When I talked on the phone with April from Petalworks, I immediately knew that we jived. Flowers…read moreare an area that I knew little about but I knew that I wanted bright colors and a lot of fun. April understood that, helped me to refine my vision, and she made it happen within my budget! April took the time to speak with me on the phone multiple times, have two site visits and really worked to execute my vision. She saw ways for me to change things to make it a little bit less expensive. April's work was gorgeous and I would totally book her again.

I did much of the wedding planning and coordination myself but left a few things to professionals…read moreso I could concentrate on things that needed more attention. Flowers was one of those things I wanted nothing to do with. Here's some money, make it happen. April was the ideal choice for our wedding. She not only did an amazing job with everything, she went above and beyond to make everything perfect. We had 3 wedding colors, 7 bridesmaids, etc and she took care of it all. Even years later we still get comments on the flowers at our wedding. Contact Petalworks with confidence.

I cannot recommend Nicole and Orange Blossoms Floral enough!! Nicole was the florist for my wedding…read moreat the Mountain Terrace, and she went above and beyond on every level. She is incredibly talented, beyond kind, and an absolute pleasure to work with. At every step, I felt reassured and taken care of. I knew I wanted to do some DIY for the centerpieces and our arbor, and she worked with me to figure out how to work her florals around my ideas. I couldn't stop staring at her beautiful arrangements and my bouquet. Even some of my friends took pictures with my bouquet because they loved it so much. It's such an incredible feeling to walk out of your getting ready room at your venue and feel like you've entered a beautiful floral paradise! That's exactly how I felt after Nicole worked her magic. I'm looking for excuses to have florals for another event, so I can work with her again! Thank you, Nicole, for helping create such a memorable day!!

I knew from the moment I saw Nicole's portfolio that I wanted her to be our wedding florist. We got…read moremarried in August at Saratoga Springs. She is a preferred vendor at the wedding venue - and for good reason! Her ethereal style matches the outdoor redwoods perfectly. Based on a few inspiration photos, she provided a customized and very detailed proposal that matched my color scheme and aesthetic. She was very flexible with adding additional services as needed. Her prices are extremely fair based on the quality. My wedding bouquet was huge and absolutely gorgeous - I loved it so much! Highly recommend her as a wedding vendor.

Mindy created truly beautiful arrangements for my wedding ceremony and reception. They were…read morestunning, just what we discussed (and what I dreamed of), and we received so many compliments from our guests. The quality of those arrangements was five-star. However, Mindy proved to be very difficult to work with, especially on my wedding day. My bridal bouquet arrived looking quite different than the photo Mindy shared with me after our final trial. When I told her that it wasn't exactly what I was expecting (and showed her the photo she sent me from the trial), she rolled her eyes and left to make changes -- it felt like I was asking her to move mountains. When the re-arranged bouquet came back still not looking quite right, I was at a loss of what to do. My friend's quick-thinking mother picked up my bouquet and brought it to another local florist, who rearranged it so that it looked more like the photo. Ultimately everything turned out okay, or so I thought. I didn't see Mindy after she dropped off my bouquet a second time, nor did I hear from her after our wedding. That's why I was shocked to find that she had blocked me on instagram, all while she was sharing photos of the flowers she arranged for our wedding. I am baffled, upset, and hurt by Mindy's behavior on my wedding day and in the weeks after. There is no question that she does beautiful work, but be prepared to endure the repercussions if you are the client who (apparently) offends her. There are plenty of florists in the Bay Area who do equally beautiful work while being much kinder to their clients.

Mindy is truly an artist - she did an AMAZING job on our wedding flowers! All of the floral…read morearrangements were beautiful, from the bouquets to the centerpieces to the cake flower arrangements. Mindy has a great eye for detail, and she created interesting and unique designs that matched the "feel" of our wedding perfectly. Mindy was also wonderful to work with. I don't know anything about flowers and was feeling pretty overwhelmed with all of the flower-related decisions that come with wedding planning. Mindy walked me through the decision-making process, and she even took a trip to the SF flower market and made sample arrangements to make sure I was getting exactly what I wanted. We could not have been happier with Mindy's work and I would definitely recommend Mindy to anyone looking for wedding or event flowers!

My wedding was Aug. 4, and I reached out to them on March. They were very responsive, supportive,…read moreand very helpful. They sat with us patiently and ran through everything with us. I was very grateful that they made space to meet with us twice. On the day of the wedding, the decor was very amazing! It was very professional and they gave us good quality decor. Everything was perfect. I recommend this place because they make what you have in your mind come true!

Mary-ely did the flowers for my April 23 wedding. She blew my expectations out of the park. I was…read moreon a limited budget and she came through with providing me something I would be happy with. My dream was to have all flowers yellow but limited to what was economies. She dyed the hydrangeas yellow and they came out spectacular. She also suggested I use my centerpieces as the church flowers. I paid additional fee for transportation (completely worth it) as the person delivered and setup the flowers at church, that packed them up and set them up at the reception. I rented the vases from Mary-Ely and she sent someone or pick them up at the end of the night. I was so happy with her work.

I highly recommend Linda for any event…read more  We hired Linda to help with two corporate holiday parties for a total of 650+ expected guests (250 for the first and 400 for the second). Each party had their own planning committees with varying personalities and ideas....and she was able to navigate through them like a champ! More importantly, we received amazing feedback from all the guests that the event was amazing, far better than prior years, and that they look forward to coming to the event next year.  I could give a long laundry list of all the amazing things she did, but hope the below gives you an idea: (1) Provided recommendations on design concepts:  Holiday parties tend to be similar year after year, so we wanted to get some new ideas to excite our staff to come...and Linda was able to deliver! (2) Helped with a short list of vendor options and gave some great recommendations - This was HUGE for me. I am extremely picky with DJs and performers, and she was able to give me some fantastic recommendations that any selection would of been good. We ended up with an amazing DJ that had live music overlay. - She was able to find some great live performers (e.g stilters, dancers, contortionists, etc).  - Found some good lighting, furniture, photographer and a few other vendors for us - And stayed within budget! (3) Negotiated with the vendors to give us a better price & some additional service offerings (4) Mocked up a floor plan  (5) Dealt with a difficult venue to coordinate load in/load out, and preparations...despite constant delays by the venue (e.g. they wouldn't respond to emails, calls)  (6) Day of coordination was amazing and she was able to solve unexpected issues the day of event caused by the venue She did all of this for not just one, but for TWO parties for us that are within a week of each other. Putting all the time saving aside, the event would not have been a success with her! Thank you Linda! We really appreciate everything you did and I look forward to working with you in the future.

I've been putting off writing this review because it's so hard to do justice to how INCREDIBLE…read moreLinda is. Linda planned our wedding in Carmel Valley this October; it was truly the wedding of our dreams, despite the unique difficulties of planning it during a global pandemic, and Linda is the #1 reason why. I could write volumes, but bottom line: Linda is a true gem; she is passionate, talented, and unbelievably dedicated to her work; and I could not possibly recommend her more enthusiastically! We hired Linda to do both planning and design; I would highly recommend Linda for any of her services/packages, as she shone through every step of the process. (BTW: I literally can't imagine doing HALF of what Linda did for us over the past year. If you're like us and had no prior event planning experience...hiring Linda was by far the most worthwhile part of our entire wedding budget!) I'll try to sum up what made our experience with Linda so great with three main points: 1. PERSONALITY Planning a wedding is a long, draining process, and your planner is probably the person you'll communicate the most with throughout; Linda made us feel cared-for and connected from the very start. I felt that our wedding was as important to her as it was to us; she never made me feel like any question was too small, and was a tireless advocate for us and a true pleasure to work with throughout the year+ of planning. BTW, she has an (amazing!) French accent - but I never had any difficulty understanding her and her email communication was honestly the clearest of anyone we worked with. She also rolled with every punch that COVID threw our way through, frankly, sheer hard work and force of will. 2. DESIGN Linda's talent for design was immediately apparent from her portfolio - each of her events has a cohesive yet totally unique-feeling aesthetic. Whatever the concept, she elevates it. We definitely made her job hard by being very picky but also not having any specific vision (I didn't even have a Pinterest account!) going into the process. Linda listened to our very loose thoughts about how we wanted the wedding to "feel" and turned it all into a clear design vision for the wedding that was beyond anything we could have dreamed of. 3. ATTENTION TO DETAIL Linda is ridiculously detail-oriented (in the best possible way)! By the time the wedding came, every single detail of the day had been thought out; I felt involved in every decision, but Linda made it all a reality - the best of both worlds!! On the day of, Linda was a true superhero - to the last, tiniest detail, she made sure everything was perfect, so that my husband and I were just able to enjoy the day. I literally got comments from multiple wedding party members on how amazing her timelines/spreadsheets were!! As a testament to her attention to detail: we wanted taper candles but couldn't have them lit during dinner (fire restrictions); so - as if they didn't have enough to do with coordinating our million vendors! - she and her team pre-burned the candles so they would still have that melted-wax look. It looked AMAZING, isn't something I would EVER have thought of myself, and reflects how tirelessly Linda worked, up to the very last minute and then some, to ensure everything was as perfect as humanly possible for us. Hiring Linda was, without a single doubt, the best investment we made in the entire wedding planning process. She is the single individual most responsible for how wonderfully our wedding turned out, and we are so grateful for the opportunity to have worked with her.

We were really excited to work with Nicki when we booked Blanco as our reception venue. While we…read moredid not book Nicki's floral services, Nicki's drapery makes the space look so elegant and makes it look more complete. Would definitely recommend working with Branches - especially if you are hosting an event at Blanco.

Thanks Nicki for delivering this last minute bouquet of buddleias, gardenias and freesias flowers…read moreto my other half, she really loves them. If you need flowers don't hesitate to contact Branches Florist for the freshest flowers and custom made orders like these!!

Korina is an absolute pleasure to work with. She is lively, passionate and dedicated. My husband…read moreand I had Korina shoot our wedding and engagement photos on recommendation from a close friend. She was kind, and really helped bring out our joy in the photos she captured. Highly recommend her for anyone looking for a Bay Area photographer. She is a bargain and provided great customer service throughout our entire experience.

Coco is awesome!!!!!!!!!!…read more When we were researching wedding photographers, they all fell into three basic groups: Expensive+Awesome, Expensive+Boring, and Cheap+Boring. All except for Martinography! There's a whole new category of one: SuperAffordable+SuperAwesome. I am so sick of standard wedding photos. Boring colors, boring lines of people, and HOURS of boring standing around getting paired up with different combinations of the wedding party. Boo! I wanted tons of color, creative poses, and candid shots. Coco brought it! I knew she was special as soon as I saw the pix on her website, but it was fantastic to meet with her in person and look through her fun portfolio. A previous reviewer wrote here that "When Coco and I met, I instantly like her--I think its hard not to be magnetized to her passion and zest for life". That captures her in a nutshell. I'm going to make the same joke here that I made the whole time we were engaged: if I hadn't married Annie, I'm pretty sure she would have married Coco! Everyone at our wedding who met her told us what a delight she was, which is important. Photographers can be invisible or fun or both, but you don't want people telling you how off-putting or bossy or unpleasant your wedding photographer was to them. No worries here! She even took some videos with her camera, which I forgot was a possibility. Or maybe I just wasn't paying that much attention when we met because I had already made my decision. It was an incredible blessing though, because we had the most awesome wedding dance ever - we rickrolled the entire wedding, live - and the people who were going to record it had to leave early. And then it appeared on our wedding photo cds, along with video footage of our opening and closing and vows. (Clearly not as important as the DANCE....) Coco should be charging three times what she charges. We paid (ok, my mom paid as her gift) something around $400 for what was supposed to be three hours if I remember correctly, and Coco even stayed longer out of the goodness of her heart to capture our dance. But I didn't want to tell her she should raise her rates till after we paid! She has a day job in Silicon Valley and does the photography because she loves it so much. Why not just do what you love, is what I say! (I suppose she must love her day job too, but it's hard to imagine her in an office.) Magnificent! I am so glad that I found her through Yelp forums and so glad that we chose her.

Working with VANDER VOWS (and Chelsea!) was an absolute dream. I needed to pull together an…read moreunforgettable event for 14 women in just one week--and Chelsea delivered beyond expectations. From the custom signage and calligraphy to stunning florals and the most Instagram-worthy photo backdrop, every detail was thoughtful, beautiful, and on-brand. She took my vision and elevated it--creating a vibe that was elegant, playful, and totally accessible. Every woman at the event raved about it--many said it was their favorite setup of any event I've ever hosted (and I host a lot!). Can't wait to work with her again. If you're looking for someone with taste, talent, and heart--this is your girl.