Catherine's Gardens was my florist for my wedding a few weeks ago and I was absolutely pleased with them and their flowers! The staff was so nice and helpful! I highly recommend them and they are reasonably priced!!! I couldn't ask for a better florist! Thank you for making my day so beautiful!
We were impressed with their ideas and recommendations when we met with the owner of Catherine’s the first time. From then on, everything went downhill. Starting with the mock bouquet, it was explained clearly that whenever the SAME group of flowers came in that would be used for the wedding, my daughter could order a mock bouquet so that she could then change anything that she’d like. Imagine our surprise when we were told that 15 days before her rehearsal dinner there was not enough time to provide the mock bouquet for the night of the rehearsal and that there was a window in which she should have requested it. We didn’t know that within that window that was allowed, which fell approximately six weeks before the wedding, that Catherine’s would already have that SAME group of flowers in their shop. Read the fine print, their word cannot be trusted. The day of the wedding, the flowers were delivered 25 minutes late delaying the photographer and delaying the departure for the hall causing an extra charge for the limo having to wait. The groomsmen’s flowers were delivered to the house instead of the hall and Catherine’s would not go back to the hall to deliver them, blaming us for the mistake in delivering them to the house. The color sprayed on the flowers faded and crumbled, falling onto the men’s tuxedos. The mother of the bride’s corsage fell apart before dinner. The bunches of baby’s breath that were to be decorating both the head table and the individual tables around the lantern centerpieces were the size of a dandelion. Rose petals scattered on each table were paper, a poor quality at that, and were supposed to have been real petals. The bride had delivered lace to be used to hang pails of baby’s breath on the rows of chairs. The florist used the lace to wrap the bouquets and in addition, pins stuck through the stems pricking the bridesmaids’ hands. Sufficient notes were apparently not taken when instructions were given to Catherine’s employees by the bride, resulting in mistakes made by the florist. Think twice before employing this florist and if you proceed, make them document each detail in writing. EXTREMELY disappointed.
Family owned and operated,they do wonderful work!
We also used Catherine's Gardens for my shower and rehearsal dinner. Without a doubt, I will recommend Catherine's Gardens to all future brides!
I truly cannot even begin to state how happy I was, start to finish, working with Julie and Stephanie at Catherine's Gardens. I had priced few other places and the DEPOSIT at these places was what my total cost of ALL FLOWERS through Catherine's Gardens. I sent Julie what I was envisioning for my wedding day flowers and she absolutely nailed it. I told her what I did and didn't like, brought in pictures, and she absolutely blew me away. Not only were our flowers (bridal, ceremony, and reception) absolutely stunning, but Julie was absolutely wonderful to work with. She responded to every crazy email I sent within a matter of minutes, and always put me at ease. The day of our wedding, Julie made drops in a south suburb, a church in Chicago, and then an hour away to our reception. Everything looked absolutely stunning. At one point, after already purchasing my table numbers elsewhere, Julie was able to purchase what I wanted and then rented them out to me for half of what I was going to pay to start with!!
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Catherine's Gardens was amazing to work with! They were so helpful from the first time we spoke last fall through the day of the wedding this past weekend. The flowers were beautiful for the wedding party, the centerpieces, the church, all of it! Can't wait to see how the turn out in pictures! I would definitely recommend Julie and the rest of her staff!
April 24, 2017
Catherine S Gardens Florist is a US Florist based in Oak Forest, Illinois. Catherine S Gardens Florist is located at 15146 S Cicero Ave, Oak Forest, IL 60452, USA.
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