My wife and I recently had a large Indian event in Albany (8/31/2013) and were looking for a unique flower scheme involving calla lillies and gladiolus flowers. We shopped all around the capital region and were being quoted the usual rates for people getting married. We ended up finding Buds given the expensiveness of other vendors and are so happy we did! First of all, the flowers were about 1/3 of the price of other vendors, so we saved a lot of money (nearly $500)! Second, the flowers were in impeccable condition and arrived for pick-up exactly as promised and right on time. Third, Buds was more than OK with us simply picking up the flowers (our arrangement was easy to create). Fourth, they gave us some great creative advice without any attitude or arrogance, and did not push us to buy things we didn't want. Finally, a special shout out to Joanne, who was amazing to work with, both as a flower vendor and artist (she had some super creative ideas on how to submerge a flower for cheap!).
I was really excited to write this review because I don't think Buds get the traffic from brides/grooms like other vendors, too. They really should. Buds turned out truly to be a diamond in the rough, and we hope that others come away just as happy as we did after giving them their business.