My visit with Burton's

I went to Burton's on Saturday to finalize flowers. The meeting went very well, we met with Michael for 1 hour. He is acutally pretty easy-going and isn't the salesperson type that I thought I would be intimidated by. Because I was worried about how to be clear of what I want and that they wouldn't get it right on my wedding day, I printed out some of the negative posts but I did not show them to him and didn't even bring them up.

I had a few changes from my original contract, but everything evened out, so the price is the same. They had a sample (which I wasn't expecting until right before my wedding) and Michael was very helpful and accomodating with changing things around. Since I didn't have a pic of my cneterpiece, he kept going in the back and getting stems of flowers for me to try out in place of some of the flowers in the sample. So, I had him write down on the contract that I don't want much filler and that the greens should only be at the base of the vase (which is how the sample was) and no baby's breath. I also talked about the freshness of the flowers and asked for budding flowers, and he didn't have any problem with this (it seems that they are buds in the morning and open up in a couple of hours).

Overall, I am not nervous about using them, our centerpieces are simple arrangements in bubble vases (he reminded me that the votive candles should be at least 6 inches away, so that the flowers don't get limp) and I think it would be hard to mess it up. My boquet is 18 mini callas so that would also be difficult to mess up. Also, unlike so many other things in my wedding, I have to remind myself that flowers are natural, living things, that are not machine made and therefore, you can't control every detail about it!!

We see our exact samples 5 days before the wedding day. Can't wait!

Thank you SO much for this post. In over a year there were NO negative posts about Burton's and then in the last few weeks 2 brides have had complaints. But you are right- flowers cannot be made in a machine to 'act' a certain way the day of the wedding.
I am going to go to meet with them soon and ask about the NO fillers too.

I visited Burton's last Sat. I met with Michael as well, and he seemed like a nice guy and was very helpful. I didn't book with them yet, but I'm going back there to leave them a deposit soon. Many people I know were happy with their work. Does anyone know if they make a sample centerpiece for you to see before booking with them? I know most florists do. I should give them a call and find out. I think if anyone is a little worried, and you know what kind of flowers and arrangemts you want, you should explain them or show pics to make sure they have a definate idea. At first i was a little skeptical about using Burtons, but alot of people here are using them, and they get alot of business so I can see them being a horrible florsit. They are also Wholesale distributers as well.

Nina -
Thanks for letting us know about all of this...glad to hear it went so well!