Floral Design Studio

Nona was highly recommended to me by three of my friends and now I know why!
If you’re like me and don’t really know much about design or flowers (other than knowing that they are pretty), you are in good hands with Nona. She is extremely knowledgeable and is so creative and über-​talented!
I went to our first meeting with just a vague idea of what I wanted, but Nona was able to take my musings and create a beautiful and elegant look for our wedding!
Our bouquets matched our dresses so perfectly, it was like they were made for each other!
Nona far exceeded my expectations!
Please hire Nona, she is incredible! You absolutely will not regret it!

Nona is the best, not only she is talented and extreme creative in her field but has a golden compassionate heart as well. She had calm my distraught state and arranged a beautiful flower arrangement for my decease mom. (I do not live in the area, attending my mom funeral and needed last minute touch on the flower arrangement) Unilocal came in handy whenever I need a recommendation, Unilocal has never failed me especially yesterday. I highly recommend her skill and business for any flower need

floral design studio worked great for our wedding. They showed up in advance of the wedding and had everything set up. All of the arrangements were amazing. We were very satisfied with their work. Nona is definitely a bit eccentric but don’t let that fool you, she and her team do amazing work.

We walked in and Nona and her associate took care of our funeral bouquet in moments notice and deliver it herself. Thanks Nona for a wonderful service and make sure to call first.

Nona is amazing! I described to Nona colors and general ideas for what I was hoping the flowers would look like. didn’t really know exactly myself what I wanted to be honest. Come the day of our reception August 1^st, we were beyond happy with her work. The quality of the flowers she used was absolutely amazing. My husband and I were so so happy especially with the minimal contact we had with her. Prices are very reasonable, as well! Can’t express how happy we were with how everything turned out!

I am in love with this floral shop and their florist Nina (Arlene). She was so helpful from the very first day we met! She was super responsive and extremely friendly! She made me feel so special and was always there for me to talk and to make me feel less stressed. She went above and beyond with her services. Not only she gave us good prices, she would throw some complimentary stuff in here and there. All she wanted is for us to be happy. I was probably the most difficult customer to work with because I changed my mind every week and eventually admitted to myself that I didn’t know what I wanted but wasn’t ready for surprises. Well, I guess Nina is a very good listener because somehow everything I said came together in an amazing bouquet, best bouquet I’ve seen in a while and I’ve seen so many! If I could go back in time, I would choose my bouquet again and again. The centerpieces were awesome too! Loved the manzanita branches, the crystal garlands, everything! Our sweetheart table garland was gorgeous as well. Thank you so much Nina for everything you’ve done for us!

Nona and her team are INCREDIBLE! I can not stress enough how amazing their work is! She made our wedding dream come true. My husband and I reside in Los Angeles, so our first conversation with Nona was over the phone. We spoke for over an hour, however, it was a GREAT conversation. She did not get off the phone till she had a clear understanding of what we wanted. She asked all the right questions and made sure every detail was covered. Her work went above and beyond our expectations. Our ceremony arch, ceremony chairs, sweetheart table, dessert table, centerpieces, etc, everything was absolutely beautiful! THANK YOU NONA FOR EVERYTHING!

Nona did the most incredible job at our wedding — our guests were dumbfounded by her centerpieces and florals. Our reception actually got delayed just because our guests couldn’t stop taking pictures of her work.
Nona went out of her way to deliver creative and unique florals for our event. Every single piece was thought through with such attention to detail and each one was special. From her choice in colors to her vision for the entire room, Nona is an artist with talents that are unparalleled by any other florist out there.
Nona through this review, we wanted to convey out heartfelt gratitude to you for the dream wedding that you created for us. We were definitely not easy customers to deal with, but what you did for us was far beyond our expectations and dreams. Divya and I really want to thank you for your efforts from the bottom of our hearts!

Before my wedding, I had taken the (somewhat arrogant) stance that I didn’t *really* need flowers at the wedding because no one would remember them after the event was over. Nona and Floral Design Studio proved me very, very wrong.
Nona designed the flowers for our welcome dinner, wedding ceremony and reception. I consider myself a fairly artistic person, but in our planning sessions, Nona consistently surprised me with her creative, fun ideas for how to bring color and life to spaces she’d never even seen, based just off of our descriptions. (Our events all took place a fair distance away from Fremont.) She nailed it every time.
Some examples. We planned our welcome dinner at a Mexican restaurant that had a great view but was pretty bare-​bones in terms of décor. We described to her that there would be long tables, white cloths, and family-​style dinner service. She immediately came back with an idea to use a variety of small, brightly colored bottles of different shapes and sizes with a few mixed flowers in each — from bright yellow daisies to red tulips and cute little lavender buds.
For our wedding, I had chosen a pretty difficult color combination to work with — apple green and rich, bright orange. Bridesmaids wore the apple green, and guys (both on the bride’s and groom’s side) wore navy blue. It would have been very, very easy to take a wrong turn. But Nona helped us plan out the entire wedding party’s attire, suggesting that we match the bridesmen’s ties to the bridesmaids’ green dresses with orange bouquets and boutonnières, have groomsmen in orange ties with green boutonnières, and put the groom in gray to make him stand out. The result was perfect.
Finally, for our reception we had a sweetheart table that was set in front of a plain green hedge. Nona suggested that we add a really fun touch — individual orange roses of different sizes to provide a beautiful backdrop for photos taken at our table.
It was a pleasure to see Nona’s smiling face on the day of our wedding, and she brought such a fun but relaxing vibe to our day. I could tell that she truly wanted everything to go perfectly because it matters to her that you are not just happy but thrilled with the outcome. She was hyper-​organized, with every single item clearly marked for an idiot-​proof day. She personally saw that my bouquet was perfect and as I had described. She found the most amazing flowers for my hair to fit the style of my dress and ceremony, even though I had no idea what I wanted and therefore gave her NO help figuring this out. In short, it was flawless.
To wrap up, I will say that I officially stand corrected. Multiple people — many of whom I thought wouldn’t even notice much less remember — have approached us to say that they loved the flowers at our events. I will always remember them, too — how happy it made me to see these beautiful bursts of color all weekend, and how wonderful it felt to have Nona there to support us that day.

This review is LONG overdue, but extremely well deserved! Nona did an absolute amazing job with all the flowers for my wedding on 3÷28÷15. I pretty much know nothing about flowers and Nona was able to educate me as help me create the perfect arrangements for my big day. I got so many compliments from my guests on how beautiful the flowers were and they looked great in all the photos! If anyone needs an amazing florist, Nona is the woman for you!

Beautiful & Flawless is all I can say to describe the florals done by Nona. I’ve seen her work on more than one occasion and I’m pleasantly surprised each time especially because the rates are extremely reasonable compared to other florists in the area! Will definitely be using them again for future events!

Oh my goodness, I had forgotten the name of the studio and couldn’t leave a review until now!
My biggest regret of my wedding was NOT HAVING FDS DO ALL MY FLORALS FOR EVERY EVENT!
Short story: They are PHENOMENAL. Artistic LUSH designs, no nickel and diming, super conscious of your budget, and they go ABOVE what most other florists offer for the same price.
Long story: Nina (Arlene) did a mother’s day bouquet for me last year because she still worked at a floral shop a few blocks from my parent’s house. Based on her outstanding customer service — taking the time to patiently and kindly explain everything to me, sticking to my budget and delivering an incredible bouquet that exceeded my expectations. She stuck in my mind.
My wedding was in August 2014. My expensive but lazy florist (who was already booked for my reception unfortunately) had already shown me that hiring her was a mistake. For the same price, her bouquets were uninspired, tiny in size and florals, and boring. I had a fusion wedding with 3 different events. At the midnight hour, before committing to her yet again, I remembered how lovely Nina was.
I basically called Nina 3 days before my wedding and begged her to help me and SHE DID. She and Nona from FDS scrambled together to discuss my vision and budget, come up with designs, deliver those designs and we devised so many creative, inventive solutions to keep me within budget — creativity that my other florist refused to even consider.
This included allowing me to provide my own $ 1 vases from dollar store (same vases used anyway by most floral designers but charged at $ 5 – 10 each. She didn’t even ask me to wash and scrub them! She came up with a design for a dozen small bouquets at $ 20 each plus a SHOWSTOPPING center piece for my Sangeet that people tried to steal LOL. The price was staggeringly reasonable. I almost cried when I saw it because I was so upset I was overpaying my other florist by so much, when I could have had this amazing duo do everything and do a phenomenal job of it.
Then, for my wedding ceremony, they made two ENORMOUS entrance pieces, complete with these massive tall urn vases. Again, they utilized creativity, creating basically a heavy front half bouquet that was huge and full in the front, and went high up, but not heavy in the back (since it was backed by a wall anyway).
They also have a FULL stop shop for décor — at the best prices. I not only used them for florals, but rented lamps, candles, votives and other vases and a beautiful entry way drape from them — at prices that my other florist insisted were incorrect. She was jelly though. They came up with ways to help me save and stick to my budget. Nina even came by my house personally to pick up additional vases and my deposit checks because I didn’t have time.
They have a warehouse and own most of their items, which is how they can offer such competitive prices for the most lush, romantic, artistic floral designs out there.
Like I said, I would have gone back in time if I could, to hire them for my reception too, but I was already stuck.
Nina & Nona, I will NEVER forget that you came through beautifully for me, at a time of great stress and tension. You were one of the best vendors I worked with. Thank you for everything.
5 stars.

April 11^th 2015 was one of the most unforgettable day in our lives at the Bridges Golf Club in San Ramon with a perfect weather.
Rewind back to the day 1 of the wedding planning: If you are married and hosted a wedding banquet, you could imagine how overwhelming it could be in terms of finding venue, florists, food tasting, décor… etc. If you are unfortunate to find some vendors/​planners that are unreliable, you are going to get nothing but more stress and headache. Nona, don’t worry about her. She will just take care of business as other Unilocalers reviewed.
The day of the wedding: WOW. It was just stunningly gorgeous. We had a huge 15 feet tall arch and I’m not even exaggerated. It almost shocked all guests how beautiful it was as long as you pay attention how detailed she put her artwork together. Her works completely changed the impression of the venue as the venue has a great scenery already. I can’t use words to describe how much we appreciate Nona to be our floral designer of our wedding and the price that she quoted us is very reasonable comparing to some other preferred vendors.
Great Job Nona! Keep it up! It’s simply amazing.

Pleasant and thoughtful to work with, prompt service, and a beautiful sympathy arrangement. I don’t live in the area, thank goodness for Unilocal

We went with Nona for our July 2014 wedding in Pleasanton and everything turned out fantastic! Going in, we had heard stories about people overspending on wedding flowers and not getting what they envisioned for their big day. We really wanted something budget friendly but still really beautiful and Nona was truly awesome. Not only did she suggest ideas to bring costs down and analyze were we could make things a little nicer and fuller but the flower arrangements on the big day were all that we could have possibly asked for and more.
I love how she even suggested going to the dollar store to buy smaller vases for cheap since we were going to let our guests take the flowers home at the end of the night anyways. I don’t think most florists would suggest that since they would rather have you rent their vases. She was able to work with all the ideas we had and produce something that we will never forget. I entrusted her with everything and she didn’t disappoint.
Would highly recommend Nona for any event and she’s very easy to work with.

I wanted to write this so other brides can know that good florists do still exist. Nona is FANTASTIC! I’m a perfectionist… almost to a fault, and I was not only impressed with the flowers on my wedding day but they were truly the vision I was going for. Nona worked with my budget as best she could and assured me that everything would be ok. I trusted her and she really came through. People raved about my flowers for weeks and weeks and I referred Nona to several brides to be. Honestly, you are in fabulous hands with Floral Design Studio and I will continue to use their services for other life events in the future.
P. S. Nona’s doggie in her office is the cutest little thing ever! I love animals… just saying!

I told Nona that I had a very important luncheon that day and wanted a holiday arrangement that was going to impress and she did just that! She is the sweetest most easiest person to talk to. Keep in mind that she does events and doesn’t have flowers sitting there ready to buy right away but if you are patient, just show up and look to see what she has available, tell her what you have going on and you’re budget and let her do her magic! Simply a floral artist! I will be back for sure!

Nona is just freaking amazing! See some of her work in the pictures.

Each bride has a different focus for her wedding. For me, it’s flowers. I’ve always been a flower lover and enjoyed decorating my home with real and silk flowers. That being said, I was a picky bride when it came to floral arrangements.
Nina not only successfully created the romantic looks that I wanted, but she also way exceeded my expectation. All my guests, event the service staff, were awed by how beautiful the floral arrangement was. Looking back, my husband and I both agreed that going with Nina was an excellent decision was worth every penny.
My wedding colors were ivory and blush; theme flowers were peonies and roses. I was especially picky on my bridal bouquet, which was made of peonies and decorated with roses. I simply emailed Nina some pictures I found online; she immediately understood what I wanted. On my wedding day when she delivered my bridal bouquet in my room, I was so happy to see that my bouquet was more beautiful than any of those pictures I emailed to her. She even managed to create the subtle color differences I asked for. The flowers were very fresh too. My wedding was in Berkeley and I lived in LA. I brought my bouquet two days after my wedding all the way back to LA and arranged the flowers into two vases. They lasted over another week.
My wedding was a small, intimate family get-​together. I used a 22-​foot long banquet table and asked Nina for a lush, modern look centerpiece with mostly roses and lots of candles. Nina worked around my budget and created a truly stunning centerpiece that amazed all my guests and friends. People stopped at our banquet room and discussed how gorgeous the table setting was. Nina even decorated my wedding cake and several other small tables in the room as a gift for me!
Nina is a real expert of flowers; she is very knowledgeable about different types of flowers and their seasons, colors, and shapes. She also patiently explained these differences to me when I had questions. She found «base flowers» for me with which I could achieve the lush looks I wanted but stay within my budget.
If Unilocal allows, I would give Nina a 6-​star rating. I would definitely recommend Nina to my friends. If I have any future events in Bay Area, I know who I will go with.

Nona is Amazing!!! We’ve had her design corsages and boutonnieres for my daughters Jr Prom and Senior Ball. As well as our families funeral flower arrangements.
She knows exactly what we’re looking for and her prices are great!
I look forward sharing many other special occasions with her!