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OUR SERVICES

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Bienvenido a VATEL Manila!

Established in 2005, we are a company that provides floral & non-floral arrangements to weddings. Our business ethic leans towards need-satisfaction that is why we personally guide you through your every concern regarding the event you're planning. Needless to say (but we're still saying it), going the extra mile is second nature to VATEL Manila.

Because VATEL Manila takes its inspiration from the legendary 17th-century Chef de Cuisine, François Vatel, we guarantee delightful and memorable celebrations.

OUR SERVICES
1.) Event Venue: The Mango Farm in Antipolo City is home to VATEL Manila.

2.) Garden Wedding Styling: This service is exclusive to The Mango Farm only.

3.) Entourage Flowers: We deliver to events within Metro Manila. For Tagaytay & Boracay events, manner of delivery differ (send us an email!). One Client Per Day Only.

4.) Church & Reception Styling: THIS SERVICE IS CURRENTLY SUSPENDED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

5.) Reception Styling Consultancy. We can help you in discussing with your caterer how they can meet your styling requirements without having to hire a stylist. Sometimes, couples book a caterer for the food but forget to ask if they can actually deliver in terms of styling. We call this mismatched expectations. We can offer solutions in correcting this mismatch.

Flat rate of P15,000. Inclusive of three (3) meetings for brainstorming / detailing, & one (1) meeting with the caterer.

(Restrictions to this Service: It does not apply to certain caterers (ex.: K. by Cunanan Catering or Passion Cooks). Also, this service only works for brides who are willing to do lots of D-I-Y's & are based in Manila).

6.) Candy Bar Setup Service. You have the candies, we have the vases! Flat rate of P3,000 (inclusive of labels, vases, and acrylic tongs & scoops). Service is currently exclusive to couples booked at The Mango Farm.

7.) Non-Floral Items (fabric or paper bouquets / boutonnières for the men / moss or jute pillows for the bearers). Rates available upon request. Please email {etc} Handmade Goodness at etchandmadegoodness@gmail.com

Once again, a warm welcome from all of us! We're looking forward to working with you! ^_^

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QUALITY ASSURANCE: VATEL Manila uses Mokuba Ribbons as much as we can.

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OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR DESIGN

REFINED SIMPLICITY. This is something we work hard to perfect. While we may have differing views on what is "elegant", we humbly present here our guiding principles in design.

1.) Simple and tasteful. The Filipino's current penchant for the "production number-act" is something we have discussed and studied thoroughly among ourselves.

This may be something we have acquired from television and from our increasing buying power. In the end, our homes end up being filled - to every crook and cranny - with things: huge aparadors and dividers go side by side with knick-knacks from our travels, as well as with our seeming fetish for souvenirs from just about any event and place. In short, horror vacui. However, Filipino design as gleaned from our history and traditions, hardly border on the loud and boorish.

The work of our indigineous peoples and local weavers attest to the beauty of our artwork. This concept - simple and tasteful - is at the core our design sensibility.

2.) Conversation-friendly and comfortable arrangements. Although the aim to make our designs conversation pieces in themselves is already a given, VATEL MANILA draws the line on the theatricality that pervades the current design concepts of many catering and event firms in Manila.

In our review of current practices, many design firms resort to the "shock policy" - that is, they capitalize on their ability to shock guests with venues teeming with flowers, lights and other pompous what-nots like employing yards upon yards of fabric, supposedly to make it "an event like no other" or "an event to be remembered".

Sometimes, even tables - from the main sponsors to the guests tables in a wedding setting, for example - are filled to the brim with flowers designed to block guests from seeing each other thus impeding conversation; tables are bathed in silk or organza, apparently designed to astound the visitor BUT without consideration of their comfort or safety.

The end result: uncomfortable and crampy arrangements. While we only suggest and can provide suggestions as to how to put life into your own concepts, the overall idea, really, is to effortlessly evoke images of the grand and the sophisticated without being distracting and obstrusive.

In the end, the true winners will be you and your guests - with the reward of pleasant memories arising from the things your ideas and our guidance / expertise can do together.