Wedding Flowers 101

Wedding Flower Arrangement

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Bride

Gone are the days of brides carrying a simple of white flowers down the aisle. Nowadays, you can carry anything you like- from shower arrangements of orchids to a single lily, or you can even sport a trailing wrist corsage.  But to ensure your bouquet is extra –special, follow the three “Fs” – Focus, Filler and Foliage. The focus is your main bloom, such as calla lilies, white roses and so on, the filler will be secondary blooms that harmonise with your main flower, and the foliage is the darker 9often green, silver or brown) finishing touches that will bring the whole look together.

Groom

Traditionally, the groom wears two flowers in his left buttonhole and the bloom tends to match one that features in his bride’s bouquets.

Best man/ Fathers

The best man and father of the bride and groom also wear double bloom in theirs buttonhole- but this can be any flowers of your choice, so long as it’s in keeping with the rest of the bridal flowers.

Mothers

The mothers of the bride and groom traditionally wear a corsage that either matches the couple’s colour scheme, the bride’s bouquet or possibly even their own outfits.

Ushers

Usually, they all wear a single bloom in their left buttonholes.

Pageboy

A pageboy’s buttonhole will usually be a smaller version of the best man’s.

Bridesmaids

Bridesmaids usually carry a bouquet that’s a smaller version of the bride’s or one that contains some of the flowers in bridal arrangement.

Flowergirls

They either carry a basket of rose petals, which they’ll scatter in front of the bride as she makes her entrance.

Grandparents

You don’t have to supply your grandparents with flowers, but it’s a really nice touch to make sure there’s a corsage or buttonhole for them to wear on the day.

Ceremony Arrangements

There are no hard fast rules for this, but many couples have pedestal arrangements 9 normally more than one) of mixed flowers and foliage at the entrance and at the front of the ceremony venue- be in a church, synagogue or hotel venue. You can also have arrangements on every pew end or row of chairs, on columns or walls and on the windowsills.

Reception Arrangements

Many couples arrange for their ceremony pedestals and so on to be moves to their reception venue to save money. In addition, it’s traditional to have table arrangements.

These can vary from the more usual candle and flower oasis centerpieces to floating gerberas in square glass vases or pots filled with seasonal fruit.

The top table arrangement can either be a long version of the other centerpieces, which can stretch the length of the table, or two or three separate arrangements.

Cake

Many couples now choose to decorate their cake with flowers featured either in bride’s bouquet or in the table arrangements. These can be silk, real or sugar flowers.

Gifts

It’s traditional to present the mothers of the bride and groom with a bouquet of flowers as a thank you for all their help and support planning the wedding.