Willow & Thistle

for a visit. They are more than willing to work with different styles and budgets. They have an in depth knowledge of how to make things look nice and flow well! Our wedding was at Normandy Farm, so we had a very easy time working with W&T since they are right on site. They understand everything about Normandy and how it is set up, so they were really able to hone in on what we needed to do to dress up the space! W&T definitely understands "little details". They were so helpful in making sure I checked all the boxes of details to choose! One thing I would suggest, is to make sure you have an understanding of your ceremony space, and point out any particulars that you would not want around. I didn't do this, but W&T still made the area look very nice. Normandy left the wine barrels out which I told them I didn't want as part of the decor. But W&T dressed them up with candles so they didn't look so ordinary/ plain. Overall, I definitely recommend Willow & Thistle!

centerpieces right then and there. Steve was mindful with recommendations to help us keep costs down (renting certain items, bringing our own mason jars + pebbles for the bouquets during the reception, etc.) which was greatly appreciated. Their communication was always timely, clear and helpful to every question we had along the way. A few days before the wedding, Jen had sent me pictures of the bouquets we were putting together and I was able to provide feedback where she made immediate tweaks. Their delivery was prompt and they helped assemble everything as we discussed, even small details like attaching a locket I had to my bouquet. If you're looking for an affordable, creative, exquisite quality, communicative, and collaborative florist... don't look any further! Thank you again for being a part of our wedding day.

ednesday before the wedding and I had no idea how the execution of the wedding decor was going to happen. My mom called W&T, explained the situation, and they came up with a solution for everything . They were so willing to help us out and they made the ceremony and reception decor everything I was dreaming of and more. They went above and beyond with their service and the flowers were stunning. Jen actually sent me pictures of the bouquets a few days before the wedding to make sure I was in love with them. I asked them to make a few changes and Jen was so so so accommodating and finalized the flowers within the 15 minutes I was texting with her. That meant so much. I cannot say enough positive things about this company. If I ever need a florist again, I will 100% be contacting them. I would refer anyone to work with them - they find solutions to any stress you might have and execute your vision perfectly. Thank you thank you thank you Willow and Thistle! You seriously made every wedding dream of mine come true.

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ied to slow down and actually understand, planner continued to rush through things like she had somewhere to be. Meeting in total was no longer than 20 minutes, I absolutely felt rushed out. At that point, we were a few months before wedding and had already paid deposit. Long story short, myself and my family were completely surprised on the day of the wedding of what we got. My bouquet wasn’t at all what I was hoping for. Also, my mothers corsage broke and fell apart before cocktail hour.

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ey were kind enough to send me photos of my and my girls bouquets to make sure they were right. When I wanted them tweaked they came in to change them. I was so impressed and appreciative and everything was GORGEOUS! Thanks again!

be expensive. Steve worked with us to save money where we could and was very honest throughout the whole process. Leading up to the wedding, we worked with Jen to finalize all the details. She was very responsive and nice (even when I repeatedly got confused over our final numbers). On our actual wedding day, the flowers looked amazing!! We could not have asked for anything better. Thanks for making our wedding day look absolutely beautiful!

met with Steve we worked with Jen through the rest of the process and she was AMAZING. When we met with her my vision changed slightly which was no problem for them at all. I showed Jen a flower I really liked and told her I wanted some eucalyptus and she was able to match other flowers to it to make exactly what I was looking for. Jen was so friendly and you could tell she really knew what she was doing. She would show us the different flowers she was thinking would go with what I had in mind and every flower was spot on. She replyed to all my emails in a timely manner and was able to take and add everything necessary to the contract. A few days before the wedding Jen sent over a picture of the flowers and I was in love. I was a little nervous about the size, which I did discuss with Jen, and they were perfect. Day of went really smoothly, flowers were delivered and where they were suppose to be on time. The one thing that unfortunately didn't go as planned was the decoration of my sweetheart table. We were suppose to have eucalyptus leaves and a Mr. and Mrs. sign we rented from Willow & Thistle, but unfortunately neither of them were there. Luckily, we moved my cermoney inside and we were able to use some of the decoration from the cermoney at our sweetheart table which worked out really well. I actually didn't notice day of due to the crazy amount of things going on. When I realized the next day, I reached out to Jen and she looked into what happened and offered me a refund immediately. Which was a very professional way to handle the situation and I was very happy with. Like I said I didn't notice day of and was so happy with the rest of the flowers! I would reccomend Willow & Thistle to anyone looking for a florist, especially if your wedding is at Normandy Farm. It made it super convenient both of them being right there, considering whenever I was coming for a meeting I was driving 45 mins. I was always able to make the meetings work the same day, so I didn't need to take two trips. It also made me feel more comfortable day of knowing they were right there if I need them!

bit like deception when it came to our contract. We got the initial contract and mentioned that we didn't expect to need a full set of centerpieces. Willow and Thistle said that once we got a more firm number, it would be no problem to remove one or two centerpieces. When we got a better idea about numbers about a month before the wedding and asked to remove a centerpiece, we were told it was too close to our wedding date. This wasn't a huge deal, but it just felt a bit underhanded. Overall I would recommend Willow and Thistle, but suggest that you order the minimum you'll need in your initial order, and add to it if need be, rather than trusting that you will be allowed to remove from it.

re beautiful and looked amazing in our pictures!

had 8 bridesmaids wearing 8 different colors!) and trying to find the happy medium of floral options that would both stand out but not be overwhelming with all my colors. I have to say, he nailed it! After we went through those general ideas, I was passed along to Jen who seriously held my hand through everything! She was prompt, helpful, and was constantly sending me revised invoices!! Patti handled our day-of floral arrangements and nailed exactly the look we were going for. We also had a sneak peak at our bouquets 2 days before the wedding and I was able to make some small tweaks I wanted, which seriously made me not even have to worry about the day of! I cannot thank them enough for seriously nailing the look I was going for. Thank you!

what you can do to save money (like buying vases at the dollar store instead of renting them, or buying them elsewhere, which really helped for us in saving some extra bucks!). I really liked our bouquets! Mine ended up wilting a bit by the time the ceremony happened, and then it was pretty droopy once we got to the venue, but it was beautiful. My bridesmaids bouquets were gorgeous and held up really well throughout the night, though! The boutonnieres also held up really nicely. The corsages were pretty, but my grandmother's had fallen apart by the end of the night, which was a little disappointing. I was also a little disappointed in our centerpieces. When we discussed these with Steve and team, we envisioned a lot more greenery along our tables, but the greenery only spanned about 2 feet from either side from our centerpieces (the tables were 10 feet long), so it made the decorations look a bit squished towards the middle of the tables. There were also some filler flowers in each flower box that made them look a little bit cheaper (alstroemeria) and less elegant than I would have hoped. I would have preferred it if those were left out and it was just hydrangeas and roses. I definitely did not dislike them, they just were a bit different and less elegant than I had expected. Even my now husband brought it up that the flowers were not what he thought they would be, and here I thought he didn't pay attention in our meetings! Lastly, we added on a spray for our welcome sign a bit closer to the wedding, which was also a little bit lackluster. It had sort of drooped and fell down a bit by the time we arrived to the venue. I really wanted to love Willow & Thistle after reading all of the other great reviews when looking for florists, but for the price we paid, we just weren't blown away at the end of the day.

reat. The flowers and centerpieces were absolutely stunning, we felt lucky to work with a florist who understood exactly what we pictured for our day.

autiful. They made me a stunning flower crown that needed to be picked up before all the other flowers were delivered, and they were really helpful and understanding in arranging that, even though it was extra work for them. The flowers were, of course, beautiful, and they communicated their plans for our wedding clearly and consistently. Willow and Thistle was easy to work with, honest, and produced exceptional flowers for our wedding. We recommend them highly.

to reality, and I could not have been happier with the results. They were extremely accommodating and thoughtful. I really enjoyed working with Steve and Jen!

had pictured. Everything turned out beautiful.

g, Steve immediately started grabbing similar materials available in the shop and lighting candles on the table to show us how it would look. We immediately knew we could trust Willow & Thistle to make our venue absolutely stunning and they far exceeded our expectations! From the bouquets, to the boutonnieres and moms corsages, all of the personal flowers were absolutely stunning. They even made a flower 'wand' for our 7 year old flower girl that made her feel like one of the big girls and she absolutely loved! The tables were lovely, the sweetheart table was perfectly done and they used the leftover greenery to highlight the mantle. The entire event was absolutely stunning and we truly appreciate all of the hard work that everyone at Willow & Thistle put into our day! Everyone was so easy to work with, friendly, and helpful. I couldn't imagine booking any other florist to bring my wedding vision to life!

. It didn't matter what my budget was with Steve and made me feel like my wedding was their only focus. Jen and I kept in touch over emails and she even texted me photos as my bouquets were being made in case I wanted to make changes. The day of the wedding they were on time with the drop offs and all the flowers were gorgeous and fresh. They missed roses in the flower girls bouquets (a last minute addition) but immediately came back and added them at the hotel. They were great to work with!

nd they replicated it even better! They sent me photos before the wedding to make sure I was pleased with everything before the big day. I also work with crystals and had a bunch of rose quartz I charged up for months before the wedding that I wanted to incorporate into the centerpieces. I spent alot of time with these crystals and they were in good hands. Everything was returned to me at the end of the night. Thank you so much!!

. My bridal bouquet was perfection! All of my bridesmaids loved their bouquets, my Grandmother even teared up a little when I handed her the gorgeous wrist corsage you made for her. So many of our guests complimented me on the 1-of-a-kind centerpieces that you made, and my cake looked even better than the pictures I showed you. I can’t wait to get my pictures back. You are true artists! I’m so glad that I found you. Thank you for making our wedding day even more special. I will highly recommend you to my friends and family in the future. Barb S.

ional practices were disorganized and unclear which ultimately led to an inability to marry our vision with the final product. The other vendors that were used were amazing because they easily understood our vision, gave us a quote for what we wanted, and then made that vision come to life. When working with Steve we did not receive a final product, especially the centerpieces, that was even close to what we had asked for, and as mentioned in some of the other reviews, I felt that the final price tag was much too high for the quality and quantity of what we received. There was a huge disconnect between the pictures that we had shown, the estimate that was given, and the look of our wedding. Additionally, the remnants of my dress that was dropped off to be used to wrap my bouquet was misplaced. After dropping off the material, I was contacted two days before the wedding asking if it was going to be dropped off at the studio, then the day before the wedding saying that it was found, and then ultimately on my wedding day realizing that they hadn't used it/found it. Lastly, the employee that did the installation the day of (Steve was not there) the wedding didn't check in with me or the on site manager of the venue to follow up about anything.

decided to 'splurge' on a few items I knew I could buy for less, but the convenience to rent and have it set up was desirable because I was traveling for my wedding. I would like to think I was a very low maintenance bride....no corsages or boutonnieres from them and when they asked if I wanted any particular flower for my bouquet I was fine with them doing their own creation that they thought fit with my color scheme (burgundy, navy, and gold). The ONE thing I was particular about was the arch way. We had a rustic themed wedding and the arch way price they gave us was $600 (not including tax and services in that price). I justified it because I was having minimal stuff otherwise and they communicated it would be moved over the sweetheart table or cake table. It was going to be perfect for photos after the ceremony.... Unfortunately, on my wedding day they tore it down after my very short ceremony (about 20 minutes) and I was left with nothing as a backup for my vision. As they have on their site "But the truth is, we just want to make you happy. It’s as simple as that." I wouldn’t say this is the truth because when asking for a resolution for something I wouldn't have ever purchased for just a 20 minute ceremony, they immediately starting ignoring the emails, being very short in their responses and tried to say "upgrading" the chairs was resolution enough despite the fact that those chairs were gold (against the color scheme) and was a convenience to them as there was another wedding right after mine who wanted the gold chairs. Meaning, they wouldn't have to swap a little under 200 chairs to the Chiavari chairs. I had not approved of this change either and it did tick me off a little that it didn’t go with the color scheme I choose for the wedding (navy, burgundy, and silver). They had stated that moving the arch wasn't mentioned prior, but I provided them the email from previous discussions of them telling me it is typically moved over the sweetheart table or cake table and it was no issue. Overall brides (and grooms), be sure to read reviews from 2+ years because some of it remains true. Through the planning process, I was a very easy going bride so I didn’t really have much to discuss with Steve/Jen and when I did, they responded within a few business days. Now that there was an issue with the event and I wanted to find a solution for something that was a critical feature, they are either taking a over a week to respond (after I reach out again) or don’t respond at all….it has now been 3+ weeks. Again, some of the work they do is beautiful and if you have your wedding at Normandy - you pay for convenience but it is still a hard cost to swallow for the unprofessional manner and hit or miss work. To give a bride an idea of costs: contact me at [email protected] as there is a character limit on Knot reviews.

ill be exactly how I envisioned. Along the way Steve kind of disappeared and Jen stepped in which was fine cause she was also great. However, I started to realize that all the inspiration pictures that I had provided Steve did not make it to Jen. The first pass at my bridal bouquets was not what I wanted but they fixed it and it turned out amazing as did the high and low centerpieces for my round tables. However, what was EXTREMELY disappointing was that in the day of, Steve nor Jen was no where to be found and the women they sent in their steed seemed very disorganized. She forgot half the groomsmen boutineers at the venue when delivering to the hotel and lost her phone somewhere along the way calling the bridal suite more than once asking us to look for it while we got ready. It wasn’t in our suite. The biggest disappointment was my long table centerpieces. This was the centerpiece I was most excited for and discussed the most with steve. The night of, instead of a loose garland of euc down the center length of the long table with three spread out lanterns, they tossed about 10 single leaves of euc on the center of the table with the lanterns clustered together. It made the tables incredible bare and this was completely different from what Steve and I had discussed in detail and looked nothing like my inspiration pictures I provided. At the end of the night I saw the lead florist and told her about my issue with the long tables and she apologized. It was what it was. I couldn’t bring myself to reach out to W&T to discuss the disappointment again but they also did not reach out to me after I discussed how unhappy I was with the lead florist that evening. All in all I was thrilled with the bouquets, bouts & 2/3 of my centerpieces but felt like I was really let down in the end. I would use them again because it was mostly beautiful but I would make sure I had someone at the venue watching over set up to ensure we got what we paid for.

e affordable and all deliveries were made in the exact window that was promised. We would recommend them to anyone!