How to
Select a Florist
When considering your choice for a florist, - I urge you to use a
professional. A professional florist provides so many services: the behind the scenes work that
we never see, conditioning and storage of the flowers so that they will look good from beginning
to end of your day, careful transportation to your ceremony and reception sites, and professional
set up. You florist will design a bouquet that matches your personality, and which also suits
your figure and coloring. She/he will also instruct you how to hold your bouquet so that you and
the flowers look great.
Your choice of a florist will affect your photos. - The
photographer also has an interest in your engaging a good florist (who arrives well before the
photographs are scheduled to start). I have seen beautiful light and settings lost because of floral
delays: the florist, a friend of the family, was late, perhaps because he/she hadn't realized how
long it would takes to prepare that many bouquets, corsages, boutonnieres, and centerpieces. Or
the boutonnieres arrive without labels, or without pins. Or, the volunteer florist puts the
boutonnieres on the wrong lapel, or upside down!
Consider how floral design and placement will affect your guests and
photos - For example, tall centerpieces can create problems for guests and
photographers. The arrangements may look gorgeous when you enter the reception, but once the
guests are seated, tall centerpieces get in the way of people seated around the table, affect
speeches, group dynamics, and interfere in any candid or formal photographs done at the table.
Dropping names: Florist recommendations
Erfani One Block from my studio! (510)
525-3523
Pat Gibbons (510)
527-3197
Leslie Hruska (510) 526-2990
Bloomies [Market Hall in North Oakland] (510) 547-0444
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