Out Of The Weeds Flowers

I took a chance and ordered from the new owners of OOTWs and I am so glad I did! I had used Mary for years for private events and she was always spot on for all my floral needs. I had no idea she had been bought out by Church Street Flowers until I called to place an order. Well– I was extremely impressed with the friendly service on the phone, they had all of my order history and billing info on file, and they delivered on time a beautiful product! I am so pleased that I can continue the great relationship with Church Street Flowers that I had with Mary. Thank you!

Mary is awesome to work with. I hired her for my Feb 2009 wedding. Her workmanship and quality is flawless. She totally listens to the customer and makes awesome, money saving suggestions. She’s down to earth and funny as hell! She’s the most reasonably priced for the bay area.
I shopped around for a few florists before meeting Mary. The other florists, I’m not going to name names, were so full of themselves. I had one go, «You don’t care what I say, do you?» and another who said, «I don’t need advertisement, I’m all word of mouth.» Well, you guys rubbed me the wrong way! I’m so glad I went with Mary!
Also want to mention, the day of the wedding, I forgot to bring these little vases for the cocktail tables. I didn’t even know about it until my sis told me about it the day after. Mary didn’t freak out or bug me about the vases. She simply made do and got some small vases from her collection and used those instead. Awesome! Thanks, Mary!

Just received flowers from Out of the Weeds. Arrangement would have been beautiful if the rose petals didn’t appear to be wilting and filler leaves weren’t browning. As a whole, those flowers brought down the rest of the arrangement.
Mary came to my office right away to replace the arrangement but she had such an attitude that it’s hard for me to appreciate that she replaced the arrangement. Second arrangement is smaller but the flowers appear fresh. She left with a comment that the second arrangement won’t last as long as the first would have. Maybe I should have just pulled out the wilting leaves myself so I wouldn’t of had to deal with the attitude.
I’d like to give kudos for prompt service but the stars for the attitude.

Just received a bouquet to my office. It’s gorgeous!

Mary is awesome! My wedding flowers were exactly what I wanted. I worked with Mary while planning my San Francisco wedding from Phoenix. She made the process very easy by letting me know what flowers would be available for my September wedding. I told her what my wedding colors were and she suggested really beautiful flowers that I hadn’t heard of or hadn’t considered. She was very affordable compared to other flower shops I had seen. The quality for the price was surprising for San Francisco! We got so many compliments on my bouquet and our centerpieces. I especially loved the amnesia roses & the scabiosa she suggested for my flowers which were different shades of purple.

Affordable and great quality. Delivered at the exact time. As good as it gets.

Absolutely Gorgeous! That’s what my guests were saying about my wedding flowers. Mary is an artist by training and has an incredible eye for color and details. All my flowers were better than I imagined. She worked with my budget and was so easy to work with. When I say she worked with my budget, this does not mean that she chooses cheap flowers or skimps on arrangements. She just chooses what is readily available at the time of the event. You meet with her 2 –3 weeks before the event and she pulls out some flowers that she plans on using and then you work together to see what you like.
I had checked with 2 other vendors previous to finding her. One was $ 1000 more expensive with less substantial centerpieces and made me feel like I was unreasonable with my budget. The other was $ 500 cheaper but all the centerpieces looked full of filler flowers. I kept trying to tell him that I don’t like filler flowers and he kept making comments like yes I understand but kept trying to put together flowers with other flowers that look like baby’s breath but aren’t. I almost went with the cheaper guy but when I saw some photos of a friend who had her wedding done by him I swear all the arrangements were full of filler. I just didn’t have any confidence with him.
Mary on the other hand has beautiful sample books to look through, she has time on some Saturdays for meetings, and communicates readily via email. She is incredible. She takes away the anxiety of planning a wedding. When she brought the bouquets to the hotel where my bridesmaids and I were getting ready, I saw the bouquet and was brought to tears by gorgeous they were. Thanks Mary!

I have to update my review — only because I still LOVE Mary’s work so much! My sweet husband sends me flowers a few times a year for special occaisions and always goes back to Mary at Out of the Weeds. Last week for our anniversary, I received the most beautiful arrangement. The work Mary does is incredible and gets many ooohs and aaaahs from my coworkers.

I LOVED Mary at Out of the Weeds… and I have reasons:
1. She was about 30−60% less expensive than all the other decently reviewed folks on Unilocal.
2. She listened to what I wanted, and offered suggestions when I wasn’t sure.
3. She made last minute adjustments to make everything work.
4. Her arrangements were beautiful, simple and elegant, just as I had asked for.
5. Lastly, and most importantly for me in the often cringe-​inducing wedding industry: She was a real person. She wasn’t trying to sell me what she thought I needed and she didn’t try to gouge me at every turn. She was honest, straight-​forward, and delivered.
5+ stars for my beautiful flowers. Thanks Mary!

5 minutes before walking down the aisle, most brides are taking pictures or sharing a poignant moment with friends and family or getting cold feet and freaking out. I was on the phone to Mary from Out Of The Weeds gushing over how amazing my bouquet and the rest of my wedding flowers were. I chose Mary because of her great Unilocal reviews and the fact that I work a block away from her shop. Mary totally worked around my indecisiveness and lack of knowledge about the names of flowers. Mary is an amazing artist and was able to create exactly what I wanted with minimal input from me. She was also really understanding when our budget changed because our cat needed surgery. If our centerpieces were the inexpensive option, I’m sure no one could tell because they were amazing. The expensive ones must be dipped in gold or something. Go with Mary, she’ll make you something amazing at half the price of those boring shops on The Knot.

I’ve been meaning to write this review for a long time. Mary did the flowers for my wedding and she and her creations were pure joy. Working with her was the most positive part of the wedding planning and the results exceeded expectations. She is creative, down-​to-​earth and genuine.
We went to her pretty open to ideas but we had a color scheme and a preference for more unique and gnarly arrangements. Boy did she deliver. It’s like she could read our minds — or rather, what our minds wished they could think of.
We met with a bunch of florists and Out of the Weeds was one of the least expensive options and I am without a doubt that we made 110% the right decision. We got comments all night about the flowers. Thank you Mary!

I went here on the recommendation of the Unilocal reviews. I met with a few florists this way, and in addition to OOtW being one of the less expensive options I liked her eye and we seemed to get along well too.
Mary did the flowers for the wedding and everything was amazing. she asked us a lot about what colours and types of flowers we liked and we left the details to her and everything looked better than I had hoped. We got a lot of compliments and I definitely will use her for bouquets and stuff in the future.

mary did an excellent job on the flowers for our wedding — she listened to what we wanted and took our input to make something beautiful, fresh, and creative.
she worked wonders within our budget and was able to deal with last minute planning hiccups and requests. i look forward to ordering more arrangements from her in the future!

Who doesn’t need another 5 star review… so here it goes.
I work just a few blocks away and have stopped in for floral arrangements for my boss and a couple different co-​workers. Each time Mary has done an amazing job. Her arrangement style is a tightly packed bouquets with many different types of flowers. To reiterate the other reviewers, she work within whatever price range you give her and no matter if you budget is big or small the arrangement is going to be gorgeous and full.
As a side note, I found that she also does the flowers for Boulevard and a few other nice dining establishments around town.
I highly recommend her!

Mary is creative, a great designer and will work with any budget. I used her for my wedding and have also given her name to many other people for their events. The best part of the entire experience is that Mary is honest with you on what will and will not work.

Most amazing roses evar.
I am a flower giving kind of guy. I think the pretty people in my life should be surrounded by pretty things. I am also a cheap bastard. I have bought flowers at other places in the financial district and paid $ 75 plus for crappy tulips to be delivered. That just isn’t right.
Out of the Weeds is amazing though. I wandered in here after having lunch with my most amazing BF and saw so many beautiful arrangements. I talked to Mary about what I wanted and she showed me some Circus Roses. OMG they were shockingly bright and orange and red and pretty pretty. I had to send some to Smores immediately.
OK back to me being a cheap bastard. I ordered 6 roses with filler and fluffy stuff. I even got a great thick, glass, tall cylindrical vase (pronounced vahhhhs if you must know). I watched as she artfully arranged the bouquet of beautifulness and then had to run back to the office. But before I left I signed the receipt for a crazy (like crazy larry) affordable price that I won’t post here cause that’s tacky, but it pleased this cheap bastard.
Well the service was amazing. By the time I walked back to my office I already had an IM from the boy saying I am amazing and he doesn’t deserve me and so many more sweet things. Enough to make the bitterest bitch say awwwwwwwwww.
Anyway this place is now the only place I will ever order flowers from.
LOVE IT.

I was impressed with the design of the arrangement at globe and was looking for a florist for my wedding. I asked about the florist and was introduced to «out of the weeds» and Mary O’Connor the designer. Not only did she impress me as someone who has a creative eye she also worked in my budget and resourced such a unique selection. As a bride it is so important that everything is perfect and Mary made my wedding day a dream come true.