Flowerthyme

I would only recommend this vendor to someone who knows all exactly what they want and have pictures to provide for the florist to follow, or someone who wants something beautiful, but has no vision in their head what they want it to look like. My flowers looked beautiful on my wedding day, but almost none of the items were as requested. I had submerged flowers down my aisle, and after we had met in person and talked on the phone about staggering the flower heights, all were cut to the top of the vase. Also, those vases were definitely shorter than the ones we had seen during our consultation. My wedding colors were purple and blue, but pink was definitely the predominant flower color. From the blooming branches (which were gorgeous and I was fine being pink, we weren't specific), to the "purple" (pinkish purple) tulips, to the bridal party bouquets which had a ton of pink and almost no blue, SO much pink. She did bring extra flowers for the centerpieces and asked me if I wanted her to put them in, which were beautiful. The flowers ended up in several places and did not following the very explicit directions I sent, not that anyone noticed but me. Also, almost all of our boutonnieres fell apart some time during the day, and the MOG complained to me that by the time she sat in her seat at the ceremony her corsage was already clearly dying on her wrist. I had to keep correcting mistakes, and often re-corrected old mistakes when she sent me or was looking at older invoices. Again, the day of our wedding and all our flowers were beautiful, but not the vision that I had had and thought communicated to the florist.

Joy, owner of Flowerthyme, promised us the moon and instead "mooned" us. As the mother of the bride, I had NO flowers. I specifically ordered a wrist corsage as my gown as strapless - Joy delivered a pin-on corsage for me and could not be bothered to track down the wedding party later in the day so that I had some pop of color in at least one of the photos. Flower girl flowerballs were horrific - the flowers kept falling out of one and the other was brown and wilted by reception time. Followed up with Joy with an email and received snarky "it is what it is" response - stay AWAY from this vendor. Oh yes, and she required full payment one week before the wedding as opposed to final payment upon SUCCESSFUL delivery of what we ordered.

Flowerthyme, was very helpful in helping my Daughter and I choose the perfect colors of flowers that my daughter had imagined for her wedding The Bridal Bouqets, maid of Honor,maids, even the diffirent types of colors for my Mothers Dress. Outstanding!! The boutiniers were so perfect Joy at Flowerthyme wrapped them with matching colors of the dresses. Very Pleased with the personal touch.

My husband and I were lucky enough to find Flowerthyme for our wedding in Jamestown, RI this past October (2012). We worked with Joy who was an absolute pleasure, fun, professional and super easy to work with. Her flowers were absolutely over the top beautiful, and gave our wedding the vintage-romantic feel we were looking for. I whole heartedly recommend Flowerthyme and can't thank them enough!!

The only reason I gave one star was because the flowers that arrived at my wedding were beautiful and they were affordable. Had we known the reason for the affordable prices, we would have used someone else. This company was hired for a service; we ordered and were promised flowers that never arrived. The flowers that didn't arrive were for my mother, mothering-law, grandmothers, godmother and my throwing bouquet.
Joy, the owner, was helpful during the decision making process and after that wasn't always reachable for assistance.
On the day of our wedding, 20 mins before the ceremony, we realized the flowers for the women were never delivered. I, the bride, called and emailed Joy with no response. I was hoping Joy would get the message and deliver the flowers at some point during the night, but the flowers never showed up and I did not receive a response at all.
Four days later, I received an email from Joy explaining that there was a mix-up; and told us that this would never happen again - except this didn't help us. All of the important women in our lives are in pictures without flowers and we are forever reminded of this 'mix-up'.
I had been waiting to write this review to see if Joy would try to make this situation better, but since there has been no effort on her part, I would not recommend Flowerthyme. As a bride, you do not want to worry about anything on your wedding day and you cannot trust this vendor.

Joy Rich at FlowerThyme was great to work with. All of the flowers were SO beautiful and were exactly what I had imagined for my wedding day. She has a great team who dropped everything off to each of our locations and even moved the flowers from the chapel to the reception venue between the service and cocktail hour so that I could save money by reusing the decorations. She was a bit unresponsive at times to emails, but I think only because she is so busy.. which is merely a reflection of her pure talent and creative genius! She has a great website, and you can follow her on Pinterest too, which is especially helpful to start doing before you meet with her. She'll follow you too and use your pins to get a sense of what you're looking to see in your bouquets and decorations. Bottom line, she's awesome, and she does amazing work!

Joy was very quick to respond to any phone calls or emails. My flowers came out amazing!

Joy, was simply amazing. My flowers were just stunning. Joy always returned my emails and phone calls within a reasonable amount of time. She was flexible and a pleasure to work with. She is creative and willing to try out some options before the big day! I cannot say enough about my flowers, I loved them!

Joy was awesome!! I sent her pictures of bouquets I liked and she worked her magic. They were unbelievably perfect. I loved how soft and romantic the flowers were.

Joy has the gift of understanding colors, style, and vibe to create the perfect floral combination for a wedding! We were so happy with our bouquets, arrangements, and decorations, and Joy did a fantastic job incorporating flowers that we love with the vision we had for our wedding. She is professional, creative, and a pleasure to work with.

Joy and her staff were so amazing for our July 3rd wedding! She was directly on point with what we were looking for! She was so sweet and professional! I cannot imagine using anyone else for our florist! I knew from the moment that I met her that she was the person I had been looking for. Her ideas were so amazing and the end result was more than we could have asked for! She took my ideas and put them together beautifully and really added to the whole feel of the day! We had such a beautiful day and her and her staff helped to make it that way! I would recommend this company to anyone looking for a florist for their special event. They are so responsive and flexible during the hectic time that comes along with wedding planning. I met many florists during my search for the "perfect one" and Joy was hands down the best! Such beautiful work! I loved every aspect of it!!!! Ashley and Adam Whispering Pines, RI July 3rd, 2012 <3

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful! I have always been an admirer of Joy's work, and was elated when I found she was available to do my wedding. We had bright pink peonies on all of our tables, as well as for the bridal party bouquets! She was very accommodating, helpful, and honest. Our flowers were picture perfect, I couldn't have asked for anything better.

Joy was a pleasure to work with from the moment we met her. She is unbelievably creative and is very knowledgeable and experienced in the wedding industry. She asked us all the right questions during the planning process and was very responsive.
I had a certain vision for how I wanted my flowers, centerpieces, and mantle pieces to look on my wedding day, and Joy exceeded my expectations with flying colors!
I would HIGHLY recommend Joy to any bride getting married in the RI/New England area. You will love working with her and will be undoubtedly excited when you see the way your flowers & centerpieces come out on your wedding day!! :-)

Joy did a beautiful job with the flowers at the church and the reception. My bouquet was so beautiful, and the table centerpieces were EXACTLY what I wanted. I was so excited when I first walked into the reception hall.....and my guests were all excited to take the pieces home! She did an amazing job. I could not have asked for anything more. My wedding was perfect, and we really appreciated all she did to help make it the perfect day!

Flowerthyme is simply THE BEST! The service is impeccable, and the arrangements are just gorgeous! Everyone complemented us on how beautiful our decor was- from the bouquets to the arrangements, everything was done impeccably and with such an eye for detail. Working with Joy was a pleasure, and she was able to listen to my ideas and make them a reality. We couldn't have been more pleased!!!!

Joy was a pleasure to work with! She was so helpful when I needed to narrow my ideas, chose colors and decide what would work well together. The flowers for my wedding were stunning and the centerpieces were just so beautiful too! She is so creative and artistic. Her touches really helped tie the room together. She was a wonderful florist to work with and I will be highly recommending her to all my friends!

I loved working with Joy, she listened to what I was looking for. Our wedding was in October and I was unable to get my favorite flower, peonies, so we had opted to use garden roses intead. The problem was they were just coming out and in to season, so Joy had gone through 3 different suppliers to find the most perfet garden roses. She inclded all of the minor details that I asked for and was able to do everything under the price we first established (although she didn't even break even due to the flower problem). I forgot to order my flowers until a week or two before my wedding, and Joy still came through!

Joy with Flowerthyme did a wonderful job for our wedding. During planning I felt like she really understood my "vision" for floral - with the overall concept and color scheme. She special ordered some gorgeous vases for our centerpieces that made everything really special. She had great enthusiasm and insights as we were planning, and the wedding-day floral looked beautiful!!

Joy was a pleasure to work with and her arrangements are so beautiful. She was always accomodating to schedule visits and gave prompt feedback whenever I would send her pictures of ideas through email. She understood after meeting a few times exactly the style I had wanted.

Joy is awesome! I had a very specific look I was going for (vintage/eclectic) and she hit it. My bouquet had dahlias, david austen roses, billy balls, lambs ear it was the most beautiful bouquet I've ever seen!

2 days before the wedding I dropped off two huge boxes and about 4 bags of vintage books, milk glass vases, mason jars, burlap banners, colored glass sorbet cups...I had no idea how it would all come out, because it looked like a pile of junk in my living room! The way she took everything and put it together was amazing... She also took some of my ideas and added the necessary details in order to make everything look cohesive, and it did. Not to mention she was extremely affordable! We couldn't have been happier :)

I dont even know where to start here! The flowers Joy at Flowerthyme provided for my wedding were absolutely stunning. I met with Joy to discuss my ideas and right away she totally understood my vision. She incorporated a sentimental family broache onto my bouquet, it was absolutely beautiful. After seeing the bouquets I thought it couldnt get any better-but Joy out did herself at the church. The flowers literally took my breath away, they were stunning. I couldnt be any happier! The centerpieces were EVEN more amazing.. everything was just perfect.. absolutely beautiful Thank you Joy for listening to my vision and truly bringing it to life!!

Joy was fabulous to work with! I loved everything she did for our wedding! The flowers were gorgeous, and she also did the arbor we got married under...it looked amazing! I really didn't even give her much guidance (I trusted her for the beginning), and I swear I could not have been happier with the way everything turned out. I would recommend Flowerthyme to anyone.

Joy did an absolutely wonderful job! She captured my vision and took it above and beyond. I really loved how she used the dark purple and hot pink colors together and integrated all of the different flower types. It was amazing how much they made the room and bridesmaid's black dresses pop! The flowers lasted a really long time and I could even use them at a day after party. Thank you Joy for making my day perfect!

Outstanding.

Joy did a great job on the flowers. On our first meeting she quoted me a price (which is the typical price, but not the one I wanted to pay). So I told her what I wanted to pay, she told me what she could do for that price and I had exactly what I wanted.

Also, the DIY center pieces last minute did not work out. So a week before the wedding, we asked her if she could do the simple center pieces and of course without hesitation she did them, added them write to the order.

The bouqet flowers start to wilt by the middle of the evening. Probably because it was July and hydrangeas do not last in the heat. But they were...

My husband and I celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary and we retook our vows. We never had a big wedding and decided now we would have one with all the hoopla. We chose Flowerthyme to provide our flowers. They were perfect and the owner, Joy, and her staff were a delight to work with. Everything was just the way we planned and the flowers were absolutely over the top gorgeous. I've always used Flowerthyme for all my arrangements for the past 23 years and she did not disappoint for this special event of ours. I always recommend her to all my friends. Thank you so much!

Joy is FABULOUS! She does an amazing job with flowers, truly knows her business inside and out, and really listens to what you want. Given that I'm not a big flower person, she was incredibly helpful and asked me to bring a picture of my dress and talk about my broader "vision." She then suggested a few things, we discussed them, and she went off and made it happen and the end product was exactly what I had been wanting (but couldn't have verbalized myself!). She also was able to help us use some of the flowers from the rehearsal dinner at the actual reception, which we all thought worked really well and saved my husband and I money. Working with Joy is such an easy decision - you won't be sorry!!

Joy at Flower Thyme was great to work with. I was having my wedding on Block Island which posed a challenge to get all of my flowers over there. She was incredible as she even coordinated the delivery of the flowers to come over with my hair and makeup vendors to make things easy. She did an incredible job on my bouquet! I described what I wanted and it turned out more beautiful than I had imagined. She also worked with my by letting me purchase hydrangeas from her wholesale so I could put them together myself (well family and bridesmaids did) for the church which helped me keep my costs down greatly. She came in under budget! I definitely recommend.

Joy helped us put together some gorgeous bouquets and perfect decorations. One of my favorite idea's came from Joy. Which was luminary bags for our walk from the reception to the campfire. Everyone loved all the flowers and our day was perfect. I highly recommend flower thyme !

My Daughter Emily's wedding was 6-19-2010. We were so very lucky to find Flowerthyme. Joy the owner of Flowerthyme made us feel like we were the only Mother and Daughter she was working with.

She took our ideas and favorites and put together a product that took my breath away. She made sure she walked thru our wedding location and church. She was patient, returned every phone call, and emails.

Joy is very talented and truly loves her work. And something so very important Joy never pushed the envelope for spending. Just look at her work it speaks volumes about her talents.

I can't say enough about Joy! The flowers she created for my June wedding were everything i asked for and more. From the moment i met her i knew she understood what i had in mind and the final product was PERFECT! I would recommend FlowerThyme to everybody! Thank you Joy.

Joy was a pleasure to work with, I would recommend her in a heart beat! We used peonies for the bouquets (bride-white, 8 bridesmaids- pink) and they came out GORGEOUS!!!

I just used FlowerThyme for my wedding in May and was so happy with the way everything turned out! Joy was very easy to work with, as I was planning from a distance, and was very responsive via phone and email. She was also able to understand my vision even though I didn't know much about flowers when we started and easily worked within my budget. My bouquet, the centerpieces, and especially the flowers in the church were just gorgeous! I would highly recommend FlowerThyme as I feel that I got very high quality flowers for a reasonable price, and also got to work with great people!

I was so impressed with my flowers when I saw them on my wedding day! Joy was great to work with and she had so many good ideas throughout the planning process. She also had tons of budget, luminary and candle suggestions! I was floored and my guests were all talking about how awesome the flowers looked. I would highly recommend!

I loved my flowers! I had never seen anything exactly like I wanted for either bridal or bridesmaid bouquet so I couldn�t really provide any pictures to flowerthyme as inspiration, I just had to describe the best I could! But they pulled through and everything looked perfect! We got from them bridal bouquet, bridesmaids bouquets, bouts, floral centerpiece at church, throwaway bouquet and pew ribbons. They were on time, set everything up, no complaints.

Flowerthyme is an amazing florist! Both of our families have used Flowerthyme for over ten years. Joy has an amazing eye and can capture exactly what it is a customer is looking for and create the most breathtaking pieces. She worked diligently to create the right look, color and flower choices that we wanted. Her and her staff arrived on time the day of the wedding and the flowers brought tears to my eyes. We can't thank Flowerthyme enough for transforming our ceremony and reception area to something out of a fairy tale. I would recommend Flowerthyme to anyone- service, expertise and results were amazing! Thanks for all your hard work Flowerthyme!

Joy at FlowerThyme was an absolute pleasure to work with. She had great ideas, a warm and caring personality and an incredible sense of style. All of the flowers were beautiful and I got lots of compliments on them. She delivered the flowers to my hotel room and then set up everything up at the ceremony location and reception hall. I can't say enough good things about FlowerThyme. I absolutely recommend them!

Joy did a great job with the flowers. She was able to work with our schedule and the flowers were fantastic. Highly recommend her!

We worked with both Joy and Annie in selecting the flowers for our wedding and the results were amazing! from the church flowers to our bouquets to the reception decor Flowerthyme was able to take my vision, add their own ideas and create a masterpiece! (all on budget)!

Joy and Annie were just a pleasure to work with. They were kind enough to take us on for a Valentine's Day wedding! I had a vision for my bouquet and they made it come to life - just beautiful! Very elegant and romantic - everything we wanted! I love their flair for making things your own and unique!

Flowerthyme did an excellent job with our wedding and reception. The flowers were just what I wanted, and they really listened to our needs because I could not find one problem with anything. I would highly recommend them.

Joy was a pleasure to work with and personally took the time (during busy Mother's Day season) to meet with us and discuss all of our options. She has a lot of personal flair and warmth which is reflected in her unique decor options (such as the hanging candles and herb bunches for the pews.) She has a very good local reputation and beautiful storefront. She will with you to create a mood and is very passionate about mixing colors and flowers to create a unique impression.

Joy is great to work with. She knew our venue and made so many suggestions that when I saw them the day of the wedding, were just as I had envisioned the room to look like. She even got me the peonies I wanted before they were in season. She brought extra flowers in case something didn't look perfect.

Flowerthyme made my wedding day perfect! The flowers were everything I wanted and more. The attention to detail was amazing. They made my dream wedding better than I could have ever dream of. Also, they have reasonable prices and can work with anyone's budget. Joy and all the girls were wonderful to work with and I highly, highly recommend them. Thank you to all the girls at flowerthyme.

Joy always creates the most beautiful floral arrangements. She continually amazes me! She is wonderful to work with!

FLOWERTHYME, Joy is a very gifted woman. She does a great job in her choices of decorating,and making your day a memorable one. She plans with care and style you would not regret using her for your wedding plans.

A wonderful florist. Whenever we're at a wedding we too stop to smell the flowers- Flowerthyme's arrangements are always so fresh and pretty. our clients love them.

Joy's flowers and arrangements are breathtakingly beautiful! She is incredibly professional, dependable, super creative and she's an absolute pleasure to work with. We never have to worry about anything when Flowerthyme is the florist for an event!

We worked with Flowerthyme on a wedding in Narragansett. Joy and her staff were very friendly and responded to any questions the Bride, Mother of the Bride or I had in a timely fashion. I did not hear one complaint form anyone involved in the wedding. The flowers for the wedding were amazing and fit the style of the wedding perfectly. It was a pleasure to work with everyone at Flowerthyme.

Gorgeous, fresh, unique and stylish.......I love Joy's work...her designs are always so well planned and impressive.....I have worked on a number of wedding where Joy was the florist and there was never a wilted petal in sight.....every detail was considered and nothing overlooked...you will be absolutely thrilled with your wedding needs fulfilled by Flowerthyme!!
Victoria Kenyon,
ToriaDolce Fine Desserts & Wedding Cakes

Joy and Annie do such an amazing job! Lush bouquets, stunning centerpieces and the ability to transform a space make Flowerthyme one of our favorite vendors. They are so attentive to detail and are very easy to work with. We work in conjunction with a lot of other vendors, but it is always such a pleasure to see the Flowerthyme ladies do such beautiful work!

I love Flowerthyme! Joy Rich creates simply gorgeous arrangments. Most importantly she takes the time to listen to her clients and offers years of experience. Joy is so easy to work with , her professionailsm and warm personality make everyone feel at ease. I am confident that any bride that chooses Flowerthyme will have an amazing experience with Joy and a lifetime of beautiful photos to reflect upon.

Not only am I a professional wedding vendor that has worked closely with with Joy and the talented staff at Flowerthyme for years, but I am also a client! Joy created the bouquets and floral arrangements for my wedding 10 years ago and they were stunning. I wanted flowers that looked like someone had just picked them out of a garden and that is exactly what they created - and they had a "beachy" feel for our beach wedding. Her work remains consistently beautiful, and she and her staff are a pleasure to work with. I highly recommend Flowerthyme for your wedding.