Wedding Flowers!

I think the trick is to specify you want flowers that are in season otherwise they cost a lot more. Good luck. X

My flowers cost £275, I had my bouquet, 2 bridesmaid bouquets and a small flower girl bouquet! Grooms buttonhole, and 4 more smaller ones for Dads & Best Men (2) and then 2 corsages for our mums. I absolutely loved my flowers, they were so beautiful! I promise I'll do a report soon and share some pics xx

My price breakdowns are:

My bouquet - £85

Bridesmaids buquets - £40 each

Buttonholes and corsages - £6.50 each

Bridal wrist corsage - £15

Then I am DIYing all the table flowers.

My bouquet: £85 (roses, freesias, eustoma, gypsophila)

Three BM bouquets: £165 (roses, gypsophila)

Three buttonholes and one corsage: £32 (roses, freesias, gypsophila)

£281 in total! This is my florist (http://www.countryflowersflorist.co.uk/weddings) - they list all their prices, which you might find useful.

Nice advice Jayne

Hi, Here is my cost breakdown:

Bridal Bouquet: Natural rustic posy bouquet to include a range of different textured pastel flowers including a few vibrant varieties with plenty of greenery and succulents. £80

2 Bridesmaid Bouquet: Smaller versions of the bride’s bouquet. £42 each. £84

Groom’s Buttonhole: Blue thistle with a touch of small pastel flowers and twine stem. £6

Ceremony Centrepiece: Long and low design with flowers from the bride’s bouquet and trailing foliage. £88

14 Pew Ends: Small mixture of flowers from the bride’s bouquet with long ivory ribbon bows. £12 each. £168

Delivery charge £12

Total Cost £438

Hope this helps. Good luck with your flowers!

Definitely pick flowers that are in season for the time of the year you are getting married as well as filler flowers like gypsophila , hyndrangeas (if you its a summer wedding) and try and use roses that are not the likes of Avalanche roses or David Austin roses, they are gorgeous but can be very expensive.

I do have to say, I do alot of weddings and nothing beats the lovely smells of fresh flowers, that hits your nostrils the second you walk into a room.

If you do want a keepsake as well for your flowers why not have them professionally preserved, such a lovely touch and something I did for my own wedding I have since frame them.

Hope this helps.

Ooh your flowers sound similar to mine, i LOVE succulents! When are you getting married?

Our flowers are coming to about £900. This includes my bouquet, three adult bridesmaids, one smaller bridesmaid, 8 buttonholes, 2 corsages and 10 tables.

We are reusing some of the arrangements during the day to save us money. So my bouquet will go on the registrars table during the ceremony, the pew ends will be placed on windowsills around the venue after the ceremony, the bridesmaid bouquets will be placed on the top table during dinner so we don't need to pay for extras there. And the table centers are going to be tied up so that they can be given away to grandparents and people who have helped us at the end of the night.

Don't be embarrassed to ask your florist about reusing arrangements to save you money x

We didn't have any floral centrepieces etc, but this is what we had:

A hand held posy. To consist of purple Alstromeria, dark pink Lily’s, white & hot pink Gerberas, white Callas and purple Dahlias. Foliage to compliment. Purple ribbon to bind around stems with pearl topped pins.
1x Bride Bouquet £75

Small posy’s to consist of white Tulips and complimenting foliage.
Bridesmaids 3x £25 = £75

Single White Calla with complimenting foliage. Pearl topped pin supplied.
Button holes x 4 plus 1 tulip version 5x £4.50 = £22.50

White and pink Cymbidium Orchid buttonholes. With a sprig of complimenting foliage. Pearl topped pin supplied.
£6.50 x 2 = £13.00

The whole total was £185.50

Good luck and have fun.