Choosing a wedding florist

When you start considering a wedding florist to choose for your Long Island wedding, you may first wish to evaluate the most important points of your decision.

Firstly, How many years is the wedding florist in business?
Second, Where is the Florist located? Is the wedding florist located near your venue?

Thirdly, Where does your florist purchase their flowers? Are they a flower importer, and/or flower wholesaler?

Fourth, Is the florist well staffed with enough personal to be able to service you correctly with planning, ordering, shipping, receiving, designing, delivering, and setup of your flowers on the day of your wedding?
Fifth, Is the florist experienced enough to be suggestive about flower and color options?

Sixth, Does the wedding florist have numerous creative samples on display in perhaps a showroom?

Seventh, Is the wedding florist versatile in design choices, such as large cascading bridal bouquets, stem held clutch bouquets,
English style hand held clutch bouquets, French stem clutch bouquets, and organic and vintage looking stem held clutch bouquets?

Eighth, Does your florist offer numerous different size and shape low table centerpieces, as well as high/pedestal type elevated centerpieces ?

Ninth, Does your florist offer many different candelabras/candle stands, and pedestals?

Tenth, Does your florist have numerous pictures, albums, slideshows to demonstrate proof of their work?

Eleventh, Does your florist create a sample wedding centerpiece just before the wedding day?

Twelfth , Is your Florist up to date with typed written agreements, offering you a typed hard copy, updated copies for revisions, and backed up by their hard drive database?

Thirteen, Is your florist successful enough to conduct their business with brick and mortar stable location, by owning their own building, and property? or do they just rent temporary space? or work from their home?