Flowers - How much is everyone spending on theirs?

Ive budgeted for £1k for one bridal bouqet, one bridesmaid, six male button holes, 2 mothers things (bot sure what yet maybe wrist cosages sp.) and decorations for the tables.

However, im getting married at gorton Monastery and terrified of it not being decorated enough!

Good question and would also like some advice!

Hhave no idea how much these things cost!

we have 3 flower girls 6,5 and 3 and thought about artificial or baskets to reduce cost?

We are having an intimate wedding (25 people) and have allocated £300 for our 1 long wedding breakfast table and ceremony room, we are not having flower bouquets or button holes.

Not a lot as flowers were a huge priority for us!

Bouquet for me and BM and coursage for FG of gerberas (very cheap!), plus 7 button holes = £55.

For tables we are having balloons, and top table is having an organza swag and mr&mrs sign instead of flowers. There will be a vase for me to put my bouquet in.

For the church we are just having what is there anyway, as I say flowers not a priority for us.

That's it!

We are spending £350 and having a large waterfall bouquet for me small ones for my 4 bridesmaids and a wrist corsarge for my flowergirl and 6 buttonholes

I was quoted £75 for mine £40-60for the bms and £20-30 for the flowergirl and 7.50 per buttonhole (roses)

We are not totaly sure what flowers we are having yet but our florist said she can work to any budget.

Mrs jaytobe - Ahh Mr and Mrs sign thats what we want! Where are you going to put it? On your Top table like in the middle? And have you got one yet if so where did you buy it?

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Crikey, I was budgeting £500 with no real clue as to whether that was about right.

I want a bouquet for me, small ones for my 3 bridesmaids, flowers on the top table and flowers in birdcages on all the tables. I was thinking about a floral arch but now think I might have to double the budget for that.....

Gosh!

x

We got ours from a local bargain shop, 7 inch high individual paper mache letters for £2.50 each. Really lucky my mum found them as the ones I found on the net werent what I wanted. Were going to paint them, mount on a wooden base and put them in front of me and OH.

You can get a 3inch set from notonthehighstreet.com for less than £10 but that was too small I thought, or I found wooden letters for £7.50 each all ready painted.

We spent £450 on my bouquet, 2 bm bouquets (smaller versions of mine), 2 corsages, 6 buttonholes and 10 table centerpieces which were fishbowls with an orchid inside and a small arrangement on top. A local florist provided this.

I also bought £100 worth of roses from an on-line wholesaler which the local ladies at the church used to decorate it. THey supplied all the foliage from their gardens and all the oasis etc. They were amazing and did this for a donation to the church flower fund and they did an amazing job. There were probably a lot more roses than they needed and they ended up doing a lot more arrangements than we had planned because they had plenty left but it loked stunning. I was lucky to have this offered at the church as I think for a florist to do what they did would have been very expensive

I want birdcages with flowers in too...are you hiring or buying the cages? also what flowers are you putting inside?

Hi Mel&mike,

In sheffield I wholeheartedly recommend Plantology on Division Street. We are spending just over 500 for my boquet, 2 bridesmaids, registry table, 2 additonal long nad low for top table, 7 table centres, 4 window arrangements, 7 buttonholes and 3 corasges for mums and a buttoniere for my male BM...

I'm going to buy the birdcages from weddingmall.co.uk as I think they work out cheaper than hiring bizarrely. I haven't worked out what flowers yet. I'm seeing the florist on Monday to find out what might be in season. I want lilac, cream and coral colours. What about you?

Our is £479 and is inclusive of VAT:

Brides Bouquet - £45 (Hand tied 12 large Cream/White Gerberas with looped bear grass and bound with ribbon)

Bridesmaids Bouquets – 2 @ £30 = £60 (Hand tied 8 large Cream/White Gerberas bound with ribbon)

Buttonholes - 8 @ £3.00 each = £24 (8 small White/Cream Gerbera and foliage, 1 of which will have looped bear grass for the Groom)

Table Arrangements – 8 @ £30 each = £240 (includes vase, mirror & bead hire - 12inch Clear Glass Fishbowls with clear beads sat on a mirror plate containing 6 large Gerberas of the same colour, tied and with looped bear grass (each fishbowl will contain a different colour Gerbera).

Table Arrangement – 1 @ £20 (includes vase hire - Tall Clear Trumpet vase with Pompei Lily and Steel Grass )

Registrars Table Arrangement - £50 (Garland of Foliage with small Cream/White Gerberas and Thistle (for table length 1.2m)

Delivery & set up £40

Thanks DM will have a look, you seem to have a lot for your money there! x

Thanks delphi, I want white, possibly pink roses but currently want a vintage theme so pretty simple really. i'm sure ill change my mind a thousand times. There venues we are looking at are have very ornate/fussy victorian rooms so little decoration is needed. Your colours sound lovely x

Ours are £481

This is for:

Bridal shower bouquet

2 BM hand-tied bouquets

5 buttonholes

2 corsages

Long & Low arrangement

Flowers for 5 centrepieces

Hire of 5 fishbowls and mirrors for centrpieces

and 2 thank-you bouquets for the mums ?

Yeah, they are great - for me they are mixing more expensive flowers with cheaper ones. My friend had hand tied poisies in jam hars in bird cages and I think they were about a tenner each: