Top 5 Wedding Florists in Brooklyn
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The wedding florists in Brooklyn worth hiring pair a style you love with real knowledge of the borough. Flowers here often travel up walk-up stairs or through tight loading docks, and many venues give vendors a short load-in window before guests arrive. Good local florists also know which stems are in season nearby, which shapes cost and how wedding flowers in Brooklyn hold up in heat. If you’re worried your inspiration photos won’t translate, or you can’t yet tell what your budget buys, you’re in good company. Below, we profile florists with distinct styles and service models so you can find one whose eye matches yours.
How we curate our list
We chose each Brooklyn wedding florist below based on wedding work you can see and services you can check before you reach out. Here’s how we researched them:
- We read client feedback on public review platforms and looked for patterns in communication and how flowers held up on the day.
- We reviewed portfolios across event sizes and styles, including elopements, backyard ceremonies and large receptions.
- We checked the services, pricing and booking policies each florist publishes on its own website.
The florists below are presented in no particular order. Each one has a different design approach and service model, so read the profiles with your own event in mind.
Molly Oliver Flowers
Company name and founder/lead florist: Molly Oliver Flowers / Molly Culver
Specialty/niche: Molly Oliver Flowers works with locally farmed, seasonal flowers and has partnered with regional farmers since Molly Culver launched the business in 2012. The team described its style to us this way: “While always nature-inspired, we love to add unexpected edge or surprise elements to our sustainable, seasonally-influenced floral design.” That shows in asymmetric shapes and less expected color pairings. Sustainability covers everything from candle and vessel sourcing to composting all organic waste, and there’s an eco-sensitive option for couples who want a lighter footprint. The studio works across Brooklyn, Manhattan and greater NYC.
Its Sunset Park studio is open by appointment only. Booking starts with a complimentary consultation, and a 50% non-refundable deposit holds your date.
Notable projects or signature style: The studio pointed us to Meg and Emily’s wedding at 99 Scott this past May. Garden pieces from the ceremony were repurposed around the large venue afterward, and classic centerpieces were loosened up with asymmetry and a rose, chartreuse and maroon palette. Press coverage includes The New York Times, TIME, PORTER and Modern Farmer, which featured the studio in a piece on slow flowers. You can see more of the wedding work on their events and weddings page.
Pricing: Contact Molly Oliver Flowers to obtain a customized quote.
Why we love them: Clients often bring up what happens after the last dance. Molly comes back at the end of the night and turns centerpieces into take-home bouquets for guests, so fewer flowers end up in the trash. Couples who haven’t settled on a look say studio visits help them narrow it down. Asked what sets the studio apart, the team named the three things clients repeat in reviews and surveys: the finished result, extra effort on delivery and clear communication through planning. She’s also worked within the Prospect Park Boathouse’s short load-in time, a useful track record if that venue is on your list.
Connect with them: Follow @mollyoliverflowers on Instagram for a peek into their creative process and recent events.
Zuzu’s Petals
Company name and founder/lead florist: Zuzu’s Petals / Sara Fonda
Specialty/niche: Zuzu’s Petals is an independent florist, plant and gift shop at 374 5th Ave in Park Slope, and the shop confirmed to us that it’s still woman owned and operated. Its roots go back to 1971, when it opened as a plant shop called Growing Things on 7th Ave. Fonda managed it for two years and bought it in 1974.
Wedding work covers courthouse bouquets and weddings as large as 400 guests, plus personal flowers and installations. The shop also handles photoshoots, real-estate staging, celebrations of life and green burials. It’s a good fit if you want a florist that gives a small courthouse order the same care as a full reception.
Notable projects or signature style: In July 2023, New York State added Zuzu’s Petals to its Historical Business Preservation Registry. The shop moved to Fifth Avenue after a fire in 2004 and kept serving the neighborhood. Fonda hand-picks blooms each week at the NYC flower market for the shop’s fresh flower bar.
The weddings and events page lays out the process: you send an inquiry form, and a designer follows up. Pickup and delivery are both available, which helps if you’re planning a small ceremony and want to collect flowers yourself. The shop also runs arranging classes, workshops and flower subscriptions.
Pricing: Contact Zuzu’s Petals to obtain a customized quote.
Why we love them: Neighborhood loyalty runs deep here, and plenty of reviewers have shopped with Zuzu’s for years. They describe Fonda as honest and patient when talking through options. One couple had her build a wedding canopy and tablescape in their backyard. Another pair hired the shop for a park elopement during the pandemic, then came back for their larger wedding later. Clients mention unusual flowers that stayed fresh through the whole night. Designers Rebecca and Sophia also come up by name in client feedback.
Connect with them: Follow @zuzuspetalsbrooklyn on Instagram for a peek into their creative process and recent events.
Rosehip Social Florist
Company name and founder/lead florist: Rosehip Social Florist / Pola Rebisz-Kraeger
Specialty/niche: Rosehip Social Florist is a floral design studio and retail flower and plant shop at 379 Graham Ave in Williamsburg, with fifteen years of experience in New York weddings. The team shared with us that its specialty is “creating something that you’ve never seen before.” For a couple, that points to a design built around your event rather than a repeat of a past wedding, in a modern botanical style that brings the wild look of a garden indoors. The team runs a half-acre flower farm in Rockland County that grows material for its events.
Full service includes consultations, delivery, setup, turnover and breakdown. Elopement and à la carte orders can be picked up in Williamsburg or delivered nearby.
Notable projects or signature style: ELLE DECOR and Martha Stewart have both featured the studio’s work, the latter for an intimate Connecticut wedding. Clients describe a full floral ceiling at the Wythe Hotel and rooftop work at Box House Hotel. Rosehip picks flowers at market based on your preferences instead of guaranteeing specific stems. The team holds a final check-in six to eight weeks before the event to lock in details.
Pricing: The minimum spend for full-service weddings is $7,000, according to their FAQ. The studio notes some flexibility for local venues and depending on the season.
Why we love them: Rosehip is a strong pick if you have a mood board but no flower names. Every proposal is written for the client’s vision, with no set packages, which fits with couples describing handing over loose ideas and getting back a finished design. The team also says it’s ready for last-minute details on the day, and one review describes it flipping a full room in about an hour, which matters when your ceremony and reception share a space. Clients say the team helps stretch the budget and often knows the venue already. Couples describe the studio as LGBTQ-friendly, and photographers say the work photographs well.
Connect with them: Follow @rosehipfloral on Instagram for a peek into their creative process and recent events.
Lucy’s Flowers
Company name and founder/lead florist: Lucy’s Flowers / Lucy Moffre
Specialty/niche: Lucy’s Flowers designs fresh arrangements for weddings, social and corporate events, hotels and interiors. Lucy Moffre made her first bouquet at 11, and she told us she treats floral design as an art built on fundamentals like proportion, balance, composition, color and texture. “That understanding gives you the freedom to experiment and break the rules intentionally,” she said. She also works with each flower’s natural shape and movement instead of forcing it into a set form. The shop has two locations: 592 Johnson Ave on the Bushwick and East Williamsburg border, and 97 N 1st St in Williamsburg.
Beyond events, it offers landscape design, editorial work and floral design classes in Brooklyn, and teaching is something she wants to do more of. Same-day delivery covers orders placed before noon.
Notable projects or signature style: Recent work includes florals for a Warner Bros. presentation of Practical Magic 2, bouquets for Acne Studios and Dior, and an intimate event for Macy’s. She sees a close link between fashion and flowers, since both rely on composition, texture and color. The weddings page covers ceremony arches, reception flowers, ceiling installations and wearable pieces like flower crowns. Ceiling installs are worth asking about if you’ve booked a loft or warehouse space. Request photos of a past install in a similar room.
Pricing: Contact Lucy’s Flowers to obtain a customized quote.
Why we love them: Reviewers describe Lucy as detail-oriented to the point of perfectionism and trust her with weddings that have many moving parts, like multiple spaces or several installation pieces. She doesn’t work from a one-size-fits-all approach, and she gave us insight into how she likes to collaborate: some of her best results come when clients trust her expertise and give her creative freedom. That matches client feedback, where many give her only a rough color and style direction. One client recalls the shop staying open past closing to get a same-day delivery out the door.
Connect with them: Follow @lucysflowersnyc on Instagram for a peek into their creative process and recent events.
Empathy Flowers
Company name: Empathy Flowers
Specialty/niche: Empathy Flowers is mainly a same-day delivery florist for Brooklyn and Queens, with much of its work in sympathy and funeral flowers. It’s based at 2175 Bergen St, where Weeksville meets Crown Heights. For weddings, the team told us it focuses on color, texture, proportion and details that suit the venue, and that its designers like creative briefs that go past standard arrangements.
Its wedding flowers and event decor page lists à la carte flowers alongside full-service packages. The shop says it works on micro-weddings and luxury weddings alike, at rooftops, lofts and ballrooms. It lists itself as closed Saturdays, so confirm weekend delivery and setup before you book.
Notable projects or signature style: On the wedding side, Empathy Flowers offers full-service installs with arches, chuppahs, flower walls, hanging installations and full venue decor. The chuppah offering makes it worth a call if you’re planning a Jewish ceremony. The site also carries a Vera Wang collection. The shop’s most elaborate custom projects take several designers working together for six to fifteen hours, a useful benchmark when you’re comparing what install quotes include. Flower walls and hanging pieces need anchor points, so share your venue’s ceiling and wall rules early.
Pricing: Contact Empathy Flowers to obtain a customized quote.
Why we love them: The shop’s philosophy, as the team explained it to us, is “Honor the person and the occasion first. Everything else follows.” In practice that starts with listening, so expect questions about what you envision and what matters most before anyone recommends flowers or colors. Most client feedback centers on retail orders and same-day delivery, with praise for quick turnarounds, helpful staff and prices that fit the budget. Those strengths suit smaller wedding needs, like a last-minute bouquet, boutonnieres or flowers for a family dinner the night before. Same-day capacity can also save the morning if a bouquet gets crushed in transit.
Connect with them: Follow @empathyflowersnyc on Instagram for a peek into their creative process and recent events.
Choosing a Brooklyn wedding florist
Once you have a shortlist, these checks help you compare florists on more than pretty photos.
Look for portfolios that match your style
A beautiful portfolio isn’t enough on its own. Look for work that resembles what you’re asking for in color, fullness and how loose or structured the arrangements feel. Check scale too, since a florist known for bud vases may never have built a ceiling install.
Ask to see full galleries from two or three real weddings, not only the highlight shots on Instagram. Decide which parts of the look are fixed, like palette and mood, and stay flexible on exact varieties. That gives your florist room to buy the strongest seasonal stems that week.
Match the service model as well. If you only need a bouquet and a few arrangements, a shop with pickup or à la carte options may suit you better than a full-service studio.
Ask what your budget actually covers
Two quotes with similar totals can include very different work. Ask for an itemized proposal so you can compare these line by line:
- Delivery, setup and breakdown
- Rented vessels, arches or stands
- Moving ceremony pieces to the reception
Ask what your budget could realistically create, and request photos of past events with a similar floral scope. That tells you far more than whether a florist will accept your number.
Ask what happens if a flower isn’t available and whether substitutions will stay within your palette. Repurposing saves money only when someone is there to move the arrangements, so confirm who does it.
Confirm your venue before you finalize florals
Your venue decides when flowers can arrive and where they can go. Book the space first, then share its load-in window, freight access and decor rules with your florist. If you’d like someone to coordinate vendor timelines, a Brooklyn wedding planner can take that on.
Many venues also set a hard end time for breakdown, so confirm your florist can clear everything before it. Short-term rentals often restrict events, so read the house rules before you pay a deposit.
Public spaces add paperwork, too. Prospect Park requires permits for gatherings of more than 20 people. The Brooklyn Botanic Garden requires a photography permit for professional wedding photos, requested at least five business days in advance.
Heat matters too. July is Central Park’s warmest month, averaging close to 80°F in National Weather Service climate data. Ask how your florist keeps stems from wilting outdoors.
FAQs: Brooklyn wedding florists
How much should I budget for wedding flowers in Brooklyn?
Based on the florists profiled in this article, Rosehip Social Florist sets a $7,000 minimum for full-service weddings; the others quote per event. Ask each florist what your number realistically covers.
How far in advance should I book a wedding florist?
Reach out once your date and venue are set, since popular florists can fill peak weekends early. Starting early also gives you time to compare proposals before you pay a deposit.
Why do wedding florals cost more than a retail bouquet?
You’re paying for much more than stems. Event pricing covers sourcing, conditioning, design labor, consultations, transport, setup and often breakdown, plus staff who work within your venue’s schedule.
What should I bring to a florist consultation?
Bring inspiration photos, preferred colors, examples you dislike, an approximate budget and venue details. You don’t need flower names, since any experienced wedding florist in Brooklyn, NY, can fill those in.
What happens if my flowers aren’t available?
Seasonal substitutions are normal, so agree beforehand on what must stay consistent, like palette and mood. Ask whether your florist will check with you before making a significant design change.
Are DIY wedding flowers cheaper?
DIY can lower direct flower costs for simple arrangements, but count your time for prep, storage, transport and setup. A hybrid often works well: hire a florist for focal pieces, then DIY bud vases.
Brooklyn florals go further in a space built for them
The right florist should make flowers one thing you can stop worrying about. That happens when expectations are clear early: what the proposal includes, which stems might change and who’s carrying arrangements up the stairs before guests arrive. Changes are much easier to accept when they don’t show up as surprises.
Once you’ve booked a wedding venue in Brooklyn with clear load-in rules and space to work, your florist can plan around real dimensions and timing. Freight access and room for a prep table make their job much easier on the day. Share those details at your first meeting, and your inspiration board has a much better shot at looking the way you pictured it.
If you have any feedback, corrections, or additions to this list, we’d love to hear from you at [email protected].
