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Dream Flowers Dream Flowers is a floral design studio that is focused on weddings and events, combining creativity

Like any creative work, work of Dream Flowers rests on three pillars: innovation, creativity and aesthetic value. European Style, more than 10 years of experience, awards in the floral design business....

10/06/2026

A site visit isn’t just a walkthrough. It’s where I learn everything the venue won’t tell you — and everything your wedding day depends on.

Dream Flowers is a Bay Area wedding floral design studio, bringing custom florals to ceremonies and receptions throughout Northern California.

10/03/2026

The Love Temple at Villa Montalvo stops you in your tracks on its own.

Tall white columns. Garden framing the ceremony space. A place that already holds something sacred.

And then you add flowers to it.

We built three pillar installations on-site — the kind you can’t bring pre-made, because they have to be attached directly to the stone. Hydrangea as the base. Then amaranth, anthurium, orchids, vintage rose-toned blooms layered in until each column felt like it had always grown that way.

Nadine’s bouquet was exactly what we planned from the first conversation. Calla lilies, amaranth, anthurium, orchids — white with just enough color to feel alive. Modern. Lush. Hers.

There are weddings where the venue does the work, and you just try not to get in the way. This was one of those — and I mean that as the highest compliment I know how to give a space.

Nadine and Angel, thank you for trusting us with this one.

Dream Flowers is a Bay Area wedding floral design studio, bringing custom florals to ceremonies and receptions throughout Northern California.

📍 Villa Montalvo, Saratoga

Dream Flowers Montalvo Arts Center

There’s something about October that makes me want to slow down and actually look.The spiderwebs in the corners. The way...
10/02/2026

There’s something about October that makes me want to slow down and actually look.

The spiderwebs in the corners. The way the light changes. The earth quietly putting things to rest before winter — and somehow it’s the most beautiful it’s been all year.

I made this piece when I felt that shift coming. A pumpkin as the base, wheat reaching out like arms wide open, dahlias and sunflowers still burning bright, rosehips and ginkgo and little fruit tucked in like secrets. Melancholy and romantic at the same time. Fall does that.

If you feel it too — that pull between endings and beauty — you’re not alone.

And if you’re planning something this fall: the weddings, the events, the celebrations happening right now are some of the most stunning ones I’ve ever worked on. The season isn’t closing. It’s deepening. What does fall feel like to you?

🍂

09/25/2026

What Monday Looks Like

Nobody sees Monday.

By the time my team arrives on Tuesday, everything is already pulled, counted, labeled, and organized. The vessels are out. The stands are clean. The candles are sorted. The inventory has been checked twice. The shopping list is written.

That’s Monday.

I spend a few hours alone in the studio — just me, a cart, and a clipboard. I pull every vessel, every compote, every stand we might need for the week. I count the foam, the candles, the hurricanes. If we need two hundred hurricane vases for two back-to-back weddings, every single one has to be cleaned, checked, and ready before Tuesday morning.

And everything gets color coded.

Green tape means one event. Yellow tape means another. Every box, every vessel, every item that leaves this studio is labeled so my team never has to ask — they just read. It sounds simple. It’s the difference between a setup that runs smoothly and one that doesn’t.

I also print everything out on Monday. The proposal, the production timeline, the flower recipe cards, the diagrams — all of it goes into a binder so we can work without looking at a screen. If something is broken, missing, or needs to be replaced, I find out Monday. That gives us Tuesday to fix it before the flowers even arrive.

This is the work that keeps the beautiful work from falling apart.

It happens alone, it happens quietly, and most people never know it existed.

Dream Flowers — every event color coded, every stem accounted for, every detail handled before you ever see the flowers.

Thank you!
09/23/2026

Thank you!

Myth  #1: More flowers means a bigger budget.I hear this one constantly. And I understand why — it feels logical. More f...
09/18/2026

Myth #1: More flowers means a bigger budget.

I hear this one constantly. And I understand why — it feels logical. More flowers, more money. Less flowers, less money.

It’s not that simple.

The largest cost in any floral proposal isn’t the flowers. It’s the labor. How many people does this design require? How long does it take to build, install, and break down? Are we placing arrangements on tables, or constructing a ceiling installation that needs special equipment and a crew of eight?

I’ve designed weddings with abundant flowers everywhere that cost less than a minimalist event with a single large suspended installation. The flowers were fewer. The labor, the rigging, the time, the equipment — all of it was more.

When you receive a floral proposal, you’re not just paying for stems. You’re paying for everything it takes to bring the design to life safely, on time, and beautifully.

So before you ask your florist to reduce the flower count to lower the budget — ask where the cost actually lives first. The answer might surprise you.

Where did you assume the biggest cost in wedding florals was before you started planning? Tell me below. 👇

Dream Flowers — a Bay Area floral studio specializing in wedding design across Northern California’s most iconic hotel and event spaces.

I’ll tell you a story.I once worked a wedding where the bride decided she didn’t need a coordinator. She was organized a...
09/14/2026

I’ll tell you a story.

I once worked a wedding where the bride decided she didn’t need a coordinator. She was organized and had a bridesmaid helping manage the day. It sounded reasonable.

When I arrived, I had no floor plan. I didn’t know where the bar arrangements were going, how many cocktail tables were outside, or whether the tables would have linens. The bridesmaid didn’t know either, so every question had to go directly to the bride.

On her wedding day.

The floor plan with table numbers arrived five minutes before she walked down the aisle. Then we discovered the sweetheart table had no linen. Somewhere in the lack of coordination, it had been missed. We improvised, made it beautiful, and nobody looking at the photos would ever know.

But this is exactly why a coordinator matters.

A great coordinator handles the invisible details before they become problems. They send us floor plans, confirm linens and rentals, coordinate vendors, answer questions, and make sure everyone is working from the same plan. They also help connect the entire design so the florals, linens, rentals, and paper goods all feel intentional together.

Your planner is your best friend on your wedding day. And quietly, they’re mine too.

If you’re considering skipping a coordinator to save money, remember that what you’re really investing in is a smoother day where you don’t have to solve problems yourself. 🌸

Have you ever been to a wedding where something clearly went wrong behind the scenes? 👇

Dream Flowers is a Bay Area wedding floral design studio creating custom florals throughout Northern California.

Cara first came to me with a colorful wildflower vision: loose, native-inspired florals, a semicircle arch, and long tab...
09/03/2026

Cara first came to me with a colorful wildflower vision: loose, native-inspired florals, a semicircle arch, and long tables filled with flowers. Then she changed her mind. Version two became white, blue, and lavender, more refined and structured. The arch became a ground meadow, and long tables became round ones as we adjusted the design and budget.

Then she found her dress, and that changed everything. The final vision became completely white. No greenery, no color. Orchids, dahlias, ranunculus, and roses against the dark walnut walls of Kohl Mansion. The ceremony moved indoors, with two acrylic columns and a floating floral garland between them. The reception continued the same idea with transparent acrylic and white blooms against the dark wood.

The process wasn’t always easy, but when I saw everything together, I understood why we had gone through every version. Some weddings take a few tries to find themselves. This one was worth every one. 🤍

🏛️ Venue: kohlmansionevents
📋 Planning: Jackie & Cookie
💐 Florals: Dream Flowers
📸 Photography: Jasmine Lee
🎥 Video:
🍽️ Catering: La Papillon
🎶 Band: Eight to the Bar
💄 Beauty: Mackenzie Holt

09/01/2026

Walk into my studio on a Wednesday afternoon and you’ll notice it before you notice anything else.

Not perfume. Not a single flower you could point to. Something softer, more complicated. The kind of scent that takes a second to place and then stays with you.

Tuesday is processing day. That’s when the flowers arrive — Ecuadorian roses, ranunculus, hydrangeas, whatever the week calls for. We unpack everything, re-cut the stems, let them drink. Give them time to recover from the journey before they go into the cooler. Flowers need that. They’ve traveled far to get here.

By Wednesday, the ones we need first start rolling out. Cart by cart, bucket by bucket — flowers that have been quietly opening in the dark, drinking, gathering themselves for what’s coming.

And the studio fills with that scent.

We work in it all day and stop noticing it. That’s what happens when something becomes your normal. But the moment someone walks in from outside — a neighbor, a client stopping by — they stop mid-sentence. They breathe in. And they say: it smells so good in here.

Every single time.

That’s because every single stem in this room has been touched by hand. Unpacked, re-cut, conditioned, hydrated, checked. There is no shortcut in this part of the process — no stem gets skipped, no flower goes unnoticed. It’s why this work takes the time it takes. It’s why it costs what it costs. Every arrangement that leaves this studio started here, in a bucket, being cared for before anyone ever sees it.

These flowers are getting ready for your wedding day. You just don’t know it yet.

Dream Flowers — every stem touched by hand, every wedding designed with full presence. Bay Area wedding florals, designed for venues that demand more than average.

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1666 Abram Court
San Leandro, CA
94577

Opening Hours

Tuesday 9:30am - 5pm
Wednesday 9:30am - 5pm
Thursday 9:30am - 5pm
Friday 9:30am - 5pm

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