Keeping Budget in Mind with Wedding Flower Packages
Keeping Budget in Mind with Wedding Flower Packages
Weddings are a lovely time filled with love, exciting activities and of course, details! There are caterers to deal with as well as the rehearsal hall, church, reception location, dresses, tuxes and one of the most important details of all - flowers. Flowers are high ticket items for weddings so with your budget in mind, you should really consider talking with your florist about wedding flower packages.
How Many Flowers Do You Need?
The question of the day is how many flowers you need which can be answered by determining who and where the flowers are going to be used. Obviously, there is the bride's bouquet as well as those for the bridesmaids and flower girl. You will also need the boutonnière for the groom, groomsmen and ring bearer. And by tradition, the fathers of the bride and groom get boutonnieres and the mothers and even grandmothers of the bride and groom receive corsages.
You also want to determine whether you plan to have flower arrangements at the altar as well as the pews, the narthex, reception check-in, bride's cake table, guest registry and each table at the reception. Your choices will decide the types of wedding flower packages that are available to you.
‘Tis the Season for Wedding Flower Packages
Before you sit down with the florist to determine wedding flower packages, you should decide what types of flowers you want as well as the colors you are seeking to match with your overall color scheme. You can then present your wish list to the florist who will then break down the pricing for each item in the wedding flower packages.
There are quite a few things that can change in wedding flower packages because of flower availability due to recent weather conditions, the season of blooming and the expense of tracking the more exotic selections down. It is the job of the florist to find favorable substitutions, with your approval, in the event that recent flooding has decimated the carnation crop in Columbia or drought has dried up rose prospects at a rose farm.
Most wedding flower packages are standard and come with the basics such as the wedding bouquet, groom's boutonniere, and bouquets for the bridal attendants and the boutonnieres for the groomsmen. Other wedding flower packages may have an a la carte system where you can pick and choose what flowers you want up to a certain limit. Your requirements will dictate which of the available wedding flower packages you choose.