An Added Touch Flowers

MY HUSBAND INITIALLY DID NOT WANT FLOWERS FOR OUR WEDDING. After pleading, whining, demanding, and giving him the silent treatment, I eventually convinced him that flowers are a must have at ANY wedding. You can only imagine how triumphant and pleased with myself I must have felt when he tells me after the wedding that THE FLOWERS LOOKED AMAZING, AND HE IS THANKFUL WE HIRED CAROL. Coming from a groom who didn’t think flowers were necessary, Carol clearly did an amazing job!
Carol provided all my flower needs for our wedding and everyone, including myself of course, loved her work! We had our wedding reception at McCormicks & Kuletos restaurant at the Fisherman’s Wharf last November. She provided the table centerpieces, sweetheart table décor, and guestbook table décor. After I gave her an idea of what i wanted (by showing her pictures from pinterest), she took the reins and created something that I could not have envisioned myself. She told me what would work and what would not. I trusted her, and I’m glad I did. She is very easy to work with. She also delivered personal flowers to our hotels and was very accommodating toward our budget. Also, my guests who took home centerpieces told me the that the flowers still looked amazing 2 weeks after the wedding! Brides, you will not be disappointed.

I found Carol’s work through Unilocal when I was looking for someone to do the flower arrangements for my wedding at the Julia Morgan Ballroom this past October. I’ve seen her work on various other wedding websites, and found that her style was exactly what I was looking for in terms of my vision for the floral design for our wedding.
From the beginning, Carol was incredibly prompt and courteous in all of our communications (mainly through email), and when we finally did our in-​person consultation, was incredibly helpful in guiding us through the design process — making suggestions and paying very careful attention to the various inspiration colorboards and photos that I had prepared. In the end, she was able quote us a design that was very reasonable in terms of price.
It was also a bonus that she had so much experience with the Julia Morgan Ballroom — on the day of the wedding, she was incredibly efficient in delivering and setting up all the arrangements for both the ceremony that was held in the lobby and the reception that was held in the Ballroom, as well as hand-​delivering the bouquets/​corsages and boutonnieres to the wedding party on the morning of the wedding. I couldn’t be happier with all the arrangements she created and many of the guests commented on how unique her use of succulents in the bouquets and arrangements was. In the end, the arrangements that Carol created made for a beautiful and magical ceremony and reception. I highly recommend her to anyone who is looking for a florist for their wedding or any special occasion in general.

Carol put all of my wedding flowers together and she did a spectacular job. She was recommended by our wedding planner and was very detailed when it came down to questions regarding our vision.
When we got our flowers on our wedding day, we were quite blown away about what a great job Carol did. Our photographer actually commented that the bouquets were the most unique and best that he has seen in a long time! That was great news to us since our photographer has done countless weddings.
I would definitely recommend Carol to anyone of my friends who are next in line to plan a wedding.

I was so lucky to have Carol be our florist! She was highly recommended from a friend whose wedding was at the Julia Morgan Ballroom, and that’s where ours was. Carol worked with our budget, made suggestions as where to save and was patient with me as I went back an forth on colors and stryles.
I love flowers and obsessed over what kind of flowers I wanted. My bridesmaids were in a deep red color, but I was afraid the flowers would lok «Valentiney» or «Christmasy». At one of our meetings, I gave Carol a picture of what I likes, and she hit the nail on the head. She did research weeks before and sent me pictures of flowers to see what I thought. She was on board with my vision. She was a pleasure to work with and the floweres were stunning. Unusual, gorgous, filled with texture and she got the romantic, vintage mood I was going for.
Hire her! You won’t be dissapointed!

Carol provided flowers for my wedding, and they were absolutely spectacular! I had very specific requirements concerning my wedding arch, as I refused to have a bleach white, plastic, arch. She went out of her way to rent a rusted metal arch that matched the rustic venue perfectly! She provided the flowers for my cake, and suggested perfect alternatives when my preferred flowers were long out of season.
Can I order bouquets from her for EVERY occasion? I sure want to!!!

I called this place to request a quote for a wedding bouquet three months away. Carol, who answered the phone, flat out REFUSED to give me a quote as she is, «doing two weddings the day before». I repeated my question, a bit confused by her flat-​out refusal to even provide a quote. She rudely responded that she would not give the quote because she knew she could not do it. Talk about terrible customer service!

Carol did the flowers for my mother’s funeral. She did exactly what I asked for, all done over the phone. I was so happy with what she produced. I wanted feminine, elegant and simple. My friends, who are very fussy about flower arrangements raved. An added bonus: Carol is very easy to work with and her price was very moderate.
Stephanie T.

very well done. Exactly how I wanted everything and very good priced. would use again in a heart beat. All the guests loved the décor.

I absolutely loved the flowers Carol made for our June Wedding at Marines’ Memorial Club! We got bouquets, boutonnieres, and multiple flower arrangements. I couldn’t be more pleased at how everything turned out. We had only been able to talk via email about our wedding vision and Carol was spot on! All of our guests mentioned how beautiful the flowers were as well! Thank you so much for making our big day extra special!

This review for Carol is LONG overdue (this June will be my 2 year wedding anniversary)!! Hopefully better late than never!
Carol did an amazing job with the florals at the wedding … her centerpieces evoked loud «gasps» from our wedding guests when the reception hall was revealed (see attached pictures (Ann’s wedding)). I had very specific requirements for what I wanted for the centerpieces and the bridal bouquets and she listened to every request and the result was spectacular. Her prices were also very reasonable — I contacted several florists and she had the best prices. Highly recommend Carol — she will not disappoint!

This review is long overdue, but I wanted to make sure to add my strong recommendation for Carol at An Added Touch Flowers. For my wedding last year I did a very thorough search for florists who had exquisite taste, were within our price range, and were nice, professional, and easy to get along with. (I even sent out an RFP!) Of the five that I narrowed my list down to, Carol easily rose to the top. I enjoyed the fact that she listened to what I envisioned for the wedding flowers, and she provided helpful guidance and recommendations. She provided beautiful, fresh flowers for our wedding day, and she and her staff were extremely professional. I really enjoyed working with Carol and highly recommend her. She made our winter wedding look absolutely gorgeous — thanks, Carol!

I used An Added Touch for our wedding flowers this past August. They were absolutely perfect!!! I was so happy with everything — the boutonnieres for the guys, the girls’ bouquets, the table flowers, the church flowers — they were all so beautifully arranged. Carol made the whole experience really easy. We went to her house and she had tons of photo books of her previous work to give you ideas, worked through all the details of what you wanted, and if you didn’t care too much she took the reins and made it look gorgeous. Carol worked really hard on the day of the wedding to make sure everything was just perfect, and I was just so impressed. Thank you so much Carol — I was 100% satisfied and I’m so glad we chose you for our wedding!!!

After looking at and talking to a number of florists, we chose Carol with An Added Touch and were extremely pleased that we did.
Carol had a lot of experience with our venue (the Julia Morgan Ballroom) and was very helpful in suggesting ways to use and decorate the space, including areas where we could save some $. She was willing to work with our budget and during the planning process, gave us specific estimates on all aspects of her services so that we knew how much it would cost to add and subtract items for our wedding. Overall, Carol’s prices are very reasonable given the quality of her product and the level of service.
Come wedding day, the flowers were just as we imagined. Everything, including the bouquets, candles, table flowers, flowers for the cake, etc. were picture perfect!

My wedding bouquet of garnet red roses were so beautiful and looked as if they were made of velvet ! I fell in love with my bouquet and she was a pleasure to work with! (:

We found Carol through our venue, Marines’ Memorial Club & Hotel. Carol was AMAZING! In one of my first coordinating meetings at our venue, the wedding coordinator showed me a photo book of flower arrangements that had been done for weddings at the venue. I had already decided on using candelabras that our venue provided as part of our wedding package and completely fell in love with the photos of Carol’s candelabra topper arrangements. I loved the amaranth that was used to create added dimension and I asked her to use succulents and pin cushions in my bridal bouquet. Our colors were orange, yellow and copper and purple. The colors in my bouquet were primarily orange, green succulents and yellow accents. My bridesmaid’s bouquets were primarily yellow with orange accents. My husband’s boutonnière was a white calla lily (white lilies also incorporated in my bouquet) and the groomsmen boutonnieres were yellow calla lilies. Our parents also wore boutonnière/​wristlet corsages. Carol made our flower girl a lovely flower ball of orange carnations and yellow billy– ball accents. Other flowers used in our arrangements were lilies, dahlias, spider mums and roses. Carol is a joy to work with. We exchanged a series of pictures and emails of flower ideas before meeting in person at her home. She was great at letting me run with my own ideas and filling in suggestions or showing me pictures to further inspire our own thought process on the look for our floral arrangements. She is super sweet, very thorough, excellent about giving suggestions about flowers that will be in season around the time of your event, prompt and reliable. She is a talented artist! She is also super open to working with your budget and giving you examples of what kind of flowers will be used for low, mid and high budgets depending on flower season to help you choose.

I’m sorry to say that I was pretty close to getting Costco wedding flowers for my 9÷2÷11 Wedding at the Julia Morgan Ballroom. Luckily, my strong desire for stargazers with blue accent flowers, and help from Linda at the JMB, sent me on a course to look into professional floral arrangements. Working with Carol was one of the best decisions I made, and I truly loved every aspect of my wedding.
Before I go into anymore detail, my bouquet of flowers is still the screensaver on my phone.
After my initial email with Carol, I was able to meet her in-​person as she was setting up floral arrangements for another wedding. I could see and smell everything first hand — Amazing! Next, my husband and I went to Carol’s house and showed her examples of flowers and color palettes we liked. I really wanted blue flowers in the wedding and she was able to incorporate natural blue flowers, plus blue roses and orchids into the bouquets and reception floral arrangements. I could not have been happier with the results. I didn’t have to worry about any of the setup either as she was able to do everything. Carol had great ideas about reusing flowers at different points of the event as well. We took the church altar flowers and placed them on pedestals next to the cake. She also had vases on the head table where all of the bridesmaids could put their bouquets.
Make sure you look at and utilize Carol’s candelabras. These are just so gorgeous and look wonderful in the Julia Morgan Ballroom.
Definitely look into Carol and an Added Touch of Flowers for your wedding or floral arrangement needs. I cannot wait until I can work with Carol again and always recommend her to my friends. I’ll work on uploading some wedding photos to Unilocal as well!

Carol was one of several florists recommended to me. I know almost nothing about flowers and we didn’t a lot of money to spend on them, so this was the one part of planning that I put off as long as possible. After initial consultations and some research, the other florists either had VERY high minimum spend requirements or were located down in San Jose and charged travel fees to SF that would have eaten up much of our very minimal flower budget. Also, I was looking for something a bit non-​traditional that would incorporate a lot of seasonal produce (we got married in October; I’m a big produce/​foodie/​CSA person), which didn’t seem to go over well with some of the «white rose wedding» florist types.
When I reached out to Carol, she responded very quickly, and had quite a few great ideas that would incorporate the fall colors and produce I had in mind — fall leaves, squashes, gourds, kale, chili peppers, pomegranates, brussels sprouts, artichokes, and purple artichokes. We sat down with her, and she thoroughly covered every aspect of the venue (Julia Morgan Ballroom) that might want decoration, while noting which areas we could skimp on to save some cash. She was clearly very familiar with our venue, and made some suggestions that would work better in the space than the original ideas I had come up with. And just as important for us, the proposal came in within the pricing range we had discussed — and frankly, was less than the proposal from the «very reasonably priced» San Jose florist we originally were leaning towards.
We met again with her about a month before the wedding to finalize everything, and she had given us leeway to add to or subtract from the initial proposal (amazing for my piece of mind given how easy it is to go over-​budget on wedding-​related services). We gave her a lot of freedom to use whatever produce she could find that worked with the general fall scheme (it was mid-​September, but almost no fall produce was out at the time we last met pre-​wedding), and it turned out amazing. I’ve uploaded photos for reference, but everything was spectacular — from the purple and green artichokes + firey calla lilies in my bouquet to gorgeous centerpieces incorporating the fall produce. I could not be more pleased with the end product, nor with the very responsive service we received throughout the entire process. I have recommended her personally to a few friends who recently got engaged, and would highly recommend her to anyone else looking for more traditional floral arrangements (she has many examples in her books) or something a bit more outside the box like we asked for.

I started looking for a florist to put together my bridal bouquet about a month before my San Francisco city hall wedding date. Carol responded promptly and agreed to arrange a bridal bouquet, groom boutonnière, mini boutonnière and mini bouquet for our day. Her price was reasonable and she was very helpful when I explained what I wanted. I absolutely LOVED my bouquet, and the boutonnieres and mini bouquet were perfect, too. I’m very glad I found An Added Touch for my day!

As soon as I met Carol, I knew she was the one for me. She is very relaxed and down-​to-​earth, but her flowers looks like someone’s who is a stickler for details! We could not be happier with her work on our wedding flowers; people were actually fighting over who was taking centerpieces home! I was extremely vague in my directions, and yet she just talked to me until she had an idea of the aesthetic I wanted and took it from there.
All I said was, no bright colors, nothing «tall» and a «natural» look; she created absolutely gorgeous pieces of art using texture and shape, white and green, fresh flowers and succulents, the holders covered in bark. It was completely perfect and my bouquet had just hints of pink, it was lovely.
Also, I was one of those brides who was last-​minute asking for things and she took it all in stride. I thought we couldn’t have our flower girl throw petals in the church and she suggested a «flowerball» instead, an idea I loved. In the end, we didn’t need it, so she found just the right spot that could be «dressed up» with such an item!
Thank you so much, Carol!

Carol did the florals for our wedding this year and she absolutely exceeded our expectations. She was able to make my vision come alive within our budget where everyone else was quoting us exorbitant prices for the exact same thing. She even went above and beyond her role as a florist to advise me when I was having trouble with one of my vendors at the very last minute and essentially saved the day.
Every floral aspect of our wedding was outstanding. Our bouquets were gorgeous, even the toss bouquet could have been used as a bridal bouquet! The reception centerpieces were amazing and transformed our ballroom into a dreamy wonderland. Even the venue event coordinator had to comment that our wedding reception was the most beautiful she’d ever seen at their location! The guests were completely floored! By the end of the night, there wasn’t a single centerpiece left… and these were epic 4 ft. manzanita branches. It’s still beyond me how most people fit them in their cars.
Thanks to Carol, our wedding was a huge success. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend her to anyone for a grand event. You definitely won’t be disappointed!