Wild Fern Floral Design

I wanted to like Wild Fern Florals - I really did - it seemed like we hit it off during the first meeting and were on the same page the whole time leading up to our wedding. However, there were just too many missing pieces and an overall underwhelming execution to justify what we paid. Perhaps I should have overcome my fear of being a micromanaging bridezilla and insisted on seeing progress photos and finished pieces before day-of setup. I ordered a cascading bridal bouquet that incorporated dried flowers from some of our previous milestone bouquets. While the bouquet I received did incorporate the dried flowers, it wasn’t the cascade style I requested. Additionally, the base was thicker than a wine bottle and difficult to hold with my tiny lady hands. Even my dad – who has big man hands - briefly held it before the ceremony and commented about how unwieldy it was. If a cascade bouquet wasn’t possible with the dried flower request, I wish they would have just told me so I could choose an alternate style. We ordered 9 flower crowns (5 bridesmaid, 2 mom, 1 flower girl, and 1 bride). Instead of a tangible crown that could be taken off and saved as a keepsake, the florist team simply pinned leaves into our bridesmaids’ hair and called it a day. There weren’t any flowers or crowns included in the end result. After viewing my bridesmaids’ hair leaves, I asked when the flowers would be added. Florist team member returned with a handful of baby’s breath, which was an improvement, but still underwhelming. One of my bridesmaids’ leaf & baby’s breath situation fell out before the ceremony & our wedding planner had to fix it. I can’t help but feel that could have been avoided had it been an actual flower crown. Again, perhaps I could have spoken to our wedding planner or insisted the florist team pin more flowers to everyone’s hair. The boutonnières were too large, busy, and constructed exclusively with feathers and cheap-looking fake plants. Had I known that fresh flowers wouldn’t be included, I would have just assembled the boutonnières myself. We ordered a hanging installation that was to be suspended from the ceiling above the bar (our venue had a scissor lift at vendor disposal.) We did not receive any sort of hanging installation. Instead, the florist team simply weaved leafy vines through the spindles of the balcony above the bar. We advised that occasional use of fake plants was acceptable under the condition that it didn’t look cheap, tacky, or obviously fake… Yet there were dollar tree metallic gold flowers in the boutonnières and my bridal bouquet. I had a bin of fake eucalyptus, pampas grass, and ostrich feathers I wanted incorporated into the centerpieces. I offered florist that bin of approved fake plants when she picked up the bottles I had for centerpieces. Florist denied the bin and stated that she’d work with the bin contents while setting up day-of florals. Said bin of fake plants, pampas grass, and ostrich feathers was brought to the venue, but nothing was utilized for day-of décor. While our wedding certainly wasn’t ruined by how the florals were executed, I was (still am) a bit upset with the seemingly flippant disregard for what we ordered and excessive use of cheap-looking fake plants.