Melanie is the best! We loved her lush, organic style, use of colors, and the elegant ikebana style…read morearrangements. She was super responsive to our preferences and requests, including design changes and special requests for ceremonial red roses bouquets for the tea ceremony. I loved the flowers so much that we got a bouquet pressed and framed as a keepsake.

Melanie arranged our flowers for our micro wedding and everything was breathtakingly beautiful!…read moreEverything was perfection, from the ceremony flowers, centerpieces, corsages, boutonnieres, and bridal bouquet. We are blown away by her design skills and creativity. We wanted a classic and modern look with neutral tones and Melanie went above and beyond our expectations. We couldn't be more pleased with how it all turned out! She is a flower magician and a true gem to work with! I would recommend Melanie to anyone and can't wait to work with her again!

This review and attached photos are not enough to express how amazing Katie with Kiki Event Design…read moreis! I hired Katie to handle florals for my daughter's bridal shower. With simply just letting Katie know the theme, "She Found Her Main Squeeze", Katie took the idea and executed her creativity to its finest!! The florals were the star of the show and tied everything together so beautifully. If you are looking to work with an amazing designer, Katie will not disappoint and will be a must for me for all events moving forward. Thank you Katie!!

Katie creates absolute magic for east bay events. We recently hired her for a community easter…read moreevent and she completely knocked it out of the park. She created a custom photo backdrop that our clients absolutely loved and her floral arrangements were stunning and perfectly matched the them! Will definitely use again and highly recommend for all events and floral arrangement needs!

We're so grateful we chose Montse for our wedding florals! She helped us figure out a vision that…read morefelt exactly right for us which was timeless, romantic, classic, and very natural. The flowers were beautiful, and many of our guests commented on them! She also added a few last-minute arrangements when we realized we needed them, and she made the whole process seamless. Her communication and flexibility were really appreciated. Montse is warm, easy to talk to, and it shows how much she cares about what she does and who she's doing it for. We're really thankful for everything she did and would happily recommend her!

I was looking for a flower delivery for my mother for Mother's Day and had a difficult time finding…read morea local company with an online presence - enter in Bloomsbay. A quick call later and I'd set up a delivery for the Saturday before - I emailed over the details, name, address, card message, and we were all set. The delivery was spot on and the arrangement was gorgeous with quite a few different flowers. My mother loved it. All in all, I would absolutely use Bloomsbay again!

Honeysuckle Floral created the cake flowers and decor as well as individual flower arrangements for…read morea table of 10+ for a debut. The flower arrangements were just absolutely gorgeous, done in a beautiful organic way. The combination that Sierra chose reflected my color preferences and vision but also the florals in season. Sierra was easy to work with and just super communicative throughout the entire process. The output was stellar and it was so easy to work with her. I thought I would have to end up creating the arrangements from Costco and Trader Joe's but she made the cost so reasonable. Already ordered flower bouquet for my birthday which is half priced and much better quality than what I would get from a farm girl flower service. Highly recommend her!

I ordered a box of succulents from Jyoti and I was very impressed. It's clear that she crafted it…read morewith care and the arrangement looks amazing. Picked Blooms is one of the best florists in the San Ramon Valley. The ordering process on the website is very easy and Jyoti is happy to create custom orders.

They made a beautiful tulip arrangement for a friend's birthday! Would highly recommend!read more

Look at our picture, it looks beautiful but it doesn't reflect our experience. I'm posting this…read morereview to make sure that no other bride goes through the same experience. When we hired Alicia (more than a year before our wedding) we thought we were getting someone experienced. What we failed to realize is that we would end up with someone burnt out (my MIL noticed right away and only met her once) who just wanted to create a cookie cutter wedding. She has her go-to venue in Napa and also claims she has done lots of weddings in the city. But she is not a top planner, at least not in San Francisco. Look at her reviews. If you notice, most of them worked with Jessica. (I didn't get to work with her until the day of and she was confused because she wasn't engaged from the beginning!) Alicia has been doing this for 10 years and only has a handful of good reviews. She gives you a spreadsheet that she makes you fill out as a couple as a "getting to know you." The ironic part is, she hardly reviews it or even cares to go through it with the couple. She skips almost all the meetings to try to book future appointments and leaves you with her assistants, even though you've paid for full planning. She lets her "team" take care of everything but they don't communicate, so you find yourself having to explain things over and over again. She also doesn't take responsibility when things go wrong. Instead, she just pushes the blame to the vendors. She'll also steer you away from your design if she doesn't have the rental items in her back room. She'll tell you that things are unavailable in the Bay Area, until you do a google search yourself and tell her to help you source what you find. I could go on and on, but if you are a bride that wants to enjoy your wedding planning process and day, do yourself a favor and get a real planner who wants to make your wedding dream a reality. When I realized that Alicia K Designs was a huge disaster, I had to re-engage the wedding planner I worked with before moving to California from the East Coast to help me with my ideas and designs. After the wedding I tried to work things out with Alicia but she just ignored me because she had already been paid.

I was married June 2012 at Kunde Estate in Sonoma, CA and we used Alicia K Designs for wedding…read morecoordination as she was the preferred coordinator for the venue. Alicia definitely knew the venue well and had a good relationship with both Kunde and our caterer (Park Avenue). This expertise definitely came in handy in working with the venue and vendors. Specifically, Alicia's team handled the lighting for the event well, even despite a completely new setup at Kunde after they renovated/landscaped their hilltop. The entire setup was perfect and the flow was great. Our guests (plus us) had such a great time and it was a wonderful event. My initial consultations with Alicia were great but there were some issues with some of the later follow-ups. She delivered the initial proposal over a month later than was promised and because of this our timing was quite condensed. I responded to everything she sent to me within 24 hours but she was continually delayed in getting back to me. I only mention this because I felt pressed towards the end to approve the proposal even with some minor errors because we had run out of time. Also, she passed off our wedding to her coordinator (Jessica) as we got closer to the event. Although in our contract it stated that Alicia herself would be our key contact leading up to and including the wedding day it was actually Jessica that became our main contact. Jessica was wonderful and very attentive but there were slight issues with timing for the day-of. Not a big deal, but I was frustrated because I was promised Alicia would be on-site including a guarantee the morning of the wedding. The wedding itself was absolutely fantastic - again Jessica did a great job and will continue to develop into an excellent coordinator. I think their team is definitely a solid team to use, I just had some minor issues with feeling passed along but nothing that wouldn't stop me from recommending this team to future brides.

Katherine was on the preferred wedding vendor list for the Lafayette Park Hotel. I interviewed with…read morethree different florest and Katherine was by far the most put-together, knowledgeable, and professional choice. I showed Katherine a photo of what I was looking for (plus some extra items) and she was able to show me what would be in season and what would look the best together for February. On the day of my wedding, I was blown away! Katherine had surpassed my expectations and my bouquet was PERFECT! If you are looking for a talented and reliable florest, look no further. She's amazing!

This is way past due since my wedding was back in September 2020, but better late than never! I…read morewant to echo the same sentiment as the previous reviewer- Katherine was the most professional, attentive, and competitive in pricing compared to the 3-4 florists I interviewed. I loved how she totally got my vision and explained which flowers would work best and in my budget. We originally had a full fledged wedding planned in May 2020 but due to COVID, we had to postpone and scale the arrangements back a bit and she was more than accommodating. Flowers were delivered on time and they were gorgeous. We're planning to have a reception in the near future to celebrate with more guests and I'm really hoping she can be part of my vendors once again.

If you're a Bay Area bride, don't waste your time with Raja and Ruchi. I was so excited to work…read morethis vendor. They were so sweet, BUT they straight up ghosted me. I had emailed this vendor initially because I liked their work on Instagram. They responded back to me and recommended that I come in so they could show me what they had to offer. I said for the upcoming month, but I didn't set a specific date. Within the next few weeks, I hired a wedding coordinator who also recommended this vendor because they were local (because you gotta support your local businesses, guys). My wedding coordinator set up a meeting at their banquet hall & I met up with them. I went into that initial meeting with the mindset of definitely hiring this vendor for home decor at my residence, my fiancé's residence, and our wedding. I had a specific wedding white mandap that I had in mind, and I asked if they had it. They didn't. Raja said to me that can get in contact with some people and he would let me know about my inquiry and he also said that they're getting some new pieces in as well. I left that meeting in a positive note, I was so happy that I could check off booking Decor Vendor on my wedding to do list. I followed up with Raja a week later after our initial meeting, no response. A second week later I also texted them again, at this moment I was pretty much irritated because of the lack of communication. A single message of acknowledgment would've been good enough for me, BUT HOMEBOY LEFT ME ON READ. All they needed to say is "we're still working on it" or "hey, we're having trouble getting what you inquired about", and I would have picked something else.

Raja and his wife Ruchi were very sweet to work with, and we had met a few times before our…read morehaldi/mehendi event to finalize what the decor should look like and what we were envisioning. It was tough for us to stick to our limited budget, but they both helped us stay under it and still keep what we wanted for the decor. They made everything come to life so beautifully, and really transformed our venue! All our guests were very happy with the decor, and kept taking pictures with everything. They were also very prompt with setup and breakdown, and did everything in a timely manner. We would definitely recommend hiring them for your decor needs. We absolutely loved their work and it really speaks to their level of quality they put into each job.