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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:

See a sample brief