Flower arrangements/bird cage panic

Sadly it's not that simple....is it ever. Fresh flowers need water, simple, that they might only be seen for four hours is just a fraction of the time the flowers will be out of water. The florist would do these the day before, so just wiring the flowers to the cage would leave them with no water for more than 24 hours and by the time of your wedding, they would be wilted. That's where your florist is coming from, and why you tend to see this kind of display with silk flowers.

Flowers start to wilt very quickly, some more so than others. You could ask to see if she could have a number of the flowers of your choice cut and then put them on the mirror plates at the very last minute, but I think the best you could hope for there is a very very simple laying of a single stem, or two or three. But there's a risk of water dripping etc....sorry

Hi Pammy,

Many thanks! You see, I really don't mind being told something can't be done or what the problems are - your answer is exactly the sort of answer I would have expected from the florist.

I may consider doing this with artificial flowers then but then would that look odd when most of the other flowers are real??

Glad it helped. I'm mixing fresh and silk lol so why not? X

I'm a retired florist and when your florist mentions a ring, if she means an oasis wreath ring for the cage to sit in, then this will obstruct the view of the plate you want your cage on. Plus, as you quite rightly say, she will have to cover the remaining unused foam with something such as moss or leaves.

There is a florists' gadget called a mini deco which is basically a small round disc of foam that has an adhesive backing that you peel off and stick to things for example champagne bottles. It can also be glued onto more tricky objects such as bird cages. The mini deco is fresh foam - the florist dips it in water - and you can arrange fresh flowers in the foam as required. They are quite often used for cake decoration when fresh flowers are wanted to cascade down the tiers. They are very robust and can hold 3 flowers with leaves to hide unused foam very easily.

The other alternative would be to wire artificial flowers and attach them where needed. Artificial flowers are so good now, the better quality ones are very hard to distinguish from the real thing unless you touch them.

Thank you everyone. I think I'm letting the pressure get to me. The florist has just come back with a revised plan and cost which I think I am happy with. I'm really glad I don't have to plan weddings very often! Then again after a few goes you'd have learnt by your mistakes so would get a lot easier!

Thank you everyone. I think I'm letting the pressure get to me. The florist has just come back with a revised plan and cost which I think I am happy with. I'm really glad I don't have to plan weddings very often! Then again after a few goes you'd have learnt by your mistakes so would get a lot easier!