Flowers by Maria — Local services in Simi Valley

I typically use online florist to send flowers as I am often not familiar with the area I am sending flowers. In this most recent case, however, I was sending flowers to my Mom for her 80th birthday in Simi Valley, where I grew up. I figured since it was such a special occasion and I know the area, I would look around to find the right florist. I read many of the reviews from Flowers by Maria and decided on this florist to assist me in giving my Mom something special for her special day.

From the moment the telephone was answered by Yolanda, I knew I was in great hands! Yolanda was very professional, kind, and thorough while guiding me in the ordering process. I felt as though I was talking with a friend rather than just placing a flower order at a random store. Yolanda assured me that Maria would do a wonderful job with the arrangement being sent to my Mom.

Not only was my Mom incredibly impressed by the arrangement that was sent, but so many of my family members that saw the arrangement have also commented on how beautiful it was. Some of the comments included; "that flower arrangement was the most stunning I have ever seen," "the most interesting and beautiful flowers I have ever seen," "there were flowers in that beautiful arrangement that I have never even seen before." They said the flower arrangement was the topic of conversation for some time because it was so big, so unusual, and so beautiful! Who doesn't want their gift to be the topic of positive...

Maria’s Flowers did an excellent job at creating my bouquet for my wedding. My bouquet was beautiful and exactly as I wanted it to be, and it arrived in great shape. My only issue was with the boutonnières. I had requested that they make them all exactly the same, so we wouldn’t have any confusion and wouldn’t have to worry about trying to figure out which guy would wear which one, which they had agreed to. When they arrived, they were all different. Two of them had sunflowers, some of them had white flowers, it was a bit of a mix, which made it a little bit stressful on the day of the wedding to try and organize them. I had also let them know that the boutonnières wouldn’t be the type with the pin, I wanted to put them in pocket protectors to avoid the hassle of attaching the pins, so I asked that they make them according to that request. They came as the type that were meant to be pinned on, so the guys had to spend extra time getting them figured out. They still looked nice, just wasn’t exactly what I had requested, so for this, I’m giving 4 stars. I appreciate Maria’s providing me with a beautiful...

I had high expectations about this place but wow was I wrong. I received an email confirming my order when I realized my message was not at all what I had thought about. When I called the lady on the phone reassure me it was a typo and it was going to be corrected. I received a call from the flower shop telling me my flowers were going to be slightly modified using the excuse that because they were placed in the morning there vendor had not gone with more flowers. The flowers I ordered did not look anything like the flowers I ordered online and that was really upsetting. If something is not going to be delivered or change the order then don’t advertise same day delivery if you order before a certain time. I usually don’t do this but this was very special to me and of course I wanted it to be perfect. I will give the lady credit for one thing. I ordered chocolates with my purchase that we assumed were not delivered but the lady walked to the location and personally made sure they were delivered which they were, we just didn’t know...