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Thinking about flowers for your wedding? Having trouble deciding on which flower means that special something to you? Perhaps you already know exactly what you want. Everything is easy smeasy, right?
You've been told, sometimes by your local florist, that you can get your flower or anything you want or need, at any time you want it. The flower does not necessarily have to be in season in your area you've been told, but it is in season somewhere and you can order that flower and have it at your wedding anytime you want it, right? A flower that is not grown here in New York or even the northeast, can of course be gotten from the southwest, or even further south, South America including one of the Americas in the southern hemisphere. That is all very true of course, but what you are not being told is that there can be quite a hefty price attached to receive that very special flower you want. Yes, of course you can have any flower.
Another reason, the florist may say that everything is in season and can be in season all the time is that flowers now rather than 60 or so years ago, have been cross pollinated to present a varied flower, more tenant, an even more exotic flower to the world. A flower that can be grown almost anywhere. Just because this is the case, is that specific bloom going to be within your budget, whether it is purely a victim or cross Pollination or has been blown in from the southern regions of the world? Whether it is science or imported, is the price tag too great for your budget.
When my husband and I were getting married, I'd found a beautiful purple and exotic flower within the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens. Found the name, looked it up online, and found that it would be in season during the summer time, however I had not look to see where it was natively in season, and if it were here in the northeast. Alas, it was not in season in New York City during that time frame and I had chosen a flower that was so exotic, that it was not evem in season in the United States. Getting it from the southern hemisphere was prohibited to our budget.
When picking out your flowers be mindful of what is in season and exactly where it is in season, if you go the route of a florist. The florist can get you anything you want at any time of the year, but be smart and do some research on your own as well.
While compiling the budget for you wedding, you of course can always give yourself breathing room around your segments, so if you run into something like a pesky out-of-season bloom, maybe you can splurge. If you feel it is a bloom you will not be able to live without, then and only then, if you have the money worked into your budget to use for this particular instance, by all means do it. Tell yourself you deserve the splurge and do it, but if you have not, then do not blow the seams off your budget by getting this one item. If you do it for this bloom, you will unduly do it for almost anything else in your wedding purchases. If done repeatedly, you will not be able to call your budget a budget and will start to spend future money on your wedding, which I do not condone.
Here's some tips to keep your cost within budget or lower:
- Do further research, there may be another bloom that mimics your exact flower that is in season within your area.
- Look at your wedding attire, see if there is something in or on it that represents a bloom and go with that one, if it is in season. (That's what happened to me. I revisited my dress' appliqués, which were hydrangeas. Perfect they were in season during June, and in purple.)
- Do you have a theme to your wedding, maybe there is a flower that works perfectly with your theme. (It's probably not the exotic flower you initially had in mind, but it will lend itself to something more reasonably within your budget.)
- Hey! Here's a novel idea; confer with your fiance '. Maybe there is something that could be highlighted that you both like. Maybe you will not even go the flower route. Mmmh!
- Purchase your bouquets from an emerging florist, rather than a big named flower company. (They may be able to not only drop them off, but supervise the handling of the blooms for decorations and handing or pinning them to or on your wedding party.)
- Purchase your bouquets from your local florist shop.
- Purchase your blooms from a local deli. (Do not forget you'll be in charge of making the bouquets.)
- Purchase your blooms from one of the web or phone floral companies. They'll deliver to your door. (Probably the day before your wedding.)
- Purchase from a warehouse or giant florist out in the outer boroughs. (It's great to live in New York City for many reasons and this is one of them.) (If it's from the warehouse: Do not forget you'll be in charge of making the bouquets.)
- (Perish the thought) Silk or flowers made of cotton / polyester. They may not smell like real flowers, but if gotten at the right place, you can have your beautiful blooms forever. (Why not spritz the scent of your choice on your flowers?)
All in all, wedding flowers even though they can expand into ten or more segments within your wedding, they do not have to completely obliterate your budget. With some planning and ingenuity you can stay within your budget and have a beautiful wedding with beautiful wedding flowers. Just think outside the wedding flower box, and win.
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Source by CharLena M. Pearson
