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Garden Rose Events and Design

Garden Rose Events and Design

Roanoke, VA
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    Dale D. Sent on 09/16/2023
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    Isabelle Russell with Garden Rose Events and Design was fabulous

    Isabelle Russell of Garden Rose Events and Design was the Wedding Planner for my daughter and son-in-law’s “destination” wedding at the Bristol Train Station in Bristol TN/VA. She helped in every step of the way to bring their unique vision to life. She helped guide us through the process, offered helpful suggestions, but most of all she LISTENED. Through a weekend of wedding events, 120 Out-of-town guests, numerous quirky requests and the usual last minute adjustments, our families were able to enjoy every minute, confident that Isabelle had everything in hand with a professional, calm and unobtrusive approach and manner. Her rates were very reasonable and the peace of mind she provided to all of us was priceless. We enthusiastically give Isabelle 5 well-deserved stars and highly recommend her to those starting on their wedding planning journey.
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    Cheyenne L. Sent on 10/10/2023
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    Professional

    I'm not sure what we would have done without Isabelle. I had no idea what went into planning a wedding a started the process from scratch. Booking with Isabelle gave me peace of mind and helped me along the process. She was patient with me and very helpful with finding solutions that helped us stick to our budget. Grateful for her and all of her hard work.
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    Natalia S. Sent on 06/10/2022
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    Amazing staff and wonderful experience!

    I cannot express how grateful I am to Isabelle and the rest of the Garden Rose E&D staff. They were all truly amazing. Isabelle was SO helpful. While planning my wedding, I was in the middle of medical school clinical rotations and had very limited time to work on wedding things. Isabelle accommodated my schedule, and made it easy for me to make decisions. Not only is she incredible at her job, but Isabelle is also a kind and patient person. I can't say enough nice and glowing things about her and her business. She planned the most amazing wedding for my husband and I. I wish I could live the day over and over.
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    Angie L. Sent on 06/30/2022
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    Best Investment

    Investing in Garden Rose Events for my daughter's wedding was by far the best money we spent. Isabelle was amazing! She was attentive, professional, and wonderful to work with. She responded promptly to emails. The day of the wedding, when I felt overwhelmed and stressed her calm professional manner put me at ease and helped me feel like all the details were covered. She was my daughter's advocate throughout the whole process. They did a wonderful job. I would highly recommend Garden Rose Events and Isabelle and I plan to use them in the future for my other daughters when their big day comes.
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    Adair M. Sent on 09/17/2021
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    The best of the best

    Isabelle is the absolute best! Things fell through with our first wedding planner a couple months before our wedding, and Isabelle stepped right in without hesitation. I couldn't imagine our wedding without her. She was patient, kind and organized. She was there for any questions I had leading up to the wedding, led our rehearsal the day before the wedding and made sure all of the vendors were informed of wedding day events. Wedding day was flawless thanks to her. Her website is easy to use and includes everything you could think of to make wedding planning easier. We highly recommend Isabelle and her team!!
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    Barbara W. Sent on 09/17/2020
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    Everything plus more!

    Isabelle was the most amazing wedding planner that we could ask for. Having to deal with our Covid plannning and replanning, Isabelle was the calm we needed throughtout the process. She listens and if you ask for suggestions, she has many. The wedding party and the guests all commented on how lucky we were to have Isabelle. She was there doing everything, yet quietly in the wings. She was our secret weapon, and I miss her. At the end of the evening, Isabelle and her assistant, Hannah, had every single item of ours boxed up exactly as we had given to her. Honestly, how do people have weddings without an Isabelle? I feel like I used her for a year and paid little attention to her on the wedding day. I think that is probably exactly what you look for!!!
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    Margot W. Sent on 09/21/2020
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    10/5 stars! Best planner ever!

    10/5 stars!! Obsessed!! I truly cannot say how AMAZING Isabelle is. I had a relatively long engagement (14 months) and at the beginning was thinking I could do it on my own. I laugh now when I think about not having Isabelle or Garden Rose Events to help me with my roller coaster of a wedding experience!! From the very start, Isabelle completely won my heart and constantly impressed me. She was so very professional, while also being fun and relatable. I immediately knew I could trust her and boy was I right! With about 6 months left until the wedding, Covid hit. Shortly after that we found out or venue cancelled and we had to completely redo the vision we had. We had to redo our venue,date, guest list, and manage all our other vendors. I cried many tears, and Isabelle let me be sad. But I was never sad for long after talking with her because she made me feel like it would be okay! She also always stuck up for me and made SURE that even though so many big things changed, she worked even harder to make sure all the little details stayed the same. She managed everything and though I know she was probably going crazy behind the scenes, she was as always so organized and on top of it for us . Even up until the day of the wedding (due to weather), there were still possible changes for the wedding location. There were just so many things to juggle. But I knew that all I had to do was show up and Isabelle would take care of the rest. That’s exactly what happened and it could NOT have been more magical. I tell people she had to plan our single wedding about nine times. When the day came, you would have never known that it wasn’t the wedding we planned all along. The only thing that didn’t change during the period of wedding planning was Isabelle as my rock. Isabelle - In the midst of ALL the craziness of 2020- gave me my dream wedding. I am forever grateful to her!!!!
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    Collin J. Sent on 10/15/2019
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    Awesome coordinator! 5 out of 5!

    We worked with Candace for our wedding this fall and we had such a wonderful experience! Candace was friendly, helpful, organized, easy to work with, and any other quality you would want in a wedding coordinator.

    She made the day completely seamless by communicating with our vendors and making sure our guests were having a good time. Even the mishaps went unnoticed thanks to her organization and problem solving. Candace was detailed and professional throughout the entire wedding planning experience and our meetings with her always made us feel more comfortable and confident that our wedding was going to turn out just as we had envisioned. We truly can’t thank her enough for the work that she did for our wedding.

    Best of luck and congratulations!
    Collin and Rachel
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    Michelle K. Sent on 02/04/2020
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    Mother of the bride

    Shay did such an amazing job as our Day of Coordinator! The day flowed so smoothly and we were able to relax and know that Shay had everything under control. I can't express my gratitude enough!
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    Claudia S. Sent on 09/07/2019
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    Saving Grace

    Between Isabelle and Hannah, they were hands down the saving grace to our venue. Signing on a week before our wedding, nervous was an understatement. They met with us, finessed an itinerary and executed. As we had never done this before, we needed to rely on professionals to really help guide us with something as simple as alphabatizing a seating chart. If I had a do over the year before my wedding, I would have hired them on the spot.
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    Kristin Sent on 06/17/2019
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    Fantastic!

    Isabelle was so great to work with!! She took all the stress off me and my family leading up to the wedding! The day of was perfect and everyone was able to enjoy themselves and not worry about anything!
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    Ana Sent on 07/01/2019
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    Highly Recommend

    Isabelle is great to work with! She is very organized and always ten steps ahead. She made my wedding go off without a hitch!
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    Aaren Sent on 10/10/2018
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    YOU GUYS! - Isabelle and her team were one of the best decisions we made during our wedding planning process. I have no idea how we would have done any of this without them! I was so SO overwhelmed in the beginning, but Isabelle had all these helpful tips and tricks, and suggestions on vendors within our budget. She helped my indecisive-self choose literally everything I struggled with! It was really nice to have an experienced planner guide us through this rather stressful process. Not to mention, we got married on 9/15/18 - right when hurricane Florence was doing her thing up the East coast...I was devastated after a year+ long planning endeavor, but Isabelle made it all work! It was absolutely beautiful! Better than I could have imagined, honestly. Even a hurricane couldn't stop the Garden Rose team! I really want to thank them for all the work they did in the year leading up to and on our actual wedding day - we appreciate you all more than we could ever express. If you're thinking about hiring Garden Rose, absolutely 100% go for it. You won't be disappointed!
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    Lia Sent on 05/30/2018
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    Isabelle and her team are amazing. We recommend them 100%. Our day was easy and enjoyable because of Garden Rose. We didn't have to worry about anything and could simply enjoy everything. She met with us at our venue and talked through layout, was always available for random questions about things like timeline, and her day-of coordination is really month-of. I can't tell you what a relief it was to NOT worry about final details like schedules, vendor confirmations, and everything on the day. So grateful we hired her and her team!
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    Laura Sent on 12/11/2018
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    Stress-Free Long Distance Planning!

    Hiring Isabelle made our wedding planning a breeze! I was planning my blacksburg-area wedding from Washington, DC, and I knew I needed a local wedding planner. After 5 skype interviews I hired Isabelle & the Garden Rose team because of their excellent taste and passion for planning beautiful events. Isabelle kept my planning on track, and always eased my mind about what needed to get done and when. Isabelle adeptly handled our vendor relationships throughout the planning process, and expertly coordinated our big day. The Rose with Garden rose wedding show her team hosts was a great opportunity to meet vendors, and I booked my hair and makeup team after meeting them at Isabelle's event. Isabelle also always gave sound vendor recommendations, and we ended up with a great team servicing our wedding. She has good knowledge of the roanoke/blacksburg wedding market, and really made planning the wedding from a distance easy. She was willing to work with our travel schedule and often met with us on weekends, or scheduled late evening calls to accommodate our work schedules. Our wedding day was absolutely stress-free. Isabelle and her team handled every detail, from directing vendors to a hard to find, rural location, to keeping the wedding running on time, to ensuring that every guest was having a great time. Our wedding was the perfect day, and we could not have pulled it off without Isabelle and her team! My first recommendation to every engaged couple I meet is to hire a wedding planner -- and if you are getting married in southwest VA Isabelle should be your top choice!
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    Kaylee Sent on 08/21/2018
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    The Garden Rose team made planning my wedding stress free! They answered all my questions quickly and also helped me create a seating chart, rain plan (which i was most nervous about), timeline, and wedding checklist! Isabelle truly cares about her clients and she and her team did an amazing job taking care of me, my husband, and all of our wedding guests!
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    Mitra Sent on 08/01/2018
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    Isabelle and her team helped make our wedding an absolute success! We were so grateful for how hard they worked to make sure everything looked perfect and made sure the wedding ran smoothly. Isabelle always offered great advice and was a joy to work with!
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    Lindsay Sent on 06/28/2018
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    This team is amazing! There is no way I would have been able to enjoy my day without their help! Isabelle asked us about things I never would have thought to plan for otherwise. The Garden Rose team set up everything, answered everyone's questions so I didn't have to, and solved any problems before my husband and I ever knew about them. I was able to be completely stress free because I knew Isabelle and the Garden Rose Team were handling it. Not only are they professional and extremely good at what they do, they are fun people to work with and be around! Highly recommend!
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    Casey Sent on 06/06/2018
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    Garden Rose is so professional with every step in their process. Their team is amazing, and right on que with everything. I used them as a day of coordinator and I simply could not have had my wedding without them. Their team member Bethany is wonderful. She kept the rehearsal quick and efficient, I didn't have to lift a finger on my wedding day, she handled everything and I couldn't be more thankful. From setting up, to adding special decor touches, to cleaning up and packing the cars at the end of the night, this team is worth every penny and more. Thank you for all you did to make our wedding amazing Garden Rose!
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    Morgan Sent on 06/05/2018
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    Isabelle and her team were a godsend for our May 26, 2018 wedding in Richmond, Virginia. Throughout the approximately 1.5 year planning process, Isabelle was always available to answer questions and contact vendors. During the weeks leading up to and the day of our wedding my anticipated stress levels were greatly reduced and I was able to focus on enjoying the day. Isabelle did an amazing job and I would recommend her services 100%.
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    Holly Sent on 06/20/2018
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    Because of Garden Rose Events, my wedding day was a spectacular success. Amid the unforeseen circumstances that always show up, Isabelle and her staff were there to ensure everything went perfectly. We are from Utah, so we needed a competent and attentive wedding planner, that's definitely what we received from Isabelle. I highly recommend her for your wedding (or second or third...) Thank you Isabelle!
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    Shannon Sent on 12/23/2017
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    Isabelle was a pleasure to work with. Super sweet and very responsive. She took the time to meet with me multiple times before the wedding through various methods (in person, phone calls, face time). She made sure that I did the things that I needed to do and she helped with anything that she could. On the day of and at the rehearsal, she kept my wedding party and guest on track. I feel that she was very reasonably priced for the services she provided. If I had to do it all again I would definitely stick with Isabelle!
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    Hunter Sent on 01/07/2018
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    Isabelle and her team were amazing! Seriously, don't spend another moment reviewing other day of coordinators - go with Isabelle. You won't regret it for one moment. I'm just thankful I happened to use the right words in Google that led me to the Garden Rose Events and Design website. Isabelle was punctual, always available, and full of great ideas. There was no doubt that Isabelle was in charge, which allowed for everyone (wedding party, parents, guests, vendors) to relax and just follow instructions come the rehearsal and wedding. My wedding had a lot of moving pieces, since it was on a family member's property and involved tent set up, chairs, food, and managing various vendors coming from different parts of the state. Isabelle handled everything so gracefully and seamlessly - without her, my wedding would have been stressful and not the seamless event it was.
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    Amanda Sent on 10/02/2017
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    I loved working with Isabelle to plan our wedding. She was always available to chat through details and made sure that I had nothing to worry about on the wedding day. I can't imagine a more kind and considerate group of people to work with.
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    Kendall Sent on 06/07/2017
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    Isabelle was an absolute joy to work with for our day-of coordination services. From the start she was always prompt and quick to respond to my emails. She offered help if I needed it in the weeks before our wedding, with planning, ideas, anything we needed.

    She executed my wedding vision magnificently, taking decor that I had and using it places when I didn't know where it should go. She literally ran my entire wedding day (communicating with vendors, setting up pretty much my entire event, keeping me calm and updated on the timeline, etc).

    She even made a last minute trip to Walmart the day before the wedding when we realized we didn't have enough cocktail tablecloths! Isabelle also cut and arranged all of my greenery centerpieces and created an amazing garland for my head table (she has floral arrangement experience).

    She really went above and beyond what a day-of coordinator does, at an amazing price!! She gave us a card & a bottle of champagne as a surprise gift. She truly was the best wedding coordinator I ever could have found! I was 100% happy with her services! Hire her!!
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