Wedding

Planning the Flowers for a Wedding

If you are planning a wedding, you know how important flowers are in any wedding. They are also one of the most expensive parts of a wedding, so you need to check carefully with florists that you would like to work with. Florists Shrewsbury, Shropshire is more than happy to work with any bride-to-be on flowers as well as their prices. 

List of needs

You are going to need flowers for:

  • Centerpieces
  • Wedding arches
  • Bridal bouquet
  • Wedding party bouquets
  • Groom’s boutonniere
  • Groomsmen boutonnieres

Bouquets

There are certain flowers which do well in bouquets and that have been the favorite of floral as well asgardeners’ designers for many years. Home gardener as well as commercial grower supply fragrant, colorful, blossoms to be used for weddings. The more common flowers are availablereadily at any local florist shops. 

Flowers that work well

Lilies, roses, gerbera daisies, carnations and an assortment of orchids are some of the more common flowers for wedding bouquets. Of course, there are smaller flowers such as the sweetheart roses; freesia, daisies, miniature carnations as well as stephanotis are also often used in bridal bouquets. Lilac and iris are common if the wedding is in the spring. And of course, common regional flowers differ from locale to locale for the bride to pick from. 

First consultation

You need to have your first consultation with your florist almost as soon as you pick a date for the wedding. They will be able to tell you what flowers are available around the time of the wedding and many decisions can be made during that one consultation. The sooner this can be decided on, the less the bride and her family’s to-do-list will have on it. Any follow-ups can then be done by phone.