Of course, there are many variables when it comes to getting the cheapest flower for a wedding. One of the most important considerations is the season. Spring and summer are the best times to have a wedding because there are so many flowers in season. The price of most flowers is also lower so the cost of wedding flowers in June will be considerably lower than in the winter months.
Another month that promises the highest floral cost is February. Especially if you are using roses. During the first two weeks in February leading up to Valentine’s Day, the cost of roses and flowers, in general, can triple in cost. It is almost impossible to even find a florist that would consider doing a wedding during this time.
Providing a florist with greenery such as boxwood, ivy, magnolia leaves, or fern cut from a private garden is a great way to save on floral cost. Also, consider using cuttings from a potted plant. Purchase them at a local nursery and plant them after the wedding.
Growing your own flowers is a good way to get the cheapest flower for a wedding, but be careful as the unpredictable weather is sometimes difficult to work around.
Check with your local botanical garden to see when they will hold a public floral sale. They always have amazingly beautiful flowers at great prices.
Check with Costco or other online wholesale companies. They have great prices and will ship to your door. You can do your own flowers or find someone to do them for you at huge savings.
Try to find a floral designer who is no longer working with a florist. There are many who cannot stand up to the demand in this profession but still have the knowledge and love of the art.
Some nurseries are willing to rent plants for special occasions or you could consider purchasing them and giving them to the wedding party as thank you gifts.
Using tall decorative spiral cut juniper shrubs as centerpieces is a great way to add an artistic element to a buffet table or front of the church. They can be placed long before the event and you don’t have to worry about them wilting. Again, they can be planted in a memory garden or given as gifts.
William and Kate provided us with some amazing ideas in their Royal Wedding. Even though their wedding cost a fortune, their ideas of sustainability can be used to help others cut costs dramatically.
For example, they used live trees, a lot of greenery in their arrangements and only a few cut flowers. Kate chose only her sister as a Maid of Honor and William only had a Best Man. Not only would it be a meaningful ceremony to model their wedding, it would cut hundreds or thousands from a wedding budget not to have many brides, maids, and groomsmen. The dresses, flowers and tux rentals alone could save so much. The cheapest flower for a wedding can often be more beautiful than an over the top wedding.
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