Rich Wolfe Floral Design

Rich Wolfe has talent, I tell ya.
We used him upon recommendation from a friend last year for our wedding. I am just not a flower kinda gal, I can’t tell the difference between a hydrangea from a Calla, and I needed GUIDANCE. I was lost.
Enter, Mr, Wolfe.
He really held my hand through this whole experience. He was informative without being pushy, he was experienced without being snobby. He didn’t scoff at my lack of floral knowledge, in fact, he took it as an opportunity to educate me and helped me find flowers that I just absolutely adored.
When i told him I was absolutely clueless about what I wanted but I had specific colors in mind, he offered to take me into the floral warehouse for a walk through to point out my favorites. Brilliant! It allowed me to see choices and explore colors and combinations I knew nothing about. It was a very informative and interesting afternoon and I think I was able to get a better feel for what it was he was designing for us.
I had ideas. I had seen pictures I’d liked. Did I know anything about these ideas or how to bring them to fruition? Of course not. However, Rich was able to look at these pictures, try to see inside my murky brain and figured out what it was I wanted for our big day.
I said I wanted paper lanterns. I said I somehow wanted them lit. I said I wanted willow branches inside my centerpieces.
He made it work. BEAUTIFULLY.
It was nothing short of miraculous. His designs were just breathtaking. I literally thanked him with tears and hugs because the room was just THAT incredible. It made our day that much more special. Our guests are still talking about how beautiful our reception was, and we owe it all to Rich.
I cannot recommend his services enough!

Absolutely gorgeous!
That’s what you’ll say when you see Rich’s floral designs. His ability to transform simple ideas into beautiful floral displays was demonstrated at our wedding this past Summer at Brookfield Zoo. My wife and I wanted to have a very special and memorable wedding for all of our friends and family and we realized quickly that it’s not only the location that makes is special but, perhaps even more importantly, it is the presentation of the venue that makes the event memorable.
Regardless of the design, your guests will remember your event; but is it for the right reasons? Especially for weddings, choosing the proper floral arrangements could make or break your wedding. We were having an outdoor ceremony with little floral decoration other than the bouquets and boutonnieres carried and worn by the bridal party; so it was important to us to coordinate these designs with the reception room décor. Not only that but my wife chose purple as her wedding color. Purple flowers?
Based on a recommendation from a friend we decided to meet with Rich and discuss our ideas. We had only a vague idea of what we wanted but we did have a centerpiece idea that we definitely wanted to use. We talked with Rich for a couple hours and went through a few floral books and other wedding décor books so he could get a general idea of what our common likes and dislikes were. Rich would take this information and come up with some other ideas to complement our style.
He was friendly, engaging, and professional during our initial meeting and my wife and I quickly decided we wanted to work with Rich. With each subsequent meeting we became more and more comfortable with Rich and eventually gave him just about freewill to do whatever he chose with our floral design and room décor. He is the professional after all, right? He would contact us regularly to let us know how things were progressing, to run ideas past us for our approval, and continued to ask more and more questions to get to know us more personally. He used all of the information he gathered about us and our style and incorporated it into his work. He even took my wife with him to pick out the flowers so she could see them for herself and didn’t flinch a bit when she had changes or other recommendations.
Honestly, he seemed more excited about our wedding than we did!
On the day of our wedding my wife and I still had no visual idea on how the room would come together. We had seen our centerpieces and lighting deconstructed and she did help pick out the flowers but nothing could have prepared us for what he had put together.
The room was absolutely beautiful! Gorgeous! Just like my wife.
Rich shattered our expectations! The reception room was in Bocaditos which is a Southwest restaurant on site at Brookfield Zoo. We wanted an Asian theme to our wedding so transforming this Southwest room into an Asian garden would be no small task. He worked with other vendors to coordinate every aspect of the room including wall coverings and table lighting. The room was unrecognizable as a Southwest restaurant by the time our guests began filing in and taking their seats.
Another huge constraint Rich worked very well within was our budget. Although we didn’t go as cheap as we could have we definitely didn’t want flowers to be a major expense of the wedding. Rich presented many affordable options and explained why some of our ideas just didn’t fit within our budget while never once making us feel cheap. He was open and honest with all our options and ideas and eventually pulled together a design that made our wedding even more special than either of us could have imagined!
Thank you so much, Rich, for all your tremendous efforts!