Cost of flowers

edellis · October 2010

How much do flowers generally cost for the entire wedding (bouquets, reception and church decor, etc)? I recently went to a wedding, and the bride's parents spend $8000 on the flowers ($70,000 for the entire wedding). My fiance and I want to stick to a $15,000 budget if possible. So I would like to hear what others are paying, and where you are looking to purchase them. The caterer said she will make recommendations once we decide what kind we like. I really have no idea at this point.

bellebride116 · October 2010

It depends what kind of flowers/arrangements you are looking for... if the flower is in season/not, etc.

JustKate · October 2010

Well, what all are you looking for? For instance, for $199 you could get:
1 Round Bouquet (24 roses with rhinestones in any colors)
1 Boutonniere for the groom
2 Bridemaids' Bouquets (roses in any colors)
2 Boutonnieres for fathers
2 Corsages for mothers
1 Throw away bouquet
1 Tray of Petals

This was just a package that I came across at a bridal show. There are many options. I've seen centerpieces range from about $30 to hundreds of dollars.

Theresa626 · October 2010

I paid a little over 900 dollars for mine including delivery and set up. I had a bouquet of red roses, four hydrangea bridesmaids bouquets, 8 boutonnieres, 2 corsages, 8 centerpieces and 100 red roses that went on the cake. My florist was wonderful, the flowers looked like a platinum wedding but the cost was not! Her name is Debbie Robertson with Atmospheres and I highly recommend her. Most florists will work with whatever budget you give them to try to give you what you want. If you have a creative florist, they can make it work. You can choose flowers that are in season or choose arrangements that look amazing but don't use as many flowers or (like I did) choose flowers with large blooms (hydrangeas) so you don't need as many.

Here's a pic:

Megs30 · October 2010

You might also want to check out Vicki McCullough at Peddles. That is who I am using. She is very reasonably priced and from what I have seen from other brides does great work. She is able to work within or budget and will also make suggestions for alternatives so that it isn't too expensive.

http://www.peddles.com/

eso16208 · October 2010

I'm using InBloom Florist for mine. Not having centerpieces done, but the cost for all of my "personal Flowers" is right around $500. Includes my bouquet, 3 BM bouquets, a FG arrangement, bouts for FI, 2 GM, 2 Dads and 2 grandpas, and wrist corsages for 2 moms and 3 grandmas. They were able to get me higher end flowers (mini calla lillies and orchids) than I was able to afford with Debbie and Vicki. Their delivery fees were also less. A bunch of my friends have used them and their flowers were all stunning.

Debbie at atmospheres does beautiful work, but I had SERIOUS communication issues with her. (she never sent my proposal, after nagging her for 3 weeks she sent it and it was wrong. then she corrected it and the next day informed me that she was booked for a destination wedding on my wedding day.) I feel like she wasted a ton of my time and 1/2 tank of gas.

Getting married on 11/26 and will post pics to Bio shortly after.

ericak926 · October 2010

I spent a little over $1,000 on our floral. This included all red rose centerpieces, ceremony decoration, bouquets, & boutonnieres, and Ivory calla lilies wrist corsages and boutonnieres for the parents/ grandparents.
I met with Debbie and didn't feel that I really hit it off with her. I had scheduled an appointment with another florist and told Debbie I was still shopping around. She said I could have until Friday because another bride had contacted her for the same date but then I get an email from her a few days later saying that she booked the other bride and recommended some other florists. I just thought it was totally unprofessional. I ended up going with Carly Ane's Floral Studio. David Baker is really nice and was a blast to work with.
I have some pics in my bio. (See siggy link)

slmayer1981 · October 2010

My wedding was around your budget and we saved money on flowers by not using them in our centerpieces. You can do a lot with candles, vases, and submersible led lights. We actually used granny smith apples in a tall vase with submersible led lights and marbles. Apple green happened to be one of our colors so it worked out nicely. I was able to sell the vases and lights so I was only out of pocket the cost of the apples and marbles. Also, instead of corsages we gave the grandmothers a single flower with ribbon- much cheaper than wrist corsages.

edellis · October 2010

Thanks guys! you all have gave me some good ideas. Thanks for sharing

Lillatina008 · November 2010

I agree with Theresa..Debbie with Atmospheres is amazing!
We're spending $1570 for Red Roses. we have about 9 Boutonnieres, 4 bms, 1 moh, 5 wrist corasages for MOB , rose petals in a design on aisle runners, 10 tables 5 high & 5 low centerpieces...

I know theres more but I can't think of it right now

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