I was INCREDIBLY DISAPPOINTED with Monarch. I was told they are the best in the area, and that they would do an amazing job. However, it appeared as we weren't important enough for them. Apparently, William - the owner- is trying to get into full high end party planning not just floral. Our $5,000 budget for florist was not worth his time. He didn't get us a proposal until a month before our wedding. It was completely wrong, and it took him over two weeks to get a revised proposal. Even when we got the revised it didn't have all the revisions. Additionally, because I was uncertain with his "vision" I asked to have a mock up of our centerpieces (which we were going to pay for). It showed up at our house with roses in the wrong color... William called to say the right color didn't show up in the truck today. Since I was a paying customer I would assume he would have just waited a day or two to get me the right color. It just concerned me, what if the right color or flower doesn't show up in the truck the day of our wedding. When our wedding planner called to let him know that I was incredibly upset, he didn't seem to really care and let us cancel our agreement. He even agreed to return our deposit. In the end I just think we were small potatoes and William could have cared less. If you aren't going to throw a $100,000 wedding don't even bother!
Luckily I was able to find a fabulous florist 2 weeks before the wedding. In fact she did the same amount of flowers for less money! If you are getting married in the Harbor Springs, Petoskey, Bay Harbor area I would HIGHLY recommend Bloom in Bay Harbor. Jennifer is going to give William a run for his money! read more