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| - Since my first review, I have had three more interactions with Community Florist. Once to place my order over the phone- she remembered speaking with me, gave me updated prices before committing to the order (which were within the range she had quoted) and assured me everything would be ready on my pick-up date, provided I pay in a timely manner. I preferred to use cash, so I stopped by to settle the bill that weekend. Huge shop plus: Shop Cat! This black and white sweet little thing stole my heart and the florist had her eye on me to make sure I didn't steal him. He sat on my shoulder as I paid my bill, and I reluctantly returned him to a nearby stool. My third encounter was when I picked up the flowers, ready right on time as promised. I had a ton of carnations, some green trix, buplerum, and a few hydrangeas. Shop Cat again proved to be the highlight of the experience, but the service was great as well. She sold me a stem-ripper (to remove thorns and leaves) even though I hadn't purchased the roses from her.
All of the flowers held up marvelously, with the exception of a few user-error calamities. We trimmed and arranged everything in my centerpieces with a little water, and stashed them in a cool (but not cold) spare room so they would wake up. The next morning, we used plant food in the water to top off the water levels. Day 3 was go time, and they all looked perfect - healthy, full, colorful, and beautiful.
Going in to the "I'll do my own wedding flowers" plan, I knew there were several details that could make or break the experience. I'm so glad it went as well as I could have imagined, and Community Florist providing advise and quality flowers played no small part.
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