Barry’s Flower Shop

Lets start by saying I hated the flowers for my wedding and that is something I can never change thanks to Barry’s Flower Shop.
My cousin had used them for her wedding two years before mine and her flowers came out beautiful. So i figured I would have my wedding flowers done by them because I had already seen their work. BOY WAS I WRONG!
My first visit to Barry’s was nice and calm. I told the consultant exactly what I wanted and she wrote it all down and gave me a price. A couple months later I called to put a down payment and book them officially for the wedding. When I called, they said they «lost» the paperwork on my flowers and I had to come back in and re tell the lady what I wanted. Fine– I played the game and went back.
I explained everything down to the last detail of what I wanted for ribbon and rhinestones for my bouquet and how I wanted my bridesmaid’s bouquets to look.
I also want to add that I had My bouquet, 10 bridesmaids, 8 grooms men, 3 flower girls, 2 ring bearers, 8 corsages for other important women, and 8 boutineers for other important men.
It was a pretty big order.
I called a couple days before the wedding just to confirm the time they were dropping the flowers off and make sure they had the date correct. They assured me everything was fine.
The morning of my wedding they dropped off the flowers and I was mortified! My bouquet was not what I asked for at all! I was so unhappy with the bouquet that I was contemplating not even carrying the bouquet. I was going to carry one of the bridesmaids bouquets and then realized that there bouquets were falling apart. The florist used foam toppers and stuck the flowers into that instead of making real bouquets. So many flowers were falling out to the point where you could see the green foam topper and that was unacceptable. So they did not get to use the bouquets. I was absolutely mortified, embarrassed, upset, and yet it was supposed to be the best day of my life.
I tried to fake smile and just enjoy my day and I would contact Barry’s after because at this point there was nothing I could do, except to just move on and enjoy my wedding day.
After I came home from my honeymoon I contacted Barry’s flowers. They seemed to be shocked that the bouquet was nothing like i asked for. Along with the bridesmaids bouquets falling apart. I asked for a refund on those items and the woman asked me for pictures, because she didn’t believe me. I sent her a picture of my bouquet and the picture of the bouquet I wanted side by side and unfortunately had no pictures of the bridesmaids bouquets because they didn’t use them. The lady Laura just kept telling me that she was sorry and that she thinks the bouquet looked «similar enough» except it didn’t at all. She still doesn’t believe me about the bridesmaids bouquets FALLING APART.
Another thing that was extremely shady to me was that this lady Laura reached out to my photographer and asked for pictures of the flowers. He reached out to me thinking that it was extremely odd that she didn’t go through me and before he gave her any pictures of my bouquet that he wanted to ask permission since I own the rights to the pictures. She went behind my back because she doesn’t believe her customers who spend a lot of money expecting one thing and receiving another.
My cousin’s wedding flowers did not have foam toppers in them, so why did mine?
I am contacting the Better Business Bureau. These people shouldn’t offer something they can’t deliver.
I haven’t heard back from these people in months and I am at the point where I gave them the opportunity to make things right and «Laura» refused. They should be out of business and I will never recommend this place. In fact, I will warn every person I know. I feel bad for any one that books a wedding with them. BEWARE!!!

Alas… Every year I get my mum sunflowers for her birthday and this year I ordered them from Barry’s. Instead, she received yellow gerber daises. I called and asked about it and they said that they didn’t have nice sunflowers so they substituted. I thought that maybe I could get some money back, but they said that they are comparable and would not refund anything.: (

My daughter was married a couple of weeks ago in Whitman at the Holy Ghost church with her reception at the Pembroke Country Club. Everything was exactly how she envisioned it. My daughter had pictures and talked with the owner on a few occasions. We were never rushed through our meetings with her and she was so helpful to get the exact look and feel my daughter was looking for. When the flowers arrived my daughter opened the box to her bouquet and started crying. It was exactly what she envisioned. My mother had walked into the bridal suite before we came in and said everyone was just in awe of how beautiful the room looked. I would also like to thank Barrys for a great job on the outside of the church and the gorgeous lighted bouquets of flowers down the aisle. Thank you so much! Barbara

Bought my daughter a bouquet for her store opening. Everyone loved them and they lasted a longtime. My girlfriend thought I paid over $ 100 for them. She was shocked to find out I paid less than $ 70

I used them for my wedding at Lombardos.
My first appointment with this shop was a bit difficult. I do not know much about flowers so I brought my maid of honor who is knowledgable and knew what I wanted. The woman conducting the appointment was giving absolutely no help even though I said that I did not know much, however by the end I thought we were on the same page, even though I had a bad taste in my mouth from how unhelpful the woman had been. We had picked peachy colors with touches of ivory and light pinks. I had said absolutely no roses in anything and limited greenery in the center piece. I also gave them a picture of the bouquet I wanted and they said one flower might be an issue but that everything else would be okay. I told the woman I wanted a more modern style and less like the traditional bouquet and flowers. Actually before going, my wedding planner told me that they usually do up a sample and send it to Lombardos to see it with the place setting, but when I asked the woman, she rudely said no, you’d have to come here to see it… But I just said ok, it was fine. I was only asking.
Not long after I was at Lombardos looking at my table setting with the center piece (so apparently they actually do this). The centerpiece was pretty bad. The centerpiece was mostly green, it had more roses than any other flower (probably 5 roses total, so not many flowers). Lastly there were no peach flowers, just ivory and hot pink ones… This was very disheartening, and now I was nervous about all the flowers. So I made another appointment with the florist.
I prepared before this appointment and brought my mother this time. I reprinted pictures of everything I brought before (which they had kept). This appointment was a little better. This time the same woman actually started showing me what certain flowers looked like together and actually a little more helpful. However now everything would cost extra, even though most of the stuff was the same thing I had said in the first meeting. The first time it seemed everything was included and now the cost was completely different. So whatever, we figured everything out without costing anything extra, but I felt a little better about it and about the shop. Before leaving I verified that she still had the picture of the bouquet I wanted and went over that the Bridesmaids should include those flowers but with more ivory touches, so that they would be different.
Now the day of the wedding comes and I hear a knock at the door. I was getting my makeup finished up so as the delivery guy is walking out I walk out to check the flowers. The person didn’t ask if everything looked good or anything. Everything was not okay, I was in tears. My bouquet did not slightly resemble what I asked for and neither did the bridesmaids. The only thing that they got right was the buttoners and corsages, everything else was completely wrong. They had a picture of what I wanted, a modern bouquet with an array of beautiful flowers, what I got was roses… roses everywhere, even though I said «no roses». I admit, I did, at the second appointment, say that a FEW garden roses in the center piece would be fine… But I never changed the bouquet. Not to mention the flowers I got we’re starting to brown when they were delivered!
If you want a modern bouquet, don’t go here.
If you want something specific, don’t go here.
If you want someone who will help and listen to your ideas, don’t go here.
If you want a traditional bouquet that brings you back to the 80’s, go here.
If you want roses and do not care about their state, go here.

So unfortunately Barry’s Flower Shop gets the honor of being the only vendor to mess anything up at my wedding… Looking back at my entire experience with them, they really messed up in more ways than one:
1) My first appointment with them was great, the florist I worked with was fantastic. Unfortunately he promised me the world and said I could have any flower I pretty much asked for. Turns out he was wrong and that many of the flowers I wanted were not going to be in season which meant I had to go back to the shop to basically redo the entire design of my flowers. Dissapointing, but not the end of the world.
2) One of the many flowers I was told I could have (even after the second design) was peonies. About 5 days before the wedding I got a call and said it wasn’t going to happen. I get that its nature and the flowers just weren’t blooming anymore, but I feel like they should’ve known that this could have been a risk. This forced me to redo parts of my floral design the week of the wedding.
3) I was given a quote that included everything… all flowers, bouquets, vases, etc. I then asked them if I bought my own vases if they would give me a credit. They told me over the phone that they could give me a $ 10 credit for each centerpiece. So I went out and bought my own vases and then when it came time for me to pay my bill a couple of days before the wedding they didn’t honor their word and insisted on charging me the full price of the original quote… not appreciated.
4) All of above I could’ve dealt with if I was happy with what they delivered to me on my wedding day. Not the case. I must have told them 800 times that any pink flowers that were included should be a very soft blush pink. This was very important to me and I saw them write it down in several places. Day of the wedding all of the bouquets had bright pink and dark pink roses. I was very dissapointed.
Overall — even though the flowers aren’t what I wanted, they were all very beautiful… but again not what I asked for. If you are on a budget and don’t have a strong vision for what you want as a bride… I would be comfortable reccomending this place. Otherwise, bring your money elsewhere.

We used Barry’s for our wedding. We were on a tight budget and the staff at Barry’s did a wonderful job helping us create beautiful bouquets, corsages, and boutonnieres that were within our budget. Everything looked beautiful!

Lynne at Barry’s Flowers is a true craftsman. She did my flowers for my wedding and I Ireceived so many compliments on my bouquet and the table settings. Lynne and I did everything by email and phone because I live out of state and arrived just a few day prior to the wedding.
The Marriott staff recommended Lynne at Barry’s Flowers and I was not disappointed.

I have done business with Barry’s flower shop for 10 years and would highly recommend them. The staff is extremely friendly and knowledgeable. The flowers are always fresh and they have such a wide variety to choose from. I hope they continue serving the public the way they do… Thanks to everyone there who have helped me through holidays, weddings, funerals, etc.

Awful. The staff clearly doesn’t care. Old flowers. Could not be worse.