WEDDING & EVENT PROCESS & FAQ

OAHU MINIMUM ORDER, with full installation: $6,000

MINIMUM OFF-ISLAND: $30,000

OUR PROCESS:

  • If we fit your budget, email us with your date and a few images or a Pinterest link that describes your vision.  If we respond that we’re available and a good style fit, we’ll send an intake form. We’re happy to do phone or in-person meetings at this time.

  • We’ll send a written estimate and contract, and reserve your event date for 7 days. You may retain our services with the payment of a deposit of 30% of the estimated total (listed on the proposal), and the online approval of our contract. A second payment 30% payment is due 3 mos from the event date, and final payment is due 1 mos out.

  • Within 3 months of signing the contract, or at least 4 mos before your event date, we’ll send a more detailed visual board (unless you provide us with one), and make updates to it and the proposal as needed per your feedback. Feel free to send additional inspiration photos between signing and when we create your full visual board.

  • 2 months prior to the event date we’ll check in to finalize your order. Any final revisions must be requested at this time. 1 month is generally the last cutoff date for order adjustments.

FAQs

  • How does pricing work?

    • Each arrangement is priced based on the size, materials used, the flower to foliage ratio, and the amount of labor involved.  Some flowers, ie orchids, peonies, and anthuriums, are more costly than others, so if budget is an issue and you have spendy flowers in your inspiration images, or your images are all flowers with no foliage, let us know if you’re open to modifications to be more budget friendly.

    • Sometimes a client’s budget doesn’t align with their wish list and inspiration images. When this happens we suggest focusing the budget on the most important elements, scaling back the type/ratio/size of the florals, or raising the budget.

  • How do you determine if my wedding/event is a good style fit?

    • Our most successful projects are with clients that come to us for our ‘Mei Day’ aesthetic, and are flexible on the types of flowers used, as long as they are beautiful, seasonal, and predominantly locally sourced. If we align from the start, and you trust our design sense, we can create something really special.

  • Where do your flowers come from?

    • Most of our flowers are sourced in Hawaii, many from small family farms. We also import temperate flowers and specialty orchid varieties if the vision calls for them. All of our tropical flowers are grown in Hawaii.

  • What if the flowers I want are unavailable?

    • We do everything we can to source your favorite blooms, but often flowers are unavailable due to the season or supply, or sometimes damages happen during shipping. Many times we won’t know if a flower variety is available until a few days before your event, when we get our deliveries and actually open the box. There is no ‘flower market’ on Oahu so we order everything directly from the farms, many of which are on other islands and are small family operations, or actually go to the farms/jungle and harvest ourselves. It’s part of the beauty of working on an island in the middle of the Pacific. We’re experts at this, so trust us to find the right substitutions. Sometimes the most beautiful arrangements happen this way! 

  • How does Mei Day practice sustainability?

    • We source our flowers locally whenever possible, donate leftovers to Island Hospice, compost all green waste, and never use toxic flower foam.