Who to bring to florist meetings?

dovesweet07

So i will probably be setting up meetings with florists over the next couple of weeks, so I was just wondering who I should bring with me. I'm not a huge flower person and they are not a big part of the budget. I dont know if I should bring my fiance or a girl (like my mom or one of the bridesmaids). What do you think?

blossom2290

I'm not sure how important flowers are to your fiance, but mine had no interest in coming to our florist meeting! I brought my mom. Like you, I'm not a huge flower person either and really didn't even know what I wanted. It helped to have her there because she was more knowledgeable in that area.

october010bride

Fi and I go to all vendor meetings together, the florist was no different and he'd have it no other way. We also brought his mother because we are trying to involve her in the planning and keep her in the loop.

baystateapple

It might be a good idea to not bring your mother.  Some vendors believe that if mom is there, then mom must be paying, and they jack the prices up.  If you want your mom to be involved, bring her, but make sure that you have a strict budget set forth to the florist, and stick to it.  GL!

MelissaWhall

My FI as very little interest in the planning. Fine by me:) I brought my mom and sister. He basically said whatever I want is fine, just show up and marry him:):)

jquirke9881

My hubby could not have cared less about the flowers.  I brought my sister (and MOH) and let her pick out the BM bouquets. 

snoangel79

I just went to one myself and hired him, I'm a pretty quick decider haha. I brought pictures of flowers I like, bouquets and centerpieces etc. Pictures of my wedding dress,venue  and whatever else I had to give him an idea of the style. We have it pretty nailed down. I am all over ebay right now searching for hobnail milkglass for the centerpieces. Using alot of ivory: roses, astilbe(love the feather like look of this flower). calla lily, brown branches, and blue viburnum berries. Colors are ivory, dk blue, brown and some gold.
You could also go to the library and grab some flower books! I love flowers and got obsessed with them a few years ago when I moved into my first place. White Flower Farm may give you some ideas, they have a beautiful website!

Galaxy8227

I brought my Mom with me.  FI had no interest whatsoever in the flowers and I wanted her opinion on things. 

junelley

I am looking for one right now, too, and my FI is coming with me! I have no one else to go with and I fear if I take my FMIL along, she might pick the more expensive arrangements. I am not huge on flowers, either, so this will be a challenging vendor to talk to for me.

Hadley2B

During our planning process, my now husband was interested, but knew that I had it in my head of exactly what I wanted, so my Mom came with me:)

soxgal12

FI wanted to provide input for every vendor EXCEPT the flowers.  He told me to just do whatever I wanted because they really didn't matter as much to him.  I actually ended up just going to meet them by myself since my Mom lives over an hour away and FMIL is in FL for the winter!  I had "clipped" a ton of pictures to give the florists some ideas of what I was thinking and then let them kind of go with it and make suggestions on how to make it unique!  I actually think it was nice having just the 1 on 1 time because it allowed us to go through a bunch of ideas together without having a lot of different opinions getting involved.  I met with only 2 and booked the 2nd one immediately. 

Good Luck!

dovesweet07

Thanks ladies! I asked my FI and he said he'd go but he didnt really know anything about flowers. So i talked to my mom about it today, and to my surprise she told me that she loves flowers! For some reason i didnt know that :-/

I guess I'll try to coordinate with her to go together but she has a crazy schedule, so it might be tough. I think it might be fine to go alone too :-)

Thanks for the advice ladies! Now I have to make the appointments!

MeaghanandMichael

I  personally probably wouldn't be getitng married to a guy who wasn't totally into our wedding, so obviously my husband came along for everything and even set up meetings himself. It is just as much his wedding too. I was going to bring my wedding planner, but she couldn't make it. Funny enough I ending up not having a wedding planner (I realized I could do everything myself) and ended up hiring my florist as my stylist as well.

Shazzie116

I brought my mom and my sister-in-law who was also a bridesmaid. I wanted their opinions and ideas. FI had to work that weekend so he left it up to me, but I showed him the ideas I had beforehand so he knew what was going on.