Dahlia Blooms Design

Cute floral shop specializing in assorted arrangements for all occasions. Always fresh, always beautiful. Their special order service has saved me plenty of times, but rest assured they have many gorgeous arrangements available for your convenience in their coolers as well, should you need to just drop-​in and buy. Exotic, traditional, roses, orchids, seasonal blooms, you name it — whatever your preference, contact this great little shop for your next birthday, holiday or wedding bouquets/​orders. I trust no one else with my floral needs. Ask for Beata!

Beata from Dahlia Blooms was wonderful to work with and her floral arraignments were stunning! She went above and beyond for our wedding – laying out rose pedals in the bathrooms, cocktail hour and around the cake. My family and friends are still talking about my bouquet, the table centerpieces, the flowers on/​around the cake and decoration at the Church. Beata is a very professional, yet sweet and understanding of our needs. I would highly recommend her to any bride/​groom.

AMAZING! I called an hr before closing time, for a last
Minute birthday bouquet. Literally 6:15 and the girl on the point whipped up a beautiful arrangement $ 50 and it was delivered within an hr.
My mother loved them! I will be using them again hopefully for an event!

Dahlia Blooms really delivered for our wedding!
Beata brought to life my vision of vivid magenta and purple bouquets for my wedding. I loved that she emailed me links to photos of different types of flowers to understand what I like, and then knowing that, she invited me in to the shop to take a look at some mock ups she put together for my and the bridesmaids’ bouquets and the table centerpieces. I am a visual person, so this was greatly appreciated! She is also very responsive to email and very accommodating to any tweaks I wanted to make to numbers for everything from the arrangements used in the ceremony to the boutonnieres to the corsages. All of the bridal party flowers were delivered in a timely manner to my hotel room on wedding day and clearly labeled, and the rest of the flowers were transported to our venue, the Kenilworth Club.
The only hiccup in the process was that early on, Beata indicated she could rent an arch for our ceremony and provide some pictures of those options, but 2 weeks before the wedding, it came to light that she thought I was renting the arch and having it brought to the venue. Outside of that last minute scrambling, everything came together.
Finally, Dahlia Blooms offers competitive pricing. I got another quote from a florist in Evanston, and they were $ 600+ more expensive. I would highly recommend Dahlia Blooms!

After getting completely screwed by
, I looked for something local with the help of the Unilocal community, and was rewarded with this gem!
Great on-​the-​phone customer service help me put together a delivery order. Called me back, listened to my specific requests, and then, most importantly, delivered a spectacular arrangement the same day.
Simply fantastic.

So a couple of weeks ago a dear friend of mine died. On a Tuesday afternoon I found out the wake would the next day in Melrose Park. Well with all the back and forthing with a couple of other nameless friends no one else wanted to kick in for the flowers so I said the hell with it I’ll just get something myself, she deserved it.
Melrose Park is not exactly a hotbed for good florists so I took to Unilocal to help me find somebody.
After reading all the great reviews I called Dahlia Blooms at about 5:00 pm hoping for the best. I have to say whomever answered the phone at first was pretty crabby and there may have been a little bit of a language barrier or maybe was having a bad day. When I tried to explain the arrangement I had seen on their website she told me they didnt have the peach roses shown so I asked for pink, she said no, so I asked what they did have and was told white and purple only (???) but hey it was midweek and I needed them for the next day so I was open to something else. She then handed the phone over to what I have to believe was the owner who was super nice and I explained that I had about $ 40 to spend before delivery and tax and that I just wanted some pretty flowers and was open to any arrangement she saw fit since I needed them there the next day by 2 pm and it was already 5pm.
Wow!!! The next day at the funeral parlor I saw the flowers and they were absolutely gorgeous, the aforementioned purple and lavender roses with some greenery and a couple of other flowers in just a beautiful thoughtful arrangement. Very fresh, fragrant and high quality — sure looked like a lot more than $ 40 bucks worth! Thanks Dahlia Blooms for helping me send my BFF out in style!

Can I give more than 5 stars?
I used Dahlia Blooms for my wedding in October per the recommendation of a friend. We worked with Beata and she could not have been sweeter. She was able to take all of my visions and ideas and create stunning arrangements — exactly what I had been picturing. I made changes along the way and even asked her to make a last minute change the day before my wedding. She was extremely accommodating and had no problems making these changes. I received SO many compliments on the flowers.
When you are planning a wedding, it really makes a difference when the vendors are friendly and personable. Beata is such kind person and she truly cares about her clients. As I said, she could not have been nicer.
Simply amazing!

We were referred to them by a good friend of ours and coincidentally, a friend of mine also used them as their wedding florist years ago. She said the flowers turned out great, Beata was so easy to work with, and the price was the best. While I didn’t shop around for florists, I trusted my two friends and never looked back!
My husband and I love Beata & her mom! They are so adorable, generous, and genuine. Their team works so hard (c’mon, who wants to work weekends to setup for weddings then come back after midnight to take things back?), and Beata is very prompt with emails. I sent her a lot of pictures and also changed my mind on some things during the last month, but she handled it all so calmly and with a smile! They are a family-​owned small business so if you’re looking for non-​standard décor (like, unique vases or crystals or tree branches), she will have to go out & buy them from her industry people, but she’ll send you pictures of them to make sure it’s what you want. (You have the option to buy them yourself too and have her bring them to your venue… not sure what happens to them afterwards, though, but I assume you keep them or sell them to her? No idea because I didn’t buy my own décor.) Regardless, she gets the job done.

We just used Paradise Flowers/​Dahlia Blooms (new name, same people and location) for our wedding on 4÷20÷13, and I could not be happier with the service and results! We worked with Beata (her and her mother work there) and she was incredibly helpful and sweet! They are new florist for everything now.
I had ideas about using wildflowers and succulents in our wedding flowers and Beata helped me come up with the perfect mixes and designs. We loved how it turned out!
As for what others said about the locked door, it can be a little inconvenient, but they always answer right away when they are open, and as a woman I totally understand the security thing.
Friendly service, wonderful arrangements, great prices. Thank you so much Beata!

Dahlia Blooms is one of those hard to find places now-​a-​days that really, really understands what it means to be customer service oriented. From start to finish, Beata took great care of us and listened to everything we asked for. The flowers at the wedding were gorgeous, fresh, and the centerpieces were my favorite. But I most importantly want to share this:
The day of the wedding when the flowers were delivered, we were missing corsages for the bride and grooms mothers. I was frieking out about it, but before the wedding started, Beata went back to the shop, made up the corsages on the spot, and drove them back to our venue, in time for the wedding. Turns out, that the sheet we filled out with her in beginning, didn’t have mothers corsages on them. So it was OUR mistake we made! But Beata didn’t tell us too bad, or it wasn’t her fault. She went ABOVE and beyond, even when it was our mistake that we forgot to put those corsages down. Moral of the story is: We absolutely loved her dedicated service and I would recommend Dahlia Blooms to anyone looking for a place not only with great products, but outstanding customer service and dedication. I wouldn’t go anywhere else for my floral needs from this point on, no matter how big or the small the need.
Thank you!!!

(formerly Paradise Flowers, but same great people :))
I am very pleased with Paradise Flowers, now known as Dahlia Blooms, and the services they provide — whether it be for a wedding or otherwise. I would recommend them in a heartbeat. Beata is a very sweet girl and great to work with. She was very attentive, organized, and made sure that every little detail was perfect.
The arrangements were beautiful and the flowers were delivered and set up without a problem or delay. The arrangements made our ceremony all the more beautiful and when I was handed my bouquet for the first time, I could not believe as to how fragrant the flowers were — I was smelling the bouquet all day long! The reception centerpieces as well as the cake décor turned out beautifully as well. I couldn’t have asked for a better florist.
If you want a florist who listens, provides beautiful arrangements and helps to make your special day even more amazing, hire Dahlia Blooms!

(formerly known as Paradise Flowers & Gifts. Like Chris P, I’m re-​posting my review)
I don’t have enough nice things to say about them. They have been absolutely wonderful in every way!
My BF (now husband) used Paradise to send me flowers because they were in my neighborhood. The bouquets were always well put together, came in a nice vase, and lasted quite long, and delivery was timely as well. They also customized some standard bouquets upon request (added or removed particular types of blooms).
After the BF & I got engaged, we decided we would use them for the wedding because not only did they have a nice selection, but their prices were reasonable as well. Beata was soooooo helpful – taking my notions of color and turning them into what became perfect bouquets – and very patient, giving me all sorts of options as I went through her books. (May I point out that she has a pretty good memory for her customers as well, since she remembered my husband ordering bouquets even though there had been some time since the last delivery)
Wedding flowers arrived on time; they helped those who needed it to attach boutonnieres or corsages, and stayed through the ceremony to transport our altar decorations to the reception hall.
You won’t be disappointed, but give yourself time if you need flowers for some affair. It’s a small shop and a small staff to handle deliveries, and their schedule can fill up quickly.
(Add-​on: my mother went in recently to donate some vases and the women remembered her from my wedding over a year ago and gave her a rose to carry home, too.)

New name, but same people working here, same great service. So why not recycle my old review?
If first impressions mean everything to you, keep walking. The store is a little dingy and cluttered, and they don’t seem to have a vast selection of flowers.
But if you give Dahlia Blooms a chance, you’ll be back again and again. The florist is an older Polish lady who speaks with a cute accent and always wears a smile on her face. She’ll hook you up with a nice arrangement, or simply suggest one of the few already on display.
The prices of the flowers can’t really be beat either, unless of course your florist is Dominick’s or Jewel. Typically a long-​stem rose seems to run you around $ 5 each these days, but when I bought one from Dahlia, I also got a glass vase for it and only paid around $ 4 total. She told me how to take care of the flower daily, and this rose lasted an entire two weeks before it began to wilt! Unfortunately, the second rose I bought from there lasted half that time, but that’s the best you can hope for, right?
I appreciate their honesty too. When I walked into the shop in early February to check out some bouquets, another woman who worked there told me they’re more expensive that time of year, but the uptick in price was a reflection of the vendors increasing rates due to Valentine’s Day. Makes sense to me.
Dahlia Blooms is my new go-​to spot when I feel like being a good boyfriend.