4.9 out of 5 stars and 92 reviews
4.9
(92)Temecula Valley Also Serving IE, SD, LA & OC & Palm Springs
About this vendor
We are Southern California's Premier Wedding Florist & Mirror Photo Booth Company!
It all starts with a personal consultation at my office over a glass of wine or cup of coffee. We will get to know your style, colors & vision. Then we will combine meticulous attention to detail creating a custom quote based on your individual needs to plan the wedding of your dreams.
www.SweetStemsFloralDesigns.com
I am excited to share that we have recently expanded our business! We are now offering the incredible Tower X premium Mirror Photo Booth to our couples. The Tower X Mirror Photo Booth is in a class of it's own, when comparing Mirror Photo Booths. If you are considering adding a Mirror Photo Booth to your Wedding be sure to let us know. We offer discounts to our Couples when they add a Photo Booth rental to their flower orders :)
www.SweetShotsMirrorPhotoBooths.com
We have also recently opened a Wedding Venue In Temecula called Temecula Old Town Loft. If you are still searching for a Venue for your Bridal Shower, Rehearsal dinner, any other special event or have friends or family that are looking please check out our affordable packages and hourly rates online at
www.TemeculaOldTownLoft.com
When Searching For Your Florist...
Thoroughly do your homework when you are comparing each Florist. Flowers are a perishable & delicate product, I strongly recommend you consider quality before pricing. You diffidently wouldn't want your dream flowers to die half way through your Wedding day, because you booked the "Florist" that gave you the lowest quote. It's no secret that all Florist purchase flowers from the same wholesalers worldwide. Unfortunately not all Florist have the proper refrigeration needed to store your flowers correctly. There are products available to Florist that are used when processing flowers in order to maximize the life of flowers. Because of the costly overhead the products create not all Florist will use them. Be sure you choose a Florist that properly processing & stores your flowers. Before you make a final decisions make sure the Florist that you choose has a good amount of photos of their recent work. Be sure their photos display the designers range of style & level of design skills. Have clear communication with whoever you choose, go over every detail of your wants & needs. There should be no question that your expectations & visions will not only be met but exceeded. Discuss a reasonable budget & different options that are available to maximize that budget. When you and your Florist start discussing the specific type of flowers to use in your designs, focus on staying with then your color scheme while using "seasonal" fresh flowers vs using premium higher priced flowers it will help immensely to maximize your budget. Lastly make sure that the Florist you choose has excellent, authentic reviews online that are from Wedding related past clients. If your potential Florist is not licensed and insured I would be extremely concerned.
Details
Business Attributes
- Hispanic or Latinx-owned Business
- Native American-owned Business
- Veteran-owned Business
- Woman-owned Business
Decorations & Accents
- Aisle Decorations
- Centerpieces
- Flower Girl Baskets
- Pedestals
- Plants
- Vases
Flower Arrangements
- Bouquets
- Bouquet Wraps
- Boutonnieres
- Centerpieces
- Corsages
- Flower Alternatives
Awards and Affiliations
6-Time 'Best of Weddings'
2025.2024.2021.+3 more.
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My flowers came out beautiful for my recent wedding, I loved the design and the colors were close to what I imagined. I met with Sara over zoom, she wasn’t unprofessional in any wa...
y but both times I felt she wasn’t very friendly, which made it a little harder to feel comfortable asking questions and take my time going over everything with her. I initially thought I was only allowed to use Sweet Stems because of the package I chose at my venue, or I probably would have gone with another company. The only issue we did have is that my husband, father and FIL never received their boutonnières, but that was our venues fault not the florist. Apparently they were locked in a room that my husband didn’t have access to, that he should have. I was told that the flowers would be delivered to us at the same time we were arriving to the venue. I understood that as the flowers would be handed to us directly from the florist, so I didn’t think to remind my husband before hand. That issue is really a miscommunication on our venues end; but because of it those flowers were never used.
Sweet Stems Florist did an excellent job with the flowers for our wedding. Sara was very professional in our consultation meeting and was responsive to any emails we sent to her. T...
he quality of flowers especially sunflowers were beautiful and lasted well throughout the evening. We highly recommend Sweet Stems Florist!
Sara and her team at Sweet Stems Florist were incredible from start to finish! I have to say, I changed my mind probably 4-5 times and I was embarrassed emailing them each time, bu...
t to my surprise they were always accommodating and made it seem like such an easy process, it definitely put me at ease. One my wedding day my bouquet was GORGEOUS! It was put together and delivered with such care, as well as my bridesmaids. All of my ceremony and reception florals were stunning, better than I imagined, and my guests commented on how beautiful they turned out! It’s apparent that they take great pride in their work. Thank you so much for making my day beautiful!
Sara is communicative, organized, and literally the best florist we could've asked for. She made everything seamless and easy from the initial meeting to our big day!
Sara made my dream bouquet come to life!!! Her floral arrangements were everything I wanted and more. She made the process so easy. I am so thankful we had her as our florist for o...
ur wedding day!
Beautiful florals and great communication. The day of the wedding everything was on time and so beautiful. Everyone loved the florals!
The wedding ceremony of my dreams! Thank you Sweet stems for incorporating all of my details! It was truly beautiful!
Sweet Stems provided our dream florals for our wedding day. They were so beautiful. When I first saw my bouquet, I was in love. Sara was wonderful to work with and made the process...
easy. We cannot recommend Sweet Stems enough.
Sweet Stems Florist did such an incredible job with the florals at our wedding! The process was simple and didn't require a lot of communication between Sara and I. I trusted her t...
o create the perfect bouquets and boutonnieres/corsages for our wedding party based on my inspo board and Sara delivered! I highly recommend Sweet Stems Florist for any event. Thank you Sara & team!
Sarah and her associates with Sweet Stems Florists were amazing to work with. So professional, answered all my questions, and really made my floral vision come to life! She was ope...
n about pricing and flexible with specific changes. 10/10 experience, you can’t go wrong working with her!
We had a great experience with Sweet Stems and Sara as the florist for our wedding! We booked our wedding through Wedgewood and Sweet Stems was our assigned florist. Flowers were ...
probably the major aspect of wedding planning that my husband and I felt most uncertain about (we didn't know what we wanted, what we should expect in terms of cost, had no real flower preferences, etc.). On our first call with Sara, she clearly explained what was included in our Wedgewood package and what options we had for add-ons. She answered all our questions and made suggestions for flowers we could use to achieve the color scheme I had in mind. After we had to change our venue due to construction delays, we got on a call with Sara and talked through what changes we needed to make for the new space and again, Sara made things very easy for us. We had a couple small changes along the way (e.g., we changed our minds about corsages and where we wanted "memory" flowers placed), which we were able to easily handle via email with Sara; she always provided us with an updated contract so we could make sure everything was as we wanted and we knew the pricing. On the day of, Sara and her team set everything up beautifully. They went above and beyond by draping chiffon at our ceremony site and moving our ceremony flowers to our sweetheart table after the ceremony was over. We would highly recommend Sweet Stems and Sara to anyone who needs a florist! She has a great eye for floral design and made everything so easy for us!
We had Sweet Stems for our assigned florist booking through Wedgewood Weddings. Working with Sara was very easy and accessible during the initial planning. She has her appointment ...
calendar set up so you can select what time works to meet even a few weeks out. I recommend creating a Pinterest board for the first initial meeting with Sara so that she can easily set up which flowers and colors you are looking for your vision. After the first meeting we had all our flowers, colors, orders and price set. Before the wedding Sara didn't mind meeting with me a few other times to go over extra designs and orders. At the end I felt very confident that Sara was going to take care of us for all of the floral needs. When the day came we were blown away with how beautiful everything turned out. We were extremely impressed with our ceremony arch and sweetheart table which was a big highlight in our wedding decor. All our flowers for the wedding party stayed intact the entire night and had the color pop we were looking for. The bouquet also held together overnight before taking it to the flower preservationist the next day. We are so grateful that we had Sara and her team as our florist and would highly recommend her for Temecula weddings!
Sweet stems provided the most beautiful flowers for our outdoor winery wedding. The team was so easy to work with and delivered results beyond my expeditions! I highly recommend!
My husband and I hired Sweet Stems through our wedding venue and are SO happy we did. Sara was so easy to work with and truly made my vision come to life. Highly recommend hiring S...
weet Stems for your wedding florist!
We were so glad to have Sara at Sweet Stems Florist do our florals for our wedding!! they came out so beautifully and exactly how I envisioned they would be, she helps makes the fl...
oral dreams come true! All the details of the wedding truly came together thanks to Sweet Stems!!
Sarah was amazing to work with through the entire planning process and the wedding.
We were able to share our vision with Sarah and work through everything that she could offer u...
s. Overall, everything was executed to our liking, all of the flowers looked amazing, and there isn't anything negative to report.
Sara was great to work with during the planning process leading up to our wedding. I didn’t have a set vision of what I wanted our florals to look like, just a very general color ...
scheme and she pulled it all together beautifully.
We have been working with Sara for our upcoming wedding and she is amazing and so knowledgable. She understands exactly what we envision and was very honest and tailored everythin...
g to our needs. We couldn't recommend her enough!
I hired Sara for my wedding this past March and all I can say is WOW! The flowers came out so beautiful. I talked with Sara about the kind of flowers I wanted for my wedding and sh...
e delivered! The boutonnieres are magnetic which I really liked so people weren't struggling to put them on. Thank you Sara for helping my wedding come out beautiful.
Sara truly does an amazing job with arrangements. My husband and I did not have a concrete vision for what we wanted with our wedding florals, but after our consultation, Sara was ...
able to pull together a look that really tied together our fall wedding. Additionally, she does a good job at tailoring the florals in a way that fits your budget. The show stoppers were the floral arrangement she did for the tree at our ceremony and the bridal party bouquets; both were everything I could have hoped for. A couple things that drove me to only give 4 stars instead of 5: after the initial consultation, working with Sweet Stems seemed very corporate--emails seemed automated/generic (and really hard to read w/the formatting) and there was not much personal communication/check-ins in general as we got closer to the date (very different style than the other vendors we worked with). Also, my one nit with the florals was that the boutonnieres for the men were huge, so much so that we opted to not use them since the consensus was they would look a bit silly. It was unfortunate, but not the end of the world, since as I mentioned, the big florals were stunning.
All in all, I would recommend Sweet Stems as a wedding florist; Sara and team know what they are doing which really takes away some stress from the bride/groom.
Sweet stems was nothing less than amazing to work with. Sarah met with me numerous times and was beyond patient when I decided to change my flowers not once, but twice. Our flowers...
couldn’t have been any more perfect.
Sara from Sweet Stems is very thorough during your initial meeting and works to put together a vision board of flowers based on your budget. Her arrangements were beautiful, and he...
r team set up everything quickly and efficiently. The bouquets, especially my bridal bouquet, were spectacular. I ordered one less boutonniere than I needed, and Sweet Stems quickly made one for our groomsman.
I am rating 3 stars based on two disappointing parts of my experience. While none of these things were a day-of show stoppers, based on the time and effort it takes to plan a wedding, they were certainly a letdown.
1. As you can see on the style board, there was a specific theme we were going for. The colors were oranges and peaches. When I went to go see my cake on the wedding day, there were two giant ugly red flowers on the cake. There were also red flowers in my table arrangements. Nowhere in the proposal did we ever agree upon red, and it totally ruined the look and cohesiveness. While I understand there can be substitutions based on flower availability, Sweet Stems should have picked something within the color palette and not decide to pick a totally new color.
2. Communication. Communication with Sara after the initial meeting is difficult. She can take over a week to get back to you regarding questions and concerns. Her email system also makes it impossible to read her messages. Her email signature is so much bigger than the rest of the body of the email. Emails that come from her system are difficult to read because of the formatting and the length/size of her signature. It was hard to keep track of everything.
Overall, I felt okay with my decision to hire Sweet Stems but the two items outlined above would definitely prevent me from recommending them to someone else.
Sara with Sweet Stems Florist absolutely blew me away on our wedding day! I couldn't believe how perfect every arrangement was from the bridal bouquets to the STUNNING arbor arrang...
ement. She went above and beyond my expectations. The flowers were beautiful and the service met all of our expectations. Everything was delivered on time, was of high
quality, and was exactly what we had discussed we wanted in our detail meeting. We had the right amount of time with the team to describe what we wanted and make some customizations to their offerings to fit the look we wanted at the wedding. They made our already beautiful venue look even
better. I would HIGHLY recommend hiring Sara for any floral needs!
Sara was amazing to work with!! From the first details meeting to delivering the most beautiful floral arrangements, we couldn’t have asked for a better florist. Would 10/10 recomm...
end!
Sara is AMAZING!! As someone who works in the wedding industry, I wanted to be sure I had the BEST of the BEST -- and that is Sara with Sweet Stems!! My florals were absolutely bre...
ath-taking and took my wedding vision to that sought-after Pinterest level of design! My consultation was very smooth and easy. Florals are my most favorite part of wedding design, and Sara sat down with me to create my DREAM wedding vision, then helped me select the types of blooms, colors, and design ideas that would fit into my budget. I love how Sara will work with you to find creative solutions to give you the most bang for your budget, like creating design ideas that can be moved from your ceremony to your reception or communicating what blooms are most budget-friendly for the season of your wedding. Sara is also super down for doing new, creative ideas or trends---she actually designed a flower crown for my horse!!
Sara's florals were amazingly fresh and smelled AMAZING. They were so fresh that they ended up lasting 5 days past my wedding! I also loved how I was able to keep the flowers and vases so many of my family member and guests were able to taker her florals home to enjoy after the wedding. BOOK Sweet Stems, it will be the best decision you make!! Thank you Sara!!
Overall experience was good. Had some mishaps with communication throughout but it was all understanding due to family emergencies and covid.
The initial consult was great and str...
aight forward with floral choices, color, and design. One of the design I was really looking forward to was tall candelabra floral arrangement and I was disappointed when I saw it. It was mostly greenery wrapped and 5 roses on it. Something I think I could of just done myself and save the money. It did not turn out heavy in florals as consulted (which I included a Pinterest Inso photo too). The petals on the aisle was not as heavy as consulted also. The rest of the vases (6in) arrangements looked fine. The flowers were wilting already by dinner and it could be due to the heat and sun that day. Sara was very generous to include a floral piece for my table seating chart last minute with no charge. I wished there could have been MORE flowers, the arrangements didn't seem as full as I'd wanted. I do think I spent more than the quality received. I am grateful for the service but I did feel let down a bit.
Our wedding last weekend looked absolutely breathtaking, and an enormous part of that is due to the beautiful work by Sara and her wonderful Sweet Stems team! I cannot recommend th...
em more highly enough! :) The consultation with Sara was easy breezy because she KNOWS weddings. Rose petal coverage? Wrist corsages? Boutonnières? I honestly had no idea how to choose florals for a wedding, but Sara walks you through every step. She was careful to listen to all my needs and wants. I emailed her with some last changes the week of the wedding and she was accommodating and totally lovely about it. On wedding day itself, the Sweet Stems team (amazing ladies) found us in the bridal suite, delivered all our personal items on time, and then set-up our arch and all the details we had discussed. They were professional and their designs looked STUNNING. The flowers smelled amazing too! Thank you a million to Sweet Stems for making our wedding look like a fairytale!!!
I am a very big floral person so florals were a really big deal for me when it came to my wedding. I knew I wanted something bright and fun and different but wasn’t really sure how...
to make that happen. After speaking with a couple other floral vendors I was not feeling too excited and then I came across Sweet Stems. She was so incredibly on-it and I could tell she put a lot of heart into her work and that was exactly what I wanted. I gave her out colors and she came back with the most amazing palette. She was super responsive leading up to the wedding and answered all my questions and had ideas too! She coordinated with my coordinator to make sure that pick up went smoothly and that they would last till the day of the wedding. Day of the flowers were INSANELY beautiful. I was seriously blown away walking up to our arch and holding my bouquet. She captured exactly what I wanted and I seriously felt like I was in a magazine! I definitely squealed multiple times looking at these florals throughout the day! THANK YOU so much for creating something so beautiful and perfect for my Husband and I! If we ever have another event I am coming to you!!!
Sara and her team were amazing! They provided flowers for my wedding on 2/26/22 in San Diego, CA at The Thursday Club. For the price and quality- I could not recommend them enough....
Thank you Sara and team for making my wedding flower dreams come true :)
I cannot gush enough about Sara and her team at Sweet Stems! Their organization and communication was a refreshing change to other florists in the area and the bouquets and items ...
for our wedding were absolutely beautiful and exactly as discussed from our consultation. Highly recommend their team for any wedding or event... you won't regret it!
We were in need of a Florist last minute as our previously booked Florist backed out on us 1 month before our Wedding. Sara was wonderful worked with our budget and made our dream ...
flowers come to life. I will diffidently be recommending her to family and friends.
We love everything! Our flowers looked and smelled amazing. Sara was soo easy to work with. I highly recommend her if you are still looking for a great Florist!
My flowers were even better than I expected them to be! Sara's team was awesome! They set up so quickly. Everything smelled sooo good! I have never smelled flowers that smelled as ...
good as the ones at my wedding. All our guest were complimenting them the whole night! I would highly recommend Sara and her team!!!
Our wedding was last month and people are still telling me how good our flowers smelled and looked!
We booked Sara in Jan of 2020 just before Covid hit. Sara was very accommodatin...
g working with us the entire time to find a new date that worked for our venue and other vendors.
We were very happy with the entire process from start to finish working with Sweet Stems. We will be recommending them to friends and family for sure.
We can’t say enough good things about Sara and her team! Our floral arrangements, table settings, and bouquets were absolutely beautiful. We got so many compliments on them! The pl...
anning process was so easy and I loved the way that Sara laid everything out for us. She was so flexible and easy to work with, which was an added bonus! If you’re looking for a florist, you don’t need to look any further than Sweet Stems!
We had the most beautiful wedding flowers from Sweet Stems. After COVID rearrangements, we were already stressed planning, and they made it so easy. I had full faith that my vision...
would come to life. I cannot tell you how many compliments we had at the wedding. The arch was incredible, all of our flowers, the candles…everything was perfect, and amazing pricing! Thank you for making all of our visions come to life!
My original florist was booked and passed me along to Sweet Stems so my entire list of floral needs were already put together. Sara took my pre-made list and did not ask me any que...
stions about it. She didn't ask me if I had any questions leading up to the wedding day or if I wanted to see any examples of florals she's done similar to what I was requesting. I never received a phone call or an email through the entire process. Reaching out to her was nearly impossible as she is extremely untimely with her responses. I gave her the benefit of the doubt that she's just bad with emails but on the actual wedding day, no one came up to me to see if I liked any of the florals or even a congratulations. I can't even say that I met Sara that day as no one introduced themselves to me. Even my other vendors asked me who they were so they could make sure to not recommend them to their other clients. I was shocked we were spending so much money with them yet not one person said a single word to me or my husband.
Secondly, we had 20 pillars at our reception which we agreed would be filled with Italian Ruscus for $1100. The flowers that ended up being put on the pillars were ferns. Not only were they the wrong plant but they were also extremely embarrassingly done. It looked like my 5 year old niece put them up. I reached out to Sara to ask for some kind of compensation to make up for the wrong florals and I have been flat out ignored. A month has gone by with no response yet. I would really stay away from them as they clearly don't show to care very much about their clients. I really have been so disappointed with how they have handled everything.
Sara is amazing and so sweet. Everything was so smooth and easy to work with. The photo mirror is a total must. It was a total hit. Highly recommend having the photo mirror at your...
event!
Sara is the best florist EVER!! She was so sweet and everything was drop dead gorgeous. I can’t explain to you how much you need her in your life! She’s so talented and an absolute...
pleasure to work with ever detail she put in did not go unnoticed.
Sweet Stems really made our wedding day so much easier. They arrived more than on time and set up everything without any problems. Everything looked so beautiful and right where th...
ey need to be. Everyone was impressed with how fresh the flowers were. Sweet Stems is definitely a vendor I would recommend to everyone!!!
We found Sweet Stems through a friend that used them for their Wedding flowers we already had a florist included with our venue but we needed a Photo Booth and they recently starte...
d a renting awesome Mirror Photo Booths! It was all my guest kept talking about all the props were great quality they sanatized everying between uses. I highly recommend checking them out! www.SweetShotsMirrorPhotoBooths.com You wont be disappointed!
Holy crap. If I could give more than 5 stars to sweet stems I would. Sara took my vision for our florals and absolutely RAN with it. I gave her a color pallet, an idea and said hav...
e fun. I can honestly say, she delivered. From planning, to set up, to pick up. She has gone above and beyond and well.. the pictures speak for themselves. Thank you again! Will forever recommend!
We fell in love with Sara when we first met her at her office to go over the details of our Wedding. She was very knowledgeable with the availability of my favorite flowers. I love...
d all of her recommendations and I appreciated that she understood my vision. Everything turned out so much better than I imagined that it would <3
Our flowers were gorgeous! Sara was super helpful with us through the whole process. Covid tried to keep us down but we overcame all the obstacles!
Sara was such a pleasure to work with. Her knowledge in floral types and her close attention to detail did not go unnoticed. She made me feel so calm the entire process, having our...
wedding affected by Covid she made us feel at ease. I have received so many compliments on my wedding florals. You will not be disappointed with Sweet Stems, I highly recommend to any prospective couples.
Sara did such an amazing job with our wedding flowers! Due to Covid-19 we ended up changing our 140 person wedding to a 24 person wedding with 3 weeks to go. Sara worked with us to...
come up with a new plan and re-purpose the flowers we had already purchased. The results were jaw dropping. I walked into our reception and our sweetheart table was something out of a fairytale. Everything was so beautiful and better than I could have ever dreamed. Thank you so much!!!
We were in need of a last minute florist due to an issue we had with the original booked for our October wedding. Sara at Sweet Stems Florist ended up being available. I met with h...
er and instantly felt more comfortable with her than the pervious. She was great to work with and worked with our budget and listened to what we wanted. The day of everything was beautiful and exactly how I had pictured it. She is great to work with, very professional. I would definitely recommend her to help make your flower dreams come true! I could not be more happy with how it all turned out!
Thank you Sweet Stems for making our wedding day the magical garden of flowers we wanted it to be and more. Sara from start to finish was perfection. With her expertise we were ab...
le to lock down all the decision making and ideas on the first meeting. The best feeling ever as a bride on the day of your wedding is silence from your coordinator, because that means everything is going as planned. Sara made it so easy for us. She arrived on time, decorated our arch, had all our centerpieces, bouquet and boutonnieres staged and ready to go. The bouquet was so amazing I have it hanging in my closet and am going to do a memory box with it! Thank Sara for making our day so amazing.
Sara is a magician when it comes to wedding flowers! She was very easy to work with and during our first meeting with her, we got a great visual of what every floral piece would lo...
ok like before we left! Sara was easy to communicate with and I was able to send her inspiration photos easily. On the day of my wedding I was blown away when she brought in my bouquet! I never could have even imagined it looking that amazing! Overall, everything was perfect and very affordable which makes it even better!
Sara is an amazing, thoughtful florist who is very kind and very professional. She was the florist for my vineyard wedding in Murrieta, California and I cannot recommend her enough...
. She brought to life the vision of my wedding with her floral detail, and absolutely made my wedding beautiful. Her and her team were punctual, detailed, easy to work with, and went above and beyond with their decorating. Sara was always easy to communicate with and always responded to my lengthy emails in a timely manner. Her price was absolutely affordable and an incredible value for everything she and her team did. She even made herself available for a site visit, since my husband and I put our wedding together at a vineyard not usually used for weddings. I really cannot thank her enough or say enough great things, 11/10 recommend!! You will not regret it!!! :)
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26305 Jefferson Ave #A, Murrieta, CA | Temecula Valley Also Serving IE, SD, LA & OC & Palm Springs
Sweet Stems Florist