Press and Reviews

Reviews from our past clients

Avant Gardens is the most creative, inspiring design company. I trusted Rick whole-heartedly in the design of our event, he understood my desire for non-traditional, fun, unique. I honestly gave him a color palette some obscure thoughts and he ran with it and I never questioned it. To say I loved it is an understatement. There is nothing that Rick cannot accomplish, and he does it with this amazing sense of calm & ease that I wish I could learn!!! Love Avant Gardens & Rick!!!


Pat & Rick from Avant Gardens were wonderful to work with. From the first meeting, Pat sought to understand our vision and even sketchedout our wedding layout on paper based on our discussions, and they delivered flawlessly! Additionally, our original lighting vendors (Uplyte lighting) flaked out on us 2 months before the wedding, and in came Rick to the rescue. They provided both florals and lighting for the wedding and the results were absolutely brilliant! We are truly impressed that they were able to accommodate us with lighting at such short notice, and even provide a wide range of hues to use over the course of the reception. The floral decorations and centerpieces were beautiful and the bouquets were just what I asked for. Avant Gardens truly played an instrumental role in making our wedding a success. I highly recommend!


Rick at Avant Gardens was great. I had a destination wedding on South Beach and we handled pretty much everything over email. He was great dealing with all my emails and questions and the end result was great. He helped work with my budget and the end result was great. The favorite part was my bouquet. I still get compliments on how great the colors of it worked with the girls.


Last night I met with Rick to discuss my vision for my wedding and this morning at 9am I had a phone call letting me know my quote proposal was ready and waiting in my inbox. Talk about service.

I am taken aback with his professionalism, creativity and overall manner. Other vendors (in every industry) should take note!

Weddings are emotional, exciting, and once in a lifetime, and he gets it. He cares and makes you feel important about your big day. Unlike others who rush you, don’t return calls or emails, or don’t make the time to answer your questions and work with you.

His ideas were phenomenal. I went in prepared with pictures and overall layout, but he took everything to another level. His ideas are so fresh, clean, modern but classic. He is really talented and definitely in the right industry.

I truly hope to work with them again, as I’m pretty certain they will be my favorite wedding vendor!

*Side note – while I was there a man walked in to order a small arrangement. It was done in a fe wminutes and it was spectacular!!!


Working with the team at Avant Gardens was such a wonderful experience! When I arrived for my meeting with them, I had no idea what I wanted. I only knew that my basic color scheme would be red, cream and black with a twist on vintage. Rick and his team somehow made sense of this information and turned it into the most beautiful floral display I could have ever imagined for my wedding. The flowers were fresh, vibrant and exquisitely arranged. It was even evident in wedding photography – the hues on the petals were absolutely stunning and the design completely made the room. I would recommend them to anyone – they are creative enough to work with any budget and talented enough to pull off any vision without a hitch.