Inspiration Floral Design

This business does WONDERFUL drapery! Michelle set up my reception hall beautifully. So glad we went with her. At first I was nervous that it wouldn’t turn out right as the room was oddly shaped and the ceiling was recessed in some areas but Michelle went above and beyond and set everything up to a Tee. She was also very accommodating with making sure everything ran smoothly. She took time to visit the hall without us to look at the dimensions of the hall and prepare for our big day (no extra charge). I met her the day of in the morning and she is a very pleasant person. VERY reliable and easy to work with. I will definitely recommend this business to others!

We got married in the fall of last year, at Ruby Hill Golf Club Pleasanton. My husband and I were planning a wedding pretty much last minute (in 6months) and of all the vendors we hired, we were definitely most thrilled with the services provided by Inspiration. Initially we hired another florist based in SF, but after a few meetings with them, we were not happy at all. Scratching our heads and wondering what we can do, our friends recommended Inspiration Floral. We both met with them and was wow-​ed by how much value they can offer, and how professional they were. It was a «god-​send» because our budget was tight, but we wanted to incorporate the vintage look my finance and I wanted, without needing to «go broke». Our decision was to loose the $ 950 deposit we had initially placed with the other florist so that we can book Inspiration Floral ! That was one of the best thing we ever did, in terms of choosing a floral vendor for our wedding.
Our wedding day was just amazing– I had to say that the flowers played a huge part in making our wedding dreams coming true. When I saw my bouquet, I was in tears. every element of the bouquet that was discussed in our meeting was exactly what I wanted, and more. The crystals that were added was just stunning! And my bridesmaides were also thrilled with theirs. The flower colors matched the dresses perfectly, and the ribbon wrapps make it really stand out.
We had them design the arch for our ceremony as well as all the flowers for the reception. The arch was simply gorgeous, they must have used hundreds of roses all over, in a garland for this arch. The aisles were beautifully decorated as per our discussions. Their team showed up 4 hrs before the ceremony started and got all the details taken care of, on time. Our expectations were definitely not only met, but was exceeded! I was breathless when I saw how stunning the rose petal lined aisle was. And to think — we thought we could not afford real rose petals for the aisles! She made it happen (when the previous florist we had hired couldn’t include it in, with our budget).
Our centerpieces at our reception — well let’s just say our guests were all blown away as much as we were. We initially thought to make it simple by going with just low centerpieces, but after providing a walk through site visit (which was free to us), Michelle recommended us to incorporate high styles and low styles to give the room some dimension and to help us «stretch our dollar». What a great suggestion– because the venue has really high ceilings and the towering candelabras filled with blooms really made the room stunning!
That day, we got so many compliments on our wedding flowers and décor! My friends were still raving about the flowers a week after the wedding after we came back from our honeymoon !
Overall…My husband and I can’t be happier ! Every penny we spent was well, well, worth it. The pictures turned out beautifully esp with all the florals and details! We would definitely recommend Inspiration Floral to anyone we know ! Thank you for all your services. Your team did an awesome job!!!

I am giving my review strictly on my experience and one on one with Michelle. i found her to be very confrontational, pushy and rude. My initial meeting with her went really well based on which I booked her as my wedding florist. I was very honest with her on my budget but she still kept pushing me to go beyond it by using lines such as «you only get married once», «have your family pay for the florist cost» «don’t worry so much about the cost». I pointed out a centerpiece I really wanted for which she charged me $ 50 upfront for the staging cost. I went into her shop to look at my centerpiece and it was a totally different centerpiece than what I had picked out. Instead of apologizing and accepting mistake, she kept trying to convince me that I had picked out the centerpiece she staged. I was not only unhappy that she had wasted my time (I planned my wedding in less than 3 months) but even more upset when she blamed the whole thing on me. She even went to the length of saying that she’d not charge me another $ 50 for staging my «original requested centerpiece» ummm damn right! You better not charge me for a mistake you obviously made!!! She was outright rude and would go back on her words — for this reason, I made sure I documented every conversation so she wouldn’t pull a fast one on me again. Not only was she rude but she drove my wedding planner up the wall by asking her for other vendor information so she could «borrow» their set up tools to reduce her own cost. This resulted in other vendors complaining about her as well. The icing on the cake — She was suppose to go on a site visit with me. I texted her the address and was at the site on time. After 15 minutes I called her to ask her where she was and her reply — «you never gave me the address so I am not coming». However, when she wanted my business, she made tall claims of working at the site a few times before. On the day of the wedding, everything did get done on time but had I gone with another florist, I definitely would’ve gotten a better job out of them. I wish she would understand that people are not stupid — they want good service not a sly vendor especially during a stressful time. I would never recommend her to anyone because she took advantage of my tight timeline. Definitely not a good business to work with again.

Just had my wedding in August and finally have a chance to give some feedback and have many others be satisfied and help them find the right person to go to for many of their event needs…
I was completely impressed with the work that was done at my wedding. I would say their products and services definitely made that magic touch and made the wedding grand! I had a backdrop done, a headtable design and swagging as well as some décor with crystals and beautiful curtain design on the doors and it was just amazing!
Michelle knew exactly what I was looking for! Right away, she knew my style and worked very well with what I had room to work with. She is very easy to deal with! She is very patient and takes in consideration what brides have in store when planning a wedding and she definitely makes you feel at ease.
They have many samples/​pictures in their office and showroom which can give you many ideas of what they can do. Therefore, I would suggest to make an appointment with them right away!

The high-​style reception pieces and ceremony floral urns that Inspiration Floral provided for my wedding were very nice, and Michelle was sincere in her efforts (she was also helpful in doing things like recommending a day-​of wedding coordinator), but overall, I was not totally pleased with the outcome for my wedding.
The main problem I had is that the flowers for my wedding did not follow the color scheme that Michelle and I agreed upon (and we had 9+ hours of meetings where we discussed the details!). I had told her at the first meeting that I wanted deep purples and apple greens, but the flowers at my wedding were white/​light green and red; I had requested deep reds and deep purples for my bouquet, as well as for half the dinner table arrangements, but in the end, there were almost no green accents, very little deep purples, and mostly all red and white flowers. Also, many of the flowers (cocktail table arrangements, maid of honor bouquet, flower girl/​ringbearer, mother’s corsages) were substituted and different than what we had agreed upon.
Some additional items of note — my bouquet was pretty but had a bunch of Dahlia buds around the perimeter that were all droopy by the time the ceremony started so all my pictures of the flowers show the buds just hanging off. I ordered orchids for my hair but so many of them were wilted I was only able to use a few of them. Michelle and her team were also late delivering the flowers so I almost did not have them for the bridal party pictures.
When I followed up with Michelle after the wedding to tell her I wasn’t completely happy with what was delivered, she sent me a VERY long email (~4 pages) that went on an on about how I should just be happy that she had upgraded a bunch of the flower selections at no cost to me and they looked better than the colors/​flowers that we had agreed upon…
I do think Michelle had very good intentions for providing what we asked for, but unfortunately on my wedding day, there were some shortfalls.

Michelle — I have to admit, back in the planning stages, Nick and I both thought that the flowers were not a big deal. Boy, were we wrong. I’m so glad that we chose you to be our florist for this special day. Those tall arrangements really set the tone for both the ceremony and the reception. It was beautiful. Everything was so soft and romantic. I loved the two large arrangments you used for the ceremony and don’t think I didn’t notice the cute pomander balls just as I had described to you! Your love for flowers really shows in how creative you are and I think the name of your business is truly fitting. Inspiration Floral Design really is inspiring. I’m glad you were able to convince me to go with all tall arrangements. The ballroom looked gorgeous and we received so many compliments on the flowers. Thanks so much :)