Great Expectations Flowers By Inka

I highly recommend Great Expectations!!!!!! Besides our stunning daughter, everyone was in awe of the flowers at the cerenmony and reception!! Inka has such incredible vision which was shown in her artistic arrangements. Every detail far surpassed our highest rexpectations!!! Inka is a delight to work with and we will ALWAYS recommend her. We thank her ever so much for making our daughter's wedding absolutely beautiful!!!!!!!

Respectfully,
Donna W.
Annapolis, MD

Inka did a fabulous job with my wedding flowers. I had a very specific vision of what I wanted, and she was able to capture that and more. I truly had the most beautiful bridal bouquet I've ever seen. Everything from the bouquets to the corsages to the centerpieces was perfect, and I really could not have asked for more. Inka is also a lovely person to work with. I am so happy we hired her and hope that many more brides choose to work with Inka in the future. She is simply the best!

Inka with Great Expectations Flowers understood our vision from our very first meeting. She knew what would work well with our venue and our personal backgrounds.

When I first saw my bouquet and my bridesmaids/maid of honor bouquet I was so happy and they met all my expectations!

Inka did a fantastic job and we would highly recommend her for your special...

I had no idea where to begin when choosing a florist. We met Inka and instantly knew we found the right one!! She is extremely talented, creative, professional and personable. I liked her style and she worked to figure out mine. When I saw our bouquets, arrangements, etc . . I was thrilled how everything turned out. We have received many compliments and I'm so happy she decorated our day!

The flower arrangements Inka created for my wedding were AMAZING!! I received numerous compliments from family and friends! Inka understood my vision and brought it to life!

Inka Browne did a fabulous job providing flowers, decor and ambience to my daughters wedding. She was very professional, extremely easy to work with and responsive. The bouquets were absolutely beautiful with all the right colors and elegant touch. The decor-centerpieces-etc were beyond what i imagined and made the tables look beautiful and festive.
I can't thank you enough,
Maureen Oswald

Inka listens carefully and has a knack for putting your vision in her arrangements. She had great suggestions and advice. We couldn't be happier with the way she did all of the flowers for our wedding.

Inka is phenomenal; from what I gather she only does special events and only takes a limited number of clients at a time.

Inka was our floral designer for our wedding in May; we met her at her home in Annapolis to review what we wanted. She is a soft-spoken professional who knows her business and takes the time to ask a lot of questions about your vision for the flowers on your wedding day.

We were married at a friend's house and Inka met us at the site to take a look at the space and discuss what we might need. She offered a lot of professional advice when she realized we didn't have a wedding planner; advice on things outside of the flowers. She didn't have to spend so much time on this, but she is a very kind-hearted person who genuinely cared about us and our wedding day.

I collected by own milk glass vases & compotes in the years preceding the wedding and had a very definite idea of what I wanted and didn't want. I gave her info on the color palette I wanted, the types of flowers I liked and that I wanted all of my arrangements to be different from one another. She listened carefully, offered wonderful advice and arrived early on the day-of to set up. She even decorated the tables with props that we supplied. There was a miscommunication regarding whether or not this was included in the price we were quoted (very likely my fault - my mind was shot that close to the wedding) but she adjusted the price to include the set up of the props at no charge anyway.

- She decorated an incredible arch for us to get married under
- My bouquet was outstanding
- There were tons of arrangements, all different, but all in a cohesive theme
- The tablescaping she did for us was lovely

All of the arrangements were lush and gorgeous - they were top notch and looked incredible.

Inka was great about staying in touch with us. Even though she was making trips to Germany to see family, she returned our emails and was great about answering our questions and making sure we were comfortable with the price we were paying. She helped us find ways to stay within our comfort zone while still getting exactly what we wanted. I did not come away feeling like we were compromising or being deprived when we needed to revise the original plan to stay within budget. She was an absolute master of her trade and I very highly recommend her work.

My experience with Inka was amazing! She is a true professional and wonderful person to work with while planning our wedding. She has such a creative eye for making elegant arrangements. When I met Inka, she had the perfect vision for our small and intimate wedding at Quiet Waters Park and Ruth's Chris restaurant. She delivered above and beyond my expectations. We had big bloom flowers such as hydrangea, peonies, antique garden roses and such. She put together a very lush, rich and springy look for our wedding. The flowers truly made our day even better. She was able to accomodate our budget and arrange the most gorgeous flowers I could have ever imagined! She was such a pleasure to work with throughout all the planning and changes up until our special day. I highly recommend Inka for your wedding! You will not be disappointed!

Inka was absolutely delightful to work with from day 1 on. She was very professional and outlined a beautiful description of the flowers she was going to provide. She delivered beautiful centerpieces, bouquets, and boutonierres for our wedding and we were 150% satisfied. Will definitely utilize her services again in the future! Perfect!

I loved my flowers on my wedding day! They were beautiful and all the guest enjoyed the centerpieces!!!

Inka was very professional and delightful to work with. The flower arrangements were absolutely beautiful. I have received many compliments on them. I would highly recommend her. LTL (Mother of the groom)

Displeased and disappointed by another local florist, it was a true blessing to find Inka of Great Expectations. I knew from the beginning that Inka was an artist and professional. She works out of her darling home in Annapolis and truly lives for her creations. She grasped my vision from the start and worked with me to make that vision come to life. I dont think I could recreate the gasp that came from my mom and I when the bridal bouquets were delivered to my suite. They were staggering. So lush and bright and beautiful. I have never seen such beautiful blossoms. The cost for her services was incredibly reasonable and she even worked with a few vases that we provided that were left over from my bridal shower. She also waited to collect her rented vases and arrangements so that we could use them the morning after at the brunch.

My wedding would not have been complete with any other florist. People are still talking about the flowers. I am so thankful to have found Inka.

Our flowers were beautiful - i highly recommend Great Expectations. lots of people asked who did our flowers

Great Expectations Flowers by Inka did an absolutely GORGEOUS job. They really helped make our day perfect and beautiful and captured the feel and the look I was going for incredibly. They were also amazingly flexible and reliable. I planned my wedding from across the country but Inka made it easy to do. Everything turned out even better than I dreamed! Plus the price for the quality of work absolutely could not be beat. Simply wonderful all around!

Inka was very sweet and easy to work with. I told her what I was looking for and she mastered it. My flowers were beautiful and she made all of the center pieces, girls bouquets and boutineers gorgeous. Her prices were very accomadating and they delivered all items in a timely manner. Excellent all around!!

Inka was wonderful throughout every step of the way! She knew exactly what I wanted and I was so impressed with everything! She was flexible and her prices were very reasonable. I definitely recommend using her!

Inka was great and our flowers turned out better than I expected! She has a great sense of design and creates beautiful arrangements. Plus, she's very sweet! She dealt with me being rather indecisive and trying to change everything at the last minute and I should have just trusted her all along because I loved all of our flowers. The bouquets were gorgeous and I got so many compliments on them. The centerpieces were very fresh and fit our tables and venue perfectly. Our ceremony flowers look fantastic in all the photos. Delivery and pickup was a breeze. Highly recommended.

Inka is such a wonderful person to work with. She is not your everyday wedding vendor. She becomes more like a friend by the time everything is said and done. Her work is amazing. I did not have an image in mind for my flowers, I just told Inka that we were having a peacock themed wedding. When I received my personal flowers and the bridesmaids flowers I was blown away, and when I finally saw the reception ballroom I was in tears. The room looked amazing and the colors Inka used were perfect. I highly recommend her to everyone getting married. You will not be disappointed!! She is truly amazing. All of my guests are still commenting on the flowers!

This was a really nice service. I thought the price was a little steep initially but when I saw all of the decor on the wedding day it seemed more worth it.Would definitely recommend them to friends.

A delight to work with. Made choosing the flowers for the wedding a very easy task. We brought some ideas to the table and Inka made them a reality. Her visions are extraordinary! We had more compliments on the flowers than anything else. We also felt the prices were reasonable. Selecting Great Expectations would be a very wise choice for your flower arrangements.

Our flowers by Great Expectations by Inka was absolutely gorgeous! They literally took my breath away when I saw them! Inka went above and beyond and I got so many comments from guests on how beautiful everything looked. I literally started crying when I walked out and saw all the flowers!

When we booked her, I gave her a general idea on colors and flowers that I liked and she totally ran with it and created bouquets and centerpieces that were so unique, but exactly perfect! She was able to use lace from my mom's wedding dress to tie around my bouquet, as well as make a very unique Boutonni�re (using a fish hook) for the groom - which she even tied with fishing twine to make it even better than the picture I had showed her! About 2 weeks before the wedding, we met to finalize everything and Inka had SO many great last minute ideas to add to the overall decor. She ended up making 7 wreaths which were placed around the ceremony and cocktail hour and they were beautiful! Her prices were very reasonable as well and she definitely worked within our budget. I was so happy with everything and I absolutely loved working with Inka! I would highly recommend her to anyone!!

If there was one vendor that I had 100% trust and faith in: It was Inka. She had worked with one of my friends for her wedding and I knew 2 years prior to my engagement that I had to use her. She dealt with multiple multiple changes up to a week before the wedding and there was not ONE time that I was confident that she was in complete control. Our ceremony and reception was BREATHTAKING! Every single one of our guests said they felt like they were on a movie set (not to mention had to fight about who got to take the centerpieces home).

Inka was lovely and a joy to work with. She is so passionate and creative and has the gift of listening 100% to your vision. She was one of my favorite parts of our wedding planning process and the best part is: She delivered beyond what I trusted she could!

You will not receive better quality for the price and individuality that Great Expectations offers.

We even gave her a shout out on my business blog. Check it out for more hoorays for Inka: http://pfcouture.blogspot.com/2009/02/where-credit-is-due.html

Inka is absolutely fantastic! She really has a passion for her work and it shows in everything she does. I worked as a florist for many years and it was tough to put my own wedding flowers in someone else's hands but Inka immediately put me at ease. She came highly recommended from a few friends in the wedding business who had seen her work. I wanted a vintage/unique feel for my wedding- different arrangements on all tables in interesting containers. Inka exceeded my expectations! She really listened to my ideas but took her own creative liberties and the results were amazing! All of the guests were raving about the flowers and how interesting all of the arrangements were. The personals were equally as unique, well crafted and beautiful. Inka's prices are also very fair for the phenomenal work she does. I cannot thank Inka enough for helping to make the day memorable and being so easy to work with!!

Inka captured the feel of our wedding perfectly! What was most amazing is that we received compliments about our flowers and we had a garden wedding! Inka listened to what we wanted and worked within our budget. She exceeded our expectations in beauty, design and meeting our expectations. She helped make our day beautiful!! Inka is talented, kind and very patient. Everything you want in a wedding florist.

Inka was wonderful! I had no idea what kinds of flowers I wanted but Inka knew exactly what would work. She presented me with a few ideas after talking to me about my style and the wedding style. I'm a little hands off so I just told her what ideas I liked and I essentially told her to do her thing. And she did not disappoint! Not only was my bouquet beautiful, but she managed to tie in the bridesmaids dresses to my dress, which was a feat and a half since the bridesmaids dresses didn't exactly match my dress.
She really is amazing with flowers! She is also a lovely person which makes her really easy to work with. She works out of her home which dramatically reduces the price of the flowers because she doesn't have the overhead costs of leasing and running a shop. I did a little comparison shopping and she seemed to come in way under what other places were quoting me.
I have recommended her to many of my friends and co-workers. You just cannot go wrong with Great Expectations Flowers by Inka!!! Not to be cheesy, but she should rename her company, Exceeds Your Expectations Flowers by Inka!

Great Expectations SURPASSED my expectations! We lived in MD but ultimately decided to have the wedding PA. They were able to accommodate our every need, deliver and setup the flowers out of state without a hitch.

Inka was an absolute pleasure to work with. Designing the flowers and decor for our church ceremony was the highlight of my wedding planning. Inka is so very talented and creative. When the doors opened and I started down the isle, I was stunned. Never did I imagine the church and my wedding would be so beautifully decorated. She took my initial vision and worked with me to create a spectacular ensemble of warmth and romance... all within our budget.

To this day (almost 7 years later), our friends and family still remember the flowers and decor... even new friends, perusing our wedding album, remark on the flowers. It made our wedding day that much more special.

I VERY HIGHLY recommend Great Expectations Flower By Inka!

Working with Inka was wonderfuly, particularly since I did not know exactly what I wanted - I only had colors in mind. She came up with a great vision and put it all together. My flowers were AMAZING - many guests commented they had never seen such beautiful flowers at a wedding. I cried when I saw them I was so thrilled, even my husband said he loved him - not a "flower guy" to say the least. We were married in August, a very humid and hot day. The flowers (including hydrangea which wilt easily) lasted the whole day, no wiliting, they looked perfect from start to finish, including the ceremony flowers which were placed outside. I could not have been more happy with this choice and the volume of flowers I received for the money that was spent could not be beat by other vendors. I highly recommend.

We were referred Inka by a good friend and it was a wonderful decision. I was not quite sure what I wanted in terms of flowers but gave Inka a general idea and let her go with it. I was more than impressed by the designs of the centerpieces and my bouquet was breathtaking. People still comment how lovely our flowers were. I would recommend Inka without hesitation.

Inka was fantastic. She was a pleasure to work with and I would reccomend her to anybody.

Best possilble experience. She listened to everything I said, asked many questions, and suggested many things. I got exactly what I wanted and then some. She bent over backwards to make everything perfect, and it was. I counldn't have been happier.

Inka was fabulous to work with. She worked with my budget, my needs, and helped to make my wedding incredibly beautiful. It was a lot of work as I had some intricate hanging centerpieces, and some large arrangements, but she handled it all professionally and never showed signs of stress. I would highly recommend Inka to anyone...:)

Inka was soooo great to work with and I'd recommend her to anyone! She really listened to my ideas and cared about what I wanted on my wedding day. I had a flower budget and Inka did a wonderful job working around that number. All the the arrangements looked beautiful and I wouldn't have changed a thing.

Inka was fantastic to work with. I had no idea what I wanted and she was really flexible and had tons of great suggestions. I was still really indecisive after several months, so I asked Inka what the typical arrangements were like in Germany (her native land), which she said were really artsy and modern. I said, "Perfect! Roll with that and my favorite flowers are orchids and lilies". Aside from telling her a color suggestion, that was the only direction I gave her. I had no idea what my flowers would look like until the wedding day. The flowers looking amazing! She read my mind- very funky, but really elegant. Inka was so pleasant despite me being a nightmare indecisive bride.

Inka's amazing! Believe me, for a guy who could not be bothered by flowers, I was impressed. The flowers were stunning, and Inka was terrific, flexible, professional and all around fabulous. I can't recommend Inka strongly enough.

Inka was excellent! She really listened to what we wanted and made our vision a reality. The flowers were really beautiful and she even added special touches that we didn't ask for. She was very efficient and everything turned out perfectly. There were a few times that I emailed and did not hear back right away which made me nervous close to the wedding, however I need not have worried. Overall we were thrilled!

Inka was absolutely wonderful to work with. All of the flowers that she provided for my wedding were absolutely gorgeous!

Inka was great and worked with me to give me the flowers we wanted for the wedding. The flowers were delivered promptly on the day of the wedding and not only looked stunning but smelled wonderful as well. I highly recommend working with Inka and Great Expectations!

The flowers for our rehearsal dinner and on our wedding day were beyond gorgeous. Inka took the ideas I gave her and asked me to trust her creativity. While I normally don't do that because I want to be in control, I'm glad I did - she provided us with some unexpected coloring that was true to the fall season in Annapolis and matched our wedding style perfectly. My favorite part of course was my wedding bouquet - it was what I had imagined, only better!

Inka is an amazingly talented floral designer whose professionalism shines through in her work. She truly made the floral design for our wedding reflective of our personalities and I have referred her to many brides and friends since my experience with her. Also, her willingness to work with our budget and still give us the "look" we were going for was much appreciated. Thanks, Inka!!!

Inka was wonderful to work with. She was very personable and professional. She took our idea of a concept and made it beautiful. Our guests loved the flowers. Everything was wonderful. We were very happy with the flowers.

Inka did a beautiful job with our flowers for our wedding. She did a great job creating the feel we were going for! She was willing to make adjustments to her proposal until we were 100% happy with it. She also had some great ideas for us that turned out beautifully!

It was a pleasure working with Inka. She truely made my dream wedding come true. I gave her ideas of what I was looking for and she turned them into a reality. Both my husband and I were EXTREAMLY pleased! Inka was very professional and brought great ideas to the table. I recommend her to any bride!

As soon as we sat down with Inka for our first meeting, she immediately figured out our style and had great ideas for the flowers. She's very flexible and accomodating because she was able to use flowers that I wanted that other florists said they couldn't get because of the season. My bouquet was amazing and all the floral arrangements were beautiful. We received a ton of compliments on how great the flowers were.

I was absolutely stunned with the beautiful arrangements Inka created for my wedding! I had a simple theme of cream and yellow for my spring wedding. Inka used many interesting flowers (not the usual roses, baby's breath, etc.) to make the decor truly elegant. It was simple, tasteful, and amazing...right down to the small accents (freesia/greens placed in a champagne flute) on small cocktail tables. Inka worked with me on my limited budget, although you would have never known seeing as how great the flowers were! I would highly recommend Inka as a very professional, flexible, and talented florist for any bride.

Inka was a pleasure to work with and she provided beautiful arrangements and bouquets for my wedding day. Everyone commented on how beautiful the flowers were.

We were so pleased with our choice of Great Expectation Flowers for our wedding flowers. Inka is a creative, gifted florist. She clearly understood the ambiance I wanted for my wedding and was able to deliver flowers which perfectly complemented every aspect of our day. I had a military morning wedding over the July 4th weekend and was looking for fun, festive, yet sophisticated flowers. The flowers Inka put together were stunning and the deliverable was exactly what I wanted. I was very happy with the end result!!

Inka was so great to work with! She is so sweet and knew exactly what you were talking about when trying to describe the perfect look for your wedding. I would highly recommend her to anyone getting married!!

Inka was a pleasure to work with. She was so enthusiastic and truly wanted to create the perfect look for my wedding. All of the flower arrangements were beautiful and received many compliments.

We chose Inka because she came highly recommended by our wedding venue and we had seen her floral designs at another wedding.

Inka was easy to work with . . . she immeadiately understood my vision and she had oodles of photographs to show us her designs and other ideas.

On the day of our wedding, all the flowers arrived on-time, if not earlier than expected. Inka handled everything so that we could concentrate on getting married. She is a genuinely nice person who is professional and extraordinarily talented. We recommend her without reservation!

Inka was wonderful and her flowers were fresh and pretty!

I came to hire Inka for my wedding after my original florist was in an accident and ended up in shock trauma two weeks before the date. I called many florists and Inka was very kind and scheduled an appointment to meet with me right away. My wedding was designed around gerbera daisies in deep reds, fiery oranges and golden yellows. My husband and I met with Inka and explained what we were looking for, which was fall bouquets in the colors mentioned and using gerberas, dahlias and other similar flowers along with some greens to round it out. The flowers for the men were also supposed to be gerbera daisies (red for the groom, orange for the best man and yellow for the groomsmen) and we ordered rose bouquets in silver holders for the moms and grandmother as well as gerbera daisies for some tables and the bathrooms. We even gave her the contract from our original florist so she could see exactly what we were looking for.

When the flowers arrived at the venue, I was shocked! I actually told the delivery man that he had brought the wrong flowers for the event. There were no gerberas in my girls bouquets and only one hidden in mine. My bouquet was much larger than I had asked for (I am a small girl and the bouquet was way too big for me) and was in pinks and purples. My girls bouquets looked like easter bouquets. It was terrible. My husband did indeed get a gerbera daisy, but it was in some muted color that looked almost beige. I don't even remember what the other groomsmen's flowers looked like. I was so unhappy with the flowers, I tried not to look at them throughout the event. The mothers' flowers were in the silver vases as ordered, but my grandmother's flowers were made into a pin corsage, which was never discussed. The single gerberas ordered were delivered as requested, but there were no orange ones. I was on the verge of telling the delivery man to just take the flowers with him, but this was about an hour before the wedding and there wasn't much I could do about it. I had to leave the room and have my matron-of-honor deal with it, because I was about to burst into tears.

After the wedding I emailed Inka about how disappointed I was that what was ordered was not at all what was delivered. It was quite a long time (over a month) before I received any reply from her and the reply I did receive was that she didn't think anything was wrong with the flowers she sent. She said that I had not made it clear to her that I was looking for a bouquet with gerbera daisies and that the colors of the flowers were very fall like. I have pictures of the flowers; Easter and spring are the only words that come to mind when I look at them. She also said that my grandmother had come to the delivery man and told him that she wanted a pin corsage instead of a bouquet. Not only is this unlikely since A) my grandmother would never do something like that and B) she didn't want to pin anything to her clothing and C) SHE DOESN'T SPEAK ENGLISH, but it is also amazing that he had all the materials to turn the bouquet into a pin at the last inute like that. Somehow I just don't think so. Also, I find it odd that she would say that I never mentioned how important gerbera daisies were to me since we gave her the original contract AND we ordered gerberas as the flowers for the tables.

She did offer to refund me for the cost of the bouquets, since I was so disappointed. I decided to accept the offer because thinking about it just made me too upset and I wanted the whole thing to be over with. We were married in September of 2007. It is now May of 2010 and I have YET to receive the refund, or a response to emails sent to her.

The only good thing I can say about her services was that she was that when we initially met with her, she was understanding about the situation with losing my original florist and the lack of time to shop around, so she was willing to match the price of my original florist, but I would have preferred to pay more and gotten what I wanted rather than been so unhappy with the result. I am a very sentimental person and keep everything. I left my bouquet at the venue (quite on purpose).

Inka provided flowers for my daughter's event and while they were pretty for the event, they all died within the next 2 days. apparently, she buys poor quality flowers even though her price is higher than most. Inka offers no guarantee and since all the money is paid upfront the customer is screwed. I see that she has good reviews from others - maybe she is getting too comfortable.

On my preferred vendors list, but this weekend even I was overwhelmed. Inka did the flowers for my own son's wedding this past Saturday at the Naval Academy and for the reception. I have never seen such beautiful flower arrangements, and eveyone said so. But being the past owner of my own distictive floral shop, I can say, I could not have done better. Just a magnificent color palette, fresh and fragrant. What every bride would want.
Thank you Inka, you are truly, the best.

Beautiful flowers!!!

Inka is Marylands best kept secret!!! Her creative talents go far and beyond anything I have seen in
this industry in the 20+ years I have been apart of the Bridal Industry. Inka is a delight to work with
and radiates an energy that is exhausting!!!!
Inka is certainly someone that I would recommend for you to consider, when thinking about your florals for your special day!

Inka is always a pleasure to work with. She is so talented and will make sure your wedding is unique and one of a kind! Every time I try to communicate my vision to her, she pulls it off and goes beyond my expectations!!