Personal flowers: a wedding guide
Some flowers are held or worn. The bride's bouquet is held.
When couples book this
About 9 months before your wedding.
Still deciding the wedding
Your wishlist
Answer these before you meet anyone.
What color palette and style are you picturing?
What bouquet shape do you love?
Want a toss bouquet?
Comparing your options
What to ask each one
How are out-of-season or unavailable stems handled?
How it’s usually priced
Usually priced per arrangement.
Possible extras: Delivery (per drop-off location).
Booked and settling details
What you settle once booked
Color palette & style
Bouquet shape
Toss bouquet?
Where and when do personal flowers arrive?
Who pins boutonnieres and corsages?
Preserving the bouquet afterward?
Who clears the flowers at the end?
Who takes flowers home, and which ones?
Names and arrangements. Vases that belong to the florist usually stay — worth writing down which are which.
What to look over
Correct these details as needed.
Pieces needed
The week of the wedding
The day-of sheet
Confirm arrival, finish, who to call, access, a meal, and what is due.
Across the whole day
Choose which moments to include.
- Personal flowers delivered
- Boutonnieres & corsages pinned
For businesses
The brief a couple sends you has these sections:
- The day
- Design
- Pieces
- Logistics
- Contacts