If your having flowers how much are you spending/budgeted for them

What I budgeted and what we will end up spending seem to be two very different things we are having

1 x mantelpiece arrangement

1x top table arrangement

5x bridesmaids bouquets

1x bridal bouquet

8 x button holes

3x wrist corsages

7/8 centrepieces

hire of lily caress and mirror plates, delivery to house and venue.

Coming in about £500 at the minute but the final choice of flower may push that up a bit.

Difficult to say really without knowing what flowers you are having..? Unless you would like to give away the table centrepieces to guests on the day, you can save a lot by hiring if your florist does this service. Centrepieces do work out expensive if buying as there is the cost of the vase/container etc before you start with the cost of the flowers accessories and time and skill charge to make them all.

If you are specific about certain flowers required, this also may have an effect on the price for example calla lilies vary in price from week to week so your florist will have to allow for this when quoting as she won't have any idea what they will cost her to buy until she gets the bill from the wholesale market. Orchids are another example of fluctuating costs. A good way to keep costs down would be to give your florist a list of flowers you absolutely don't want and stipulate the colours you do want and give her a free reign so she can give you the best possible arrangements within your budget.

We have decided on flowers as we are having a purple and cream theme.

the flowers we are having are :

Rose avalanche

Snowflake spray rose

Lisianthus

Freesia

Statice

Foliage

The 2nd florist said she can put the arrangement in like a little holder so that we can take them out the martini vase and then keep the arrangements

Sorry for the late reply but I'm having difficulty getting onto Hitched today (AGAIN!) but I would say from your selection of flowers, the first quote is on the high side but some martini vases can cost up to £30 each wholesale so depends on how tall they are. All your flowers are seasonal and readily available so no problems in that area. Personally, I wouldn't buy the vases/mirror tiles as they are awkward to sell on afterwards mainly because of the postage and packing costs to send them to the buyer unless they can collect.

I love flowerss I will spend half of my budget on them ... hehehe just kiding ! I love to have red rose spread on my wedding bed.

I'm spending just over 1k for a similar arrangement as you. I have chosen expensive "designer" roses and peonies so not the cheapest. Your quotes sound reasonable to me.

I am having

Brides bouquet

3x bridemaids bouquets

2x mums corsages

7x mens buttonholes

long low alter arrangement for church

12x pew end arrangements church

large stone urn tall arrangements church but transfer to venue

pillars decorated with flowers and greenery in orangery at venue

8x large ball style candelabra arrangements plus candles for the tables

2x mums thank you bouquets complimentary

Hire of tall silver candelabra, hire of 9 hurricane glasses per table x8 plus candles, hire of vases for the BM bouquets to stand with extra hurricane glasses on small tables either side of doorway and by my guest book.

Cost is £2,300 but I am having A LOT of flowers and some quite expensive ones!

xxx

I have a flowerless wedding, has made life so much more easy

Our budget is about £100-200 but SIL is a florist and doing our flowers. We bought some daffodils last week and thought how lovely they looked in the vase on their own so hoping to have mostly daffs (marry 21st april 2014) and the odd blue flower (don't know which yet) mixed in for our centrepieces which should save money. (We were always going to have daffs but just as part of the centrepiece arrangement). We aren't having a top table arrangement just 2-3 centrepieces along the top table. Depending on what everything else comes to may just have baby's breath for the BM bouquets. Mirror plates are provided with the venue and seen a gorgeous Matalan vase at £6 each online.

We originally budgeted £700 for flowers, but will end up paying approx £900.

This is for;

1 x bride bouquet

2x BM bouquet

3 x ladies corsages

7 x buttonholes (1 special one for OH)

4 x tall table centrepieces (large glass vase with twigs and filled with flowers)

5 x low table centrepieces (vase wrapped in birch, filled with flowers)

4 x birdcages stuffed with flowers (for random decoration

We originally budgeted £500 for table/venue decorations (not having bouquets or button holes)

our final quote is £648 for

2 x cascading mantelpiece arrangements

Flowers to include- Amaranthus, Pink David Austin Roses, Pink Fresia, Astrantia, ivy

2 x floral book arrangements

1 x Floral fountain centerpiece

Flowers to include - Astrantia, David Austin White Roses, White Scabious, Ladies Mantle, stocks, White Fresia, Green/white Hydrangeas, White Astilbe, Ivy, Amaranthus

ETA Our quote includes a 'meet the flowers' meeting (mock up of the flowers before the day)

Dibdab114 i completely agree with you, i'm only having a small Bouquet, 2 x BM bouquets and 4 x buttonholes thats it, i refuse to pay for flowers on the table for 1 day. Mines still coming in at about £200 though xx

£120 on flowers but having artificial and making bouquets up myself; 7 bridesmaids, my bouquet amd a bouquet for the registrar table. I won my button holes at a wedding fayre. Bridesmaid bouquet below.

We are spending £250 and for that we are getting:

Hand tied bridal bouquet of white gerbera

2 smaller bridesmaid bouquets of white gerbera

a large vase display for the ceremony room, and we are able to keep the vase afterwards

large gerbera heads for the table centrepieces

rental of 2 bay trees with red and white gerbera entwined within the leaves

individual gerbera for all the girls at the ceremony to hold

Pretty happy with our quote! ?

Ours is £2356 which is a ridiculous amount but we are getting a lot. I don't know what to do with all those flowers after the wedding though!

Donate them to a retirement home, all the old ladies that don't get bought flowers any more will love it. Brighten someone else's while your still on a high from your big day. It's what i will be doing.