Dellables

I am thrilled with the beautiful bouquet Della did for my wedding. She made my vision come to life. My wedding planner, Sandra, from A Maui Wedding Day, contracted Della for our big day. Both Sandra and Della clearly know what they are doing. It was really important that the flowers be beautiful because our dear friend Ezekial who passed away last year would have been our florist. I was uncertain if anyone could do what he could do, but Della brought magic in her work. I am sure Ezekial would have approved. I was open to Della using local flowers of the season. I had no color preferences and I gave her free range. I love her work. Plus she was friendly and excited about my event too. Her sincerity and motivation about her art is obvious. I highly recommend her shop!

Very delayed review for a November 2013 destination wedding. Outcome of wedding flowers designs were on par and gorgeous. Last minute venue detail changes were handled very nicely by this florist. I loved all my wedding vendors, but this one honestly gave me the most stress.
This florist was the most expensive of the 3 vendors I was looking into. The reason why I booked them was because they were the only florist that sent me photos/​concepts/​visually and since I was planning from CA, it was nice to see they understood my wedding theme.
The anxiety part was the communication portion during the planning part. I had a wedding planner that communicated with Trish most of the time, but the confusing thing was trying to stay within my budget. I could not tell through the initial quote if I would be able to stay within my budget. As we talked through the months, it just seemed amounts were going higher and higher. So since I thought maybe things got confusing through my planner, I emailed Trish directly at times.
I didn’t really know what was going to happen until the 6 week prior walkthrough, which she ended up not calling me on time, I think it was a delay of 2 hours or so. Trish did an initial sketch diagram and I was really anxious to discuss and have the final look set. Payment was a bit of a hassle too. I’m on time with all of my payments and I was able to pay with credit card for deposit, but for some reason for final payment I had to pay through ChasePay and the site wasn’t working for me at that time. They didn’t trust my direct deposit bank Ally and stressed me out saying if I didn’t pay immediately, I would not have flowers. So, last minute, I just had to do it the Paypal way.
In the end, things went well, but seriously for a destination wedding, I would have liked better communication, just for peace of mind.
Design/​Flowers product– 5 stars
Communication-​2 stars, felt scrambled and unclear

Value and stunning flowers! Della really knows her stuff! I was absolutely moved when she hand delivered my bouquet and I saw how many big mature orchids she included! She really listened to what I wanted and provided twice the amount of orchids any other florist would have. Where others told me «no…too expensive,» Della told me «yes…let’s do that!» I explained my vision by creating a Pinterest board and she made the dream a reality! What a lovely florist to work with!

Dellables always does such an amazing job creating and designing the most gorgeous weddings. Such talent and inspiration!

I began to work with Trish initially based on a recommendation from our church (Sacred Heats Mission). Trish was amazing to work with & even helped us narrow down reception venues. Trish left but I was immediately contacted by America. She took over the account but knew exactly what we wanted. The transition was an easy one. America was just as accommodating. She met us prior to the event so we could deliver some charms I wanted on my bouquet.
Dellables helped us stay within our budget by allowing us to borrow some vases for the church & the reception… what a wonderful gesture!
Dellables was excellent to work with, since they played a BIG role in making our dream wedding come true! Service is extraordinary, the flowers are fresh and their designs are AMAZING!
We highly recommend Dellables, just look at their website and you too will be convinced!
Thank you Della and America for impeccable service and care!
xoxo
Blanca & Tim

We worked with Trish to coordinate everything beforehand. Trish was very prompt at returning emails and worked through several iterations of ideas with me on reception decore. We had a lot of changes to the layouts of tables and Trish worked through all of these with me. There was a slight miscommunication on the day we were supposed to meet with Della, but Trish worked to arrange for a meeting at Starbucks. Della was so excited about everything and had excellent creative ideas for everything. I told Della what I want for my bouquet and then just ideas for our reception space. I pretty much gave Della free reign and told her our colors and use tropical flowers. Everything turned out amazingly, absolutely beautiful.

I just had the worst experience with Della the owner. After several emails and several phone calls she finally contacted me about my June 24^th beach wedding on Maui.
I explained to her that I wanted a green orchid head lei and actually sent her a picture of the wedding bouquet that I wanted FROM HER OWN WEBSITE. I also ordered head flowers for our daughters. this was all confirmed by text from Della
On the morning of my wedding she told me she had a big wedding and that she was too rushed to deliver the flowers where we had agreed. She actually met me in a parking lot as I on my way to my wedding. All the flowers were wrong.
I DID NOT GET ONE item I had ordered. it all looked like left overs from her earlier wedding. The head lei and bouquet were all the wrong colors and flowers and the head flowers I asked for, well — she handed me a zip lock bag filled with loose flowers. this is not the way to start a wedding. Use her at your own risk

Dellables did a lovely job for our wedding, but there were some hiccups along the way that I wasn’t too pleased with. So while I would recommend them, there are a few things to look out for if you go with them.
I did reach out to them once and they never got back to me, so I just communicated through my wedding planner and everything was fine. So I never interfaced with them directly at all.
First of all, the bouquets and centerpieces were absolutely stunning. They truly followed my request of colors and textures. The arch was beautiful and the side flowers were generous (though the draping was slightly off centered — but I’m probably the only one that noticed that). Nice simple job with cocktail table bud vases and nice job with flower decorations on the welcome table, though that was a bit sparse and I would have loved to see their signature creativity come out there. Aisle flowers and petals path were beautiful and they had the flower girl throw different colored petals which was a nice touch.
One disappointment was the ribbon that held my bouquet together bled pink all over my hands. It took quite a bit of scrubbing to get the color off and I’m just grateful I did not touch my white dress! My coordinator was wonderful and rewrapped it for me.
Probably the most disappointing was the hair flowers. I had sent photos of what I wanted — a large fuchsia flower. And a large red one for when I change into a red dress (Chinese tradition). I didn’t get a large fuchsia flower but rather, a bunch of small maroon flowers. My hairdresser pinned a bunch on together but it wasn’t the right color and not the look I was hoping for. The red flower was just hideous — like a mum which would look so weird in hair and did not go with my dress at all. So that was a bit of a waste.
My lei broke soon after the ceremony (bad sign??) but my husband’s stayed in tact and looked amazing.
Still, I would recommend them. All in all, everything was stunning and the hiccups I experienced are likely things only the bride would notice. :)

Dellables (Trish) was a saviour in every aspect of planning my wedding. Trish is fabulous at her job and Della did an amazing job with the flowers!!! We were absolutely blown away. The moment when I really felt like a bride was not when I woke up, not when my hair and makeup were done… but oddly enough was when the haku was placed in my hair. It was an unbelievable experience. Kind of crazy that such a small thing could make such a big impact.
Our bouquets were amazing!!! Della nailed it! I received so many compliments on all of our flowers. The moment when we walked into Merriman’s and seen all the flowers… we were blown away!!! The tables/​dessert table/​high boys… everything was PERFECT! Everything turned out better than I could have ever imagined. I honestly can’t rave enough about how completely happy/​amazed/​impressed we are. I can’t thank Dellables enough! You know they are really awesome when my hubby goes «I didn’t really think I would care about what the flowers looked like but when I walked into Merriman’s, I was like… wow. This is incredible. It felt like a dream.» Coming from a guy… you know thats awesome.
My favourite part: I can’t pick just one thing… my haku, the bouquets, the tables, the coral peonies… EVERYTHING!!!
Matt’s favourite part: my haku (he loved that I wore flowers in my hair!) :)
One last time… thank you so much for… everything! You are the best and I feel so fortunate to have been able to work with you.

Dellables did my wedding in September and I couldn’t be happier with them. My photographer, Joanna Tano, refered me to them and I couldn’t be happier with the result. I had a really limited budget and they helped me come up with a way to have beautiful flowers and stay within my budget.
In the end what we agreed upon was: Dellables would put together the bouquets, the boutonnieres, and the arch, they then delivered a huge amount of beautiful flowers that my family arranged on the tables, they also provided stands for us to put the flowers on. This worked out great for me, and was the best option with my small budget. The flowers they delivered for friends and family to arrange were beautiful, we ended up with enough flowers to not only decorate the wedding tables, but also the bar, the catering table, and other areas of the reception. The bouquets & boutonnieres were beautiful, Della is an artist.
Trish was really easy to work with, and helped guide me through the process. I live in California and was worried about working remotely with a florist, but Trish was so fabulous, the distance was not really an issue.
I have nothing but good things to say about my experience with them.
One of my bridesmaids was helping plan her brother’s wedding and when she saw the quality of the flowers, and how easy to work with the dellables staff was she recommend them to her brother’s fiancé.

Della is truly gifted and talented in floral design. She puts her heart and sole into each job and she is very sensitive in meeting her client’s personality and wishes. Her flowers are of the highest quality and amazing. Della is an artist who creates her work from flowers. Della also has reliable and friendly helpers to assist her. Thank you Della, for bringing happy tears to so many brides on their wedding day!

Della is a true artist when it comes to amazing bridal flowers. We were just thrilled with the outcome. I gave very little guidance and trusted her judgement and was super thrilled with the result. Our flowers were best in class truly stunning. Della has a fantastic reputation on the island with other vendors, she’s the go-​to for flowers and I can see why!
My only feedback is that Trish is a little weird on her communication style, the coordinator, I ran into a moment where I did consider using another florist. I had to just walk away and do the math about losing that 20% deposit, then came back with hesitation, but did come back… that said, I decided I really wanted to work with Della because her bouquets are all over every maui wedding blog out there. I’m sure Trish means well, she just doesn’t have de-​escalation skills when questions arise. However, and she did definitely stick to the budget which is great and the flowers turned out fantastic. We made the right choice for sure.

We just celebrated our wedding at the Sheraton Maui 4÷20÷2013 & OMG Dellables did an amazing job. Walking into the cocktail/​reception area for the first time with my husband, we were completely blown away. The details were just ridiculous, most definitely above & beyond my wildest dreams. I am one of those women who have been dreaming about every detail of my wedding since I was a little girl so choosing the right florist was crucial. Before choosing Della & Trish @Dellables, I had inquired about other florists in the area but they just got me instantly, actually Trish was the one who was like my floral soul-​mate. They not only accommodated my budget but my wants & desires to a tee. Their talent is insane & can really do anything you can dream about. That’s what they provided for me. I had this concept in my mind that I knew had to be built & they did just that. Absolutely no regrets here! I’m even hoping to publish our wedding details in a magazine.

We planned our wedding through A Paradise Deam Wedding (Gordon Nash) and they used Dellables for our flowers. I could not have been happier with my bouquet and my bridesmaids bouquets! I sent photos of many different bouquets with notes on what I liked/didn’t like on each one and Dellables executed them perfectly! They were so gorgeous and smelled AMAZING! The only downside was that I couldn’t take my bouquet home but we did enjoy it in our room for the remainder of our stay.

An incredibly warm and talented team that will work with you and your budget. Particular thanks to Trish, who gave wonderful advice, who was sweet, patient, and a joy to work with and Della for working within my budget. Thanks, guys!

Trish is awesome!!! I first spoke to Trish when I called for some information as I was shopping around for a florist in Maui. Not only did she give me an incredible amount of information, much of it in detail, she also was very attentive to me and addressed my concerns, suggesting several options for me to think about. She followed up with me, sending me information and photos and options based on our conversation. I know they are super busy with weddings, but she really made me feel like I was an important client even though we only had the initial consultation.
Unfortunately, even with all of Trish’s ideas of how to save money on flowers, I won’t be able to afford her. The pricing is reasonable, but my budget is just tiny. The service is 5 stars, but I cannot give Dellables 5 stars because I haven’t seen their work in person. If our budget was just a bit larger, we would have definitely gone with Dellables!

Let me start by saying it isn’t easy picking your wedding vendors from 4000 miles away. You have to trust your gut instinct and what you read in reviews. The moment I saw Della’s website and designs, I knew I wanted her as our wedding florist. It was so easy dealing with her, she returned my emails within 24 hours (good for ‘Hawaii-​time!!”) and was extremely flexible with the changes we made. The flowers were delivered on time and were gorgeous. Overall, highly pleased with Dellables, and definitely recommend her services for any wedding. Check out her blog for weddings she’s done — just marvelous!

I am having a hard time reconciling the previous reviews for Dellables as I can’t believe they could be about the same florist I used for my wedding!
I booked Della almost immediately after I got engaged because she is simply amazing. The colors, the way she puts everything together — perfection!
When we first talked, I had no idea what I wanted and only had a color pallette in mind, but Della made me feel comfortable right away. Over the year and a half of planning, I changed things multiple times and Della never made me feel crazy or like a burden for changing things. Always super accommodating and wonderful.
I finally decided that we were going to do orchids everywhere. My bouquet was beyond stunning — it exceeded my expectations, and it was literally my dream bouquet. The centerpieces were amazing, and we all took them back to our condos afterwards where the flowers thrived for the rest of our stay in Maui. It was nice to bring a bit of the wedding back ‘home’ to enjoy for a few weeks. Our arch was perfection and again, far exceeded my expectations.
I have nothing but amazing things to say about Della and her work, if you want perfection in your florals — book Della now!

I also have had mixed feelings on writing a review, however, coming from the mainland and planning a wedding from here… I believe in Unilocal, and I would want to know other peoples experiences to help guide me into making more informed choices.
I felt confused from the moment I started planning my wedding from CA. I hired a coordinator, but felt as though I did most of my planning per se. Once I had a coordinator in place, I felt as though communicating with Della became easier (ie…e-mail responses to questions, etc) She was very thorough in answering all of my questions and providing pictures of examples to show me.
I too fell in love with her collections and design eye. She is very talented and creative, and so, I was excited to work with her.
The day of the wedding came, and lucky for me, I hired a second coordinator from CA to come over, and he was able to intercept the bouquets before they came to my room. Unfortunately, he was unable to remove all of the bugs from the bouquet and we had to keep them outside for a bit to «de-​bug» them before pictures. Della’s assistant was nice from what I was told, but I really expected Della to be there… which in itself was a disappointment.
The ginger leis, (again from what my bridesmaids told me) smelled liked laundry that was sitting for a few days… musty and mildew like. I presented two of them, and they were not as fresh as I would have liked…
Also in the mix, the cake flowers were completely wrong… I had wanted cascading orchids, but got roses instead…(small detail I know, but from a year of planning, super disappointing to say the least…)
I knew I was going to have to dispute the issues with her after I was meeting my father before I went to meet my new husband and I was batting ants off of my dress that were coming from my bouquet… just too bad!
To make a longer story shorter… I did try to handle these issues with her while on the island, but we played phone tag for a few calls, then I didn’t hear from her. After I came back to CA, she did call, but I had already called AMEX to dispute the issues I had with the flowers… After discussing this with the wedding coordinator. Della, and Della’s assistants… she did refund the monies for the problems encountered.
She is quite talented… and like I said earlier… very creative with colors and flowers, however… I would suggest as a bride to go over every single detail with her personally before the big day. Hire a good coordinator that will have your agreed plans in hand and possibly ask Della if she will be present for the flower drop off (in case of any issues…) I believe she stands by her work, which is why I’m giving 3 stars instead of 2…

I have very mixed feelings on writing this review as my experience was not a good one but it may not necessarily be entirely this vendor’s fault.
For my wedding back in 2008 I had used a planner (Maui Wedding Planners) and one of the only things that they were to coordinate was my flowers. I had initally sent an email of a couple prototypes of what I wanted my bouquet to look like as well as my bridesmaid bouquets.
A month or so before my wedding my «wonderful» planner had called me and said that she had changed florists and that I should look at the website and see if I had wanted something different.
I absolutely fell in LOVE with Plantation collection and had emailed my planner to let her know that I would like to switch my original order to the plantation bridal bouquet and the plantation bridesmaid bouquets.
My heart SANK when I saw the flowers, they were NOT what I had ordered at all and my bouquet was the same as my bridesmaids in every way. Size, shape, etc…
The flowers were just not what I wanted and it made it incredibly hard to be happy with them.
The stars for this review comes from the fact that Della, the owner/​florist had refunded me the money for mind and my bridesmaid bouquets.
I do have to say, I still love Della’s signature looks. If you like them as well I would give her a try but deal with her directly to insure you get what you really want!