Using Garden Flowers for a Wedding

Recently a local bride contacted me on short notice and asked if I could do flowers for her wedding. I have never done wedding flowers for anyone before besides a groom’s dinner. I love weddings and flowers so thought why not! I watched a few videos and looked up some tips, practiced a bit and then got to work. I made 8 centerpieces, 1 bouquet for the bride, 2 bridesmaids bouquets and 4 boutonnieres. I have never made a corsage before, so I told the bride I would not be comfortable providing this on short notice. I hope to practice to be able to make corsages in the future. I wish I would have taken photos during the process of making these beautiful arrangements, but only did right before pickup!

The bride requested a mint green and peach color scheme for her flowers. I picked peach colored dahlias and zinnias from my garden. The dahlias and zinnias alone were not enough to create centerpieces, a bouquet for the bride, bridesmaids and boutonnieres. I went to Trader Joes and picked up two dozen white roses, two dozen peach roses, 1 bunch of white spray roses, 1 bunch of wax flower, 2 bunches of silver dollar eucalyptus, 2 bunches of seeded eucalyptus, 2 bunches of baby eucalyptus, 1 bunch of ruscus, and 2 bunches of peach carnations. Since this was short notice I was not able to order flowers ahead. I will do this in the future as let me tell you, peach roses are very difficult to find this time of year! I found them last minute after calling many stores and am so happy I did because they make everything pop! For supplies I picked up floral wire, floral tape, ribbon for the bouquets, and Crowing Glory flower spray. I have heard about this stuff before. It helps keep flowers preserved and last longer. It really is all the rage and my flowers were looking just as good or better the next day.

For the bridal bouquet I used a beautiful peach tone Cafe Au Lait dahlia in the center. Cafe Au Lait dahlias are super popular in bridal work and I can see why. I wrapped the brides bouquet with a lace ribbon and pinned with faux pearl pins. For the two bridesmaids bouquets I used a peach velvet ribbon and also pinned. If there is one thing I wish I did different, it is the seed eucalyptus. I would place it lower in the bouquet so it does not take away from the flowers.

I have only made boutonnieres once before. They are so fun and surprisingly easy to make! I started with a rose and poked floral wire through the base of the rose then wrapped around the stem and tapped with floral tape. I then cut a piece of seeded eucalyptus and taped the stem. For the groom, I added in a few carnations. For the father of the bride, I used a collection of spray roses, wax flower and eucalyptus.

I love how everything turned out and the bride did too!

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