A Brooklyn Florist on How Every Season Is Now Wedding Season

To Julia Rothman When Shina FeinbergJuly 29, 2022, 11:30 am ETimageAccording to the wedding report, an estimated 2.5 million weddings will be held this year. This is the highest number in any year since 1984.Delilah Dominguez, 32, owner and florist of Stolen Magnolia in Bushwick, Brooklyn, says the wedding season is getting longer."When I entered the industry, the wedding season was between spring and early autumn. But now I'm busy every month. From March, there were 3-4 weddings on weekends. Currently 4 people Is running an event in-house. "“I think it's a good reason to get married if you can survive the quarantine for a year with your loved one. And thanks to Covid, there have been a lot of schedule changes, so there are so many schedules this year. It is set.""This is my childhood home. I was born and raised in this building. My dad also owns real estate on the other corner and for a long time he and my mother had a greenhouse there. I had. My dad ran a greenhouse and my mother was a flower shop — she made hand-tied bouquets and various types of arrangements. ""When I was a high school student, my dad was like this. I sold a greenhouse! I'm retiring in Florida." I was devastated! ""I also moved to Florida. I worked at a hospital in Orlando, but it was miserable. I needed a green one. So I went back to this building to live with my sister. rice field.""Finally, I worked in Williamsburg's lovely flower studio. I managed the team for several years and the owner sent me to London to participate in Netflix's" Big Flower Fight. " .. ""Then, just before my dad died, he was sitting in front of a store here — at the time a hairdresser — and told me:" You're going to open your own place here. ""Opened the month before Covid started. Here I was in this new business and hundreds of factories. I built a website and sold ours online. That's me. That's how we survived. If we could open the door, it was pure madness! We couldn't keep people out. "“Then we started booking events. Microweddings were first held — up to 60 guests. Now 50% are microweddings and 50% are traditional weddings, with 120-200 people. I have a guest. I had to renew my contract. Because of Covid, sometimes people have to change their schedule. But this is important to people, so we are flexible. And it costs money. ""Recently, people want their arrangements to be clever. They want something memorable, not just a cookie cutter. And our clients say where the flowers come from. I'm more interested in whether I'm coming. I'm doing everything I can to get the locals. "