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Floral Design

How to Prepare for Your Floral Design Meetings

Learn expert tips and discover how to be prepared for your appointment.

Once you've selected an event florist with whom to work, it's important to make sure you're on the same page when it comes to your goals for the big day.

garden-wedding-reception-with-a-large-arrangement-of-white-and-pink-flowers-in-a-white-urn — Photo: KT Merry Photography

Tips for Organizing Your Wedding Vision + Staying Happy & Calm

An expert floral designer shares her must-have tips for planning.

Floral designer Toby Kassoy of Lilla Bello offers her expert advice on how to stay focused while planning your dream wedding, designing the perfect wedding flowers, and encapsulating the essence of who you are as a couple on your big day!

bride-in-monique-lhuillier-lace-wedding-dress-holding-bouquet-with-white-rose-calla-lily-and-peony — Photo: Maya Myers Photography

Selecting Your Date Around Seasonal Wedding Flowers

Read expert tips on in-season blooms from the owner of Flowers by Cina.

Your choice of wedding date will be based on a number of factors: desired season, availability, outside timelines of your VIP guests... but if all of those facets seem to be flexible, consider booking your day during the season that your favorite flower will be in bloom!

cascading-orchid-bouquet-and-nosegays — Photo: KingenSmith

What Every Bride Should Know for Her Floral Appointments

How to select your wedding-day flowers and what you need to consider before your first meeting.

What Every Bride Should Know for Her Floral Appointments

flower-appointment-advice-from-the-hidden-garden — Photo: Embrace Life Photography

The Floral Advantages of Spring Weddings

Why spring is a wedding florist's favorite time of year.

The Floral Advantages of Spring Weddings

Photo: Jay Lawrence Goldman Photography

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Wedding tips from the pros

candle-votives-and-mason-jars-with-white-flowers — Photo: Ahava Studios

How to Decide Which DIY Projects to Tackle (and Which to Avoid)

Read these tips before committing to a do-it-yourself wedding.

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Key Elements to Designing the Wedding of Your Dreams

Expert wedding consultant Linda Howard shares her advice for creating a fairy-tale wedding event.

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See This Couple's Glam City Engagement Shoot in Chicago

View the stunning imagery taken along Wacker Drive and the Navy Pier.

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Oheka Castle

Wedding & Event Venues

A historic mansion located on the Gold Coast of Long Island, Oheka Castle offers the ambiance and sophistication insp...

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Flowers by Cina

Floral & Event Design

Flowers by Cina was established in 1960 as a full service florist. Melissa McGowan purchased Flowers by Cina in 2003 ...