Love and Lupines Weddings
Our Philosophy
Floral Design from the Heart
Create beautiful arrangements, personal pieces, and installations that seem effortless, timeless, unique, lavish, and bountiful, while incorporating our clients’ style, vision, and needs.
Keep Tahoe and nature at the center of our hearts and creations, respecting the earth, practicing sustainable floristry, purchasing local flowers, going the extra mile to make deep community connections, supporting others, and being mindful of our actions and practices.
Take everything we have learned in our 20 years of wedding industry experience and put it to work to fuel our future. Continue to be open-minded and learn as we go.
Work as a team, using each other’s strengths to create the best possible experience for our clients, from start to finish.
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Step One: When you submit an inquiry, Alyssa, our Wedding Specialist or Meghon, our Owner will respond to your inquiry and say congratulations, thank you and hello!
Step Two: To kickoff the process, our team will share an in-depth questionnaire to collect all the exciting details surrounding your big day, or big multi-day celebration! This document can be overwhelming in the early planning stages, but we suggest filling it out with as much detail as possible. If you don't have all the information, that's fine - we only need the basics. Alternatively, we can schedule a phone call to go through the questionnaire with you. If you're working with a full-service planner, they may have your needs already outlined and can send us the necessary information for a proposal. We're happy to work directly with planners, we do it all the time.
We’ll take the information we have gathered from you to create a proposal based on your vision, investment level, and needs.
Step Three: Alyssa will set up a time to chat with you and your wedding planner (if you have one) to review the proposal and answer any questions that you might have
Step Four: To reserve our services, we require a 25% non-refundable retainer and a signed contract based on the proposal. While the proposal can be adjusted upwards as needed, it must meet our minimum requirement for the event location and cannot decrease by more than 10% from the booking total. We recommend booking as soon as possible to secure your spot as our calendar fills up fast (we hate it when too much times goes by and we are no longer available). If you're unsure of your needs, we offer the option to secure us for your wedding day with a contract based on our minimum for your venue, finalizing the details later.
before booking.
Step Five: Hooray! We're thrilled to be your wedding partner and bring your vision to life. Our wedding specialist, Alyssa, will connect with you to set up a design meeting, which can be done via phone, Zoom, or in-person. If you have a wedding planner, they are often involved in this process. We'll curate a beautiful design board with sample florals and color palettes. For an elevated planning experience, visit our shop to view flowers and designs in person for an additional fee. We're also available to come to your venue, tastings, design meetings, walk-throughs, and more at an additional fee.
Final design details, numbers, and changes are due to us 45 days prior to your event, with your final payment due 30 days before the event. Timelines, final seating charts, and room layouts are due two weeks before your wedding. Bridal party location for personal piece delivery is due one week prior. Occasionally, this information isn't available until you check into your hotel—that's fine, just let us know where to find you when you have it figured out.
Step Six: Your big day is finally here and we are excited to bring your vision to life! For more information on what to expect the week of your wedding, please refer to our flower sourcing and workflow section.
Client Inquires
When you submit an inquiry, Alyssa, our Wedding Specialist or Meghon, our Owner will respond to your inquiry and say congratulations, thank you and hello!
Questionnaire and Proposal
To kickoff the process, our team will share an in-depth questionnaire to collect all the exciting details surrounding your big day, or big multi-day celebration! This document can be overwhelming in the early planning stages, but we suggest filling it out with as much detail as possible. If you don't have all the information, that's fine - we only need the basics. Alternatively, we can schedule a phone call to go through the questionnaire with you. If you're working with a full-service planner, they may have your needs already outlined and can send us the necessary information for a proposal. We're happy to work directly with planners, we do it all the time.
We’ll take the information we have gathered from you to create a proposal based on your vision, investment level, and needs.
Consultation
Alyssa will set up a time to chat with you and your wedding planner (if you have one) to review the proposal and answer any questions that you might have before booking.
Secure your Wedding Date
To reserve our services, we require a 25% non-refundable retainer and a signed contract based on the proposal. While the proposal can be adjusted upwards as needed, it must meet our minimum requirement for the event location and cannot decrease by more than 10% from the booking total. We recommend booking as soon as possible to secure your spot as our calendar fills up fast (we hate it when too much times goes by and we are no longer available). If you're unsure of your needs, we offer the option to secure us for your wedding day with a contract based on our minimum for your venue, finalizing the details later.
It's Official!
Hooray! We're thrilled to be your wedding partner and bring your vision to life. Our wedding specialist, Alyssa, will connect with you to set up a design meeting, which can be done via phone, Zoom, or in-person. If you have a wedding planner, they are often involved in this process. We'll curate a beautiful design board with sample florals and color palettes. For an elevated planning experience, visit our shop to view flowers and designs in person for an additional fee. We're also available to come to your venue, tastings, design meetings, walk-throughs, and more at an additional fee.
Final design details, numbers, and changes are due to us 45 days prior to your event, with your final payment due 30 days before the event. Timelines, final seating charts, and room layouts are due two weeks before your wedding. Bridal party location for personal piece delivery is due one week prior. Occasionally, this information isn't available until you check into your hotel—that's fine, just let us know where to find you when you have it figured out.
It's Official!
Your big day is finally here and we are excited to bring your vision to life! For more information on what to expect the week of your wedding, please refer to our flower sourcing and workflow section.
Our custom pricing for elopements and micro weddings reflects each client's unique needs and vision, and these orders are typically available for studio pickup only. Full-service weddings start at $6,500 for locations within an hour of Truckee, CA, and $8,500 for locations beyond that range, with the average cost ranging from $9-15k. We don't offer flower packages—each wedding receives a tailored proposal based on your vision, needs, and investment preference. Fill out our contact form for a custom quote for your special day.
What rentals do you offer?
Wedding Frequently Asked Questions
As you are planning your special day, we know you will have a lot of questions.
Do you have a minimum?
What is the process for booking?
What is required for booking?
Do you offer a consultation before booking?
Can we visit your studio?
Do you offer onsite venue walk-throughs?
Can we select the exact flowers that we would like for our wedding?
What areas do you serve?
What are your favorite wedding venues?
Do you travel for weddings?
Do you have business liability insurance?
What are your favorite flowers to use in designs?
For a detailed description of what to expect when working with us, read about our process here.
Wedding Frequently Asked Questions
As you are planning your special day, we know you will have a lot of questions.
What rentals do you offer?
Do you have a minimum?
What is the process for booking?
What is required for booking?
Do you offer a consultation before booking?
Can we visit your studio?
Do you offer onsite venue walk-throughs?
Can we select the exact flowers that we would like for our wedding?
What areas do you serve?
What are your favorite wedding venues?
Do you travel for weddings?
Do you have business liability insurance?
What are your favorite flowers to use in designs?
A phone call to see if we are a good fit, an approved proposal, contract, and a 25% non-refundable retainer.
Wedding Frequently Asked Questions
As you are planning your special day, we know you will have a lot of questions.
What rentals do you offer?
Do you have a minimum?
What is the process for booking?
What is required for booking?
Do you offer a consultation before booking?
Can we visit your studio?
Do you offer onsite venue walk-throughs?
Can we select the exact flowers that we would like for our wedding?
What areas do you serve?
What are your favorite wedding venues?
Do you travel for weddings?
Do you have business liability insurance?
What are your favorite flowers to use in designs?
Yes! We offer a complimentary one-hour consultation via phone or Zoom to discuss your needs and answer questions. If additional time is required, we're available for a fee of $75 per hour.
Wedding Frequently Asked Questions
As you are planning your special day, we know you will have a lot of questions.
What rentals do you offer?
Do you have a minimum?
What is the process for booking?
What is required for booking?
Do you offer a consultation before booking?
Can we visit your studio?
Do you offer onsite venue walk-throughs?
Can we select the exact flowers that we would like for our wedding?
What areas do you serve?
What are your favorite wedding venues?
Do you travel for weddings?
Do you have business liability insurance?
What are your favorite flowers to use in designs?
Yes, you can visit our studio as a regular customer during our open shop hours. Wedding meetings and consultations are available by appointment and only after booking. Please note that our studio shop staff are unable to answer wedding-related questions for walk-ins.
Wedding Frequently Asked Questions
As you are planning your special day, we know you will have a lot of questions.
What rentals do you offer?
Do you have a minimum?
What is the process for booking?
What is required for booking?
Do you offer a consultation before booking?
Can we visit your studio?
Do you offer onsite venue walk-throughs?
Can we select the exact flowers that we would like for our wedding?
What areas do you serve?
What are your favorite wedding venues?
Do you travel for weddings?
Do you have business liability insurance?
What are your favorite flowers to use in designs?
Yes, we can schedule a time to meet you at your venue and walk through your needs. This service is only offered to booked clients and is available for an additional fee.
Wedding Frequently Asked Questions
As you are planning your special day, we know you will have a lot of questions.
What rentals do you offer?
Do you have a minimum?
What is the process for booking?
What is required for booking?
Do you offer a consultation before booking?
Can we visit your studio?
Do you offer onsite venue walk-throughs?
Can we select the exact flowers that we would like for our wedding?
What areas do you serve?
What are your favorite wedding venues?
Do you travel for weddings?
Do you have business liability insurance?
What are your favorite flowers to use in designs?
We exclusively offer premium seasonal blooms for your wedding. While we strive to fulfill your requested flowers, we cannot guarantee specific floral types since flowers are delicate, living, and seasonal. If substitutions are made, we'll use items of equal value and similar style to your request. Beforehand, we'll provide you with a general list of flowers based on the time of year, color palette, and wedding vibe. Requesting specific flower types may increase your floral costs, so flexibility with overall selection while remaining within your color palette and style is ideal.
Wedding Frequently Asked Questions
As you are planning your special day, we know you will have a lot of questions.
What rentals do you offer?
Do you have a minimum?
What is the process for booking?
What is required for booking?
Do you offer a consultation before booking?
Can we visit your studio?
Do you offer onsite venue walk-throughs?
Can we select the exact flowers that we would like for our wedding?
What areas do you serve?
What are your favorite wedding venues?
Do you travel for weddings?
Do you have business liability insurance?
What are your favorite flowers to use in designs?
It really depends on the season! However, our favorite and most popular flowers are:
Roses, garden roses, spray roses, peonies, ranunculus, butterfly ranunculus, anemones, sweet peas, hellebore, dahlias, cosmos, phlox, lisianthus, larkspur, stock, feather celosia, zinnias, lavender, lilac, oak hydrangea, scabiosa, yarrow, statice, astrantia, strawflower, celosia, snapdragons, campanula, thistle, craspedia, nigella, lavender, veronica, amaranthus, astilbe, protea, orchid, bunny tail, tweedia, Queen Anne's lace, clematis, kangaroo paw, waxflower, privet berry, foxglove, anthurium, blushing bride, fancy tulips, and many more. Baby's breath, pampas grass, sunflowers, carnations, and lilies are used by special request.
Preferred greens include Italian ruscus, smilax, pistachio, mint, rosemary, geranium, dusty miller, ferns, olive, bay, nagi, penny cress, mini variegated pittosporum, jasmine vine, grevillea, huckleberry, wintergreens, nandina, tropical foliage, and a variety of eucalyptus.
Wedding Frequently Asked Questions
As you are planning your special day, we know you will have a lot of questions.
What rentals do you offer?
Do you have a minimum?
What is the process for booking?
What is required for booking?
Do you offer a consultation before booking?
Can we visit your studio?
Do you offer onsite venue walk-throughs?
Can we select the exact flowers that we would like for our wedding?
What areas do you serve?
What are your favorite wedding venues?
Do you travel for weddings?
Do you have business liability insurance?
What are your favorite flowers to use in designs?
Love and Lupines proudly serves Truckee, Lake Tahoe (including North Tahoe, Incline, West Shore, Homewood, and South Lake Tahoe), Mt. Rose, Reno, the Sierra Valley area, Sierra Buttes, Lost Sierra, and Grass Valley.
Wedding Frequently Asked Questions
As you are planning your special day, we know you will have a lot of questions.
What rentals do you offer?
Do you have a minimum?
What is the process for booking?
What is required for booking?
Do you offer a consultation before booking?
Can we visit your studio?
Do you offer onsite venue walk-throughs?
Can we select the exact flowers that we would like for our wedding?
What areas do you serve?
What are your favorite wedding venues?
Do you travel for weddings?
Do you have business liability insurance?
What are your favorite flowers to use in designs?
Everline Resort & Spa (formerly Resort at Squaw Creek), Palisades Tahoe Olympic Valley Lodge and High Camp, The Hyatt, Sugar Bowl Resort, Sugar Bowl’s Lake Mary, Rainbow Lodge, Northstar, The Ritz Carlton Tahoe, Nakoma Resort, Chalet View Lodge, Olympic Valley Stables, Dancing Pines, Mitchell’s Meadow, White Wolfe, Tahoe Blue, Edgewood, Thunderbird Lodge, private estates, Old Greenwood, Plump Jacks, PJ’s at Gray’s Crossing, The Elm Estate, Stanford Sierra at Fallen Leaf Lake, Granlibakken, Valhalla Tahoe, Gar Woods, Martis Camp, Schaffer’s Mill, Lahontan, Chateau Incline, Aspen Grove, Tahoe Blue Estate.
Wedding Frequently Asked Questions
As you are planning your special day, we know you will have a lot of questions.
What rentals do you offer?
Do you have a minimum?
What is the process for booking?
What is required for booking?
Do you offer a consultation before booking?
Can we visit your studio?
Do you offer onsite venue walk-throughs?
Can we select the exact flowers that we would like for our wedding?
What areas do you serve?
What are your favorite wedding venues?
Do you travel for weddings?
Do you have business liability insurance?
What are your favorite flowers to use in designs?
Yes, our team is happy to travel! If you're seeking services outside the Tahoe/Truckee area, please email Meghon@loveandlupines.com for more information. Weddings outside our region require a minimum investment of $15k, excluding travel expenses. We enjoy visiting various locations, including Napa, Sonoma, Monterey, Santa Cruz, Mendocino, Carmel, Maui, and Kauai. We're always eager to explore new spaces and challenges, and are happy to travel anywhere.
Wedding Frequently Asked Questions
As you are planning your special day, we know you will have a lot of questions.
What rentals do you offer?
Do you have a minimum?
What is the process for booking?
What is required for booking?
Do you offer a consultation before booking?
Can we visit your studio?
Do you offer onsite venue walk-throughs?
Can we select the exact flowers that we would like for our wedding?
What areas do you serve?
What are your favorite wedding venues?
Do you travel for weddings?
Do you have business liability insurance?
What are your favorite flowers to use in designs?
Yes, we are fully insured! We have our insurance certificate on file with the following venues, as we are preferred vendors at each of these locations and we update them to be named insured yearly: The Ritz Carlton Tahoe, Northstar Resort/Vail Corp, Palisades Tahoe, Everline Resort & Spa (formerly Resort at Squaw Creek), The Hyatt Lake Tahoe, and Edgewood Lake Tahoe. If you have a venue that requires us to list them as a name insured, please let us know, as we are happy to add them for your event. We also have workers’ compensation and commercial vehicle insurance for our fleet of cargo vans. We do recommend that you purchase event insurance for your own personal coverage.
Wedding Frequently Asked Questions
As you are planning your special day, we know you will have a lot of questions.
What rentals do you offer?
Do you have a minimum?
What is the process for booking?
What is required for booking?
Do you offer a consultation before booking?
Can we visit your studio?
Do you offer onsite venue walk-throughs?
Can we select the exact flowers that we would like for our wedding?
What areas do you serve?
What are your favorite wedding venues?
Do you travel for weddings?
Do you have business liability insurance?
What are your favorite flowers to use in designs?
We only offer rental services to our full delivery wedding clients. We have a wonderful supply of vases, candles, arches, pedestals, and décor detail items.
Wedding Frequently Asked Questions
As you are planning your special day, we know you will have a lot of questions.
What rentals do you offer?
Do you have a minimum?
What is the process for booking?
What is required for booking?
Do you offer a consultation before booking?
Can we visit your studio?
Do you offer onsite venue walk-throughs?
Can we select the exact flowers that we would like for our wedding?
What areas do you serve?
What are your favorite wedding venues?
Do you travel for weddings?
Do you have business liability insurance?
What are your favorite flowers to use in designs?
Flower Sourcing and Wedding Workflow
Once you have booked your process, our team at Love & Lupines gets to work. Here is a look behind the scenes on how we source flowers, our wedding workflow and what happens to the flowers after your wedding.
Flower Sourcing
We source our blooms from local area farms eight to nine months out of the year. This enables us to collaborate directly with farmers and obtain the freshest flowers possible. This approach also allows us to procure unique flower varieties that are not commercially available, reduces our carbon footprint and waste, and supports other local small businesses. We're thrilled to partner with farms such as Sweet Roots Floral, Soil Sisters Farm, Little Boy Flowers, Hobo Ranch, and Sweet Robin Flower each season. These skilled farmers create absolute magic and it's an honor to know and work with each of these talented ladies and their teams.
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If we're unable to source farm flowers or have specific requests for flower types not grown by our partner farms, we have the pleasure of working with California wholesale legends Torchio Nursery. This family is an original San Francisco flower market vendor who works tirelessly to provide their customers with the best of the best. Sourcing local is also important to them and they work with a number of incredible flower farms throughout California. Dustin from Torchio takes great care of us and his team hand-delivers our orders from San Francisco to our shop in Truckee each week. This is another partnership we are very grateful for.
We also collaborate with Natalee at Bonanza Floral, a Sparks, NV-based company that has specialized in fresh produce and flowers since 1968. They work diligently to help us source everything we need throughout the year, and we're grateful for their partnership. Additionally, for tropical florals, we work directly with Maui Floral, a fantastic company based in Maui. We have a fantastic relationship with them, and visiting their location is one of our owner's favorite things to do. Working with people we know, trust, and love is essential to us, as these fantastic businesses help us take care of you, bringing your floral vision to life.
Upon Flower Arrival
Flowers arrive at the shop on Tuesdays and Wednesdays for processing, which involves checking the quality of each stem, removing leaves and thorns, and trimming the bottom of each stem to allow for full hydration. Some stems must then be boiled and treated with alum or seared on the bottom to extend their life and keep them extra fresh. Some sensitive blooms require extra wiring and taping to support their stems. After processing, the flowers are separated by wedding/event and then go into one of our large walk-in flower coolers. Our team then spends the rest of the week turning these blooms into lush, creative designs.
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Event Day Load Up
On wedding/event days, completed designs and hard-good rentals must be strategically packed into crates and boxes so that they can safely make it to their destination. We use a variety of methods to ensure everything makes it from point A to point B. If it is a hot day, additional hydration methods are used to keep the flowers happy from the time they are pulled out of the cooler until they are added to their final place at the wedding. If it’s a cold day, each piece must be insulated and protected from freezing until they reach their final destination. Knowing how flowers behave in the elements is an important part of the delivery process and a bonus you get when hiring a local experienced florist.
Arrival at Venue
On the wedding day, our team delivers the personal pieces to the wedding couple first, ensuring that all bouquets, boutonnieres, and other items are hand-delivered and given a final spray of water. We aim to arrive at the venue within ½ hour of the photographer's arrival time for detailed photos and "first look" photos if applicable. Afterward, we set up the ceremony space, including our arch and any rental items, which takes 1–6 hours per team member and 2-6 team members depending on the complexity of the set-up. We then proceed to set up the cocktail hour and reception spaces, with additional team members assigned to handle large installations such as hanging décor. If needed, we offer a service to repurpose items from the ceremony to the reception space for an additional fee. Our goal is to complete set-up 30–45 minutes before the ceremony's start time to avoid disruption and provide ample time for detail shots. For extensive installations, we may begin the day before with mechanics to get a head start.
After the Wedding
Our team returns to the venue the following morning, or in some cases the same evening after the party ends, to break down, clean up, and take away all floral items, including rentals, which are then brought back to our shop. Flowers are separated from vases and arch/install pieces, and usable flowers are trimmed and donated to The Send It Foundation, a local non-profit helping cancer patients. These flowers are then taken to the Truckee Cancer Center, while any flowers and greens that can't be donated to them are given to local schools and neighbors. Flowers in unusable condition are composted, while chicken wire and other reusable items are recycled for future use, and cardboard and other recyclables are recycled to minimize waste. Finally, hard goods are cleaned and put away. We prioritize the use of rental vases, candles, arches, and other items to minimize waste and provide a consistent product for our clients. Sharing the joy of flowers with our community is a true gift and brings us so much happiness!
Choosing Love & Lupines was the very first decision I made in the wedding planning process (after saying yes!) and I couldn't be happier with that choice. Not only were they enthusiastic, responsive, professional and everything else you could hope for in a wedding vendor, they went above and beyond to create the most epic florals I have ever seen. My guests still cannot stop talking about how incredible the flowers were at each of our three events! It is not easy to plan an Indian wedding in Tahoe but the team at Love & Lupines were not only thrilled to be working on cultural decor, but came up with the most stunning and creative arrangements to make each night feel entirely different. They did everything possible to stay within my budget, vision and made the entire process so much fun. I cannot emphasize enough how much of an impact they had on my entire wedding experience and am so grateful to the way they treated me, my family and my other vendors every step of the way. You could tell from the first moment on how much passion they pour into every single step and it meant the world to us. Choose Love & Lupines and I promise, you will never look back!
an absolute dream"
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The team at Love & Lupines is simply amazing. The floral pieces at my son's wedding stole the show, and our guests just keep talking about how over-the-top gorgeous the flowers were throughout the venue. They did both our rehearsal dinner and wedding day, coordinating color palettes so that items could be repurposed without any issues. I'm in love with their work and highly recommend.
FLORAL DISPLAYS"
"Magical
Love and Lupines created the most stunning florals for our wedding! Meghon, Alyssa, and team went completely above and beyond! I had seen pictures of florals from their previous weddings and had no doubt that the floral designs would come out incredible and they did! With so many details to finalize before the wedding, L&L was so nice to work with and I had complete trust that all the floral details would be perfect and they were! The flowers for our arch were especially a show stopper and even more beautiful than I had imagined. I could not have been happier and am so thankful for the Love and Lupines team! Everything was perfect!
CHOOSE L&L
"Stunning and Perfect
