Flower Budget

We spent:

My bouquet (handtied roses) £45

Bridesmaids' bouquets (smaller version of mine) £40 each

2 medium sized pedestals £75 each

1 large (huge!) pedestal £115

9 windowsill arrangements - roses, lillies & greenery around a candle £15 each

8 table decorations - flowers in a tall vase £18.50 each

Buttonholes £2.50 each

Corsages (for mothers) £9.50 each

In total that came to just over £750. I think we got a really good deal, our florist works for herself, doesn't have a shop or anything so I think that definitely reduced the costs, a florist shop I asked quoted more like £80 or more for my bouquet and £4.50 for each buttonhole, just to give you an idea.

HTH!

My silk flowers cost just over £200. That was for my bouquet, 2 adult BM's, 3 young BM's, 4 buttonholes and 3 corsages. Just picked them up yesterday actually?

They are here is you want to take a look, the quality is amazing!

Sarah xx

Mine are costing £170 and for that I'm getting:

Bride's bouquet

x3 Bridesmaid's bouquets

x5 buttonholes

x2 corsages

I'm pretty happy with that!

My quote was for about £430 (my bouquet, 4 BM bouquets, 6 button holes, 3 flower circlets, top table arrangement) but i have COMPLETELY changed my mind about what i want, and have budgeted around £1k for flowers.

but i LOVE LOVE LOVE flowers and it is one of my priority areas of spend IYSWIM.

Thanks for your replies.

I just have no clue really what i want, i know nothing about flowers, prob couldnt even tell the difference between a daisy and a dafodile!! (prob wrong spelling)

It helps if you do a little bit of online research and also go for a few flower consultations, then you can start to compare average prices for bouquets and things (although it's hard to get an 'average' price for flowers as it all depends on seasons, how much you use, etc)

My maximum (as in, the very top end of what I can afford!) budget for flowers, after speaking to a few florists, is:

Bridal bouquet: £80

Bridesmaid bouquets x3: £120

x4 corsages: £25

x10 male button holes: £50

x1 Ceremony pedestal: £90

Table centrepieces x9: £300

Top table decoration: £80

That comes to around £745, but the florist I am most likely going with is also doing me things like tulle ribbon to decorate the pillars in our venue, as well as dried petals for the tables and my flower girl - and I'm not sure how much they cost. So those things will be on top of that.

Ideally I didn't want to spend more than about £700 though, so I will look to see if there might be ways to cut the costs down on bouquets, the pedestal and centrepieces. I think most good florists will try their best to work within your budget and give you the best look they can for a price you can afford.

HTH

<crash> hey stazzle, did you meet with portmans?

For £310 I am getting my hand tied bouquet (2 flowers)

my bridesmaids bouquet (1 flower)

and 2 pommanders made from one flower.

tis a lot eh?

I have paid a further 45 bucks for 9 button holes. And have stil to buy a corsage.

Mothers offered to do the flowers in the church so I told her to get them from tesco!

Hey Bluewater!

Yep, Ian came round to ours on Monday night actually - really lovely guy. We had a good chat about what I *think* I want, he wrote it all down and he's coming back to me with a ballpark quote within a week or so. I was going to mention you but I couldn't remember your real name! ?

Hi

I am spending around £780, though I might be changing the table centre so maybe slightly higher .......

Brides Bouquet (hand tied) includes diamontes in centre of flowers £85

3 Adult bridesmaid, smaller version of mine £105

2 Bridesmaids wands £17

Grooms buttonhole £6

8 Buttonholes £31

2 mums corsages £14

Top Table arrangement £65

9 table arrangments £270

Gazebo decoration £120

mums bouquets £60

Also includes things like petals on tables, this also includes full set up on the day. The flowers include peonies,tulips, freesias and roses. I thought it was really reasonable, though I confess I didn't get loads of quotes, I knew what my budget was, the florist was highly recommended and we really hit it off, she shared my bright pink vision !!!!!

JM xx

I haven't started looking too much yet but on my budget I've got £450 down for flowers so I'm hoping to do it for this or less (thats the hope!!!!)

hahaha that's hilarious! (it's lucy, btw) just as a warning, it took me aaaaaaaaages to get my quote off him - i had to remind him a couple of times! despite this initial concern, i still went with him as i loved his ideas, and he's a great bloke, and despite me reminding him, i still got his quote quicker than another florist i had visited before him!

that reminds me, i must try to arrange another meeting with him!

hope all good with you x

I am going by what was on the following page as a guide.

https://www.watchshopping.com/watch-guide/best-wedding-watches-for-the-bride-and-groom/ - Cost of Wedding Flowers

what kind of buttonholes are they, seems slightly high

Thanks Bluewater, will keep that in mind! There is another florist I saw on Sunday that I also really like and she is really reasonably priced too, so I will be harrassing Ian for his quote ?

Hope you're good too!

It depends really on which flowers you choose some flowers are higher priced than others e.g Calla lilies would cost more than a rose.

Silk are always more competative than real - An example of a full wedding in silk flowers would be around £200.00 (and you get to see the flowers well in advance to your wedding and keep them afterwards. You can also hire different parts of you order; therefore reducing the price again

You can also do things like mix and match fresh and silk flowers - say your bouquet and grooms buttonhole in fresh and all other in silk

or all the bridal party in fresh and all reception and venue flowers in silk

For fresh flowers you are looking anywhere in the region of £300-£700 + depending on what you need and how much you can barter.

HTH

Mine came to £215.

For that i am getting a teardrop bouqet,

2x bridesmaid hand tied

7x button holes

2x corsages

I will also now also be getting some flowers to decorate the cake with, but i dont know how much they will be.

I've been given a ball park quote of £150 for the following

Bridal bouquet - Freesia, sweet pea and lily of the valley

Bridesmaid x 1 Freesia and sweet pea

5 button holes

3 corsages

9 vases of tulips for the tables

The Hotel does the top table/registrars table for us in the same flowers which I thought was a nice touch.

After reading all the posts I think we've a really good deal. I did have to compromise on my bouquet as I was after daffs but they will have gone over by 2 May or complete lily of the valley but that would have cost about £100 on its own!

HTH