Avant Gardens

Avant made my special day absolutely breath taking. My center pieces, bouquet, and cake received many compliments and were perfect. Jessica was very helpful, full of creative ideas, professional and polite. She was there to answer any questions I had, changed anything I wanted without complaint and put together beautiful pieces for my day. I am so happy I went with them as my florist.

WOW! Words can not describe how amazing Rick and his staff are. I worked with them for my Bridal Shower and my wedding; he turned all my ideas into a reality and even surpassed my expectations. All my guests could not stop talking about how gorgeous the tables, dessert stations, and centerpiece decorations were.

Rick at Avant Gardens handled pretty much all the design aspects for our wedding - lighting, flowers, linens, furniture, draping, etc. - and it was all absolutely breathtaking! I guess you could say I was not an easy bride to please and I had a very specific idea of how I wanted everything to look and feel, and Avant Gardens met all my expectations and even more! Rick and his team are so experienced and professional; they just know what works. We are so thankful to Rick for making our dream wedding come to life!

Rick and his team are incredible. I was one of three sisters who used Avant Gardens for our wedding flowers and other production supplies. The work he and his team did at each wedding was spectacular and completely unique to our personalities. For my wedding, we wanted a formal, but natural and antique look. It's funny because as I write this review, I'm struggling to explain what we wanted. Despite my inability to describe it both today and throughout consultations with Avant Gardens, they knew exactly what I was looking for and executed it beautifully. Our black tie wedding managed to combine natural elements like rock and driftwood with over 50 lamps brought in from Bali. These elements plus a myriad of beautiful blue, green, and purple flowers meant the result was exquisite and unlike anything I had ever seen. We still hear from our guests about how beautiful everything looked. We couldn't be more grateful for the Avant Gardens team. I recommend them a 100 percent.

Rick and his team are amazing! If you're looking for something different than typical wedding rentals, Avant Gardens is the place to go! Their selection of rental items was different than anything provided by any other vendor. They actually have a showroom full of stylish imported pieces ( I wanted to take everything home and decorate my house!!). This is the perfect vendor to create a classy, personalized look for any big event. In addition, even though my wedding was somewhat small, Rick took the time to personally oversee and execute my vision. He arrived and made suggestions (i.e. blue ambient lighting in the trees) that gave my wedding the extra wow factor. I literally can't say enough nice things about Rick and team and their selection at Avant Gardens!

As with all of our vendors we did a lot of research to pick just the right one. We chose Avant Gardens for many reasons and couldn't have been happier with our choice. In the beginning to come up with our vision we worked with Patricia who walked us through every possible flower and decoration we would need, never pressuring us to to feel we needed to add more than we could afford and telling us her honest opinion about what we could do without to create our vision yet stay within our budget. She helped us craft our vision when we didn't have one to begin with just an idea of certain pieces we wanted.

On the day of, they were so easy we did not even see them we left everything up to them so we didn't have to worry about it and could enjoy the day but when we finally were able to see their creation it was everything we could have asked for and more! Everything was perfect and just what we pictured. They were able to create extremely dramatic centerpieces and amazing floral arrangements for the bouquets and ceremony from only meeting them once. We received many compliments from all of the guest. It was all so beautiful My only disappointment with anything was that I keep everything...

Rick was great to work with! The first time my mom and I met him, I was indecisive about what I wanted and he was extremely helpful, knowledgeable and had great ideas. The arrangements at my wedding were spectacular--so much more than I had ever hoped for. Several guests told me after the wedding that they were the most beautiful centerpieces they had ever seen. Truly spectacular. Rick is also such a nice person and a lot of fun to work with! Thanks Avant Gardens!

We were very lucky and pleased to find Avant Gardens as our wedding florists.
Working with Patricia from the very beginning was very amazing, even though my husband and I planned our wedding from abroad. All we can say is that Avant Gardens is very professional and offers top quality flowers. Thank you for answering all of our questions and making our wedding gorgeous with your beautiful floral...

The center pieces at my daughter's wedding reception were drop-dead gorgeous! The orchids on the napkins was a very elegant touch. The manzanita tree on the place cards table was absolutely beautiful. Rick is a pleasing and caring person and did a terrific job. I will hire him again for my other daughter's wedding in May.

I worked with Patricia from Avant Gardens and she really did a great job. I planned my wedding from out of town and there was some confusion and miscommunication with our initial appointment that we had previously made, but we rescheduled and everything came out great. From then on Patricia took charge and made it all right. She really listened to us and also made good suggestions. On the big day, the ceremony flowers, the bouquets, the table arrangements and linens were all beautiful. I was really happy with the final result.

They were very helpful in establishing which colors to use. The staff is very friendly and accomodating. The lighting they used at The Biltmore was perfect for our reception. The flowers were amazing. We were extremely happy with Avant Gardens in every way!

My wedding ceremony was at the Biltmore Courtyard and Reception in the Alahambra Ballroom. When I met Rick 5 months before my wedding, I had a semi-clear idea of what I wanted. After showing Rick a variety of my samples and ideas cut out from magazines and saved from various websites, Rick immediately started to ask the right questions and we came to a mutual understanding through his suggestions tailored to my ideas and requests. And what happened on my wedding day was better than I could have ever dreamed. He created a gazebo that was taken out of a page of Shakespeare's "Midnight Summer Dream." The lanterns and chairs used were stunning. The patio area where the cocktail reception was held was transformed into a European piazza. Old worldly, casual and sophisticated all at the same time. And the ballroom was magical. Each table had a giant candlelabre with flowers, greens, and then the table was filled with candles and rosebud vases. Avant-Gardens made my dream wedding come true.

Avant Gardens did such a fantastic job! My centerpieces and bridal bouquets came out perfect. Trusting someone with your vision is the hardest part, and Rick got my vision and then some. His team did a great job and he was present the day of my wedding. I told him exactly what I wanted, and he delivered. He was patient trying to get our vision, and then offered fantastic suggestions that I never would have though of. Our Chuppah looked beautiful with the cascading Orchids he recommended adding. Thank you!

Amazing Decor and Flowers available through Avant Gardens. My flowers were gorgeous. More beautiful than I had expected. They are very pricey but they know what they are doing. If you want to be assured of great quality and a beautiful decor, go with avant gardens. They are just a little slow at responding via email, thus I recommend calling directly whenever there is an issue. They were also able to rent furniture and do the lighting and draping. Its great getting all your needs from one location.

Rick from Avant Gardens' has a reputation for exquisite, exclusive, high end floral creations. He surpassed our wildest dreams! Alhough accustomed to working with substantial budgets, he worked with our limited budget and created an atmosphere of exotic elegance, fantasy, and warmth. He is a true professional, extremely creative and intuitive, with a warm and hospitable personality. I recommend him blindly and completely. Thank you Rick for my daughter's fairytale!!!

Avant Gardens is the most creative, inspiring design company. I trusted Rick wholeheartedly in the design of our event, he understood my desire for non-traditional, fun, unique. I honestly gave him a color palette some obscure thoughts and he ran with it and I never questioned it. To say I loved it is an understatement. There is nothing that Rick cannot accomplish, and he does it with this amazing sense of calm & ease that I wish I could learn!! Love Avant Gardens & Rick!!!

i worked remotely with Rick @ Avant-Gardens for my destination wedding in Miami and he was great. My bouquet was beautiful and everyone loved the colors and how they matched my girls dresses and really popped.

I hired Avant Gardens very close to my wedding date and they were so helpful and understanding. The work they did was AMAZING!!!! Everything looked as if we had spent much more money than we did. Our centerpieces looked like it came out of a catalog and everyone was in aww by them. It truly made my wedding look like I wanted it to :). The one minor thing that I wasn't thrilled was my bridal bouquet. The roses were a bit damaged, but I could be the one to blame considering I didn't make it a point that I wanted it to look a certain way.
Other than that they were a delight to work with and did an amazing job!

Pat & Rick from Avant Gardens were wonderful to work with. From the first meeting, Pat sought to understand our vision and even sketched out our wedding layout on paper based on our discussions, and they delivered flawlessly! Additionally, our original lighting vendors (Uplyte lighting) flaked out on us 2 months before the wedding, and in came Rick to the rescue. They provided both florals and lighting for the wedding and the results were absolutely brilliant! We are truly impressed that they were able to accomodate us with lighting at such short notice, and even provide a wide range of hues to use over the course of the reception. The floral decorations and centerpieces were beautiful and the bouquets were just what I asked for. Avant gardens truly played an instrumental role in making our wedding a success, I highly recommend!

Avant Gardens did a great job on the florals for our wedding. They were a preferred vendor at my venue. I did not have a huge budget and they were happy to work with me. Rick and Patricia were very professional and personable to work with. However, I do have one complaint. I had coordinated with them to deliver the florals (at the least my bouquet and wedding party flowers by a specific time due to the fact we were getting pictures done before the wedding). However, they were 3 hours late and we were not able to take as many photos as we hoped. I was very disappointed as the rest of my experience with them up to that point had been really great.

We loved working with Avant Gardens who provided all the flowers and the lighting for my daughter's wedding ceremony and reception! Rick and Patricia listened to our vision of an English garden theme and they came through with the most beautiful flower centerpieces and table decor - guests are still commenting on our flowers! From the bridal bouquet and floral arrangements in the church to the Flower Girl's hair wreath of pink spray roses, all the flowers were perfectly fresh and delivered on time without any problems. They were a joy to work with and we highly recommend them.

I looooved Avant Gardens. They went the extra mile to make our wedding everything we wanted and more. Their ideas were unique, creative, and absolutely beautiful. I would work with them again in a heartbeat!!

Rick and the rest of the team at Avant Gardens was amazing! I wanted a vintage/eclectic feel to our wedding and they definately made it happen. I was absolutely thrilled to see everything set up because it was exactly as I had hoped. I absolutey recommend working with Avant gardens, especially if you want someone capable of delivering a look with more individuality.

I enjoyed working with Rick he was very patient with me. I was on a very tight budget and he worked things out and all my flowers were absolutely beautiful, his help and suggestions were great. The flowers stayed fresh for a week. My only problem was I couldn't take my arrangements home because I live in Chicago and my wedding was held in Miami.

Avant gardens was awesome on our wedding day. Everything looked beautiful, and they were completely hassle free to deal with. They are the only vendor we used that I was 100% happy with and I highly recommend them!

Rick is awesome, but forgot to wrap the inside of the vases of my low centerpieces. it's not a huge deal but I was disappointed, not to mention the fact that my mom was livid. But that was the worst part of my wedding day, so I got over it pretty fast. Flowers were gorgeous though!

Avant Garde was recommended to us by the hotel. They were great and I would recommend them again! They really worked with us to accommodate our budget and still delivered super quality flowers. They were able to take my vision and make it more beautiful than I could imagine.

I could never in a millions years imagine what was going to be provided - they truly out-did themselves on our flowers... they were gorgeuos - I wish they would live forever! The flowers will be an image of the wedding I will never forget! Thanks AVANT!

Everything looked perfect...they created the most amazing centerpieces for us that really made the whole room. The showroom has a ton of stuff which is great inspiration! They worked within our budget to create a really unique look and we were thrilled with how everything turned out.

Great vendor! Rick and his team did an amazing job at my event. Not only were they creative in what the delivered, but they are wonderful people ready to help and very understanding with demanding brides.

Gorgeous arrangments! Great people to work with! Loved everything overall! They know what they're doing! Highly recommended!

The flowers were modern and absoluetly gorgeous! The flowers and their shop looked like something we couldn't afford but they will work with you on any budget! Their style was right in sync with mine and after showing them a few pictures of things I liked, it seemed they really knew what I was looking for! I couldn't have been happier!

Richard Interian and the staff from Avant Gardens,

Our experience with Avant Gardens has been the most phenomenal and invigorating experience ever. Rick’s professionalism, ease and excitement towards his work gave us reassurance and encouragement. His work speaks for itself. It’s exceptional and definitely distinctive unlike any other. From the very first moment we saw his work, we were sold. At that moment, we knew that we had found the perfect florist.

Thank you, Rick and the staff from Avant Gardens for the best experience of our lives. You are truly the best!



David and Noelle

So artistic and easy to work with! Rick was so helpful and talented! Everyone still talks about my flowers!

RICK WAS AWESOME

Avant Gardens is a great vendor, not only are they very professional, but also incredibly talented and creative. Their design are always innovative and unique.
It is always a pleasure working with them.

Love Love Love Avant Gardens!

Excellent Vendor, highly recommended!

Rick & his team at Avant Gardens are a must see for your event. They can provide you with a wide array of beautiful floral decor to compliment your event. Make sure you visit their storefront as you are sure to find many unique treasures for your home and or event. Thanks for always exceeding my clients expectations!