Floral Works & Events

As a wedding planner I work with many florists in San Diego and Floral Works & Events is one of the best. I know I can take a couple to visit Ana and she will make their vision come to life and ensure that every detail is perfectly executed.

My husband and I had our wedding last weekend and Ana did a wonderful job of making our wedding dreamy! It was absolutely beautiful! There were a few minor changes the day of that I noticed, but they were little and were even more beautiful than what I requested. She is truly talented and is very knowledgeable. She was a pleasure to work with! I remember at our mock up, she took extra time to come out to my car to see my dress and made some additions to our order which I loved. It was very special to me. I would highly recommend especially because the price is right!

Do not waste your time! After making an appointment to meet with Ana for our wedding design weeks in advance, she was not prepared for our meeting… I really think she doesn’t look at her appointment schedule and almost treats it like an inconvenience that you’ve showed up and interrupted her day. She really is knowledgable, can see your vision for the event you have in mind, but after the meeting was over she said she would email me a quote. I never received one email from her. I even followed up and emailed her, even left a message on her voicemail and NADA! I guess they don’t want my money and I am more than happy to spend it somewhere else!

Words cannot describe the amount of frustration and stress Ana had caused by all the miscommunication, inconsistency, and failure to execute. We were extremely paranoid about things going wrong at the last minute because she was always shaking our confidence. Sadly, our paranoia came to fruition when she decided not to show up as promised on Saturday, the day of our wedding. $ 2300, the amount paid by my wife and her parents, is far too much for the services we received. We did half her job, which is embarrassing.
Ana promised my wife, her mom and my dad that she would be there on the day of our wedding. She told my dad specifically that she would oversee the setup and the final product to ensure everything turned out as it should have. Not only did she not show up on the day of our wedding, but she didn’t bother to call or notify anyone. Instead, the flowers were dropped off and the bride’s dad was left to decorate all the tables. With only a few hours to our ceremony, he had to place linens, center pieces, candles and rose petals on 16 tables. Unaware of Ana’s vision, he had to constantly check with my wife while she was getting ready and taking wedding pictures. This only added to her anxiety on the most important day of our lives. Would you want this on your wedding day? The most devastating aspect of the flowers was that the rose petals were not scattered down the center aisle, according to the agreement and vision of Ana. My wife had purposefully changed the color of the pomanders to ivory in order to accentuate the beauty of the red rose petals. This was Ana’s responsibility, as «Senior Event Stylist,» and left the bride severely disappointed and upset after the ceremony.
We contacted Ana after the wedding to voice our concerns and asked Ana why she failed to show up or call on the day of our wedding. Ana’s excuse was that she had another wedding to attend and was sick. She then blamed our caterer, saying it was his responsibility to decorate the tables, yet she didn’t properly communicate this to him. Somehow this fell on our shoulders. She never once apologized or accepted responsibility. Was she stuck at another wedding? Or sick? It doesn’t add up. During a phone conversation, following the wedding, Ana rushed off the phone but assured us she would call back to discuss this further. To this day, she has never called back. She was the ONLY professional involved with our wedding that was impossible to reach and never returned calls. It’s painfully obvious that she treated our wedding like a burden. Why was the other wedding on Saturday more important than ours?
I would feel guilty allowing anyone else to go through the disappointment we went through on the most important day of our lives. Please avoid Ana at all costs.

I was highly disappointed with Ana at Floral Works and Events. She spent little to no time with me on my wedding planning. I was excited to work with her, and plan out the details… however, as soon as she secured the deposit, she was extremely difficult to reach and would ignore my calls. She showed me some pictures of how some things would look, but I wasn’t sure what to expect on my wedding day.
Although she did a decent job, there were definitely a few details that I was highly disappointed in. For instance, she did a poor job covering my stage riser.
I find it extremely odd that 4 reviews are filtered out of Unilocal reviews on Floral Works & Events. I suspect they were also low ratings.

I have known Ana and her team and it is always a pleasure to know that the next wedding I am DJing at Ana is going to be a part of it. Ana comes up with new ideas and she is always awesome at her work. Not only I am going to hire Ana to take care of the Décor in my Wedding I am always going to have her as my top vendor on my list. She gets the job done right on time and she gives more then the client asks for.

Ana & the Floral Works Team,
I remember that moment I walked into our reception. I was so blown away with how beautiful & perfect everything looked, I didn’t pay much attention to our first dance. Our wedding was the most beautiful of days because you & your team made our dream a reality. Ana, thank you so much for everything you did. We could not have done it without you. I remember saying over & over again, «Look at how beautiful our wedding is!». It was even better than what I thought it was going to be.
Sincerely,
Mr. & Mrs. Young

I got married last June and was referred to Ana Aftahi at Floral Works and Events through my awesome wedding planner (Laura Rizzo). I had a few appointments with her, but after the first appointment, I was sure I wanted to go with her. She was able to understand the vision for our wedding perfectly and was able to design unbelievable things, even though we changed our vision a couple times. ;)
When I saw my flowers on my wedding day, I couldn’t believe my eyes. It was SO much more than I envisioned and hoped for. My guests were in awe. She was incredibly professional and such a perfectionist. She did my chuppah, sofreh, and flowers for the ceremony and party. She also did my cake table. Everything was amazing. I could not get more compliments from everyone at my wedding. My parents were also stunned, which was the best part. I absolutely recommend her.

I contacted Ana Aftahi and was eager to work with her. We set up an appointment for a particular day and she did not show. To me that was unprofessional but thought I would contact her. It turns out she had the appointment set up for the next day. She wanted to reschedule. I believe everyone is busy and their time is important and should be respected especially by someone who is providing a business or professional service to you. I told her we could reschedule but I“m so busy that she could probably just take a look at the venue i had in mind and we could work over the phone. So, I was still open to working with her and thought she would be understanding of the situation I have but still needed her help. She did not respond back and I thought that to be even more unprofessional and rude. So not only did she miss her appointment she did not respond to work with me despite the time contraints I have.
I probably wouldn’t recommend her since she did not seem flexible and only wants to work with her schedule and under her conditions. There are several other even planners out there. I would find someone who is passionate about working with people, respectful and professional.