City of Commerce Flowers

i am very picky when it comes to flowers. however, i didn't want to spend a fortune on something that would not last nor would my budget allow for me to use my dream floral design studios. i had a very tight budget for the scale of our wedding and the amount of flowers i wanted. eddie was the only florist i found who could do everything i wanted, and then some, within my budget. while i had a very clear, specific direction prepared prior to meeting with any florists, i also wanted creative input and suggestions. eddie was able to fill in the gaps for me and round out my vision. he also duly noted and respected nitpicky details i wanted changed at our mockup meeting (which occurs before signing a contract or handing over a deposit at commerce flowers). despite being a rather large shop that does many weddings a weekend, they do take care of you through their personable and attentive customer service.

although i was a bit disappointed that the corsages and bouts were not what we had originally planned, eddie did warn me from our initial consultation that the exact flowers i wanted were difficult for him to source at that time of year. he called me as soon as he knew about the lack of availability and suggested what sounded like a great substitute at the time. when the personal flowers were delivered to my hotel room (ahead of schedule, i should note), i realized i had misunderstood the types of substitute flowers we had discussed on the phone. one quick phone call and barely over an hour later, we had new flowers in the correct color. he also let us keep the "wrong" colored flowers, so our extended family and musicians got flowers, too!

We just met with Eddie yesterday, for our consultation. I liked him immediately - he is genuinely friendly, and clearly loves his work. He was organized and patient, and spent well over an hour with us, just chatting about our wedding. I'm sure he's done it hundreds of times but he never seemed bored or impatient. It was fun to tell him all about my "vision" and he seemed to understand everything right away. He also drew pictures of my ideas which was really cool to watch, and that just enforced to me that he really understood what I wanted.

The quote we received was extremely reasonable - less than I thought - and he never made us feel bad about having to stick to a budget. He even gave us tips on how we could save money. Such a nice guy - after meeting him, I can't imagine going elsewhere. AND (since yesterday was the final game between Lakers/Celtics), he even turned on the game for FI to watch on a mini TV he had set up next to our table! FI absolutely LOVED that! hehe.

I'll update after our follow-up meeting (where he shows us a mockup of our centerpiece and a BM bouquet), but I'm 99% sure we'll book them.

UPDATE (7/14/08) - We just booked Eddie today. I was a little disappointed that he forgot to make our mockup of the bridesmaid bouquet, but the pomander ball he made for our centerpieces was really cute. I think he could tell I was a little sad, so he tried really hard to make me feel better and promised to make a mockup closer to our wedding date, when ranunculus comes into season. I'm still confident that Eddie will do a great job on our wedding day. I'll update again after the wedding!

Eddie and the City of Commerce Flowers team were easily one of my favorite vendors to work with. Eddie made my vision for the wedding come alive and better than I could possibly imagine. Flowers were the one area I was willing to splurge on. Luckily it turned out to be very reasonably priced. Believe me, I looked around at at least 5 different florists. They all wanted to charge me over $2500 for my smallish wedding. Besides the unbeatible prices, Eddie provided wonderful customer service. They were the only florist that allowed me to look at the mockup of a centerpiece and bm bouquet without booking! I was also able to take home the bouquet for free (I love all things free :) They just made everything incredibly convenient for us on our wedding day. First by sending out two separate delivery trucks, one for our personal flowers to be delivered to our hotel rooms and the second to the ceremony and reception. Later they picked up all the rental items immediately after the wedding for free. The flowers were abundant and they even threw in extras including an arrangement for our sweetheart table. They really are the best in the SoCal Floral industry!

WOW!!!! I still can’t believe how beautiful our flowers were. I wanted to make sure that I was able to find a vendor that could produce something unique and beautiful. Eddie was able to do that for me. You get plenty of flowers for your money and everyone is super nice. Eddie went above and beyond. Commerce Flowers really outdid themselves. They delivered our personal flowers earlier that morning to my hotel room. I was a little disappointed when they arrived because the BM flowers were not exactly the way I wanted them, but after looking at them a bit, they were still beautiful. Eddie was amazing. He went out of his way to find the perfect shade of orange roses for me during our planning process. Throughout the night, I constantly got tremendous compliments on how beautiful the flowers were. When I first arrived at the museum, I was blown away at how beautiful they were. The manzanita branches were breathtaking, the low centerpieces were bigger and better than my mock ups, and the pomander balls were full with flowers. What’s great about Commerce is that they will do prototype centerpieces for you before you even book with them. They want to make sure that you will be happy with what you’re paying for. Most places will only do this for you after you pay your deposit with them. No wonder they don't need advertising. They get their business through word of mouth.

I highly recommend City of Commerce Flowers! They are great to work with, have affordable prices, have attention to detail and deliver high end products! I can't recommend the enough!

Let me say, that my flowers were just beautiful! I HIGHLY recommend them! They are also affordable! We looked at other florists and City of Commerce quoted us much less than others. Not only is it less expensive, the customer service and attention to detail is great. Eddie is so nice, and he is always aiming to please. On the day of my wedding, he personally delivered my bouquet to me and everything looked awesome! All flowers were just as they should've been! They overexceeded my expectations! DEFINITELY would recommend them!

I worked with Eddie from start to finish and he was just wonderful. First of all, their prices were great! I quoted other places and they were unbeatable! I had emailed the photo to Eddie and they copied it exactly the way I wanted it. He always returned my calls, answered my questions, faxed me info, etc… very great. I was so happy when I saw it.

Eddie was, by far, one of our favorite vendors to work with! He even gave me a nice talk to help put our wedding day in perspective and calm my nerves days before the wedding. He is detail-oriented and knows what he's doing. City of Commerce did a mock-up of our BM bouquet and centerpiece even before taking our deposit. Eddie also did a mock-up of our church pew decoration after I expressed some concerns about the size of it. If you pay with cash, you can negotiate the price of your floral arrangements as we did.

Eddie is a wonderful vendor! Before you even book with him, he makes a sample centerpiece and bridesmaids' bouquet that you get to take home for free! No other florist we interviewed offered this. He really listens to what you want for your wedding, but also adds suggestions without being pushy. A bonus: he's VERY reasonably priced. We booked with him and are excited to see our flowers on our wedding day this summer!

Update: Eddie is AMAZING! I am so glad we hired him. The flowers at my wedding were even better than I envisioned. I got so many compliments on my flowers. They really made my wedding!

City of Commerce Flowers was my favorite wedding vendor (along with my photographer). I worked with Eddie to plan the details of my wedding and he is so good at what he does. He has a lot of experience with weddings so he is very helpful when it comes to planning the perfect flowers, offering suggestions, etc. He is also very patient (our meetings would run for hours) and just an all around nice guy. He made mockups of both my centerpiece and bridesmaid bouquet before my wedding which was incredibly helpful. They did this at no charge! I was even more impressed with Commerce Flowers and with Eddie on my actual wedding day (when it really matters) because the flowers, decorations and bouquets were more gorgeous than I expected. They seriously blew me away on the day of and I received many compliments on how beautiful the flowers looked. I researched many different florists in the area, and I'm so glad I booked Commerce Flowers. They do superior work at very reasonable prices. It's no wonder they are the top rated wedding florist on Project Wedding - they are experts! I highly recommend Commerce Flowers!

Eddie and his team were absolutely incredible. The flowers were stunning, I could not have been happier with the bouquets, corsages/bouts, and the ceremony area decorations. And the centerpieces, they were amazing, everyone (including my very discerning mother-in-law) was very complimentary. They even added flowers to my cake, which turned out so beautifully. Eddie has a good eye and makes a lot of good recommendations. And even though my husband and I weren't too concerned about costs, Eddie always tried to minimize it for us. The flowers turned out to be an absolutely bargain. So for great service and gorgeous flowers at a steal, don't go anywhere else!

I HAVE NOT YET BOOKED A FLORIST FOR MY WEDDING. However, I do want to say that Eddie has been extremely helpful with the consultation process and worked with me a lot on my ideas. He made a mock up of a bridesmaid bouquet for our second consultation, and when I saw that the colors were slightly off he offered to make me a sample centerpiece mock up and had it delivered to my house!! FOR FREE!! WITHOUT HAVING EVEN BOOKED YET! I mean its really unbelievably generous of him, and I just wanted to let brides know how nice he is to work with and that he does try hard to please you. I am having a hard time choosing who to book because I have met many awesome and talented florists and am waiting to see another mock up before deciding. But any bride who works with Eddie is surely lucky.

My flowers were absolutely amazing!!!! Eddie is the nicest guy and was able to create exactly what I was looking for! He did a mockup of a centerpiece and bridesmaid bouquet before I put down a deposit. I also had a very small budget and he gave me so much to fit within that budget. My centerpieces were full and beautiful and my bouquet was breathtaking. Eddie gave me unbeatable prices and the most beautiful flowers I have ever seen! nuff said!

Great price and beautiful flowers. They are really good at working with your ideas. (I bought 3 bouquets, 3 boutoniers, bridal bouquet, groom boutonier, 3 in-law corsages and 1 in-law boutonier.)

Our flowers for our wedding were beautiful!! Eddie did an excellent job and couldn't be more helpful. We had a mock up of the centerpiece and we did not like some of the flowers, so the following day he had a new centerpiece delivererd to my mom's job so we can see if this is what we envisioned. I could not believe that they delivered the centerpiece, great service!!! On the day of the wedding, the centerpieces, corsages, boutineeres and the boquets were all beautiful! People kept talking after the wedding about how beautiful the flowers were. I highly recommend commerce flowers!!!

City of Commerce Flowers is awesome! They are incredibly affordable for the beautiful work that they do. And just as important, their customer service is amazing. Eddie is super-nice and really helpful in helping to design the right look for centerpieces and bouquets.

He is also great at helping you stay within your budget. After he drew up an estimate for my wedding, we realized that we were over my budget. Rather than scrap any part of the plan, he just modified various items to make them slightly cheaper and ended up being well-within my budget with arrangements that I found to be incredible. Paying with cash/check also saved us some.

His delivery people were all really nice, prompt and professional. All the personal flowers (bouquets and boutonnières) were promptly delivered hours before the ceremony for pre-ceremony photos and to make sure we had enough time in case we needed more or anything needed to be altered.

Overall, the arrangements and personal flowers were more amazing than I thought possible given the budgetary constraints we had and their professionalism exceeded all my expectations. Highly, highly recommend them!!

I recommend City of Commerce Flowers because their arrangements are really wonderful and yet inexpensive. Nice working with you!