Debbie's Designs

Debbie was supposed to provide flowers for my wedding, which was scheduled to take place on August 28, 2011—the day that Hurricane Irene hit the NYC area. Several days before the wedding, we were unfortunately forced to postpone the event. All of our vendors, except Debbie were extremely understanding and accommodating. Debbie, however, made our lives a nightmare. She was angry when we rescheduled, but agreed to provide flowers for new date. However, after the hurricane when we tried to reach her by phone and email for days to discuss the details of the new wedding date, she was totally nonresponsive. None of our messages were ever returned. My mother finally tracked her down on her personal cell phone less than a week before our new wedding date. During the conversation she agreed to provide the flowers and did not mention anything about an additional fee. Then several days later, she called demanding an additional $3000 saying that if we did not pay it, she wouldn’t do our wedding! Notably, even before the hurricane debacle, Debbie was nearly impossible to reach and both she and her staff were unresponsive to emails. Debbie also was annoyed when we politely asked for a breakdown of the costs of certain items we wanted. We soon learned that she’s also an explosive, unprofessional, and highly unethical businesswoman. Debbie left us several days before our wedding without a florist. While her arrangements may be pretty and her prices aren’t exorbitant, they are nothing you can’t find elsewhere and certainly not worth the terrible customer service you must endure. Please proceed with caution!

One of the Best!No Complaints !

Debbie was a pleasure to work with. She has a great talent with flowers. The church looked beautiful and our reception hall was immaculate. Debbie was able to incorporate everything we wanted into the center pieces and bouqets.

My daughter just got married in the city on Sunday. The venue (Gotham Hall) is very special, but no one can stop talking about the spectacular, beautiful and totally awesome chuppah and floral arrangements! Debbie is just wonderful to work with! She is has such a creative and artistic vision, while being super attentive to all the details. Everything is quality, quality, quality. She took our original vision to a whole new level. I was so moved and excited when I saw the room set up that I almost cried! If you are getting married -this is the place to come to!!!!

I learned about Debbie's Designs through Seasons where I was having my wedding. From the first meeting I felt their event designer understood the vision we were working towards. In addition there were two other differences in service that made me more comfortable working with Debbie's Designs than another florist. 1) They made a mock up of a centerpiece for me to see in advance before I put down a deposit. From this I asked for a few simple tweaks to the arrangements, but was thoroughly impressed with what I saw. I had described an organic, tree-like structure with some moss with some scattered flowers in the branches and some battery powered treelights on high, and some lower centerpieces with greens browns and purples. They hit the nail on the head. 2) they requested I would come in the day before the wedding to see the bouquets to ensure they were ok before they were fully prepared so any changes could be made. As they said, 99% of the time there are no problems, but 1% someone wants something removed, etc. I fell into the 99% who loved, the bouquets. my guests all commented on how much they loved the florals and how great they thought the ceremony looked with the arch. I thought the price was good for the amount I was getting and the quality of the florals. I'd had higher and lower quotes, and this seemed priced appropriately for what i was recieving. I would highly recommend Debbie's for floral design for weddings. They also pointed me to a terrific DJ.

Debbie and her team are AMAZING!!! Debbie is so sweet and listened to all of my ideas. She took my vision and turned my wedding into a fairytale. Everything was incredible!!! The chuppah was incredible! The bouquets were incredible! Everything was just perfect!! The centerpieces were gorgeous and exactly what I had wanted. The ceremony set up was beautiful and romantic. Debbie Design's was so easy to work with and made me feel at ease from the moment I walked into their office. The flowers were so fresh. Many of them lasted until we returned home from our honeymoon - two weeks after our wedding. Debbie's Designs is the BEST!!!!

Debbie has done every major event in our family for the past 10+ years. She's awesome. I love how our flowers came out and I love her thoughts. When I changed my mind not long before, she was perfectly accomodating with no problems.

I Highly recommend Debbie and her team. They were able to totally understand my vision and make it a reality... Debbie's heart is into every wedding she does, and that truly shows with the outcome of her beautiful flowers and designs. Roberta works with debbie and is GREAT. She has also helped me along the way thru it all. Hands down, my flowers were AMAZING and they made my night so special. I highly recommend.

This was a referral from Tina LaMorte. This was my 3rd florist but they say the 3rd times a charm & it sure was!! We 1st hired Floral Designs by Cindy but I realized that I was not able to get the most bang for my buck. I know her work is amazing & her quality is great! She & I had a great relationship but in the end, we had to look out for our budget. I would recommend Cindy if you have budget because you will not be disappointed. So…since money was an issue we booked AW Florist. Adam was great to work with overall. I had no problems with him until a few months before our wedding. We saw his work and we were not pleased. I was going to stay w/him because he had most of our money but MH said no way. He told me that we needed to cancel our contract b/c he did not want to see me stressed out on our wedding day. So, with the help of Tina La Morte and MH they both called Adam he gave us our money back. Adam was very professional. I would NOT recommend him. NOW – On to Debbie’s Design. Tina knew I was worried because here I was 8 weeks before our wedding and NO florist!! She gave me a few people to call and Debbie was on her list. Budget wise, yeah, we had to increase our budget a bit. I ended up working with Pam who is a DOLL!!! I had no pictures to show her but I explained what I wanted. ALSO, what I loved about this vendor is that they leave no surprises. They ask that you go to see a sample centerpiece and bouquets the day before the wedding. When I walked into her store the day before our wedding I CRIED!! The flowers were amazing. Ladies – I was like –WHAT!! These are MY flowers! NO F’ing WAY!!! MY FLOWERS!!! I cried like a damn baby! Pam just out did herself. She took my idea & vision & just made a beautiful work of art. The women was so patience. She gave me her cell # to call her w/any questions while she was on vacation. Well, I didn’t bother her on vacation but I did call her to talk about some new ideas I had & she was amazing. I have nothing but great things to say about them. Also, Primavera asked them for their business card b/c they said they have never seen their ballroom look amazing! This was another vendor that my mom was blown away. She told me during cocktail hr. “I don’t know what you paid for these flowers but whatever it was, it was worth it. You should hear what people are saying when they walk into that room.” The flowers lasted almost 1.5 wks. Actually, my bouquet & a few calla’s lasted even 2 wks after I came back from my HM! These are true artist! They are not the most expensive nor the cheapest but I felt w/them I got the most bang for my buck! OH –I have to also mention, even the MEN noticed my centerpieces! MEN!! That spoke volumes to me. I had my friends husband & boyfriends coming up & telling me they never seen flowers like these before. I know people say not to spend money on flowers but keeping it real, they totally create the ambiance in the room! I just loved them! I can go on & on..they are amazing!!!