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    Molly F. Sent on 08/25/2022
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    Amazing florist

    Gail Vander Laan was awesome to work with for our wedding florals! She was very knowledgeable about the flowers in season and was able to make our vision come true. Especially when we weren’t entirely sure what we wanted our colors to be, and kept changing our minds, she was super helpful and accommodating to get it just right. And they were PERFECT. So beautiful – the aisle decorations, the centerpieces, the bouquets, the boutonnieres, the corsages, the cocktail tables, and even our sand ceremony table! And we were able to re-use florals for the head table – she put out vases to hold our bouquets and it was the perfect way to display our bouquets during the reception. The guests were raving about the flowers and since we got to keep the vases, they got to take the centerpieces home! And we were able to use some of them again for the day after brunch we had at the hotel. The flowers still looked amazing even several days later! Definitely recommend Gail, she did an amazing job!
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    Sarah B. Sent on 08/31/2021
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    What an amazing florist!

    Gail did such an incredible job for our wedding! Working with her was so easy and she is so responsive - the mother of the bride loved her upon first meeting too! Everything she provided was above and beyond our expectations - from the beautiful table decorations, to the gorgeous arbor for our outdoor ceremony. Not only were the flowers perfect that day, but they lasted several weeks after our ceremony too! She really managed to turn my abstract ideas into reality, it was incredible. Can't recommend Gail highly enough!!
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    Alexis Sent on 10/18/2020
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    Gail was amazing!

    Gail was so patient and flexible with us when we had to downsize our order due to the coronavirus. She was so easy to contact and made us some truly beautiful arrangments. She delivered and setup the flowers before we even got to the church and provided us with boxes to carry our flowers home. We would recommend Gail to everyone for wedding flowers!
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    Paige P. Sent on 07/27/2021
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    Beyond My Wildest Dreams

    Gail made all my floral dreams come true! We had to reschedule our wedding 3 times due to pandemic, Gail stuck by us the entire time. She was kind, professional, timely, and showed us so much grace through the entire extended wedding planning experience. She was also affordable and worked within our budget. We changed our venue 3 months before our date and she lent us her expertise as we switched from a ballroom to a barn. She helped us keep the vision of our day while it felt like everything we planned was change. Our florals were so beyond my wildest dreams. I will be forever grateful to Gail for making our day so beautiful!
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    Heidi Sent on 06/15/2019
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    Bolen Wedding

    Gail was absolutely fantastic to work with! Very quick to respond to messages. She listened to all of my ideas and had great suggestions of work she had done in the past that fit into my ideas. She did an excellent job, along with her team, sorting through all of the decorations I provided. She also cleaned up at the end of the night! All of the flowers she did turned out absolutely spectacular. Better than I imagined!
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    Jennifer Sent on 10/09/2018
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    We were extremely happy with the flowers for our wedding! I had to plan my wedding via email and phone and I was extremely happy with the bouquets, boutonnieres and flowers for my wedding cake. Highly recommended!!

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    Thank you Jennifer. I so appreciate you trusting GVL Floral to design your wedding flowers!
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    Maggie Sent on 10/06/2018
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    I hope I can adequately convey how beautiful and memorable the bouquets and arrangements Gail put together for our wedding in May. I was introduced to her work at my cousins’ weddings and the flowers were always just right. It’s a detail that can easily get overlooked, but not here.
    I jumped on booking GVL Floral. I met with her and she was so warm and you can just tell she’s passionate and knowledgable. Which is great because I know my favorite flower and that’s about it.
    I hoped to incorporate symbolic things like a hidden shamrock to honor our Irish heritage (and for good luck) and my late grandmother’s rosary. And I knew I wanted certain colors and that my favorite flowers were dahlias, but that’s about where my vision sort of stopped. She didn’t even flinch. She listened and had wonderful ideas. The final result was amazing.
    Gail was a pleasure to work with and worth every penny! She was also flexible and used some of our own vases for centerpieces with her arrangements.
    Our photos are already so cherished to us and when I look at the flowers, I smile. The arrangements are so vibrant and graphic and definitely not cookie cutter, but I know will stand the test of time. We’re so happy with Gail’s work.
    You won’t regret this investment! Your future self will thank you!
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    Cindy Sent on 03/19/2018
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    Gail did a fabulous job for my daughter's wedding. She had great ideas for things and listened to the bride's wishes to create a perfect floral experience for the wedding. Gail was also very flexible with some last minute changes. Thanks so much Gail.
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    Jill Sent on 11/05/2017
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    Gail was amazing. She was very responsive and very flexible. I change things a lot and she was super accommodating with all of it. Above all, her flowers were gorgeous!!! They were everything I wanted and more! So many people complimented on them! She has great service and a serious eye for floral arrangement :)
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    Jennifer Sent on 05/29/2017
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    Gail has so much experience in wedding floral design (as you can tell by the thousands of photos she has from her previous events). I told her what color and theme I was going for for the wedding and reception and she read my mind! Our bridal/bridesmaid bouquet were absolutely stunning (pinterest worthy for sure!) and the centerpieces as well as the ceremony decor was gorgeous. I could not have asked for anything more.
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    Jenna Sent on 06/08/2017
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    Gail is a gift! She's so flexible and accommodating, she can make any vision come to life. We originally had a pretty substantial budget and Gail was able to build us a beautiful floral plan, but when we had to scale back on our budget, she was ready to build something new. She is really easy to work with. And the flowers are amazing! Everyone gushed over how perfect our bouquets looked and the boutonnières were better than I expected.
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    Tyler Sent on 05/02/2017
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    Gail is who you want for any event. We used her for our wedding and she is so organized, down to earth and creative with her work! She was open to ALL of my ideas and my turn out looked even better than the pictures I gave her! She is who you want to go with hands down!!
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    Kaili Sent on 02/25/2017
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    Working with Gail was such a pleasure! After our first consultation, I knew I was going to get exactly what I was envisioning! Gail works with you on a very personal level to make sure she gets your vision just right. I sent her pictures, questions, etc, & she would always respond ASAP! When I walked into both my ceremony & reception my breath was taken away - so beautiful! She sets up the flowers & the decor to make sure it's all perfect! We got SO many compliments! A huge thanks to Gail!
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    Gail was amazing to work with. She was very responsive throughout the entire planning process and made the whole experience easy and enjoyable. The flowers looked SO beautiful the day of the wedding. I will recommend Gail to all my family and friends in the future.
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    Gail was awesome to work with. She is patient, tuned in to detail, and great listener and follows through exactly like she said she would. The quality of the flowers/foilage that we chose and the quality of her work were the best! She actually was the florist for two weddings for us in 2016, and we were so pleased with everything from the planning, tweaking details, adapting to small changes, to producing the final products in a timely manner and setting up both at the church and the reception went perfectly. I would never want to work with anyone else as a florist. Every detail was attended to perfectly!
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    Mary Sent on 08/26/2016
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    The flowers arranged by GVL Floral for my daughters wedding were absolutely beautiful! They complemented the wedding colors and looked stunning at the venue!
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    Brecken Sent on 05/19/2016
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    After our first meeting with Gail, the flowers and centerpieces were one of the things I was looking the most forward to seeing on the wedding day. She is so knowledgeable and helpful on getting you exactly what you're looking for. She asked for my pinterest page before our initial meeting and had put together a quote (including flower types) that was exactly what I was looking for. I couldn't have put it together better myself! She has done flowers at so many places in Grand Rapids, that I was able to look through her books for ideas and also see pictures of her work in my exact venues.

    GVL Floral was recommended to us by our planner and I couldn't have been happier! If you're looking for someone who is experienced, a true professional and does beautiful work, this is the florist for you! I had so many compliments on how fantastic the flowers were and I thought the prices were extremely competitive. I'm pretty sure that "Better than Pinterest" is the phrase that I used after I saw the flowers!
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    F Sent on 10/14/2015
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    Gail took the description of what we wanted and turned it into even more than we expected.
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    Gail was absolutely fantastic. Our flowers were absolutely stunning and far beyond what I could have imagined. There was an issue with the reception hall and the candles not meeting code. She fixed the issue, the centerpieces were still gorgeous, and I had no idea any of it had happened until the next day. That is exactly what you would hope for in a vendor on your wedding day. Thank you Gail :)
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    I'll be honest and say that the floral detail for our wedding were not very high on my priority list, but Gail did an AMAZING job with the limited budget I gave her. I wish I could rank her even higher on flexibility because I adjusted our order at least 3 times within a span of a month, and each time, she responded quickly and professionally. I never actually met her or saw any of her arrangements in person, but the photos in her website gallery are true to what you're getting. I used those to give her an idea of what I was looking for, and because I didn't have flower preferences, she was able to make beautiful arrangements within our budget. I especially love that there were succulents added to our bouquets, and all the arrangements were very full! If you're planning on doing rose petals scattered on the ground or any DIY arrangements, go through her to purchase them in bulk!
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    Dave Sent on 06/15/2015
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    All of the flowers were beautiful, attractive and in great shape. Beautiful combination of colors.
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    Tori Sent on 06/08/2015
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    My flowers for my wedding were beyond stunning! I could not stop crying when I saw my bridal bouquet.. Gail far surpassed what I was expecting! The bouquets were the most beautiful I have ever seen. The table centerpieces and alter arrangements were absolutely amazing. Gail was so flexible and open to ideas I had for my "vision." She took my ideas and turned them into something 100 times more stunning than what I was expecting! I received so many compliments on all of the flowers. Highly highly recommended!! Truly beautiful work.
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    Kathy Sent on 06/08/2015
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    The flowers were BEAUTIFUL!!! Service was AWESOME!!
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    Jeanne Sent on 06/09/2015
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    Gail was very easy to work with. Lots to choose from. She really listened to what we wanted and made it a reality. So very happy with the results! And the day of the wedding everything was seamless.
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    Gail did such an amazing job with our wedding flowers, centerpieces and ceremony decor. We received SO many compliments from guests! She was such a pleasure to work with as well. I highly recommend her services!
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