Petals By Katie

Katie is a freaking rockstar. She did all of the flowers for our recent wedding and I couldn’t have found a more amazing florist. Every step of the way, she was communicative, had amazing ideas, very affordable, creative, and most importantly… SO incredibly nice! Our flowers were STUNNING and she worked with us on our limited DIY budget. The flowers lasted ALL day and then some… they still look beautiful today 2 days after the wedding! She took my ideas and completely ran with them, going above and beyond what I could have imagined. Brides and grooms, you need Katie in your life!!!

My husband and I got married 5÷22÷15 and Katie was an absolutely amazing florist. She was incredibly responsive, professional, and detailed in our meetings and the day of the wedding. I was blown away by her work, and so thankful for her expertise. She worked with our budget, and was so thoughtful and considerate the whole process. I would highly recommend Katie to anyone!

We were married at Falkner Winery 3÷26÷16 and Katie did the flowers for our wedding. While our budget was a bit limited for flowers you would never have known it looking at the how amazing the flowers turned out.
Every aspect of the flowers for the wedding turned out spectacularly from my wife’s bouquet to the table settings to the dessert table and cake. Our guests commented on how amazing all the flowers were.
Her communication was also excellent and she really helped us select the flowers that would accentuate our colors and work within our budget. She was able to work with our vision and make it a reality.

I called Katie about a birthday bouquet for my friend. Not only did she create a beautiful bouquet within my budget and deliver it to my friends office, but she was communicating with me through the whole process! Best customer service from a florist I’ve ever ever had. I will always always purchase flowers from Katie!

Katie did an incredible job with my wedding flowers on 8÷29÷2015. She took on my request pretty late in the process and delivered gorgeous arrangements. I added examples of my very specific taste to her pinterest board and she was responsive to email. We had a call a few weeks before and she identified the flowers I liked, was knowledgeable as to what was in season and gave me a few fabulous suggestions. Katie is a small business owner and runs her shop like one. No, you’re not going to get ²⁴⁄₇ customer service, but you will get personable service and human flexibility from her — which is critical during wedding planning. In the end, I received impressive florals for a great value. I highly recommend Petals by Katie.

I definitely recommend Katie for weddings! She listened to my vision and tried best to incorporate my favorite flowers while being very budget conscious. Katie is incredibly affordable. She has great taste and really knows her flowers! Katie looked at my photos and helped design affordable, seasonal arrangements to my taste. She provided a detailed proposal with photos of the flowers and colors she planned to use. She also made great recommendations. I definitely felt confident in her abilities. The only disclaimer I make is that she was sometimes less responsive than I would have liked, but that was months before the wedding. In the few weeks the wedding, she communicated well and was able to guarantee what flowers were available.

Katie did all the flowers for my daughter’s wedding earlier this month— the reheasal dinner at Tom Ham’s Lighthouse, the wedding ceremony at Christ Episcopal Church in Coronado, and the reception at the Grand Hyatt on Harbor Drive. She worked closely with us in planning, really GOT the vision of what we wanted to achieve, showed us ways to economize without losing quality. Despite a pile of adverse conditions (the heat wave being foremost), she delivered! The flowers epitomized the romantic/​rustic/​nostalgic feeling we were hoping for. Everyone raved, and that’s what it’s all about. And best of all — -all this for a price easy on our budget. THANKS, Katie!

I found Katie on Unilocal and was impressed with her reviews. My (then Fiancé) and I traveled to San Diego from Temecula area to check her out. At first, her small flower stand made me nervous, but once we met and discussed our plans with Katie, we were sure she was perfect. We got married in La Jolla Cove at The Wedding Bowl and had our reception at The Marine Room Restaurant.
Katie did an OUTSTANDING job with our wedding bouquets, and an absolutely beautiful job with the table centerpieces at the restaurant (she even put fresh flowers on top of our cake). Katie waited until after our ceremony to take down the flowers that she had made & put up for the ceremony arch, then drove back to The Marine Room Restaurant to re-​purpose those arrangements as our head table centerpiece.
Everyone loved the flowers & kept telling us how perfect & beautiful they were.
On a more personal note ~ Katie is such a sweet & awesome human being!

Beautiful! Gorgeous!!! These were the words that my guests used at my wedding. Everyone loved the flower arrangements and the attention to detail. I was looking at about 5 different florists and chose this one based on her attention to detail and most importantly her response rate. Katie was great at responding quickly. I think as a bride, this is very important because we tend to change our minds on a whim. Katie really took the time to listen to what I want and made it work. My ceremony was windy and she really worked with the cater manager to ensure that everything was going to work while still maintaining the look that I had envisioned. She is also very honest. Some things did not workout at the ceremony (which I had no awareness of) yet she still contact me to let me know she will be working on a refund for parts that she was not able to deliver. To be honest, none of my guests could tell but I appreciate so much that she was honest. I would recommend her weddings or any event. She really made my wedding.

The fact that Katie may have been responsive in the past, does not negate her failure to respond to my more recent e-​mail communications. Nor does it justify her threat of litigation or apparent attempt to intimidate me into retracting my review! My hope is that Katie might use my feedback constructively in order to improve her business dealings with the public. I now rate this vendor as less than a zero based on her efforts to silence my voice.

We recently got married at Scripps Seaside Forum and Katie was our florist. She did absolutely wonderful! I gave her my vision and she nailed it perfectly! She also made sure to get every single detail down before the wedding to ensure that everything went smooth and the way I hoped it would. When certain flowers I wished for were not opening in time or not in season for some reason, she took it upon herself to spend a little extra money to still get us our dream flowers for our wedding.
Would definitely recommend her to anyone and everyone! Thank you Katie!

I used Katie for my wedding and I’m so happy I did! She made all the bouquets and boutonnieres for my wedding and they all came out so beautiful and amazing. I really wanted succulents for everything and she is one of the few people (in my budget) that I could find in SD to do this. When I saw all her 5 star reviews I got even more excited! It was so great working with her because she designed the bouquets and boutonnieres based off the styles of my dress and the color of the bridesmaid dresses and what the groomsmen were wearing so I felt like I didn’t really have to do anything. We got so many compliments on everything because they really were so beautiful and unique! And what’s even more special is that we kept and planted all the succulents from the bouquets and boutonnieres so we still have them to do this day all around our house.

My now husband found Katie in Unilocal and we decided to stop by and check her out. At first the small stand alone store had be a little concerned but after meeting Katie and discussing our ideas I felt great! She understood exactly what it was I was looking for and didn’t try to change my mind like a lot of other florists did. She even explained that the flowers I wanted (star fighter lilies) can stain due to their bright colored pollen bulbs and she would try to remove them as best as she could. She also worked with my husband in designing the flowers for the guys.
Her pricing was insanely reasonable and even though she had a couple weddings for the weekend we needed she agreed to do our flowers since we had such a small amount of flowers.
The day of the wedding my father was supposed to meet Katie to pick up our flowers but timing couldn’t work due to a meeting she had with another client. Katie drove from her shop up to my hotel (Rancho Bernardo Inn) and personally delivered her flowers to me. They were absolutely gorgeous.
She went above and beyond what we could have imagined and we are very grateful for her. If I’m ever in need of flowers I know where to go. She has our highest recommendation.

Katie went above and beyond in every way possible for my wedding. I was beyond happy with how my flowers came out – they were more beautiful than I ever dreamed. On top of that, Katie is one of the kindness people I met during the wedding planning process. She was just amazing to work with!
Here are my top 5 reasons for recommending Katie: 1) Katie was great about working with my tight budget. She suggested alternative flowers and was flexible enough to allow me to provide my own DIY vases, etc. She even met me at a location central to both of us so that I could hand off the vases that I purchased; 2) Katie not only worked with me to help me develop a vision, but was flexible as I changed my mind several times throughout the planning process. She sent me photos throughout the process, followed my Pinterest board, and took the time to really get to know me and my style; 3) Katie was great about communicating with me and keeping me updated. She was always available via text, email, or phone whenever I needed to get in touch with her; 4) she is extremely knowledgeable about floral design, and especially succulents and cactus, which is exactly what I wanted for my wedding; and 5) Katie is completely sincere in her work and does not try to ‘sell’ you on anything. She is a wonderful, caring person. She truly added joy to my wedding day and helped to make my day so special.

Katie is very talented and a pleasure to work with. She did our wedding and we couldn’t be happier.
When we met with her for the initial consultation, she really listened to our ideas, likes & dislikes, and came up with fairly unique options for our centerpieces.
It does take her some time (1 – 2 weeks) to get us our quote (so contact her early!), but after receiving it, we can understand why. She went to the venue to check out the ceremony space, researched the availability and price of various items, and created a proposal truly unique for our circumstances and respected our budget.
Throughout the process, Katie was on top of things and generally made things worry-​free for me, even when I asked for changes weeks before the date. On the day of, everything turned out beautiful. I don’t plan on having a wedding again, but if I do, I know I’ll be calling Katie for the flowers.

Working with Katie was definitely one of the highlights of wedding planning.
I had no clue what I wanted other than I knew I wanted succulents. I stopped by Katie’s shop in OB and she let me pick out some succulents that I liked.
My bouquet turned out amazing. She even put together succulents for my hair as we got ready in the hotel room.
And if you are reading this and are a bride planning a wedding I know you are thinking budget ! We did our own centerpieces for the wedding but knew we had to get the personal flowers done professionally. I kid you not when I say that some florists were not too optimistic about my modest budget (450 to 500 ish) for a large bridal party (5 pairs of bridesmaids and groomsmen and 4 pairs of Godparents)
Katie did a STELLAR job and I got exactly what I wanted with my bouquet. And she is just a NICE person. I loved talking to her throughout the planning process.
My bridesmaids’ bouquets and the corsages and boutonnière s also came out great.
It is almost a week after the wedding and I am still proudly displaying my bouquet.
Thank you Katie !

Katie was absolutely amazing to work with!!! My husband and I both live in NYC and had to work with all of our wedding vendors through emails and phone calls for the most part. Katie was super responsive and understood our vision. She’s flexible and is willing to work with your budget to get as close to your desired look as possible. The centerpieces and bouquets tied the wedding together beautifully. I love her work and could not be happier to have found her!

Katie did my wedding on 10÷19÷13. From the moment I met her, I was immediately impressed. She brought beautiful samples to our first meeting, and I knew we saw eye to eye on the vision of the wedding. Throughout the planning process, she was so easy and fun to work with. We would both get creative, and come up with ideas, it was a very collaborative process. We met multiple times, and she took the time to visit me at my venue. I also like that she took my budget, and was able to give me bountiful options with the budget we had. She was very respectful of that.
Everything turned out beautifully for the wedding. We had 2 sites to decorate with flowers, and transfer from the ceremony to reception. She did it flawlessly! I so appreciate everything she did to make my vision come to life. Thank you Katie!

If I could give 100 stars I would. Katie did the flowers for my wedding on 8÷17÷13 at the Hotel Indigo. I don’t know much about flowers but I knew I wanted flowers that would pop in pictures and not blow my entire wedding budget. I shopped around and Katie was BY FAR the cheapest, most accommodating, friendliest florist I came across. She worked with my budget, sent me lots of ideas, and was always prompt with responses.
Katie delivered my flowers to the venue, set up the table vases, and made the day a million times less stressful. I cannot recommend Petals by Katie enough for brides who are looking for gorgeous flowers, on a budget, and a florist who doesn’t immediately hear the word wedding and see dollar signs.

Katie is the best! She has a great eye for floral design and also has many unique succulents.
Her flowers last sooo long and she has very fair pricing.
I will be back! Thank you Katie!