Alena Jean

Alena is wonderful to work with. She did the flowers for my small wedding and the backyard reception afterwards. I sent her pictures of what I had in mind, shared that I wanted peonies, that the groom wanted orange incorporated, and she brought the vision to life. The arrangements were beautiful and arrived on time. It was an absolute stress free experience working with her. I especially enjoyed visiting her shop a couple times before my wedding, it is like a little garden oasis.

This is my ABSOLUTE favorite flower shop! Every time I go there the staff and Alena have been so helpful! The shop is stunning! I love stopping in and always leave with amazing plants and home décor! I love love love the style of her shop and the décor inspiration that I leave with! I would highly recommend stopping in and checking it out! I have also used Alena Jean for flower arrangements for my clients and they have always been so professional! You can really see her passion in her work! I always look forward to visiting!

Alena is exceptional! We worked with her for our wedding nearby in Montara Beach — she listened better than anyone, figured out our aesthetic (even when we didn’t really know what it was), was thoughtful and flexible around pricing to keep in our budget. We hadn’t prioritized lots of fresh flowers, and weren’t sure how important they’d be to the event. Alena’s eye for design through flowers made our day absolutely beautiful, uniquely us, and more bright and cheerful than I could ever have imagined. I only wish flowers lasted longer, my bouquet was perhaps my very favorite element of my wedding!

Simply the best and friendliest of places to shop for plants, flowers, and other special garden/​home gifts and ideas. Alena Jean and her team are fantastic and full of great ideas.

Alena Jean was amazing! I got married in Half moon Bay in Oct 2015. My mother wanted to do the floral centerpieces ourselves (it’s a hobby of hers) but we did not want to take on the bouquets because of the time.
Alena did not care that we only needed arrangements for 4 BM + 1 bride bouquet. In fact, she gave my mom tips! I heard stories that other vendors don’t do small orders but she was glad to. In a way I was lucky because she was booked for another wedding the same day but could fit in my order.
My bouquet of roses was gorgeous. It was really heavy but my favorite accessory all day. Alena was hard to get a hold of over the phone. It was also difficult to communicate what flowers I wanted and the «look». So I decided to go to her store to speak in person. Even though we played phone tag, she still had the details of my arrangement correct and I confirmed with her during our face to face. She’s a great person and even showed us her own wedding photos! If I lived in HMB area, I would definitely buy floral arrangements from her.

Alena Jean is an amazing artist. She did the flowers for my daughter’s recent wedding. I was so impressed and most important, the bride was extremely happy. Thank you for an awesome job Alena Jean.

Thank you Alena Jean and Nancy! Excellent service and beautifully artistic arrangement. I placed my order from Hawaii and all expectations were surpassed.

Local favorite. The folks who work there are kind and talented. It’s always fun to check out their store too.

Unfortunately I got married 6 years ago, or I would hire Alena to do all the flowers for my wedding. As it is, I’ll have to make do with her delightful shop in downtown HMB. It’s off Main St, so might be a little hard to find at first, but plenty of parking! The person working at the shop was full of useful knowledge. I was looking specifically for a low-​maintenance houseplant, and got exactly that. This place is like The Secret Garden, modern-​day coastal version. Go check it out!

It’s my wedding day and I’m heading off to the venue in HMB.
My best friend asked if she could make my wedding bouquet and I think «how special!» Unfortunately, ONE HOUR before the ceremony, I look at my bouquet and the white flowers are TURNING BROWN!!! Brown flowers in my wedding bouquet!!!
I’m freaking out and bring out my trusty wedding binder. I know to call ALEANA JEAN because the cake place, the restaurant, and the venue owner all recommended her when I booked them.
I call her frantically and text her a bunch of photos of bouquets (actually my mom is doing this whole I’m driving like a mad woman).
We arrive to her shop which is basically a serene and beautiful garden. It’s not your typical a floral shop, it’s truly special.
She made a huge bouquet and 4 boutonnières in record time. She even took some pieces from our old bouquet (the dying brown one) so the new bouquet could retain some of the special qualities made by my best friend.
Thank you for saving the day! So many compliments on my bouquet and looks beautiful in photos.

Alena made me the most beautiful peony and dahlia wedding bouquet. It was exactly what I wanted. I sent her a picture I found on Pinterest and she made my bouquet even prettier! I also got a few flowers for the cake that were absolutely stunning. I would recommend Alena for her costumer service and beautiful arrangements.

Alena doesn’t need me to tell you she is the best florist around. Everybody you talk to will tell you that. We looked at about 10 different venues in HMB and everywhere we went people couldn’t stop talking about how great she is. Her Unilocal!reviews are all glowing. (the only few negative ones are about how she didn’t have enough time for the person, or didn’t get back to them soon enough– guess what? She is busy because she is the best and she is working on someone’s dream wedding flowers!)
So what can I possibly say that hasn’t been said?
Aside from being an amazing artist she is also a problem solver.
We were on a budget. In fact we were over budget and nervous that we couldn’t have much in the way of flowers. I figured she would be expensive because of how amazing and in demand she is, and I decided to just go with her and at least have amazing bouquets for me and my bridesmaids, even if that was all we could afford.
I spoke to her briefly and told her our budget and sent her pics of what my dream flowers looked like. She sent me a quote that was way less than I was expecting along with great ideas for how to move and reuse flowers from the ceremony for the reception. She advised me on what flowers would create the look I wanted while still being affordable. I ended up being able to have every last piece I could dream of. Flowers everywhere and on everyone. In my hair, on tables, on mantles… flower girl crowns, beautiful rustic baskets for them, boutonnières and corsages for many important relatives– it was a dream. And Alena is an artist. Like everyone else will tell you– she has a true gift for this.
Flowers make the day. If there are two things things I’m so glad I got the best people on it’s flowers and photographer.
On that note my next reviews will be for Shanti Duprez, our amazing photographer I highly recommend, and after that for Aqua Beauty Lounge, a place you should definitely NOT get your hear and make up done unless you are going to prom, or want to look like you are :)
Happy Wedding Planning!

Not what we had discussed. During my in-​person consultation I asked for a monochrome round shaped bouquet, simple enough. I asked specifically not to include any greenery or succulents, but my bouquet ended up filled with both. Greenery was jutting out from the top and bottom which made it also not very round shaped after all. I wanted a traditional wedding bouquet, not ikebana. The cost was $ 179. I look at my wedding photos and want to cry. And I had eloped, it wasn’t even a big fancy wedding. GO ELSEWHERE, to a florist who listens to your requests.
Disappointing

Fun store to stop at… bought some air plants and the person working was so friendly and helpful in giving advice on airplant care… i can never tell if im underwatering (crunchy and cripsy) or overwatering (causing rot) so she helped me determine which.
And after reading other reviews and pictures, i want to get married as i see this place does wonderful arrangements! One day… or heck, why not just get a bouquet made «just because» :)

Breathtaking! If I had only one word to describe the wedding florals Alena Jean created it would be «breathtaking.»
My amazing husband found Alena Jean’s charming shop in Half Moon Bay when we were at the height of our wedding planning frenzy. He called and knew from the very atmosphere and look I would love Alena’s whole aesthetic and approach. We were looking for rustic, natural and sustainable. The shop is like a plant– and flower-​lovers haven or fantasyland. It is in a barn structure, with gorgeous plants and vessels all about, and had the feel we were aiming for. While there, my husband even overheard a customer talking about a sick plant, and one of Alena Jean’s staff members generously offered to take care of the plant at the shop and nurse it back to health. It’s like plant hospital too!
Alena Jean was the very best at providing me with a detailed written quote for florals. She detailed every kind of plant and flower she would use, customized special florals for in-​laws and honoring particular guests, and was wonderful about adjusting to our budget.
The best way to communicate is to just go right in to see Alena Jean at her shop. It’s worth the trip, and a lovely experience. Just make an appointment. Phone is the second best way to communicate. Email will reach her, but she is incredibly busy, so you need to understand she cannot reply immediately. But no need to fear. On our wedding day, Alena Jean herself delivered all our centerpieces, an amazing arch, bouquets, boutonnières and corsages and set up the wedding arch.
We were stunned. She created the most precious basket for our flower girl. My bouquet was a work of art. Our photographers loved photographing just the bouquets as much as photographing the wedding party!

Alena jean is wonderful! She made everything so stress free! We are really excited about the bouquets and arrangements she helped us design for our wedding!

Alena Jean is a true artist with flowers. I was on a tight budget and was doing all the centerpieces myself, but I wanted my bouquet and my sister’s to be a little more special. First off, you don’t have to book out 8 months in advance– when we talked to her, she said come in about a month before the wedding. Perfect. I didn’t have to stress about figuring out flowers along with everything else and had plenty of time to research what I wanted. She didn’t care that I wasn’t a big order either– two simple bouquets were no issue for her. And she does beautiful work. She was able to look at what we wanted and created something perfect for us. She made recommendations on the bouquets to make them compliment each other and had them ready on time and in perfect condition. And both were gorgeous.

Sent two messages (one through the website and one email) about using her for a wedding. No response to either of my messages, so one star for the lack of customer service. All the flowers look beautiful so it was a bummer that I got no response. I can’t work with a vendor that isn’t prompt with communication.

Alena was the florist I chose for my wedding on 04÷26÷14. She did an amazing job with ALL of my flowers & my bouquet was incredible. They were prettier than I had imagined when I described to her what I wanted.
I even went to her shop the day after my wedding to give her a hug & let her know how grateful I was that she helped make my wedding so beautiful.
Responsive, reliable & she had very impressive prices.
Thanks again Alena ! :)

Alena Jean was recommended to me as I was wandering through a bookstore and saw a vase filled with some unique flowers. I asked the lady at the register about them and she pointed me down the street to this wonderful place. I don’t remember the name of that bookstore, but I remember Alena Jean.
This was my absolute favorite store in all of Half Moon Bay!
The first thing I see is a cat curled up in a terra cotta pot. Adorable. Then we get greeted by a gentleman watering the plants who encourages us to wander around the garden. I fall in love with how lush everything is. They have all sorts of unique plants and flowers (some even supposedly smell like chocolate)!
My boyfriend has been looking for succulents and they custom-​made him something in a wooden pot that surpassed his expectations. They custom-​made me an order as well. I got Japanese Marimo moss balls (a national treasure) over black gravel in a hanging glass urn and also got a custom-​made terrarium with an air plant (since unlike everyone here I don’t have such a green thumb) and moss over black gravel. It’s still alive too! I absolutely loved everything they made.
Everyone in the store was so nice. They answered all our questions. We met Alena Jean herself. Our custom-​made orders were created while we waited and they were so quick about it. Everything was affordable.
I would not hesitate to come back here at all. Alena Jean even joked about giving my boyfriend and me permission to come back to take our wedding pictures here (not engaged so don’t want to start any rumors)! Well maybe she was serious. Anyway they are great here. Would not hesitate to return!