Scarlet Petal

Lee at Scarlet Petal is AMAZING and made our November 2015 wedding absolutely perfect! Flowers and décor were extremely important to me, but I only had a general idea of what I was looking for, didn’t know a lot about specific types of flowers, and was planning my Chicago wedding from New York City — which made everything a little more difficult. In spite of all of this, Lee made everything so easy! She met with us when we were in town, put together samples, helped us come up with flowers and décor that fit well with our vision, and then was very responsive to my many emails when I had questions and wanted to change a bunch of things here and there. She also took the time to meet with us again closer to the date and go over all of the details one by one. We appreciated her experience and expertise, and everything the day of the wedding was amazing. Our flowers turned out gorgeous, Lee and her team took care of getting everyone their bouquets/​corsages, all set-​up, and take down, and I didn’t need to worry about a single thing. We received many compliments on our flowers, were so happy with everything, and highly, highly recommend Scarlet Petal!

Lee at Scarlet Petal was amazing. She was incredibly easy to work with, accommodated our weird schedule (we live out of state), stuck to our budget, and most importantly, provided BEAUTIFUL flowers. The flowers were one of my favorite parts of the day. The reminded me of Bhldn, which is exactly what I wanted. The value was also incredible… I was pretty amazed we got all we did for the price we paid (rare in the wedding world). Lee provides a showing of all your centerpieces a few weeks before the wedding so you can see the real product and request alterations. Again with flexibility, she was able to do this remotely for me, since I live out of state and was unable to come in. I requested a couple minor changes and the final product looked just like what I had envisioned but better. The flowers fit in perfectly with our space, and Lee also provided several extra decorative elements like a bird cage for our cards, which saved me the trouble of having to purchase a card box. However, the most impressive thing Lee did happened on the day of the wedding. I mistakenly ordered only four bridesmaid bouquets when I needed five. When I realized my mistake, I texted Lee to see if she could give my maid of honor a rose or something to carry, and she somehow created a perfectly matching fifth bouquet on the spot! I would absolutely recommend Lee and would use Scarlet Petal again if I ever had the need to.

My wedding was August 1, 2015, and Lee was absolutely amazing to work with ! The flowers were beautiful and she was very professional. Great person to be around!

Lee Scott at Scarlet Petal is the most amazing wedding florist in the Chicagoland area. She promised me an evening no one would ever forget and she kept her promise!
I had emailed her a few pics of what I wanted my bouquet to look like and I can honestly say that the bouquet that she presented to me on the big day was even better than any picture I had sent her. It was so BEAUTIFUL! The centerpieces were also AMAZING as she alternated the décor on every other table — manzita branches coming out of beautiful vases with clusters of flowers placed into the branches and tons of candles were placed on half of the tables in the room and a mirrored box with short vases filled with flowers and tons of romantic candles were on the other half of the tables. I told Lee that the more candles we could use, the better, and she certainly delivered on that detail! She placed gorgeous flowers and candles EVERYWHERE she could… the escort card table, sweets tables, bars, gift table, guestbook table, even the restrooms had flowers! She had an amazing eye for design!
Lee provides excellent customer service above all else. She asked me about my budget right in the beginning at our first meeting. The other two other florists who did not ask me about budget and quoted me 2 – 3 times what Lee quoted me. Lee was happy to help me when I had questions or needed to add more corsages/​wristlets to the order. She really cares about her clients and puts her whole heart into what she does. She is nothing short of a blessing!
I HIGHLY recommend using Lee Scott, Scarlet Petal for all of your floral and design needs.

Lee Scott is AMAZING! We used Lee for our wedding flowers. We met for a showing and the arrangements were beautiful, but too similar to my best friend who recent was married. I sent her more pictures of what I was looking for and the day of the wedding she delivered! We couldn’t be happier with her arrangements. She will take care of all the little details! She is very responsive with emails, listens to your concerns, extremely professional and passionate about her work. I would recommend Lee for any type of floral arrangements.

I met with Travis a few months before my wedding to put together a proposal. I didn’t want anything extravagant, and had a pretty limited budget. I wanted a very basic blush rose bouquet, and some small mason jar centerpieces with baby’s breath and blush roses. I shared my vision and some photos with Travis, and we talked through what I was thinking. From the start, he made it clear he didn’t like my vision, and kept pushing me away from the simple look I was going for.
He sent me a proposal that was over 3 times my budget, and nothing like the pictures I had shared. The flowers he chose were hot pink (I wanted blush), and the bouquets had a lot more going on than the simple ones we talked about. I emailed him back with specific things I wanted to change, and re-​sent the ideas I had, and he never responded. We did not end up working with Travis for our wedding.
If you are looking for something basic and simple, I do not recommend choosing Travis.

Handled my daughter’s wedding flowers. When I first walked in to order they sat with me and helped me decide which flowers worked in my price range. The flowers came exactly as I had asked for. The flowers were fresh and lasted the entire wedding. I could not have been happier. Flowers were not cheap but we’re not over priced for what I received. Flowers all had a finished look. Not cheaply thrown together. Would highly recommend this florist to everyone.

Scarlet Petal did a wonderful job with our wedding. I sent over the basic color scheme and look I wanted to go for and Lee sent back a detailed description of each centerpiece, bouquet and miscellaneous items (boutonnieres, extras etc.). She set up a sample showing which was extremely helpful considering its hard to picture what a bunch of flowers will look like together. I wanted a few changes made and Lee was happy to accommodate. On the wedding day, the bouquets and boutonnieres stayed strong all day during pictures and through the ceremony. I received numerous compliments from guests about how gorgeous the flowers were and what an elegant feel they gave the venue. The votives and floating candles were also a very nice touch.
After the wedding, my mother in law wanted to repurpose some of the centerpieces for our brunch and rather than strike all the flowers as they normally would, Scarlet Petal put the flowers into portable containers (that still looked very nice), refrigerated them overnight and delivered them to the brunch the next day. We paid slightly extra for this but it was well worth it and clear that they were going above and beyond what had originally agreed on.
My only minor complaint was a few of the flowers in my bouquet and husband’s boutonnière came out purple (my color was blush pink). When I met with Lee for the sample showing she said she would not put in those flowers if they came out purple on the wedding day. I know that its tough call to make when we agreed upon a price and certain types of flowers and I understand they may not come out exactly how you want but it did bother me to have purple mixed in with blush when nothing else in the wedding would have that color. Despite the color, they were still mixed into a beautiful bouquet and looked great overall.

I worked with Travis and he was wonderful.
I had a very minimal elegant vision — not too many flowers and tons of candles — and the end result was more elegant and more beautiful than I had imagined. Travis made the entire process easy and fun. I met with him twice — once to talk about the general direction, and then once about two weeks prior to the wedding to see a sample table setting. I was also working with a budget, and the end price was extremely reasonable (especially considering how much other florists cost for weddings). The set up and take down appeared seamless. I will also say that the bouquets and boutonniers were some of the prettiest I have ever seen.
In short, I think this is a splendid florist. Not only will you be delighted by the end result, you will have an elegant presentation and not break the bank. I could not recommend Travis and Scarlet Petal more highly.

I met with several florists before deciding on Scarlet Petal. They really understood my vision for my wedding (lots of candles, ivory floral & mercury glass/​gold/​silver accents) and helped me work within my budget. The cost was reasonable, based on what other florists had quoted. On the day of the wedding, my designer Lee showed up early & showed us the floral, including an important sentimental piece for me. Everything looked GORGEOUS. The tables looked like we’d discussed — I was very pleased.
One small mishap — we’d agreed on mercury glass votive candleholders to accent our tables. Everything was lit for the start of cocktail hour. About 30 minutes into cocktail hour, my caterer came to let me know that the votives were causing small fires on my tables and they were removing all of the votives. Thankfully, my venue had votive candleholders to spare so the tables didn’t look bare. But I was really surprised that I never received a follow up from anyone at Scarlet Petal after the wedding after they came to pick up the burnt votive holders.

We met with several decorators and we matched best with the vibe we got from Scarlet Petal. That was due to Sarah, who has since left for another position at a different company. She really worked with our budget, finding the right look with less expensive flowers. The bride’s bouquet was unique and beautiful, and it fit the day and the bride. We were happy with the design we created together, from the bouquets, to decorations on the table. Matched our style perfectly!
There was damage done to some decorations we brought in, but they covered the cost after the fact. Great company and great design.

I couldn’t be more pleased with the job Travis did on the flower arrangements for my wedding. He completely brought my vision of pink ombré, tropical flowers to life, without breaking the bank! He had a knack for understanding exactly what I wanted, then exceeding my expectations. For example, instead of putting the tall floral arrangements in plain old vases, he used vases with rhinestone accents and ambient lighting in the base.
Travis also showed my husband and me free sample floral and candle arrangements before the wedding, and even let me keep my sample bouquet, which lasted for over a week. On the wedding day, the staff promptly delivered the arrangements, bouquets, and boutonnieres to three different venues (my house, the church, and the Adler planetarium) without a hitch!

I am really sorry to say that after two attempts to contact this florist, I decided I need to review them. I first filled out the inquiry form on their website. No response. After waiting almost a month to receive a response, I then emailed the address listed on their website. Still, no response about 2.5 weeks later.
It is a shame because I was 95% sure I wanted to use them for my wedding next year after having seen all of their work in various pictures. I have since decided to go with another florist that had similar work and a great price point. Very unprofessional and disappointed. I’m shocked that this was even an issue given how good most of the other reviews are. How do businesses like this survive these days?

Scarlet Petal is an amazing job for my wedding at the Spertus Institute this past April. From boutonnieres to our 12ft chuppah, they didn’t miss a detail. I came to Scarlet Petal with little direction and few ideas. I know my colors and what flowers I didn’t like and that was about it. David and Sarah really tried to understand what style of wedding I was going for and what I imagined it would look like. We spent over an hour and half going through images of flowers and talking about how they could incorporate each into different pieces to make them different but cohesive. I left feeling like they really understood me and could take my vision to a higher level.
When I went in to see a trial piece a few months later I met with David again. I was overall very impressed with their work but asked to make a few adjustments based on my initial reactions. David was very open-​minded and flexible to my suggestions and I left knowing I was in good hands.
The day of the wedding, Sarah showed up to my suite with the bouquets, corsages, and boutonnieres. They were stunning and I was so excited to give them out to family and friends. The rest of the wedding was incredible as well. I can’t say enough as to how beautiful the ceremony and reception spaces looked. I was blown away.
Flowers and decorations are not cheap. Anywhere. But Scarlet Petal really made an effort to work within my budget. We reused almost everything from the ceremony for the reception. They even designed small, simple vases of succulents, used on the dinner tables, that I was able to reuse for our Sunday brunch as well. Overall was completely satisfied with Scarlet Petal and would highly recommend them to any!

I decided to work with Scarlet Petal because of my initial meeting with Esther. We spent over an hour together and I felt like she took all the ideas out of my head. At the same time I also felt like she knew my venue back to front and was able to explain the productive changes she wanted to make to my vision based on the limitations, lighting and color of the space itself.
Esther was also able to put together a detailed proposal while sticking to our small budget. Once we saw the sample of the tall centerpiece we knew that the flowers for our wedding would be spectacular!
Everything was beautiful on our wedding day! I could not have received more compliments regarding all the flowers. Scarlet Petal also decorated the poles of our chuppah which were just plain metal poles. The chuppah looked completely transformed with just the smallest addition of decorating the poles with leaves and flowers.
I recommend Scarlet Petal to any bride who wants a florist who is a true artist, listens, gets it and won’t break the bank!

I hired Scarlet Petal to do the flowers and décor at my wedding at Café Bruer this past September. There are some very positive things to say, but also some problem areas to mention. First, let me say that the event turned out beautiful — we were pleased with the end product. Also, our day-​of manager, David, was a treat to work with, very friendly, upbeat, positive, accommodating. They were on time with delivery to the hotel and very helpful. We also had a great experience in initial meetings with another designer who listened to our ideas and made suggestions.
On the other hand, there are some things to consider before booking SP. The prices are substantially higher than other florists we met with who I believe would have done an equally good job. I felt like every time we wanted to make even small changes, there was a nickel and dime-​y atmosphere, and their minimum for summer/​fall weddings seems pretentious. So, be prepared to invest quite a bit in floral. Second, for what we paid, I found it ridiculous that we could not take the centerpieces (at least) home with us. The cost of these items was high, and I felt we should have been able to keep what we wanted considering plain glass hurricanes are relatively inexpensive. As another reviewer notes, they charge a fee to pay with a credit card which seems out of date and unreasonable for the amount you’re spending there. Finally, the trial you are allowed is skimpy (only one item out of all you’ve ordered). When you’re investing thousands, you should be able to see samples of more than just one item. As a a bride, it’s important to know what not just the centerpiece will look like, but bouquets or other key items as well.
Overall, I can recommend the end product at Scarlet Petal — they do a lovely job. However, beware your budget and the constraints they choose to put on you as a business with «preferred vendor» status at high end venues. Also realize that unless you have a very firm idea of what you want and are prepared to stick to your guns, you may be sort of bullied into having what they think is tasteful.

I used the Scarlet Petal for my wedding this past August and I couldn’t be happier.
I can’t say enough good things about them.
After meeting with several florists about my then-​upcoming wedding, I felt like I was taking crazy pills or something. One was was way too much –even after given my budget they quoted me at two times the price– the other was well within my price range but it looked like the flowers might be DOA on my wedding day. With The Scarlet Petal I found one that was just right. The flowers are top-​notch at reasonable prices.
I worked with Jenny and from the second I met her she made me feel comfortable. She had flash cards with every kind of flower imaginable to aid in our discussion. I had no idea what I wanted, but she was somehow able to find my taste. When the price was a little too much for my comfort, she reworked the entire quote to make sure we were well within my range.
The day of the wedding the flowers were delivered right on time and the girls were super helpful in showing my mother and his mother how to wear the beautiful wrist corsages (attached with a ribbon) and pinned on all the boutonnieres for the groomsmen.
They even added touches to the venue such as flower arrangements in the bathroom and petals on the bar. They did say that they would do this in the contract, but my expectations were far exceeded by the quality and quantity of the arrangements.
You can’t go wrong with these gals. Bravo and thank you Scarlet Petal!

This review is long over due, but my experience with Scarlet Petal and Esther was so great that I must share.
While planning a wedding you get suckered into thinking that everything that is super expensive must be better and that if you are not paying top price for whatever you are a bad bride.
In the long list of wedding expenses, flowers were not my highest priority. (although I was told by several florist that they should be)
Of course I wanted them to be beautiful and perfect etc, I just didn’t want to spend my bonus on them.
From the moment I walked in to meet with Esther I was in love, she was calm, super sweet and really really great to work with. She was not pushy, she understood the budget, and gave me amazing flowers.
She allowed for me to buy my own vases, which lowered the overall cost and I let people to take the beautiful flowers home.
All night long I received compliments on the center pieces and my flowers.
This was one wedding vendor I did not have to worry about and since then I have recommended them to everyone I know.

Amazing, amazing, amazing! So talented and so professional. We had Scarlet Petal provide the décor for the ceremony and reception as well as the bridal party flowers. Everything was perfect. I can’t even describe how beautiful it all was. Esther was so easy to work with– I interviewed a few other florists and I could tell they did not have her artistic vision. She was also the only one to call me to confirm my budget before submitting a proposal (the others e-​mailed me proposals WAY over my budget without any explanation).
Highly, highly recommend them!!!

I literally jumped for joy when my flowers were delivered on the morning of my wedding. They were so much better than anything I had imagined and had everything I wanted. Our ceremony and reception flowers were just as beautiful, and I couldn’t have been happier with Jenny and her team at Scarlet Petal.
Jenny was so responsive and kind to all of my inquiries and questions. She was so easy to work with and really helpful. We told her our budget and she stayed within it while giving us the most beautiful flowers I could ever imagine. I couldn’t have been happier with our decision to hire Scarlet Petal for our wedding floral arrangements and I wish we had more money to spend on flowers so I could really see what they could do.
Hire Scarlet Petal.