Simply Adina Floral Design

Adina is truly amazing! She made the process of choosing flowers and décor so much fun! She is a wonderful person and truly knowledgable in her field. We had planned an outdoor wedding and then had to move our ceremony indoors because of the rain. She didn’t miss a beat! She came up with a stunning arrangement to compliment the room and her décor made the room absolutely breathtaking. All of our guests were full of compliments saying how beautiful the ceremony and reception room were — all Adina’s doing! Her prices are some of the most reasonable and she was so willing to make our vision come to life! Our wedding was New Years’ Eve 2014 and she made everything beautiful. Adina is fantastic — you cannot go wrong with her!

My husband and I have always been big fans of movies, and we really wanted to bring that element to our wedding, so we decided to use movie/​TV show names instead of table numbers. Just to make it a little more interesting, we also wanted each table to have items that represented that movie/​TV show. Our original idea was so have each center piece the same, and just have different decorations at each table. When we talked to Adina, she took it up a notch and suggested that we work the center piece into the theme! We sent her a list of the movies/​shows and she emailed us back with fantastic ideas for each one! We were blown away with her suggestions, and could not wait to see the tables! Each centerpiece was so fun and unique, and our guests loved them! We received so many compliments on them, and we could not have made it work without Adina! The bouquets were also stunning! It was really important for me to have a few gardenias in my bouquet, and we heard from other florists that they are too fragile for bouquets. Adina said she would make it work and she did! (and it smelled amazing!) Overall, Adina did a fantastic job and I would highly recommend her!

Adina did an absolutely amazing and creative job for my daughter’s Aug 31^st wedding. My daughter and her fiancé wanted to use their favorite movies & TV shows as themes for the tables. The groom works in the TV industry & their idea was to place small props related to each movie/​TV show at the different tables. When I mentioned this to Adina, she wanted to know all the names of the shows to include them in the proposal. Adina’s proposal described a different floral theme and accents to go along with each of the movies. We really loved the idea, but I confess that I had some concerns. Who has shark teeth (Jaws), dinosaurs (Jurassic Park), and pirate ships (The Goonies) in their centerpieces? Adina pulled it off beautifully. It is real talent to create centerpieces that include sharks and army men (Toy Story) and make them look beautiful as well. All of the guests had a great time visiting all the different tables. I also have to mention that, just to make things more difficult, there was an extremely short period of time in which Adina had to set up. With help from the wedding coordinator, Julie Schrivener, they were able to get it done on time. To top it off, Adina’s prices were very reasonable for this very special job. I would highly recommend Adina as your wedding florist.

Adina really helped me out when we decided we wanted real flowers for our beach wedding. She put together a small package in my budget. It was only a couple months before the wedding when I reached out so we communicated only via phone and email. Adina asked the right questions, got ideas from pictures I’d snipped from various places and… The flowers were absolutely perfect! They were exactly what I wanted — she somehow got all of the ideas that were in my head and got it just right!

We had our wedding this past Saturday and were lucky enough to have Adina do our flowers. I could not believe how talking to her about a ‘vision’ 9 months ago could be brought to life so perfectly! She heard what I thought I wanted and made it so much better! She was a joy to work with and made my life with wedding planning so much easier! Adina, thank you!!!

I had a perfect experience with Adina and would recommend her to anyone!
Pros:
* Incredibly friendly and easy to work with; she was always available to answer any questions or concerns I had.
* Very reasonably priced. Adina is self-​employed and works out of her house so she doesn’t mark up the prices by any ridiculous amount or charge crazy service fees — very reasonable prices and I like to know I’m paying someone vs. a company if you know what I mean
* Super knowledgeable about flowers, what’s in season, what will wilt vs. last all day, and just a wealth of information
* Provides BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS!!! From the arch to the wedding party bouquets to the centerpieces, everything was absolutely beautiful and exactly what I had in mind! She even suggested some things of her own, like adding grapes to the tables since we got married at a winery. It was all just perfect.
* She has your best interest in mind! I only sent her a handful of pictures and told her my wedding colors, and then she proactively asked how tall I was, to send a picture of my dress, my bridesmaid dresses, color of the table linens, etc. all so she could make sure my bouquet wasn’t too big for my body, didn’t detract from my dress. She asked questions to make sure everything was just right, and no other florists I talked to did this. This really made me feel comfortable working with her.
Cons:
I honestly can’t think of any!

I would give 10 more stars if I could! She is so amazing and so talented and we were so happy to have her. She represented us as a couple so well and listened to exactly what we wanted and completely delivered. She’s also very free with ideas about other aspects of the wedding and so we felt comfortable asking her for advice on many things. We really cannot recommend her highly enough. Thanks so much, Adina, for your attention to detail and amazing eye. You are so wonderful!!! :)

I wasnt able to bunch up my own bridesmaids flowers and just order my bridal bouquet from her… either all or nothing… because otherwise people would think she did my bridesmaids flowers too. (OH NO!)… ughh i dont advertise at my own wedding… i wasnt able to do any business in Escondido because nobody would get off their high horse!

I worked with Adina for my August 2012 wedding in Escondido, CA at Orfila Vineyards.
Two days before the wedding she called to let me know that the flowers ordered for my bridal bouquet came in with a shade of pink in them rather than pure white and that if I wasn’t ok with that she would scrap them altogether and hunt down pure white ones. I told her the pink tone was fine, and I’m so glad I did!
Adina has a true eye for beauty, and was able to take my vision along with some pictures of things I liked and make amazing floral décor for my wedding!
We greatly appreciated that she was willing to accomodate us doing our own centerpieces for the wedding. (We did potted plants that guests took home with them rather than the typical arrangements). It was a huge help to find someone so flexible!
Also, you cannot beat her prices for the arrangements she makes. Simply amazing!

I wish someone had warned me about Adina! Even though she is a creative person, she falls short in what she promises and has poor business skills. Here are some problems I had with her.
*She told mean 2 hours before the wedding that the main flowers I requested were «out of season».
*The bouquets and reception table arrangements were small and flowers and greens were not as promised.
*She came minutes before the ceremony in my dressing room and asked me to sign off on the contract not giving me any time to review what she had done. I regret signing off but didn’t want confrontation minutes before it started.
* She doesn’t return emails and phone calls in a reasonable time.
I tried to discuss these problems after the wedding with her. She insulted me and said to go ahead and write a bad review, she would just deny it in a response review! I don’t like having to write a negative reviews but at least I feel better knowing I might keep another bride from have this bad experience.

Adina is AMAZING! From our first meeting over the phone, I knew she would put together a spectacular day for us. I have difficulty picturing things and she put it all together to make it look just like I had imagined. I couldn’t believe my eyes walking into our wedding that looked it belonged in a wedding magazine. From the ceremony site to the tables at the reception, everything flowed and came together to look cohesive. It was all so gorgeous. She kept me informed every step of the way, sending me pictures via text as she was setting up! She really listened to us, I sent her lots of ideas and she put them all together to make a «look» for our wedding. I cannot thank her enough.

LOVE LOVE LOVE everything she did for our September wedding! Like many other people, I don’t know sh*t about flowers. All I knew was the color scheme that I wanted and that I wanted a «bird» theme. I told Adina to just make it look good! She did way more than that! She picked such beautiful flowers that I’ve never even heard of which was great because I wanted to stay away from the mainstream flowers. She added individual bird charms to the bridesmaids bouquets. So cute! My bouquet was absolutely stunning! Everything was gorgeous — the flowers on the arch, the centerpieces (she even put little birds and branches in them), the flowers on the head table and cupcake stand, etc. She totally understood the look that I was going for. And best of all, it was all in my budget! Thanks, Adina!!! Oh, and the hotel liked the flowers so much that they took the leftover centerpieces and put them in their lobby :)

It was pure luck that we found Adina, but we are so happy that we did. First and foremost, Adina knows her stuff. She’s a professional in every sense of the word and really knows what looks good, where it looks good, and what size it should be to look good.
Se did our wedding at the Country Club of Rancho Bernardo and we couldn’t have been more thrilled. She’s organized, on top of it, and in and out before you know it.
Adina truly is one of the nicest people you’ll ever meet, don’t hesitate to book her.

I had read some reviews about Adina and was really impressed with what people were saying so I had a good feeling about her from the start. My husband and I were planning the wedding from out of state and came to California for a weekend of meeting with vendors. We met Adina early one morning at her adorable home studio and right away, I just loved her! I could tell that, not only is she good at what she does, but she is a floral genius and very artistic!
We got married in January and wanted to be cautious as to what was in season and what wasn’t because we couldn’t spend a fortune. I told Adina the «feel» I was going for, told her I had heard Casablanca lilies were in season, and gave her the colors I wanted to incorporate. I didn’t have millions of pictures or every specific flower I wanted to use and so what I really appreciated about Adina, was how she took the time to ask lots of questions and really get to know my style as a bride.
She really made a point to show me tons of pictures of bouquets, flower placement, stylistic details I had mentioned, and even drew up some sketches. She understood my vision with ease and even helped me really nail it down. Later on, we received the quote from her and were pleasantly surprised to see the additions she threw in at no extra cost. I had such a great feeling because of the creativity of Adina and how personal she really wanted to make it that I knew she was the florist for us!
A few days before the wedding, I received a call from Adina saying that the flowers had come in from the grower and the dahlias were blood-​orange instead of a soft, paler orange which is what we had wanted. She sent me a picture of the dahlias next to the paler orange flowers and, as most brides a couple days before the wedding, I was freaking out. It was entirely outside of Adina’s control but I didn’t know what to do. Adina to the rescue! She came up with the brilliant plan of taking the dahlias out of my bouquet and replacing them with another flower I liked and instead use the dahlias to create more depth in the centerpieces. She even sent me a picture of my bouquet in-​the-​making to make sure I liked how it was turning out. I trusted her completely and knew she’d make everything look great!
The day of the wedding was amazing. The bouquets turned out even more beautiful than I could have imagined! The flowers on the chuppah were gorgeous and added such rich color to our ceremony and the flowers at the reception were so beautiful! The «tablescapes» she created were so lush and full of so many beautiful, tropical flowers! The dahlias ended up looking fantastic with the centerpieces and I loved the wonderful touches of single orchid buds throughout the reception; on each napkin, placed on wooden letters of our initials, etc. The flowers stayed fresh all through the night! The only bad thing I can think of was that a few buds fell off my husband’s boutenierre after the ceremony but I think most of that was due to the photographer having him pick me up, spin me around, and put me down several times :) Wonderful experience and I would recommend her to every bride!

Adina was amazing! She definitely went above and beyond throughout the entire process. All the flowers were amazing, and the bridal bouquet was INCREDIBLE. And four days later it still looks great!
She is also the nicest person ever, so that made her super easy to work with. We highly, highly recommend!

My husband and I absolutely love Adina. We didn’t have a clear vision when it came to flowers for our wedding, but she expertly took the reins, worked within our budget, and prepared spectacular bouquets, centerpieces, and accents. It was so easy to work with her that we never got stressed about our decorations — we knew that, in Adina’s hands, everything would turn out beautifully — and it did! We can’t recommend her highly enough. Thanks Adina!

THANK YOU to Adina! I recently got married here in San Diego and Adina was my florist. The flowers at my wedding were absolutely gorgeous! I was anxious to see the arrangements for the reception as well as the ceremony flowers, when Adina arrived at my suite to drop off our bouquets I got tears in my eyes. The flowers were breath taking. Everything turned out amazing and just the way I had envisioned. I had many guests fly in from across the country and they could not say enough about how beautiful our wedding was. It was truly a pleasure working with Adina, she went out of her way to make sure I was happy. All of the planning and preparation for my wedding was stressful, but it all paid off when I saw how absolutely beautiful our day was. I cannot say enough great things about my experience with Simply Adina. Trust me, she will make your event gorgeous!

Simply Adina was awesome!!! My flowers for my wedding this past weekend were GORGEOUS!!! Adina is such a sweet woman and a pleasure to work with! She made my life easier just knowing exactly what I wanted!!! I showed her a photo of what I was wanting and she did exactly that and MORE!!! She always was quick to respond to my e-​mails and kept me up to date with the flowers! When we decided to go with a specific flower for the boutonieers and received them she called me right away letting me know they were a bit big and thought we should go with something else… I appreciated that call so much!!! They ended up up looking fabulous! She is so talented and I cant wait to refer her to everyone I know… Her pricing is awesome too! Thank You Adina for making my big day so much more beautiful!!!

I cannot say enough about Adina. Not only is she one of the nicest people I have ever met. She will take the shirt off of her back to please you. She has been doing arrangements for me for years… every Christmas she does all my centerpieces, Decorates my Christmas trees. Birthdays, BBQ’s, and odd Holidays she makes sure that my floral arrangements are much different and more beautiful than the last ones that she made for me. She is More than fair in price considering her work by far exceeds the public floral shop mentality. I love her work. There is nobody out there that Does work like this. I give her hands down All Five Stars!!!*****

I had an absolutely awful experience with Adina.
I had ordered red dahlias for my wedding and received purple/​burgandy flowers. Adina never bothered to contact me prior to my wedding date to let me know she could not get red dahlias or to give me any other options for red flowers. Instead she made the choice to send dahlias in a different color without asking if that would be ok. The flowers she sent clashed with the red trim in the bridesmaids dresses. My bridesmaids were resourceful enough to buy loose flowers at a local flower shop and create their own bouquets of RED flowers rather then the purple/​burgandy ones she sent.
When I contacted Adina on the wedding day after receiving the flowers to ask what had happened she made the statement that she is «not mother nature». Of course I did not expect her to be mother nature, but I did expect her to be a professional florist. Adina also was dishonest with my wedding coordinator/​family friend! She told him that she contacted me 3 days prior to the wedding which she never did. I wish that she had! I called Adina the day before the wedding to ask if the bouquets could be delivered to the hotel rather than the wedding site and she did casually mention that the flowers were «darker red» then we had spoke about. That was the only communication we had regarding the flowers the week of the wedding and the phone call was made by me to her and she was not truthful about the color of the flowers she was using.
Adina also did not provide enough flowers for the centerpieces on the tables. I had a very simple flower design on the tables which was a ring of dahlias around a lantern. She only sent enough dahlias for 3 flowers on each table!
Lastly, Adina had told me that dahlias would not be a good choice for boutonnieres and that a chrysanthemum or other flower would be better since the dahlias do not hold up well. I agreed and told her to use whatever red similar type flowers that she thought would work best. On the wedding day I was surprised to see the purple dahlias were used for the boutonnieres. I’m do not know why she didn’t follow her own advice she had given me regarding them. Sure enough within an hour the boutonnieres were in awful condition.
I do not recommend Simply Adina Floral Design. She was difficult to get a hold and slow to respond throughout the planning process. When I called her on the wedding day she was condescending and rude and offered no explanation to why she had not contacted me prior to the wedding to ask approval for the different color.
I hope that this review helps other brides to avoid the disappointment that I experienced on my wedding day.