I don't think flowers are important at a wedding, are they?

[BatShitBuns]

We are getting married in January on a mid-range budget.

I am not fussed about flowers. I cannot think of a single wedding I've been to where I've remembered the flowers.

Everyone else I speak to says the flowers are really important and you need to allocate 10% of your budget for them - 10%!!!!! Can that be true???

We used a wholesaler too. And ordered David Austen roses direct.

Florist did bouquets and buttonholes but me, my mum and my grandma did church, venue etc. We had a lovely day doing them and saved a fortune.

I love baby's breath. A huge bunch of that in a tall jug with some winter greenery or eucalyptus would look gorgeous.

Many hayfever sufferers in my family, including DH, so we had minimal flowers. I just had white a small bouquet (white roses and irises) and the men had white rose button holes. No other flowers.

Posted too soon.... no body noticed/cared/commented on the very minimal flowers.

I didn't even think of hayfever. DH and my DSIS get it very badly as do a few other people who'll be there.

It'll be in January though, so maybe it'll be less bad then

We didn’t have flowers. We had felt bouquets which I loved and if anyone cared they didn’t say. Spend your money on things you will enjoy. Some people spend money on flowers and enjoy having them but to me it seemed a waste of money.

We had florist bouquets and button holes. We also had flowers that I'd bought from Tesco in big vases in the entrance hall and on the registrars desk. They looked lovely.
No one is really paying that much attention to the flowers IMO. Yes the fancy florist arrangements can be very artistic but they aren't the main thing at a wedding no matter what the florists may think. A pretty posy of roses or similar is a pretty posy of roses no matter where they came from or who arranged them.
Your wedding, your budget. Do what you feel is right for you.

They're important IF you like them.

As a wedding photographer I'd say they can really finish off a room, and I'm a sucker for a floral crown and a bold buttonhole. They sort of "finish" the look, if that makes sense.

Nothing wrong with not wanting bog standard wedding florals though. There are so many awesome things you can do with flowers/creepers that look beautiful but don't involve a typical bouquet.

If you're not fussed on flowers, then don't waste your money on them!

It's just one day and the cost of flowers alone could pay for a week's holiday!

I didn't really bother with flowers- just picked up a few potted roses from Waitrose a few days before the wedding. Didn't bother with the bouquet as I didn't want to carry it around all day. I don't think I missed out on anything! Plus it meant friends and family could take the roses home with them and could continue to keep them alive. I didn't like the idea of spending over 500 quid on dying plants xD

@Roystonv

I believe it was triangle nursery. They were helpful in advising us on which flowers would be in season and how open the petals would be etc

The chief mistake we made was getting carried away and ordering far too many flowers!!! But we gave them all away as gifts (keeping a few for ourselves) so having lots worked out in one way. We bought pots / containers from Ikea and that spongy water holding stuff that the flowers go in from hobby craft (think triangle nursery sells it also).

I paid top dollar for flower headdresses for me and bridesmaids.. also the flowers I and they were holding.. also a large flower display on the table where we signed the register...
However I did DIY flowers for the cake table and to generally decorate the large venue
We got all those DIY flowers from ASDA and also got a ton of jam jars and some glass jugs to put them in from there...
It was a rustic themed wedding however in a large mill building in a rural setting... so I think I did get away with the DIY flowers looking like they had been part of a 'scheme' (even tho I bought them the night before and they were just whatever the nearest ASDA happened to have available!)

Ive attached a pic its not the best but one of the only ones of the DIY flowers where you cant see anyones face sorry! Its from the cake table... we had more of the same flowers about the building, I just mixed up some different bunches of the supermarket flowers

I think they looked pretty and not 'cheap'.... even though they were actually very cheap

DIY flower jars for our engagement party. Only had this pic sorry! But they're in little mason jars with ribbon tied round them

Find a self employed florist and get them flowers from a whole seller. Retail quotes for ours were £2.5k we only paid £600 I’m the end

We’re not bothering. I’m now part way through making bouquets for me and the bridesmaids from ribbons, and maybdonthe same for buttonholes.
Registry office so short service and no need to decorate there, and the reception venue doesn’t need much decoration, part of the attraction of picking it was how it looks as it is. We will have centrepieces, but I’m making them too and they’re non-floral. I am loving the succulent and cacti suggestions though.
As with anything for a wedding, it’s worth the expensive only if it’s worth it to you. So if flowers are your thing then great, if they’re not then they’re not essential.

We got married in December and spent £300 on flowers, which was literally bouquets for me and 3 bridesmaids and then 2 buttonholes. We didn't have any flowers on the tables or anywhere else. My sister spent £2500 on flowers everywhere for her summer wedding and they looked absolutely stunning on the day. But would I rather have the £2200 difference to spend on something else? Definitely!!

I had a bouquet for me, one for my bridesmaid, and then a slim vase on each table with a single flower in each one. Then on the top table a larger vase to put my bouquet in as centrepiece, and the bridesmaid’s bouquet on the table as you entered the reception. Was not expensive, had the flowers I loved, simply but effective.

Oh and did have buttonholes too.

I've only noticed flowers twice and that's because I was a bridesmaid. At one the bride had fake flowers she'd bought from ebay and at the other it was real flowers. I didn't ask them how much they'd spent cos it's none of my business but I don't think even the real flowers were 10% of the budget. For my own wedding I've ordered some gorgeous felt flowers from Etsy and we're getting a buttonhole made for my fiance to incorporate one of his favourite hobbies. Like a PP our theme is "things we like" and has no colour scheme which florists don't always like but, y'know, tough shit to them.

I love flowers and they were a big part of our (autumn) wedding. They looked beautiful and were worth the money and effort in our opinion, but totally get that’s not the same for everyone.

Saying that, I always think wedding flowers for a UK wedding are done best when they’re British and in season, so I don’t know if they would be that important for a January wedding, even for a floraphile like me!

No flowers is absolutely, especially if you're not that fussed. But I ilke the diea of getting a group of friends to do them. A gang of us did the table decorations for my sister's wedding and had a great time

I only remember the flowers from 2 weddings. One was because I know the Bride and her Gran did them all themselves and they looked fab and one because it was valentines and I know they paid a fortune for flowers and they were crap (maybe red roses weren't the best choice). If you're not a flower person I wouldn't bother.