Do not use Bron the Flower Guy, you will be sorely disappointed. We went with him because he was recommended by our venue and our wedding planner (check out reviews for 'Every Little Detail,' and avoid at all costs as well), and he had the best prices in town. There was a reason he was so cheap.
Due to his negligence and inattention to detail, we faced an immense amount of stress and disappointment on our wedding day, when we shouldn't have had to worry about him delivering on the contract.
First, he completely failed to decorate the ceremony location in the way we had agreed upon. We had chosen a coupola design for our ceremony, and the design was substantiated by photos in the contract. It involved several pieces of muslin draped in a circular pattern from the top to the bottom of the coupola, reaching the floor. He delivered a fraction of the muslin, and draped it across the top, middle part of the coupola, not remotely in a circular way. It was uneven and barely reached the floor. Of course, during the day of our wedding, we were so busy that we didn't have time to address this once it was already done. When we pointed it out to him after the wedding and asked for a partial refund because he didn't deliver what we agreed on, he cited this clause in the contract:
"Our floral proposal has a clause that specifically notes that the pictures therein are for reference use only. I will also direct you to the clause in your contract that states that, "A representative of the wedding party or an appointed acting party must be present to sign and/or verbally approve the order. It is hereby agreed by both parties that upon delivery and approval/acceptance of the order, the customer acknowledged that The Flower Guy Bron has fulfilled all obligations of this contract." This acknowledgment was given by both your wedding coordinator and the Groom prior to my team's departure."
Be warned that he could use this clause on you - providing photo evidence of what he will deliver, and then not delivering on it at all. Our wedding coordinator had no authority to approve the design (and they're good friends, so why wouldn't she approve it), and the Groom had no recollection of doing so. During your wedding day, you shouldn't be pulling up the contract to compare photo evidence to what has actually been delivered, nor worrying about a vendor not delivering what was agreed upon. He was also supposed to attach little cups with flower petals to the ceremony chairs, which took us a long time to prepare. He didn't give himself enough time to do this, either. He left us feeling duped. My mom and I spent our moments looking out the window at the ceremony being angry and frustrated, rather than focusing on the wedding ahead.
He also under-delivered on other flowers, didn't place flowers in the ceremony location until my mom told him to do so at the last minute (this was in the contract, as well), and failed to compare the number of tables with the number of centerpieces - so he didn't have enough. As a result, our head table was an eyesore, it had not a single flower - when he had promised to add not only florals, but extra florals to our table. Any half-good flower vendor should know that you obviously don't leave the head table, of the bride and groom, empty, even if you ran short of flowers. Instead of being able to fully enjoy sitting at my head table, I was left wondering why it was empty, and was angry with Bron.
He was also supposed to put out bottles of wine with the centerpiece arrangements. One of the bottles was a bottle of red with a printed number designating each table. We told him not to chill the red wine (which should go without saying). He did so anyway, and all of the table numbers ran.
During our first look, he asked us random questions about the floral arrangements, which he would have known the answers to had he ever looked at the contract. Our first look is forever tainted because we were so annoyed with his interference.
In the preparation process, Bron and our wedding coordinator, Nica (again, see review for Every Little Detail), joked with us about how long the past marriages they worked for would last. If you want your vendors predicting how long until your divorce, and sharing that with other clients, then this is the 'guy' for you.
When we shared our extreme disappointment with Bron, he responded with the following: "To encourage you to use our service again and as a tangible means of acknowledging your disappointment, we would like to extend to you $200 dollars off of your next purchase of $1000 dollars or more."
To think that we would ever get married again, and that if we did, we would use his horrible services is insulting and rude. Bron was deceivingly pleasant to work with until the last, most important stage - delivery. His absolute negligence and failure to deliver on our contract will forever taint our wedding day. I strongly urge you not to use his services. read more
