When to book, and what happens between now and your event

Eight to twelve weeks out — peak dates

Wedding season, holiday weekends, and anything in the week of Valentine's Day or Mother's Day. Those two weeks are the tightest in the entire flower calendar, prices at market move sharply, and the good varieties go first. If your date is one of these, earlier is genuinely cheaper as well as safer.

Four to six weeks out — everything else

The comfortable window. It gives us time to build a palette around your theme, source properly rather than take what's left, and quote you a bar that reflects what you actually want.

Two weeks out — still worth asking

We can often take a short-notice booking. The list of varieties gets shorter and the palette less exact, but the bar is still the bar. If your date is close, phone rather than write — it's faster.

When you book

A retainer holds the date and comes off your total. You get an itemised quote — flowers, staffing, delivery, setup, breakdown, any travel — in plain language before anything is signed. Nothing gets added afterwards.

Ten days before

We confirm your final headcount and lock the order. This is the last comfortable moment to add guests; after it, we can usually still stretch the bar, but the order is already placed.

The week of

On the packages where we supply the flowers, they arrive three days early and sit in water in the cool so they open properly rather than arriving tight, and we pre-trim, strip and de-thorn everything. On a bring-your-own package, this is the week to buy yours — two or three days ahead, and keep them cool and in water. Either way, on the day we arrive about an hour before your guests, style the bar, and text you when it is ready.