How much do Wedding Flowers cost?

Oh! Am I brave or foolish to tackle this subject?

Well, here goes......

It's one question which I am always asked and find so difficult to answer.  The response always has to be that it completely depends upon the choice of flowers, the quantity and whereabouts (in the world!) you want them. Statistically, and realistically, a budget of around 10% of the overall cost of your Wedding is a good figure to work with for all your Wedding Day Flowers.

My business is built upon a solid foundation of top quality and service. You don't have to be getting married in a Castle or grand Stately Home - the local village hall / Registry Office is perfectly fine. My time is devoted to your wedding only - I do not have a shop to distract my attention and all the flowers are ordered especially for your wedding only, guaranteeing freshness and quality.  

Also, worth mentioning here, I work with flowers and don't spread myself thinly over all aspects of the Weddings World - there are far too many companies out there now trying to do everything and, frankly, it shows - absolute attention to detail is never achieved by these people. I can recommend many top-quality providers of many services - here's a topic for another Blog (to follow...).

The starting point, from which all your Wedding Day Flowers should follow, are the flowers the Bride will carry - think about the style, shape and colour of your dress and complement details. Aspects from this bouquet should then be used in the other Bridal Party flowers e.g. Bridesmaids' Bouquets, Buttonholes, Corsages and then on in to the Church/Ceremony and Wedding Breakfast flowers.

                          

This Bride's bouquet complements her delicate just-pink silk dress so well - I was given fabric samples so knew which roses would work well for her. The combination here includes Sweet Avalanche, Akito, Sweet Akito and Old Dutch roses (with Snowflake spray roses, Bupleurum and pink Peonies). It's fairly substantial and something similar would cost from around £90. The stems are bound with lovely, soft, satin ribbon, secured in place by a row of pearl-headed pins. Every single stem of flower is stripped of all it's leaves and thorns then they are bound together to give the desired shape - this is like putting the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle together and takes quite some time to accomplish.

These are the Bridesmaids' bouquets for the above Bride. So, because she had 5 Bridesmaids, I suggested using the gorgeous, large-headed, Avalanche roses as approximately 7 stems are all that's required to create good impact. Bupleurum is also combined, thereby complementing the Bride's bouquet i.e. picking out details so that it all ties in nicely. Something similar to these bouquets will cost around £40 each.

An important fact to remember is also the time of year of the wedding - for example, Christmas, Mother's Day and Valentines are very expensive times of the year (Mother's Day occurs on different dates throughout the world - all of which effect the prices here in the UK).

The beautiful Holly chose a hand-wired, trailing bouquet. The main difference with this type of bouquet is that each stem is individually wired, and bound, then they are all arranged together to form the desired shape. See how the flowers and foliage complement the delicate lace / Vintage feel to her stunning Wedding Gown. Once the finished shape has been created, all the wires combine together to form the handle, which is then bound with lovely, soft, satin ribbon - making it comfortable to carry. These bouquets typically take 3 to 4 hours to construct. Expect to pay anything from £145 for something similar.
The Bridesmaids bouquets here are much more substantial than the ones above, using many different flowers, including Hydrangeas - which are very expensive. These would cost in the region of 'from' £55 each.

OK, now here I could start a whole new Blog - infact I will do one on this topic ......watch this space!

Table centrepiece displays take on many guises - this picture is my take on the very very fashionable 'Vintage'. I just wanted to create something a little different and would say this is more Retro than Vintage.
Using combinations of English Country Garden flowers, I have placed the brightly coloured flowers in mis-matched containers of different heights and shapes. This is not an easy look to achieve and does require lots of flowers to create impact. The sourcing of the different containers, and working out which ones to put together, is time-consuming and fairly costly actually. Also, when setting this kind of look up for a wedding, there is an awful lot of preparation time involved. Because so many different flower types works well, large quantities of flowers have to be ordered - minimum numbers have to be ordered, depending upon the flower types e.g. roses come in wraps of 20 stems, Delphiniums in 10's, 'fillers' such as Waxflowers in 25's - I could go on and on but I think you get the idea - being a Mathematician as well as Artistic Designer is a great help!
A very important aspect of table decorations, to be taken in to consideration, is that set-up and clear-down of the tables is taken care of by the florist and their team - often involving travelling back to the venue the morning after the Wedding / Event to remove everything. Then it all has to be cleaned and packed away in to storage for when it may be required again.
So, I guess what I am trying to say here is the actual cost of the flowers is only one aspect which has to be factored in to the total cost of Wedding Day Flowers and the flowers, themselves, are not cheap.
You should expect to pay upwards of £45 per table for something similar to the above display.

Whatever the budget may be for your Wedding Day Flowers, we can create stunning, memorable floral displays which will give ever-lasting happy memories!