The owner was very helpful in understanding my vision and budget. I didn't really want to focus our budget on flowers and he understood this, but got what I needed to under a certain price. He also, knowing about budget concerns, was upfront and honest and didn't try to upsell or push some more expensive flowers and it also gave a little unique look to my and my maid of honors bouquets.

The staff was very nice to work with and willing to help with my specific details. However there were some mistakes in my flowers on the day of the wedding. My groom & groomesmen didn't wear their flowers because they were to bulky and wouldn't stay on and they were not the color we agreed upon with the florist (I had 2 different rose colors in my wedding). My bouquet was to contain a "special" color Cala Lily that noone else had besides my groom and they put that in the MOH bouquet too. All in all the flowers were beautiful, however not quite what I ordered.

We were very happy that we selected Holmes-Shusas as our florist. I changed my mind a few times throughout the process in terms of what I wanted and how much and they were very accommodating. They also did not try to oversell or upsell to more expensive flowers. They listened to what I was looking for and offered great suggestions. It also helped that they were reasonably priced.

My husband and I worked with Holmes-Shusas for our personal flowers, cake flowers and a few pew decorations for the church. We thought that Holmes-Shusas did a great job with all the bouquets, boutonnieres, flower clutches, and other décor items. We worked specifically with Paul, who guided us in the process, assisting to clarify various traditions, with complimentary contemporary touches. We knew exactly what flowers and colors we wanted to use prior to meeting with any florists, so it made that part of the planning process easy, but Paul took those notes and made them happen. He was also flexible as we changed our minds a few times about details, and added on a few items the week before the wedding. The flowers were fresh, and the colors were bright and beautiful!

They did a wonderful job, had fair prices, and were honest about how much flowers you will need (didn't try to over sell). They were great to work with!

Paul and the staff at Holmes Shusas were wonderful to work with! We met with Paul shortly after we got engaged, and I really did not have too many ideas about what I wanted. Paul helped me to sort out my thoughts, and showed me lots of different flowers to pick from! I thought it was really neat to be able to see the actual flowers while I was there, and how they would fit together. He was very honest about what we needed, and what we really did not need. Also, there were three different price points, so he can really work with every budget. When the flowers arrived on our wedding day, tears came to my eyes. They were beautiful!!! I loved my bouquet, as well as my bridesmaids bouquets. The centerpieces were gorgeous! The arch for the ceremony and all the flowers around were so beautiful as well! Paul also threw in a toss bouquet at no charge for me, so that I didnt have to ruin my beautiful bouquet :) We got so many compliments on our flowers, even on our corsages and boutonnieres! Thanks to the entire staff at Holmes Shusas for such perfect flowers!!!

We had heard nothing but great things about this vendor! I have to say I was stunned by the beauty of the bouquets! The centerpieces were raved about everytime we saw someone! They all said that the flowers lasted a good week + after the reception!

The service that we received at Holmes-Shausas was above and beyond any other florist in the area that we met with. They really listened to my ideas and were paid very close attention to price. I was able to choice three price points based on the flowers that I picked out for each category of flowers that I needed (Bide bouquet, bridesmaid bouquets, mother flowers, centerpieces etc..) It was a great way to figure out where I wanted to spend my budget and which areas I could cut back. Deliveries to all three locations were timely and the flowers were fresh and beautiful. We received so many compliments on the centerpieces!

Paul and the staff at Holmes Shusas was excellent to work with! They were very helpful and accommodating. Paul met with us several times and worked to tweak our flower arrangements until we were satisfied with them. They recommended getting a test centerpiece - which was an awesome idea - we actually ended up changing the centerpieces because of this and we were so much happier the second time around. The arrangements were beautiful! I would have liked to see more variety in our alter arrangements - it was roses to keep the cost down - but I wished they were able to get the gerber daisies and calla lilies in there for the price that we paid. I was very happy with my bouquet! I love the little crystals they added - such a nice touch! I would have liked the matron of honors to be a little larger than it was. All in all we were very happy with the flowers. They were an expense - but we were happy with the outcome! They look beautiful in all the photographs! We would recommend Holmes Shusas to any of our friends!

Paul was wonderful! From our first meeting, we knew he was the one we wanted to work with. He listened to what we wanted, looked at the pictures we brought, and outlined our ideas, in addition to throwing in suggestions to save on cost. If we didn’t want to take his suggestions, he was open to doing it our way and we felt in no way pressured to go along with his ideas. The only reason we gave them a 4.5 for professionalism is that they keep all of their notes on paper and they lost our most recent meeting notes two weeks before our wedding. However, they gave us copies after every meeting, so I just scanned them in and sent them to Paul and all was well. Paul is truly talented and our flowers came out beautifully! The bouquets were amazing and the pompadours for the flower girls were a huge hit. The centerpieces were gorgeous and just what we wanted and had talked about. Their prices are reasonable and you can’t ask for a better florist!

GORGEOUS! My mom and I met with Paul twice before our wedding once we decided to work with them. They came highly recommended from the venue we were hosting our wedding (The International). In our meetings, Paul was very up front about costs, about what goes with what, and keeping us in line with our design hopes. The flowers on our chuppa were stunning, the bouquet's for all of the bridesmaids were plentiful, fresh and beautiful. The flowers all arrived in perfect timing for set up and photos. We are VERY happy with the results and would recommend them and use them again.

My flowers came out more beuatiful than I expected! Paul takes the time to sit with you in your consultation and brings out different flowers for you to look at and create a beautiful color scheme for your flowers!

All the flowers at our wedding were perfect! They came right on time, and everything was wonderful. I was not sure what i really wanted for flowers, but I gave them the feel of our reception, and ceremony and they got what i wanted 100% I highly reccomend them!

Holmes Shusas was a great florist for our May 2011 wedding. They provided us with a lot of guidance and many options for our color scheme. They are well known in the area which was convenient when coordinating with other vendors.

Paul and his staff at Holmes Shusas provided the flowers for my wedding last month. They did an excellent job! When we first met with Paul, we asked him if he would be willing to do up a centerpiece for us so we could see his work. He did, it was gorgeous, and that is why we chose him. Paul was a pleasure to work with and came up with excellent ideas to compliment what we were looking for.

We had an unexpected change of venue, with the new venue now being almost 1 hour away, and Paul did not hestitate to still provide the flowers for us. I am so glad he did because the flowers for absolutely beautiful!! I am still in love with my bouquet, and the centerpieces blew my mind! We were going for the "wow" factor in the ballroom and boy did we get it. The centerpieces were so amazing and truly made the ballroom gorgeous!

The only small issue we had was with the pew flowers. Somehow, one flower was not added to any of them and they did not look as if they were done. After the wedding, we brought this to Paul's attention and he immediately rectified the situation.

Overall, we are very happy and would highly recommend Holmes Shusas to anyone looking for flowers for a wedding or any occassion!

We found H&S via google. Shocking I know, if you've seen our other reviews you can see that everything except where we had our reception we found online. We set up an appointment for an initial consultation with Paul back in May, maybe even April. He took us to his, what I'll call office. The room is small. set up for up to 5 people to sit, including him, but not move much at all. But the space serves it's purpose. Also helps that he has a few awards on the walls from various wedding review places such as 'the knot' winning 'best of' awards for central Massachusetts.

Paul was very comforting, made my wife and I feel very confident in him. He obviously done many weddings before us and knew what he was doing. We went over a checklist that he had of what we wanted, and he started right at the most important part; the bride's bouquet. He asked what she wanted for a bouquet, and my bride was not sure really. So Paul said to me "Mark, you know that fountain out front on the other side of the building? I need you to go and look at it for oh, the next 5 or 10 minutes. Don't worry about the time I'll let you know when you can come back." That was fine with me, since I knew he was about to ask about what the bridal gown looks like. Actually I liked that he assumed I knew nothing about it, which was true I only wanted to know the color so I can dress to match.

Side note, Brides you need to tell the grooms if the wedding dress is an off white, aka cream, accrue, ivory, so that when he orders the tuxedo's for himself and groomsmen he can get the same color shirt so your dress doesn't look dirty.

Back to the review: After going through everyone who was going to get flowers and what types we also discussed how the bouquet's were going to be wrapped and prepared. We decided to use some spools of ribbon the same color as the bridesmaids and MOH dresses. We also used the same material that the Jr. bridesmaids used for their dresses.

There wasn't much more needed with him, little follow up between the 1st appointment and dropping off the ribbon for the bouquet's and then the week of the wedding discussing, or better put, reviewing where and when to drop off the flowers the day of the wedding.

Overall our package was:
Bouquet's for; Bride, MOH, 2 BM's, 3 jBM's, 1 Flower Girl
Boutonnieres for; Groom, Best Man, 3 GM's, 2 Ring Bearers, 5 Parents of the B&G (yes 5), 4 Grandparents, and 2 readers
Plus 6 bow's for the reserved pews, and 2 large flower arrangements for the alter.

Also one of the best things about H&S. The MOH got the throwing bouquet from them as well, had it added to the order and all parties that knew (MOH, Groom, and everyone at H&S) successfully kept this information from the bride. Until the day of the wedding when all the flowers people were wearing was delivered to the hotel and the bride with her Hawkeye's saw it and called the MOH out on it.

H&S delivered and set up the flowers at the church, on the alter and the bows on the pews. They also delivered the remaining flowers to the hotel where the bride was 2 hours before the service. Plenty of time for everyone to get their flowers and attempt to put them on. There was nothing missing, no errors, no mistakes, in other words:

Perfect!

Thus the perfect score.