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How to Choose Flowers for Your Wedding Reception

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Planning a wedding means many, many days of preparation, brainstorming, and stress. Every detail must be considered to preserve the overall theme of the very special day. One of these details would be when you must choose flowers for your wedding reception.

From Quick Guide: Wedding Flowers 101
Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • Internet
  • Floral Decorating Magazines
  1. Step 1

    Search for a variety of bouquets in different floral decorating magazines. Also consider researching Internet websites, or visiting floral shops.

  2. Step 2

    Figure out a color scheme for the entire wedding reception. This will help you decide what type of flowers you need to purchase.

  3. Step 3

    Develop a budget. Plan on how much you are willing to spend on the reception flowers. Consider how much you are spending on the bridesmaid’s bouquets and other floral arrangements for the wedding.

  4. Step 4

    Decide the size and the amount of bouquets you want to be placed in the reception room. For this step, you must consider how much free space you have, and how the size and shape of the bouquets will follow the theme of the wedding reception.

  5. Step 5

    Decide where exactly you want to place the flowers within the reception area. Consider such places as the restrooms, tables, chairs, doorways, or other places that could use a bit of touching up.

Tips & Warnings
  • It is highly recommended that you hire a floral planner for a wedding reception if you are expecting a large turnout.
  • For a nice touch, consider adding vases around the tables with the same flowers you used in the wedding reception. This will add to the overall flow of the wedding reception.
  • Be careful not to overdo the amount of flowers that you want to use to decorate your reception area. Do not overwhelm your guests with flowers.

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on 7/11/2008 Another popular flower choice is to go green and have fair trade certified flowers for your weddings. For more information about Fair Trade Certified flowers please visit www.fairtradecertifiedflowers.org

Fair Trade Certified flowers are now available at a growing number of retailers, both online and in your neighborhood. Remember to Look for the label and ask for Fair Trade wherever you shop!

Online Retailers

1-800 Flowers Online

Organic Bouquet

Sam's Club Online (Wedding Packs available)

Supermarkets Near You

GIANT Food Stores

Shoprite

A&P

Henry's

Heinen's

New Season's Market

Roche Brothers

UKROPS

Elephant Pharmacy

Shibata Wholesale San Francisco Flower Market

Whole Foods Market - sold under the Whole Trade Guarantee

Flag This Comment

on 7/11/2008 Another popular flower choice is to go green and have fair trade certified flowers for your weddings. For more information about Fair Trade Certified flowers please visit www.fairtradecertifiedflowers.org

Fair Trade Certified flowers are now available at a growing number of retailers, both online and in your neighborhood. Remember to Look for the label and ask for Fair Trade wherever you shop!

Online Retailers

1-800 Flowers Online

Organic Bouquet

Sam's Club Online (Wedding Packs available)

Supermarkets Near You

GIANT Food Stores

Shoprite

A&P

Henry's

Heinen's

New Season's Market

Roche Brothers

UKROPS

Elephant Pharmacy

Shibata Wholesale San Francisco Flower Market

Whole Foods Market - sold under the Whole Trade Guarantee

Flag This Comment

on 7/11/2008 Another popular flower choice is to go green and have fair trade certified flowers for your weddings. For more information about Fair Trade Certified flowers please visit www.fairtradecertifiedflowers.org

Fair Trade Certified flowers are now available at a growing number of retailers, both online and in your neighborhood. Remember to Look for the label and ask for Fair Trade wherever you shop!

Online Retailers

1-800 Flowers Online

Organic Bouquet

Sam's Club Online (Wedding Packs available)

Supermarkets Near You

GIANT Food Stores

Shoprite

A&P

Henry's

Heinen's

New Season's Market

Roche Brothers

UKROPS

Elephant Pharmacy

Shibata Wholesale San Francisco Flower Market

Whole Foods Market - sold under the Whole Trade Guarantee

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