Florist for a Downtown Wedding

HelenaJoy32609

Hi all, I'm new here!  I'm planning a downtown (reception is at Pazzo's at 311) next September, and I'm wondering whether any of you have a sense of whether its better to hire a downtown florist or a suburban florist.  My intuition is that downtown florists might charge more for flowers but that suburban florists might charge so much for delivery that the cost difference would be negligible.  Also, if anyone who has had a downtown wedding has any recommendations for florists, I'd appreciate that too.Thanks for the input!!

brideinfall08

I used Fleur and loved them...other downtown suggestions are dilly lily, scarlet petal, ashland and addison, stems

25august2007

My florist was amazing and she was definitely more reasonable than some of the other city florists. My wedding was not downtown, but her shop is at the north end of Lake Shore Drive, so not super far from downtown. She does city weddings all the time. Beth at Anna Held Flower Shop. Full review and contact info in married bio.

January Bride

I really liked working with Jesse from Botanicals.  I also met with Anthony Gowder and thought they were great, too.Welcome to the boards!

e_feldmann_15

My wedding is downtown in June and I am using Grace of vale-of-enna. So far things have been great. Her quotes came out way under all the other florists I recieved quotes from. She lives on the north side of the city and does weddings all over. Some people have said she is hard to get in touch with but so far i have not had any problems. Her work is beautiful, she has a blog on her website.

chicagobride_07

I used Anthony Gowder and they did a fabulous job.

ChiBride82

Blumgarten in great    

cirrus319

Clint Paton with Revel Decor.

nickandchristinaswedding

I'm not using them for my wedding bc they don't do the suburbs, but I always use "APlus Flowers" next to the At&t building downtown. They are amazing there...you give her a price and she can put together something in minutes! Also, check out "Stems", they have an amazing wbsite.

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I am using Suzanne Cummings in Lincoln Park for my downtown wedding, and she is amazing!

emnichol

April Recinos from April Joy Events did my flowers, and she was amazing!  She does beautiful, unique designs, has no minimum, and has reasonable prices.  Highly recommended!

JJofthefuture

I'm using Jenny from Scarlet Petal. Her designs, her prices and her customer service are a.m.a.z.i.n.g.

Danaz1

I used Anthony gowder and they were fantastic

citybride09

I second Jenny from Scarlet Petal. The flowers for our wedding were fabulous and she was more reasonably priced that some of the other florists I met with (we had to work from a preferred vendor list).

marcikabarec

i'm in the burbs, but used Stems from Chicago for our flowers...a close friend of ours is the manager there.their style is a little more modern, but very elegant...i LOVE our centerpieces!!! PIB under "flowers"

knot-a-bridezilla

Definitely check out Zenia from Flor Del Monte. She's in the city and her prices are very reasonable. She's also very educated in florals and the most recent designs. I HATE outdated floral designs. Also, she's just awesome. We signed with her a couple months ago but she's always thinking of new ideas for our wedding which is in 6 months!