From a former bride to a future bride, I’m telling you that you need Giti. It took me so long to review her because I knew just how long this review would be. Please look to the bottom for a summary if you’re short on time. Venue: Rosecliff in May of 2019. I searched high and low for a floral design studio in Newport. I started first with Rosecliff’s recommended vendors. I firmly believe Giti should have been on that list. After we booked Giti, the coordinator and staff at Rosecliff could not stop gushing about her and her work. I believe the coordinator’s words were: “Oh you’re just going to love her. Giti has always exceeded her couple’s expectations.” Do you know how hard it is to exceed the expectations of a Rosecliff bride? Giti does just that. This leads me to my first point of interest. Budget: This is where Giti shines. We’ve heard from many coordinators that the pricing of your florals tends to change based on the event (a wedding) and the venue. I ofte... Read moren felt there was a “Rosecliff tax” for most vendors we spoke with. In fact, I endured months of speaking with florists who just declined to work within our budget. This is NOT Giti. From the first time I spoke with her I knew she was the one not only because she agreed to work with our budget, but also because she understood my vision right away. Although we were on a budget, I don’t want you to get the idea that Giti is not fully capable of handling the unlimited spending on floral that you may want to do. I’ve seen Giti’s portfolio which ranges from a celebrity budget to our modest one. Here’s the thing, Giti will make it look like you paid far more than you actually did. I’ve never met a bride whose wedding florals exceeded their expectations and looked far more expensive than they actually were until now. This is not just according to my novice eye. My sister in law is getting married and showed our wedding flowers to her coordinator who estimated that we paid almost twice as much as we did! Even in a less expensive state such as Texas, my sister in law could not find a florist who could do anything close to Giti’s work for the price point. According to the Rosecliff staff, this is commonplace with Giti. How does she do this without skimping on quality? I’ll tell you. Technical skill: Giti is an artist and knows how to take a floor plan and arrange everything masterfully. She’ll tell you how many high priced, extravagant arrangements you’ll need to make a huge impact and knows how to/is willing to build other arrangements around those thus making your budget go a lot farther. I’ve seen some of her high five figure florals look like half a million dollars. Your guests WILL notice. It’s been almost a year since we got married and my guests are still commenting on the flowers. Trustworthiness: This is a quality, that in hindsight, I would pay much more attention to when selecting my team. You can trust that whatever Giti quotes you as a price is fair. She will deliver ON TIME AND ON BUDGET. In fact, Giti was the person I trusted the most in this process. Please understand that I am a very particular bride who had a hand in every detail of the wedding. She does not overlook anything. For brides that want a little more guidance or don’t want to be as hands on as I was; I would completely trust her to help you create something beautiful. I was an out of state bride and she handled everything without me having to be there more than twice. She embraced my vision and always had a can-do attitude. She never told me that something couldn’t be done. She never put her vision ahead of my own. She listened. All of my friends told me to walk into my wedding with an open mind because despite all of my planning, I will get something different than what was discussed. Well when I walked in, everything was exactly what we discussed. I saw the entire vision come to life. It was far grander and more beautiful than I imagined. Giti made one critical change. We had previously discussed repurposing the large ceremony arrangements and moving them to the ballroom. Well the ballroom was already decked out. Giti saw that we were having a late night snacks display as a surprise for our guests in another room. This is one of the most important moments of my night as we brought in photos of our family members, some of whom have passed away. I walked in and got the surprise of a lifetime. Giti combined the large ceremony arrangements into the most spectacular display. I was moved. Some of my guests upon seeing all of the photos arranged so beautifully with this amazing display of flowers were brought to tears. Thank you Giti for making this change. My entire family truly appreciated that moment. Personalized attention: You will not be dealing with an assistant who constantly has to get back to you after speaking with the florist. Giti loves her brides and will talk with you/ text you directly. It’s easy to schedule a meeting with her. You will never feel rushed. Also, she did an amazing sample arrangement before the wedding to make sure everything was exactly what I wanted. It really felt like a VIP experience. Overall Experience: Fun and easy! I loved attending our meetings probably because she loved attending our meetings. Giti is the kindest human. When all of the other wedding details are adding stress to your life, you will be able to let go and have fun with Giti. Her excitement and passion for what she does is contagious. Her location isn’t in Newport for very good reason. She has an incredible workshop that you’ll be going to. Her workspace is full of arbors, beautiful vases, candelabras, and other wedding related knickknacks. Every other florist will have you rent these things from outside vendors and you’ll never get to see them in person to judge the scale. In Giti’s shop, you’ll get to walk around and work together to make sure that the scale of each arrangement and color of every vessel is what you want. We even had fun playing with certain vases and candle holders on tables to get it exactly right. Side note: for all of my candle obsessed brides, Giti has candelabras that are Rosecliff Rules approved so you don’t have to have those fake plastic candles you see in so many Rosecliff weddings. She is truly second to none. Many Newport wedding vendors are great professionals and would deliver a quality product. There were only two people we worked with that we can confidently say our wedding would have been worse off had we chosen anyone else. Giti is one of them. This may sound a little ridiculous, but she is truly one of the people to whom I feel I owe a debt of gratitude. She saw two young people, both in residency, trying to have a dream wedding and made it happen when others wouldn’t. If we ever move back to the east coast, we’ll take our new surgeons’ salaries and ask Giti to be a part of every event we ever have. I walked into this experience as someone who didn’t even like flowers and left a believer. I have a beautiful arrangement next to me as I write this review. Thank you Giti. Summary: - The Rosecliff staff says she constantly exceeds couple’s expectations and I agree. - Your wedding floral will look far more expensive than it actually was. - Guests will be talking about your flowers a year later. - She’s trustworthy, fair, and will listen to your vision. - On time and on budget. - Personalized attention - You’ll have the ability to see pieces of décor ahead of time in her workshop - This will be fun! - You will be supporting a business backed by a beautiful human that does so much for her community and will do more for you than you imagined.

When I think of one word to describe the wedding flowers Giti created, magical comes to mind. She just puts together the most beautiful arrangements. She matched the exact color scheme we were looking for and I truely couldn’t have been happier. She has a way of making everything look so whimsical and just perfect!!! We did a mix of candles, tall arrangements, low arrangements, and she even added some other cute details around the room to tie it in. She was very pleasant to work with and met with my mom and I a few times prior to the event. Giti stays to make sure everything is just as you like it and moves things around after the ceremony as needed. She even stored the left over flowers for my mom to pick up a day later. I can’t say enough good things about Giti and Botanica. She is a must have florist for your wedding!!! -Katie M

Giti went above and beyond and the flowers at our wedding were more than we could have ever dreamed of. From the flowers on the arch, to the gorgeous bouquets to the centerpieces and boutonnieres, everything was everything we could have wanted and more. Giti’s attention to detail is incredible. She is so easy to work with and made the whole process completely stress free. No one can stop talking about her stunning our flowers were. Thank you Giti! You went above and beyond and we could not have been happier.

Giti was recommended to me by a coworker who used her for her wedding. She was also recommended by my venue, Glen Manor House. I’m am so happy I chose botanica wedding for our flowers. Giti met with us four times to go over what we wanted for our flowers. She made a sample arrangement and worked with me extensively to make sure she understood my vision. She even ordered special flowers so the color would be perfect. On our wedding day I was so impressed with the flowers. Giti has set everything up before I even got to the venue and the flowers were better than I could have imagined. She really knows what she’s doing. Everyone complimented the flowers and they looked absolutely perfect with the bridesmaid dresses and wedding colors. I’m so happy to have hired Giti for our wedding and I will definitely be visiting her shop again :-)

Giti exceeded my expectations on my wedding day. She made the most beautiful arrangements and my arbor was absolutely stunning. Not only is Giti’s work amazing but she was a pleasure to work with. She allowed me to express my vision while adding her expertise. Together we collectively designed the color scheme and then she made my vision a reality. I could have not asked for a better florist to make my day that much more beautiful. I highly recommend Giti. With her vision and passion you can’t go wrong!!

Giti was amazing to work with for our wedding flowers. Her hard work and passion for her art was apparent with each step of the way. Two personalized consultation sessions at her East Greenwich studio gave us the confidence that she would pull together the rustic elegance we needed for the rustic space of Newport Vineyards. Constant communication with us, including a FaceTime conversation from the flower market, are perfect examples of Giti’s drive to be perfect. Her punctual arrival on wedding day, dropping off bouquets to my bridal party & I, arbor assembly, decoration of the head farm table, and all the small details that made our day beautiful were truly remarkable. Giti and her team arranged all our beautiful flowers outdoors, an hour before ceremony time a storm rolled through Newport Vineyards and we cannot thank her and her team enough for moving all of our gorgeous arrangements indoors and creating just as beautiful indoor visual as it was outdoor prior to the rain! Her & ... Read moreher team made a very difficult task look effortless. Giti was gracious enough to stay late in to the night and rearrange our centerpieces for brunch the following morning -- they were the perfect compliment to our day. We will be recommending Giti to all of our friends in the area and if she is available for your wedding day, don’t hesitate to book!

After weeks of perusing the internet, searching hashtags on instagram, and viewing other bridal company's followers and followings, we came across @botanicawedding, formally known as Botanica Wedding Flowers. My husband and I scrolled through her page, and immediately felt like we could relate to her style, use of colors and textures. I emailed Giti at nearly 11pm and heard back from her within 15 - 20 minutes. That was the basis of our communications! Her communication is top notch and truly felt like you were working with a friend who just "gets you" versus a vendor who wants to sell you on a dream. I am an event planner by profession, so it was especially important for me to find someone who was easy to work with, is creative and knowledgable about their craft and has an eye for the fine details just as much as the bigger picture. Giti was all of that and MORE... plus, she's extremely sweet! The first time we met with Giti, we showed her pictures of our vision, our outfits, colo... Read morer schemes and explained the look and theme we were going for as best we could. Having little knowledge of flowers and trying our best to explain that we wanted our ceremony and reception to feel "romantic, airy, yet bright, and like everyone was on a first date" - whatever that meant! She got it and nailed it to a T!!! She was great about sending inspo photos and color schemes that she thought would fall in line with our vision and was extremely flexible if there was anything we needed to change, remove or add. We truly felt like a priority and that Giti was enjoying the creative planning process with us. She had awesome ideas and even gave us tips to help us stretch our dollar more and save in other areas. On the day of the wedding, she was timely in her execution and her team did and awesome job setting up! I felt like I blinked and each ember of our wedding party (all 27 people!) had their flowers in hands and their boutonnières pinned on. Our ceremony was supposed to be outdoors, but due to it raining, we moved it inside; and it was better than we could've imagined. My husband and I walked into our ceremony and reception rooms and were overcome with elation and gratitude. Giti took the ideas in our heads and words out of our mouths; and brought it to fruition! She also arrived at the end of the evening to help distribute the centerpieces to key family members. With each wedding vendor, it was important for us to hire somehow who's work felt like a representation of who we are as individuals and as a couple. Giti heard us and understood us. She was a refreshing addition to our day and is EXTREMELY talented. A true gem!

Working with Giti was the best experience and was one of my absolute favorite vendors!! She turned my vision of my perfect dream wedding into a reality and created the most beautiful florals I could have ever imagined. She was always very sensitive to the budget and came up with creative ways to still have the perfect florals within your budget. I always looked forward to every meeting with her and Scott and they became like family. I would recommend them again and again!!!!! ❤️❤️

Giti did the flowers for our wedding two weeks ago and we could not have been more thrilled. I didn’t have an exact vision for what I wanted but I knew what I liked and didn’t like. She was patient and fun to work with. I loved going to her studio to hear and see her ideas. I was overwhelmed with excitement when I saw our flowers the day of our wedding. They were just perfect!! Giti is extremely creative and will make your wedding flowers one of a kind.

If you're searching for a wedding florist, look no further!!! Giti is beyond talented and exceeded all of my expectations on our wedding day. She truly made my vision a reality and pays such great attention to detail. She's also a sweetheart and was such a pleasure to work with. I highly recommend Botanica!!!

Working with Giti on my flowers was one of the best parts of my wedding! Having ordered from her Busy Bee retail studio before I knew the flowers would be beautiful & unique but I was blown away with her wedding creations! My bouquet was GORGEOUS!! And even after adding a few extras she worked within my budget with no issues. When we visited the reception location we agreed it needed a little something extra so she took care of ordering, delivering & returning table overlays that just brought the whole look together. Thank you Giti for everything!

Giti is absolutely amazing. She is a true artist. I had a specific vision for my bouquet and she had to order special order it for me, and it was PERFECTION!!! I wanted the rest of my flowers to be pretty minimal and she totally understood my vision. From the flowers next to our alter to our centerpieces, everything was exactly how I wanted it. I don't think there is anything she can't do!

AMAZING AMAZING AMAZING!!!! I can't say enough good things about Giti! She was so sweet to work with, and totally understood my vision. The flowers were even more beautiful then I imagined. I received so many compliments on the flowers from all the guests, and it really just made the venue space that much more beautiful. Giti is so talented, and I would recommend her to every bride in the area!

Giti at Botanica was recommended to us by our venue and we are so glad we used her for our August wedding. Giti was very patient with me as I was very indecisive on what I was looking for when it came to the flowers and look of my wedding. She met with me twice before we booked her and was always very responsive to our messages and questions we had. She also worked with us to stay within our budget. The bouquets and floral arrangements were beautiful, we had so many compliments from our guests. We would highly recommend using Giti at Botanica.