Maura Rose Events

My daughter, Emly, who was living in England at the time, first communicated with Maura via Skype. When Emily, her best friend (her maid of honor), and I spent time at Maura's teeny, tiny yet amazing workshop and her sun-filled corner office in Fishtown several months before the wedding, we were all impressed with how closely Maura listened to Emily's requests. Maura completely understood Emily, and we loved that Maura is not your average florist but instead a person who has a Bohemian, natural style. Her flowers actually have a scent - they aren't so inbred that there is no smell, and she incorporates wild flowers and herbs in her weddign bouquets and arrangements. As an example, because the groom and his groomsmen are British, she made sure their boutonnières included imported English tea roses (which smelled as if they had been picked from a garden); as well, Emily's bouquet had fresh mint in it, whose scent surprisingly and gently wafted as she moved. To add to Maura's natural approach to floral events, the ceremony arch with willow branches, as well as the greenery surrounding the Moraccan lanterns with LED candles on each table at the reception were beautiful. Katie and Abbie, the people who set up the flowers at both the ceremony and reception (the venues were 30 minures apart from each other) were wonderful - because the weather was "iffy," they were the one to make the crucial decision that the ceremony would be outside. Maura and her crew are open to ideas and wonderful to work with!!

Choosing Maura Rose Events as our florist is one of the best decisions we made for our wedding! Maura and the team did an unbelievably amazing job on our March wedding. The team is highly responsive, answering even small questions along the way, and are able to customize to your particular wedding. Their "garden-picked" style is beautiful and my bridal bouquet smelled so good I almost didn't want to put it down all evening!

My 2 favorite things (other than the flowers of course) about working with Maura Rose Events:
1) Their online management platform: Keeping track of what you owe to every vendor and the changes you make along the way is hard when planning a wedding so Maura Rose Events has an online system that tracks all of this for you with them. Allowing you to see your contract, your photos, and updates with any changes you both make along the way. It tracks emails and can automatically pay your balance on the required day. What a difference weddings would be if all vendors used this!
2) Design Days/Appointment: The opportunity to see what your flowers may look like in advance is a huge advantage with Maura Rose Events. It's a fun chance to play with flowers, get a feel or literal smell of them, and make tweaks to that vision together. Not all florists offer this opportunity. It was a great chance for me and my mom to enjoy a little wedding planning fun.