Brackens of Bowness

I'd rather stay anon but we had our wedding flowers through Brackens and whilst they were beautiful, I originally went in and said I'd like to book flowers and have a chat about what I wanted (I had photos for inspiration). He couldn't talk to me then so sent me away and wrote down our wedding date and said it would be fine. Nearer the time I heard nothing and so I emailed saying is this still happening, they said yes but I got the feeling they hadn't booked me in. He asked how many it was for and what I wanted (I'd already told them all this). I sent photos and said I'd like identical to this. What I got was nice but not identical in terms of colours. Maybe due to what was in season,. Never discussed with me though so who knows. Also I had a cascading bouquetI forget the name) and within an hour it went from a lovely design of falling flowers to a floppy mess. All I can see on our wedding photos is my floppy bouquet. I can't pretend that isn't really disappointing. Especially when we pay what we pay for wedding flowers. Everyone knows wedding stuff isn't cheap... I don't know why our booking experience was bumpy, maybe I caught them on an off day but I'd recommend emailing regularly and getting examples of what they are planning on making so you're not surprised on the day. My bad maybe? I can't rate them lower than 3 though because the flowers were beautiful. I had an even worse experience with the competitor in the area!
Apr 26th, 2023

I'm not from the area and contacted Kevin via email on the recommendation of our wedding venue, Storrs Hall Hotel. I was speechless when the flowers, bouquets and buttonholes arrived on the day. They were absolutely stunning. The bouquets of roses and olive leaf lasted for another 12 days after the wedding. First class service all round.
Apr 24th, 2023

I'm a wedding photographer and have the pleasure of working with Kevin and the Brackens Team on lots of weddings. I always always recommend them. Their creations are stunning, they are amazing at following any brief and they are all absolutely lovely too.
Mar 17th, 2023

Feb 6th, 2023

We asked Brackens of Bowness to do the flowers for our wedding in Kirkby Lonsdale. Covid unfortunately got in the way and meant we had to reschedule twice but Kevin was always so kind to speak with and very quick replying to emails. Kevin came up with some great themes for our wedding, knew the venue and what would and wouldn't work, and accommodated some last minute changes to the colour scheme. On the day, the flowers were delivered to the venue with plenty of time and looked absolutely beautiful, exceeding our expectations. They stayed fresh the entire day and the bouquets, button holes and table flowers looked perfect. We also hired some candles and candle holders which looked amazing down the aisle. Brackens arranged collection for us the day after which helped us enormously. Thanks so much for the beautiful flowers! We'd highly recommend Brackens to anyone looking for a wedding florist in this area. Photos copyright Neil Redfern 2022
Feb 18th, 2023