Wholesale flower shops in Dallas area

amc1217

Any recommendations on a good wholesale shop for DIY flowers?  Thanks!

cfibelkorn

Costco or Sam's Club

annielouise

I've heard good things about Central Market as well

MissAngel

If you have a wholesale license (because they ask) The Connection Florist in Fort Worth.  I think you can still buy it there without one, but it's more.

AmberMarieTX

So if you literally buy flowers from a wholesale place like Sam's, do you just set up all the centerpeice arrangements the night before the wedding?

I want the freedom to choose exactly what I want, but I want them to look good.. so it's like I want a florist, but not really.... I'm not sure what to do.

MissAngel

I've seen Central Market do the arranging before.  I'm not sure about Sam's and Costco.  I think you have you take them home and do them.  I think once I called and the lady did free-lance work outside of the Costco and could put them together for me, but charged me a florist price.  Otherwise, we planned on doing it the day before.

The florists I have spoken to give me the freedom to choose exactly what I would have wanted.  I just thought they were pricey, but you are paying for their expertise and craftsmanship and their ability to put flowers together.

amc1217

If you are on a tight budget like I was for my wedding in March, we got $250 worth of flowers from a wholesaler (roses, callas and garden roses) and two friends did the decorating for me the afternoon of the wedding--very simple arrangements.  It was obvious that it was DIY and nothing turned out quite the way I had envisioned it, but the flowers looked nice enough and I was fine with it in light of how much I saved.  But if my budget was less tight, I would probably choose to hire a florist, for one less thing to think about if nothing else.