The right flowers have the power to transform a tired reception hall into a magnificent blooming garden. These talented and knowledgeable florists will guide brides and grooms in your flower selection and impress you with their stunning designs. These designers are not interested in hijacking your wedding. They love to take the bride and groom's vision and turn it into a blossoming reality.
Dirt owner and floral designer, Ann Robertson, dreams up gorgeous floral arrangements of high quality flowers with her bright, fresh and modern design sense. Ann does more than just the floral arrangements. She likes design all the aspects of the table-scape. "When I first started out I wasn't getting involved the room design", but after delivering her flowers one time and they didn't compliment the linens that were being used, Ann learned her lesson. The process for designing the centerpiece is "very different from how the bouquet needs to go with the dress. On the tabletop you're thinking about the china, linens, votives, colors and textures " to create a stunning overall effect.
Photographs by Cynthia Brown Studio
Photograph (left) by Cynthia Brown Studio
What sets Ann apart is her love of design and lifelong love of flower arranging, which keeps her interested and creative. Ann cultivated her talent while earning her degree from Parson's School of Design in New York City. Her retail flower shop, Dirt, is run like a Dutch flower market. The flowers are not banished to floral coolers, but instead are out for the customers to touch and smell as they are choosing their flowers. She creates arrangements for events big and small. Sometimes it's a centerpiece for a Thanksgiving dinner or flowers for someone's home; but her favorite event to work on is a wedding. "It's fun to work with brides. It's such a happy time. I love getting to know the couple and having my work reflect the couple's vision."
When planning your wedding flowers, you will meet with Ann personally so that she may get to know you and your vision. She'll give you a detailed proposal including flowers, containers, linens and lighting to sketch out the overall look to her clients' delight.
Lead time is about 1 year for large events because Ann likes to give the bride and groom time to think about their party and how they want it to look. But don't panic if your event is sooner. Ann has created gorgeous centerpieces and bouquets with only 2 weeks notice, too.
What areas do you serve? Fairfield and Westchester Counties, as well as, NYC. She's also traveled up to Massachusetts and as far south as North Carolina.
Located at 239 East Putnam Avenue in Cos Cob (203) 661-4143 or email, ann@dirtfloral.com
Open Tuesday – Saturday 10AM to 3PM or by appointment.
Events by Peter's Wholesale Florist has been pleasing clients for over 55 years. They have received numerous awards from The Knot, and Wedding Wire among others. They are well known in the industry as a fantastic and knowledgeable resource. The owner, Teddy Gianokos, has over 40 years of experience alone which keeps this family owned business a success.
What sets Events by Peter's apart is that they are a wholesaler/retailer. They are able to offer their clients excellent value at very reasonable prices due their extensive selection of flowers from around the world.
When planning your wedding flowers, schedule a consultation with Teddy and discuss your ideas while viewing thousands of photos of their work. You may purchase flowers by the stem, bunch or have your floral arrangements and bouquet designed.
Lead time is typically 4-6 months.
What areas do you serve? The tri-state area.
Located at 47 Irving Avenue in Stamford, (203) 325-2608.
Open Monday – Saturday 8AM to 4PM. Sunday’s by appointment only.
Springdale Florist & Greenhouses is a 3rd generation family business run by Tom Doyle. His great-grandfather was a grower for the original owner. Then in the 1960's his father partnered with the shop owner until he bought the business outright. Tom joined his father and has worked in the floral shop for the past 30 years.
What sets Springdale Florists apart is Tom's desire to set the bride and groom at ease through his calm manor and gorgeous floral designs. Tom works hard to showcase the couples preferences because the flowers should be "a reflection of their taste not mine."
When planning your wedding flowers, you will meet with Tom to show him your photos of flowers, colors, textures that you like to help him envision your perfect flowers. He always reassures his clients that they are not making any final decisions in the first appointment. Tom likes meet with both bride and groom to see how they look together. "It's a quick way to determine the bride's bouquet size. If the groom is really tall and the bride is short, and you give her a huge bouquet she's just going to look smaller." Tom crafts his flowers with the goal of helping the bridal party look their best. Tom provides 2-3 proposals like a "shopping list" for the client. Then Tom asks the bride to come in the day before the wedding to look at her flowers, a practice his father started. This way if she wants to make any changes it can easily be done and then there's no worries on the wedding day. Tom does not want his clients stressing out about floral details on their big day.
Lead time is preferably 2 to 3 months.
What areas do you serve? Lower Fairfield County– Darien, New Canaan, Westport, Greenwich, Norwalk, and Stamford. Tom says, "I try to stick with areas I can service the best. If there's a mishap with the flowers—once a flower girl threw her bouquet in a pond before the ceremony—I can get to them quickly to deliver a new bouquet."
Located at 28 Camp Avenue in Darien, (203) 322-4803.
Open Monday & Tuesday 8AM to 6PM, Wednesday – Friday 8AM to 7PM, Saturday 8:30AM to 6PM, and Sunday 9AM to 4PM.