Shirvan Designs

These guys are great!! Arsine was our florist but we dealt with Art quite a bit too and they were both great, organized, skilled, very knowledgable and super nice. They did a wonderful arrangement for our decor and the bouquets and stuck within our budget.

Dispite some miscommunication in the begining, my flowers and decorations were beautiful. I was very pleased with their work. Arsine can come off a little pushy, but she knows her business and does it well.

I am happy to recommend Shirvan Designs to anyone planning a wedding. I had all red roses and they were absolutely fabulous! The deepest red...absolutely beautiful. All of the guests remarked on how beautiful the flowers were...the photographs were amazing.

They were able to move flowers from the church to the reception, which I was skeptical of at first, but it was abolutely seamless & resulted in a significant cost savings.

Art and Arsine were a pleasure to work with.

I was pleased with most of our flowers, but there were some major problems with our order. Specifically, the bridesmaid's bouquets were not the same as the ones we ordered (and paid for) according to our written contract - large flowers were included that were not part of our color palette. They looked pretty - but it was not what I was expecting.

I was told that there were "not enough flowers" to fill the layers between my cake, which again, was in the contract. And besides, who says that to a bride's face an hour before the ceremony??? The cake flowers ended up looking okay on the side that faced the guests, but I was worried about it going into the reception.

I was also given a toss bouquet, which I had specifically said that I did not want or intend to use. It got tossed - in the trash - at the end of the night. Wish I had those flowers on my cake...

What was most disappointing was that my bridal bouquet was falling apart before the ceremony even began. There was also a brown spot in one area which began to show after the petals started falling off. I had an antigue heirloom pin on my bouquet, but could not face this out during my walk down the isle because that side of my bouquet was literally falling apart. I had to take a lot of my pictures after the ceremony without the bouquet because it was in such sorry shape.

Basically, the worst thing about this vendor is that they are crummy listeners. Do not assume that you will get what you contracted. Their talent, however, is undeniable and they knew my site well and worked there often (which is why I hired them to begin with). The layout of the flowers was excellent and the centerpieces were a great value. I would not pay the $150 for the rose petal aisle border - it was VERY sparse. Overall, the flowers were pretty, but I would not use this florist again for a special event.

My experience was pretty similar to Starwell's (below). The table arrangements and altar decoration were beautiful, but the bouts and bouquets weren't the right colors (not terrible, but not right). Literally every other vendor we worked with was friendly and accommodating, but Shirvan always seemed to make a big deal over everything we asked. They also were very pushy on the first meeting. They're the only vendor that kind of left a bad taste in my mouth - not that they screwed anything up terribly, just that I wish I had given someone else our money.

I was a maid of honor for my friend's wedding this past summer, and the only complaint she had all throughout the wedding process was working with this florist. My friend was really excited about her in the beginning, but that quickly faded.
The lack of communication, the pushiness, and the snapping she received was just rude (ex: a worker didn't write down what she had told him over the phone, and when she later told the owner that she in fact had not wanted a certain flower color, the owner told my friend that she was not in elementary school anymore and couldn't expect for the owner to just know that. seriously???) The list goes on until eventually, my friend never wanted to go see the florist by herself. It angers me to just think of it b/c my friend was the most-chill bride and she was wondering if she herself had done something wrong to upset the florist.
To be fair, the flowers were pretty at the end but the customer service ruined the experience.
I'm planning my wedding for '08, and I definitely will be going with another florist.

We used Shirvan for our wedding and we were so happy with not only the price (and how much we got for it), but the attention to detail. I wanted things very simple but elegant and Arsine pulled it off. She was the only florist I interviewed and didn't look any further. Photo 1 Photo 2

We definitely give Shirvan our highest recommendation. Most of our interaction was with Arsine, who is an outstanding artist of flowers. She thinks about your entire room, versus just your bouquet or centerpiece, and her work was key in making both our wedding and reception exquisitely beautiful. For Brides that have every detail about all of their flowers already set in their minds, I'm sure she will do a great job of making that come to life. We did not have such a detailed vision and greatly appreciated being able to work off of Arsine's imagination. Shirvan was also very reliable in delivery of our flowers for the ceremony and set-up of the reception. From our first meeting with her, we knew that she has an incredible fund of knowledge and is personally invested in making a beautiful wedding and she did not disappoint.

The flowers were amazing, the service was five star, and definitely their prices were great. They worked very hard to capture my vision and ideas. On my wedding day when I walked into the room, I was in tears! I could not believe how amazing everything looked. I got so many compliments on all of my wedding flowers from my guests and friends. Those comments made my day even more fantastic. The flower designers had spent such a great deal of time working on all the details that everything looked like a perfect picture! The best thing of all that they offered me to check out all the finished work the night before my wedding which really made me feel reassured. Shirvan Designs is a must see florist!!!

Brides, picture exactly what you want your wedding to look like, flowers, lighting, candles and overall atmosphere. . and now picture it 150% more!!! thats exactly how my breath was taken the day of my wedding. . everything was like a fantasy! actually, it was more than what i had fantasized! they are dependable, very reasonably priced, respectful and absolutely brilliant! Arsine is one of the sweetest and most HONEST people i have ever met, and i will never forget how calm, beautiful and romantic Arsine and her crew made my wedding!! there was not one guest that was not in shock when walking into the room!

Shirvan designs was the best vendor I had for my wedding. They transformed the ballroom into an unbeleivable setting. The flowers, the lighting, and the linens were done by them and everything was fantastic.
The staff was caring and extremly professional. I could not have asked for a better florist. I would recommend them to any one who wants good service and beautiful flowers.