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Hallo
I'm hoping to do my daughter's wedding flowers myself and would really appreciate some help.
She gets married this time next year so I though now was a good time to look into what's available. She's having a vintagey style theme and wants the flowers to look very English and traditional. We live in Brighton but the wedding will be in Shropshire so I could use either area to source the flowers.
I will need around 20 bunches to include
1 large hydrangea, some roses, snowberries, single stem chrysanthemums, lime hydrangea and some greenery such as eucalyptus, white dill, ornamental cabbage.
I'd like to know the best place to buy these, is there a wholesaler around Brighton that would deliver them to me? Does this mixture sound Ok? Do you know approximately what I can expect to pay for these?
Many thanks for any help, I'm really grateful.

Do you have any experience of creating flowers? I would urge caution in doing your daughter's wedding flowers yourself, it is a huge undertaking and will mean you are tied up for most of the day before the wedding and for some time in the morning of the wedding, plus more time earlier in the week with conditioning the flowers. I had a bride recently whose 'expert flower arranger' mother in law created her table centres. She called me in tears the evening before the wedding as they were not the colour she wanted, not the style she wanted and were actually too big to fit on the tables, totally did not go with the bouquets we had created for her, despite her having had detailed discussions with MIL about what she was going to create. No disrespect to you, but it does so often end in tears when friends or family get involved, and by the time it's reached the day before the wedding it is way too late to do anything to rectify the situation.

Hiya
I'm with Rosa on this one!
Your daughters wedding day is one you should enjoy and remember with fondness. Even as an experienced florist I would pay someone else to do the flowers for me. Those few days leading up should be spent having your nails done and enjoying the memorable moments you have supporting your daughter on her special day.

If you decide to take it on yourself you need to be prepared for a lot of stress! Just sourcing suitable materials, conditioning and storing them is a feat on it's own if you don't have the necessary facilities or a supplier you can trust.

I would seriously recommend talking to an experienced wedding florist who will be happy to help you. You have time to shop around and find someone that will be able to accommodate your requirements and work within any budget you may have.

I suspect the consensus here will be the same from us all!
If you do decide to go ahead just bear in mind the time aspect you will need to forgive. If you're planning just the venue flowers you will need to say goodbye to the 2 days leading up and the morning of the wedding. If you take on the bridal flowers, bouquets and buttonholes etc, you really will find it difficult not to spoil what should be a momentous occasion for you and your daughter.

Good luck!

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Good morning Maxiewaxie.

Please consider contacting a florist to design and create your daughters perfect wedding flowers. As said by those before, your time is precious in the days leading up to your daughters wedding day and I believe they should be spent enjoying the moments, not stressing about her wedding flowers.

Even for my own wedding, apart from choosing what I wanted, I had no part in their creation.

Wishing your daughter and future son-in-law every happiness for the future.

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I am afraid Maxie I have to totally agree with Rosa Alba.

It can be a recipe for disaster. As the Mother of the Bride you will definitely have enough to contend with especially as the wedding is not going to be in your "home town".

If you have the flowers delivered to your home how will you transport them either made up or in wraps to the venue? Flowers are quite bulky. Secondly if you make them up at home are they going to last until the actual day? If you make them up in Shropshire, do you have anywhere to store them?

I do urge you to think about visiting a professional florist locally in Shropshire. Firstly they will probably know the venue and secondly they can give 100% of their attention to the flowers whereas you will have other things to contend with on the day.

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LilyLady


Lily's Floral Design

Hi Maxi
Have to say I agree with the others on this. My busines partner and I did her wedding flowers this summer and it is totally different to doing a wedding you are not involved with. We started on the Tuesday and finished setting up at about 6pm on the Friday. All the time I was worried that she would be too tired to enjoy the wedding itself. Admittedly there were an enormous amount of flowers. You also spend a lot of the wedding itself checking the flowers. Its much better to get someone else to do the flowers for you, even if you dont want a proffessional florist, maybe a friend could do them. But do remember you do get what you pay for and imo its the flowers that make a wedding and transform the reception area. I think the fact that you would not be doing the flowers from home would make it even more difficult. I think it would be far better to get a florist to do them for you.

I Agree With The Rest Too Use A Professional Florist Its Much Easier As We Have Done So Many Weddings We Know What Were Doing And You Can Spend Time Relaxing And Having Fun With Your Daughter.

I have to agree, I'm afraid. Flowers are the sort of thing that make people think 'aww, it can't be that hard!' but actually are extremely difficult to get just right. For a wedding, even just right isn't good enough, only perfection is good enough and only a professional florist can achieve that on budget, on time and on an even mental keel!

Best wishes to your daughter and yourself for a lovely day.

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Hello maxi welcome

I can't add very much that others haven't already said. Everyone has suppliers in their area, that they trust implicitly. But even as a florist, I wouldn't be happy using a supplier at the other end of the country for an occasional so important, such as a family wedding.

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Sarah Creating Bespoke Wedding Flowers Cheshire

Absolutely agree with everyone else,

Weddings are so stressful and to do your daughters would be 10 times the stress level.

As Mother of the Bride you should be spending the day being pampered and enjoying being with your daughter, not getting broken finger nails and rose thorns in your fingers, and hand that won't come clean.

I've been a proffesional florist for nearly 20 years and I would definately seek out the services of another florist to take this pressure away from me if it was my Daughter's Wedding.