Flora

     

The truth is that there isn't enough that I could say to do this venue justice. The owner, Katherine, is so passionate about what she does - she answers your questions before you ask them. We initially had the wedding date of June 12th, 2020 - which didn't work out for obvious reasons. The entire team was so understanding about postponing to a further date, and then once more we moved the date to June 4th of 2021. We were always met with kindness and empathy. Not to mention the venue is incredible. I would recommend this venue to any and everyone, especially anyone in the queer community. They asked our pronouns and always made us feel so welcome. It is affordable, especially for everything that already comes with the venue, and the entire staff is just amazing.

     

I have so many positive things to say not only about Flora, but also about the wonderful people who work there, that I just don't know where to start. My now fiancé and I moved to San Diego a little over two years ago and while exploring our new neighborhood we walked past this somewhat nondescript building with interesting metal gates and lettering in greenery, but we had no clue what the building was for. Being curious, I immediately went home and did some research and what I found can only be described as a hidden gem. Inside the building is a room full of beautiful greenery, a live tree, and the best bathroom wallpaper I've ever seen. Safe to say I was obsessed; however, I was not engaged yet so I tried to play it cool. Fast forward a few months and a ring later, we went to see Flora in person and it was everything I imagined and more (custom lighting options I didn't even know I needed until I saw them). It was the only venue we toured and we haven't looked back.

Beyond the beautiful space are all the beautiful people who are part of the Flora team. Everyone we have met with at Flora has been kind, encouraging, and excited to be a part of our big day. We have been fortunate enough to work with them even more closely than originally planned. Part of the Flora venue contract requires each couple to have a day of coordinator which was fine with us (we need all the help we can get). While couples have the option of bringing in an outside coordinator, Flora does offer full and month of coordination services through the venue. Considering my fiancé and I both work in industries that leave us incredibly busy for large chunks of the year, I was immediately interested in a full service coordinator and who better to do it than someone already familiar with our chosen venue. My fiancé was not as easily convinced and was not sure we would get huge value out of paying for full service coordination versus a day of coordinator. However, he was eventually convinced and we chose to do the full service coordination through Flora. Enter Elena who has been nothing short of a saving grace. Not only is she incredibly sweet, but she has worked so hard answering all the questions we have had, updating floor plans for us, creating short lists of vendors to choose from, working with vendors to create quotes that matched our vision at different price points, and so many other things behind the scenes I'm sure I can't even begin to articulate. Working with Elena has even convinced my dubious fiancé full service coordination is so worth it!

While I don't think there is another space in San Diego that can check as many boxes as Flora can, there is one item I do want to note about the space to couples who are planning weddings with a larger guest count. In the initial stages of our planning we had anticipated inviting around 150 guests for both the ceremony and reception. While Flora can definitely comfortably accommodate that many guests, in the process of discussing our floor plan options with Elena we realized in order to best utilize some of the wonderful and unique features in Flora's space, notably the moving partitions, a guest count closer to 130 would be a better fit. To us it is worth having a few less guests in order to use some of the features that made us fall in love with the venue!

This turned into a much longer narrative than intended, but I hope this helps someone in the planning process. If you choose Flora I'm sure you won't regret it.

     

As soon as we walked into Flora we knew it was where we wanted to get married! We are so happy that we chose Flora as our wedding venue and decided to use their in-house wedding coordination team. We have been working with the team since late 2018 planning our November 2020 wedding. They did a wonderful job keeping us informed on the restrictions that would impact our wedding due to Covid-19. When we unfortunately had to postpone until 2021, the team at Flora stepped in and coordinated with ALL of our vendors to find a mutually available date. They also did not charge us ANY fee for postponing and were extremely empathetic towards our situation. We highly recommend this venue and its coordination team to any anxious couple, Flora will take care of you and make sure that your wedding is everything you dreamed of!

     

I stumbled upon Flora online after looking at multiple venues and I immediately fell in love. We set up an appointment and Katherine gave us a tour and my heart was set. I even was a little emotional after the tour because it was so beautiful! We quickly set our date for October 2020. Unfortunately, due to COVID, we decided to postpone our wedding until June 2022. The Flora team was an absolute dream to work with during our postponement process. They responded to our emails quickly and made the process seamless for us. Within a couple of days of making the decision to postpone, we had our new date! The Flora team was committed to making our dream wedding happen and has far exceeded our expectations.

     

We. Love. Flora. We love the ambiance, the location, the ladies running it. We love how special we feel every time we visit. We literally get chills every time we step through the door of the venue because of its beauty. Flora can be anything you want it to be - Boho, Chic, Modern, Classic- but one thing thing it will never fail to be is gorgeous. What makes this beautiful venue even better is the people that run it. We have friends with horror stories related to this pandemic and postponing their weddings at other venues and I’m so grateful to Flora for their flexibility and willingness to help. We had to reschedule our wedding and the folks at Flora made it simple. No rescheduling fees, no hassle, just “What is the new date?” Seriously, easy. And in a time where we really need things to be easy, Flora didn’t disappoint. Check out the venue, I promise you won’t regret it.