Help with flower budget

teamstac

Good morning ladies,

I've read alot about the appropraite amount to budget for flowers and now I'm interested in actual budgets of central Ohio brides that are using florists.  I'm not looking at DIY flowers at this time.  Would you be willing to share with me your budget and what that includes (i.e. how many bouquets, boutonnières, coursages, centerpieces, etc.)?  Any help you can provide is much appreicated.  Thanks!

GApeachOH

I am using silk flowers and having them made.
I am having 8 centerpieces
1 Bridal Bouquet
2 BM Bouquets
All for $555. I am including my own vases and bouquet wraps. So, that cut the costs.
When is your wedding?

ETA:
I am doing so more DIY flowers too. My cost will shoot up at least $100.

stanzi113

Mine is probably on the high end, but i was really happy that my florist was willing to bring in the exact flowers i wanted.  Our floral budget is $2100.

We have 17 centerpieces, head table, 5 Bridesmaids, my bouquet, 4 mothers & grandmothers, 8 boutonneires, church florals, and assorted scrap florals for cocktail tables.

So its a lot.

Kate2dance

Our cost for flowers was about $1250.00. All white flowers for everything. It includes my big bouquet with sparkles (yay!), and they are adding a couple important rings to it for me, 4 BM bouquets, 2 awesome modern-looking stands to go on both sides of the alter with big fluffy white hydrangeas, vases for each bouquet to display at the reception, and a medium-sized white hydrangea floral arrangement on every guest table (appx. 15 tables) in a cool square vase. 

We were going to rent candles and stuff from them too, but quickcandles.com is SOOOO cheap to just buy them. We are ordering 72 square holders and 72 votives. So, our flower total *could* have been more, but we decided not to get candles from them. Also, that price includes tax and the florist sets things up AND takes things down so we don't have to worry about it. We could've saved money doing it ourselves but we just didn't want to worry about it or breaking something (knowing my luck!).

Good luck! Flower shopping was one of my favorite things because I LOOOOOOVE flowers!

tiffanydaniels

We are doing our own silk flowers, and ours are going to cost around 250 for 1 bridal bouquet, 6 bridesmaid bouquets, 1 flower girl basket with flowers and toss bouquet. 

Our centerpieces we are doing 1 dollar glass vases we go on clereance at Michaels and fill it with water beads and a floating candle. 

Combs132

I'm doing 1/2 DIY and 1/2 designer through Flowerman.
For 1800, I am getting:
1 bridal bouqet
8 BM bouquets
7 corsages
16 boutonierres
2 altar arrangements
16 centerpieces
1 toss bouquet
cake flowers

csh96

I spent less than $600 for my bouquet (included roses, hydrangia, peonies, freesia), 3 bridesmaid bouquets (roses, gerbera daisies, green berries), 4 corsages, flower girl pomander ball, 9 bouts, 6 centerpieces that were 3 vases with submerged orchids each, then 7 tables had rose tips in votive holders, plus roses and rose petals for the cake.  The florist also put extra flowers on the head table and table that held the escort cards.  I thought it was a great value for everything we got!

teamstac

Thanks so much ladies for your responses!

My date is October 27, 2012 and I'm definitely interested in seasonal fall flowers.  Please, keep your responses coming!