Flowers By Darlene

My daughter just had her flowers for her wedding done here. Everything was beautiful and the help was incredible. Very little time was taken and my daughter got just what she wanted. Highly recommend

Darlene arranged the flowers for our wedding this past September. I came in with a very particular bouquet that I wanted for my bouquet and from there we developed a color scheme and flowers. She understood my vision and created breathtaking flower arrangements. I could not have been more pleased. When I saw my bouquet I was in awe! It was exactly what I wanted, truly so beautiful. Being a bride, I called Darlene quite a few times and she was always happy to please and answer any questions I had. She was attentive to details and asked me lots of questions so she knew all the details. Since, we were getting married in Salem she had worked at our venues many times and made suggestions on what she thought might be good places to put the flowers. We had so many compliments on the flowers from our wedding. She is truly amazing! I will certainly be recommending her in the future!

I live in California, and ordered some flowers to send to my mother-in-law’s hospital room and picked Darlene’s at random. The flowers were delivered the next day and were beautiful! I also feel like there were a lot of flowers for the money I paid, but that could be just that your money goes further in Salem than where I live. Regardless, they did a great job.

Darlene and north shore fruit just did the flowers for our large wedding and did a beautiful job at a fair price. Darlene was so patient with me while I debated 6 slightly different shades of pink for bouquets. She had me bring in my bridesmaid dresses which were different colors so the bouquets would tie together and they did just that. The centerpeices were gorgeous. Tons of compliments. Loved my bouquet of coral peonies that were perfect. And she gave me an estimate and helped me stick to our budget. Highly recommend.

I received a fruit basket from North Shore Fruit & Flowers as a birthday gift from an old & dear friend. While the basket was well packed & lovely, I am very disappointed in some of the fruit that was in the basket. I had left the pears and a whole pineapple out to ripen. When the pears were finally ripe, when cut into pieces, they were very soggy and inedible. The pineapple was green and unripened. The pineapple was left out ar room temperature to ripen and it eventually turned black. Both the pears and the pineapple had to be thrown away.
When I called North Shore to let them know my very poor experience with the fruit they shipped out to me, I was transferred to the manager. The manager asked me why I waited to call and said that this is the first time in 5 years that they ever had any complaints. He denied that the fruit was most likely shipped out frozen and said he «apologizes» for the issues I experienced but did not offer anything beyond that. The manager’s tone was pretty much «To heck with you, we’re not doing anything for you.» This is the first time I’ve ever had an issue with anything edible shipped to me and I will make sure that the person who sent me the fruit basket is aware of Mike (the manager) at North Shore’s unwillingness to replace items that are below standard. And I will never recommend nor personally do business with North Shore Fruit & Flowers.

I love Darlene’s Flowers/​North Shore Fruit Basket Company. They are the one flower shop that I really can depend on and trust. The flowers that they deliver always look like the photos on their site, or even better.
Thank you!

Very creative floral arrangements. Darlene gives back to the community by decorating homes for the Christmas House tour which is much appreciated. Her arrangements are lovely and so is she!

thank you darlene! we used this company for our wedding and bouquets. They were beautiful. Everyone was commenting on how nice they were and how they never saw bouquets like these! so unique!

We had Darlene as the florist for our wedding over Labor Day weekend, and I can’t say enough wonderful things about her and they service she provides. We had an easy appointment to select the flowers and arrangements we wanted, and she was spot on with suggestions for flowers and colors based on the swatch I brought her from a bridesmaid’s dress. All of the arrangements came out absolutely gorgeous and looked perfect throughout the whole day and night even though it was very hot! The gorgeous arrangements she made for the altar at our church were still there, looking beautiful, a full week later. The price was great, she never tried to up-​sell us anything we didn’t indicate interest in, and she was really nice to work with. I absolutely recommend Flowers by Darlene to anyone looking for a beautiful arrangement for any occasion!

The floral arrangements Darlene designed for our (small, non-​traditional) church wedding and reception were beyond our expectations, gorgeous! It was a very easy process to do business over the phone and the computer with Darlene. Thanks again Darlene for being part of our special day!!!

I recently got married in April 2012 and Darlene did the flowers for my wedding. The Hawthorne Hotel recommended Darlene and the flowers turned out great. The centerpieces were included in the package price with the Hawthorne and we paid another $ 800 for the rest of the flowers, which I thought was a bit expensive (bouquets and that sort of thing). The flowers were beautiful though, so it was worth it.
Darlene gets right down to business, so don’t let that scare you away. I’m not really a flower person, so it was great to just let Darlene know what colors we were using and she just picked out the flowers that matched. Our 2^nd flower appointment was about 15 minutes long. Everyone said the flowers were beautiful, from the centerpieces to the bouquets. They looked great in the pictures too.

I have have some bad luck with florist and I am thrilled to say Flowers by Darlene is not one of them. I ordered two corsages and boutineers, for two proms. I found some styles on their web site and when I got to the store they didn’t have those examples, but pulled them up on their computer. The woman, who was very nice, even tried to save me some money. I called the night before I was supposed to pick up the first order because I want to change the color of some of the roses and try to get it to look more like the colors shown on the wen site. I left a message, but was told I could call back at 8:00 and talked to the designer. When I called she was not in yet and a very nice gentlemen took a message and said they would take care of it. When I came to pick them up I could see the message never got delivered. The woman waiting on me could not have been nicer or more helpful. We went into the flower fridg, choose a couple of new roses and she and Darlene took it apart and rebuilt it in amazing time and my son’s date was thrilled. It was beautiful. They really could not have been much more helpful to this pain in neck in the customer. I pick up the other order on Tuesday and I have changed the ribbon color (my son got it wrong) and we will see. At least ribbon is easier to change than flowers.

My husband ordered me a flower arrangement for my birthday. The arrangement itself was done okay — except with wilted flowers. I called, simply because I did not believe he got what he paid for, and they replaced them no questions asked. However, the flowers again began to wilt and barely lasted 4 days. I know — they’re live flowers and can’t be expected to last forever — but daisies and roses are a LOT hardier than what came out here. Disappointing.

Darlene did the flowers for our wedding, and I cannot believe how many compliments we received on our centerpieces! In fact, an employee at our venue, the Hawthorne Hotel, said that she had never seen such elegant and stunning centerpieces, and she sees them every week!
Darlene was vey easy and friendly to work with, and took the time to create the look that we wanted, and yet made suggestions as to how to stay within our budget (use the church arrangement for our sweetheart table, for example). Our flowers were so fresh that the arrangements lasted a full WEEK after the wedding.
We were very impressed at the quality, attention to detail, and professionalism, and will not consider using another florist. We have found her.

Every holiday my brother in another state sends me an arrangement from this florist… and always it is the worst! The arrangements are the ugliest I have ever seen, I love flowers, and these always disappoint. Once, when the delivery man handed them to me, they were all droopy and lasted less than a day. This is no Winstons or Thistle and Rose. Seriously, the latest one has wild flowers that I would never bring into the house mixed with one entire side in PEACH roses and the entire other side in YELLOW roses? Who is part-​time working there? A colorblind person? What is sad, is I went to their website and the arrangements do not look like any they offer, not even close. I just need a kind way to tell my poor brother, he is wasting his money.

This is a review based on my initial consultation with Darlene — I will update it once I have my wedding.
Darlene is the florist for my wedding in July. My fiancé and I came here for our consultation and Darlene took all the guesswork and worries out of selecting the flowers. She gives you a list of everything they can offer you and how much it will be. The list included things I didn’t even think of — like a smaller bouqet to toss and a corsage for a reader… who knew? Once you select the type of flowers you want, you can email her pics and she will have you come back to view a mock-​up. Her prices are extremely affordable and there was even a girl at the store who told me she did an amazing job on her wedding. Good to know!
Another thing checked off my list!