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Ordering wholesale flowers offline??

brittanyngreenbrittanyngreen
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I just recently got engaged and I'm starting to think about flowers. I have done a little research and it seems like I could have many, many more flowers for a much cheaper price if I order from somewhere like amazoniaflowers.com. Has anyone done this before? How did the flowers look upon arrival and did they arrive on time? 
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Re: Ordering wholesale flowers offline??

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    soozy87soozy87 member
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    edited December 2011
    I ordered mine online, but from Sam's Club. I have no complaints and I feel I got a lot of flowers for the price. It does take work, skill and time to make the flowers turn out, but you can do it!
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    Sue-n-KevinSue-n-Kevin member
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    edited December 2011
    I made the following entry below in response to someone else's question:

    I ordered the 20 piece white rose wedding package from Costco for $399.00. They allow you to change your order if you need fewer centerpieces and want more bouquets, etc. They were LOVELY and lasted over 2 weeks!

    Also, our Costco has a flower kiosk where you can buy lovely bouquets for about $17. I asked at the customer service desk and they have an actual florist who does the arranging. They gave me her phone number. I called her and ordered for pickup, 3 days before the wedding, 9 dozen white vendela roses, 70 stems of white asiatic lillies and 2 huge bunches of baby's breath for $177. When I picked them up I was able to see them in person, they were fabulous! She handed them over in buckets that I kept in the basement so they could bloom more, after adding the floral food. I thought I had an exclusive "in" for a floral source. She told me when I picked these up that she does about 18 weddings a week! I don't know if Sam's has the same type of set-up for local stores.

    Below is the rose centerpiece, with baby's breath. I used green floral foam inserted in the silver vases I got from a local florist going out of business for $5 each.


    This is the centerpiece I made with the Asiatic Lillies (it came with the long grasses) and baby's breath. I purchased "jelly balls" from www.lacrafts.com. Each bag was enough for a 9" tall cylinder vase, they had the cheapest price I could find.


    I made all 10 of the centerpieces the morning before the wedding, then put them in the basement to stay cool.

    I had a lot of the lillies left over, I overbought. But the thing about lillies is that they open upward.......... the bottom flowers open first, then they open up along the stem. You have to have them at least 3 days before the wedding for that to occur.
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    WiscisblissWiscisbliss
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    edited December 2011
    I used fiftyflwoers.com and flowersandfreshness.com I was very happy with both.  They flowers were beautiful and the delivery was right on time!
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    brittanyngreenbrittanyngreen
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    edited December 2011
    Thank you! All of these are really helpful. I'm definitely going to contact the Costco around here and see what they can do!
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