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We had the flowers for our wedding done at HyVee and could not be happier with how they turned out. We worked with Gina and she did a great job of helping us select what we wanted and the flowers turned out absolutely spectacular. Our original plan for centerpieces fell through so two days before the wedding I called Gina to ask if she could set aside some bunches of random flowers (they didn't have to be arrangements, just whatever flowers she could scrounge up). I knew it was last minute and too late to order something, so I told her I didn't care what color or style they were, I would take whatever they had. Gina went above and beyond to pick out and set aside flowers that matched our colors and style and as a result our centerpieces were beautiful. And they were good quality- they lasted more than a week past the wedding. We would highly recommend Gina for any wedding or event flowers!!
Our only criticism is that they are not very flexible for people who have regular day jobs. Typically their consultants for weddings are only available on weekdays until 4pm, which makes it nearly impossible for people with jobs to meet with them. We lucked out and managed to get an appointment on a Saturday, but my understanding is that is a rare occurrence- and they called to change our appointment a couple of times because they realized they weren't going to have a consultant available. The other issue is that they do not give you a price estimate right away- we had to wait over a week for it to be emailed to us, and when it was past the date we were supposed to get it, I called to ask about it and was very rudely told "We're busy, yesterday was Mother's Day, you know." I get that's a busy day, but we were supposed to have the estimate a few days BEFORE mother's day and if we're spending several hundred dollars on flowers, I would hope they could be a little more accommodating. Luckily the price turned out to be very reasonable and much cheaper than other florists, but I wasn't happy that we had to wait so long just for an estimate.
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