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Blooms By The Beach Your Island Florist

Anna Maria Island's premiere choice for beautiful floral, helping families celebrate all of life's experiences! Some of our most dynamic designs are for weddings held throughout AMI and the surrounding area, offering unique, specially crafted wedding work to ensure your wedding is spectacular!

Our one-of-a-kind design studio, is open to the public 5 days a week, Tuesday - Friday 9:30am - 4:30pm and Saturdays 9:30am - 2:00pm offering: daily deliveries and pick-up orders, customized floral for weddings and private events, weekly corporate accounts, support to local nonprofits with fundraising efforts/church services/thank you arrangements and so much more!

Other services and products offered include: - Tropical Flowers - Succulent Gardens - Ceramic and Basket Dish Gardens - Potted Orchids - Air Plants - Hawaiian Leis - Balloons - Chocolates - Gourmet Gift Baskets - Cheesecakes - Gift Certificates (Both for our Shop and other Island Businesses) - Local Products and Special Requests - Wedding/Event Decor Rentals

Our delivery area includes: Anna Maria Island, Longboat Key, St. Armand's Circle/Lido Key/Bird Key, West Bradenton, North Sarasota

Blooms By The Beach schedules all wedding and event consultations for either an in-person visit, via phone or as a Zoom call. For more information about our floral and event services, please visit our website at: www.bloomsbythebeach.com to schedule an appointment or call the shop at 941.778.2555.

DARA CAUDILL | WWW.ISLANDPHOTOGRAPHY.ORG Debbie Sue Matthes and Paul Ferrari were married on April 2, 2022, on the beach at the Sandbar restaurant. Chuck Caudill sang and played ukulele for the ceremony. He also performed live and was DJ for the reception held at the Sandbar Grand Pavilion. Shawn Rhoton, of the Sandbar, coordinated the wedding and reception. James Pierce performed the ceremony. Flowers were by Ms Scarlett’s. Hair and makeup were by Dolled Up Brides. The cake was from A Slice of Heaven. The wedding party and guests stayed at the Tortuga Inn. Debbie Sue and Paul honeymooned on a catamaran from Key West to the Marquesas, and then to some uninhabited islands, before returning home to Bradenton, Florida.