Petals from Heaven

Just be careful and make sure that you shop around. Terrilyn only knows one style of flowers and won’t deviate. My sister had her heart set on a specific style, classic Victorian. Terrilyn convinced her that it was not appropriate for a wedding, she was very pushy with us. I guess the bridal magazines should consult her before printing photos? In any case the centerpieces were close to what we asked for. The biggest problem, my sister’s wedding bouquet was wrong and looked just like what us bridesmaid’s were carrying. Terrilyn could have cared less and did precious little to correct the situation. If you go to a bridal show like we did at the Lionsgate, there are plenty of reputable vendors that will make your dream day come true and not theirs.

We used Terrilynn for our wedding flowers and while she was nice and full of advice about the wedding schedule and photos, there was a large disconnect between what I wanted and what I got.
I emailed her a picture and showed it to her at the meeting saying, «This is what I want» and what I got… well it looked nothing like it. The flowers were not ugly (very few flowers are) and the bouquets were put together well, but it was not what I wanted.
Just take a look at her portfolio. If you like what she does, then do it, but if you style isn’t in there (mine was natural and victorian), she does not know how to do it.

We used TerriLynn for our wedding flowers. To be completely honest, we used her because no one else from the referral list would return our phone calls promptly, and she was very insistent that she was the best in her home meeting with us. I really know nothing about how much flowers cost, besides way too much, but we were allotted $ 700 for flowers in our package with the Chateaux at Fox Meadows. This bought us: 1 brides bouquet (expensive, mostly calla lilies), 9 boutonnieres, 2 corsages, 6 gerber daisy heads, (floating for centerpieces), and 6 exotic orchids. I had no women involved in my wedding besides the two mothers, so if I had had bridesmaids I have no idea how we could have afforded that.
We also didn’t have any money left for any altar pieces or any flowers for the buffet table. I think it’s important to note that we didn’t care if there were flowers at our altar, (a lit gazebo), or the buffet table full of food, but TerriLynn definitely wanted me to know that those were important. Way more important that they should be. I insisted that we stay in budget, and we did, and I don’t think anyone noticed or cared that the salad and bread were not accompanied by an ornate flower display. If I’d listened to TerriLynn, though, I’d have thought that our lack of flower-​adorned food was a sign against God, and that therefore our marriage was doomed to failure. She also charged an obscene amount for flower petals for our flower girl (we’re talking like $ 50). We bought day-​old flowers and crumbled them up for $ 5 at Costco instead. Again, our marriage did not fall apart because of this.
When the wedding arrived, TerriLynn delivered my bouquet, which I was happy with, but she never gave me any sample of it. She told me that the gerber daisies were the «perfect» shade of lavender we wanted. They were pink. Pale pink. I honestly would have rather had white or, well, not any of them at all, rather than the «lavender» ones she supplied.
I would definitely shop around before going with Petals from Heaven. Everything turned out fine, but just fine, and the pricing seemed excessive.