able to come down to her shop to see where the magic happens. She explained more detailed what she had sketched and even googled pictures of the flowers for me, like I said, I know NOTHING about flowers. She is truly passionate about what she does and I thoroughly enjoyed all of our conversations/meetings. I gave her an overall idea about what I wanted and let the details up to her. Let me tell you...She absolutely NAILED it. My bouquet was STUNNING and all the centerpieces were truly gorgeous - I received a ton of compliments on both. Her passion and enthusiasm clearly shows in her work. I consider myself truly fortunate to have been able to work with her! Thank you, Arlene!
Flowers weren't high on our priority list so we didn't leave much room in our budget for them. We decided to go with the basics (my bouquet, the ceremony arch, and flowers for my h...
air) with a florist and the rest I just DIYed. While I'm happy I decided to do the rest myself, for those most important (and photographed) pieces, they were absolutely breathtaking and worth the investment. We had so many compliments on the arch and pleased we could reuse the flowers inside during the reception as well. It was a pleasure working with Arlene and she was so understanding and didn't at all make me feel bad about the small budget I was working with. I would totally work with Arlene again in a heartbeat!
Arlene was fantastic! She was kind, professional and listened. Our flowers were absolutely stunning and she worked within our budget. On the day of the wedding she delivered the fl...
owers to our hotel ahead of schedule and personally oversaw the setup of the flowers for the reception. She brought beauty and elegance to our wedding , I would highly recommend her to anyone looking for a first class florist.
I could not have been more pleased with our wedding flowers, which were provided by Arlene Boyle/Violetta Flowers on July 12, 2014.
Arlene is an artist. She also listened caref...
ully and took a lot of time to understand what we wanted. Then she delivered something that was exactly what we wanted and more--she really delivered perfection, far exceeding our expectations. I was astonished when I entered our wedding venue, as were the many friends who spent time taking pictures with their phones OF THE FLOWERS rather than each other. Even single men were remarking about how beautiful the flowers were.
In addition, her price was far lower than the next highest proposal. I am still in awe that we received the lush feel, volume and quality for the value.
Some photos are in my Yelp review, here: http://www.yelp.com/biz/violetta-flowers-san-francisco?hrid=WrSY12mmYIfcHj2se0azIg
We loved working with Arlene and it is obvious she really cares about the product she delivers. She worked with us to keep our budget and was happy to honor my demand for non-seas...
onal gardenias. There were some details that were discussed that were not executed quite to my vision/per the conversations we had. The flowers were fresh and beautiful, even if not quite what we had wanted.
She was very flexible, listened to what I wanted, and very reasonably priced compared to the other florists I interviewed.;Some of her arrangements weren't as elegant and I had hop...
ed.
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1501 Cortland Avenue, San Francisco, CA | San Francisco Bay Area, Napa, Carmel and I love to travel