Flower budget

I was actually shocked at the prices of florals!!


I ended up going with a vendor further away and even with the travel charge, she was cheaper than those local to me. I have a large wedding party, we are having a 140person wedding and I want lots of beautiful flowers. What helped save is doing smaller cheaper centrepieces (bud vases and candles) and silk flowers for the ceremony arch which will be repurposed for reception. We are having mostly flowers but some decor and it’s costing us around 3.5k

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We need garlands too, can you please share your florist? Thank you

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Hi,

That sounds amazing! Do you mind sharing the name of the vendor? Thank you so much!

Hi there!

I came around a great florist who's doing the flower arrangement for my 130ppl wedding for

$3,5k which is by far the cheapest I've found based on my needs. I do not have centerpieces because I have harvest tables so it's about $80/table for the green garlands. My bouquet is $200 and my bridesmaids $90.

The florist name is Evyrose and they source everything locally

Ours is around $5500... but much better than the $11000 we were quoted by another vendor. You will obviously need to shop around and figure out what you’re comfortable with and what your expectations are

We were quoted 1700. Budget was 2k. We ordered ... One bridal bouquet one bridesmaid bouquet two boutonnieres one large arch garland. Garland’s for all the windowsills garlands for the cocktail tables greenery for the guest tables all signage greenery signing table greenery and extra vases to decorate

You can try costco as well they have cheaper flowers! but you can find wayyyy cheaper flowers for centrepeices than that

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View quoted message That’s amazing! Do you mind sharing who your florist was?

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That's correct, 4k including centrepieces.

My centrepieces were $75 each, including the cool vase and some candles.

To be honest - I didn't "budget" for anything until I went and spoke with vendors. Instead of "budget" I came up with numbers in my head I was "comfortable" spending. I found lots of vendors worked with me too. When I sat down with my florist to discuss decor as well, she originally laid out my original thoughts for decor at 10k (I almost fainted) and then she helped me bring it down by like 60% while still keeping the same aesthetic so it didn't look cheap.

View quoted message Is that including centrepieces? I honestly don’t have a budget set for it because I don’t know what the prices are like, just trying to get an idea although I should probably have a budget by now

That sounds about right. It all depends on how much you want and what flowers you pick. We picked seasonal flowers and asked for 4 bouquets, 2 bouts and greenery for the table and were quoted around $600 on average. We got a steal at $425 with a small florist, so it can vary. You’ll really have to shop around to get an idea of what they’re quoting in your area.
You can get creative and buy in bulk, get quotes from grocery store or greenhouse florists, get a direct quote from a flower farmer and have your entourage build everything. It all depends.

I probably have a higher budget? I’m spending 4K on florals. This includes all bouquets, boutonnières, floral wristlets for the moms and grandmas and florals for the head table.


It’s expensive - especially in the city!