Average Cost of Wedding Flowers
Weddings can be rather expensive, as can be all the various decorations that go into making it a very beautiful and memorable occasion. Saying this, it can be expected that the cost of flowers can be very high. Unless you have your own well-maintained garden to pick flowers from, expect to pay at least a few hundred dollars for nice floral arrangements, even when using silk flowers. According to the Bridal Association of America, the average cost of flowers at a wedding is around $700.
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National Retailers
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FTD and 1-800-flowers for real flowers. Silk flowers can be obtained at craft stores or large department stores with craft sections like Michaels and Target, respectively. Prices for a single centerpiece start at roughly $40 at these stores. This is equal to about $400 for a wedding of about 100 people, where 10 people are situated at each table.
Local Retailers
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Area stores may be able to provide flowers that suit your taste, especially if you want a wedding that reflects the area in which you live.
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Significance
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The type of flower you use may have a special meaning. If you want your wedding to have a certain theme like passion, using roses, which are grown year round and relatively inexpensive may be a good thing. If your theme is joy, you may want to use the relatively more expensive gardenias.
Features
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The type of flowers you use dictate the price. The more exotic and seasonal, the more expensive. For instance, peonies which are available generally only in late spring will often cost more than roses.
Price Reduction
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To decrease your flower spending, consider using small bouquets mixed with fruit for the centerpieces and real flowers for the boutanniares, bridal and brides' maids bouquets, and corsages. Also, buying flowers on-line through Costco.com and Freshflowers.com and doing the arranging yourself can help to reduce costs as well, according to Cost Helper.
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