Wedding Flower Budgets
I thought it might be helpful to do a quick summary of example wedding flower budgets and what you can expect to receive from us within your budget.
There is a lot of flexibility when it comes to sorting through a budget for your wedding flowers. It’s important to know, as a couple, how important fresh flowers are for your wedding day – you may feel flowers aren’t a central focus for your day or you may feel your flowers are ‘the thing’ that will bring your unique day to life. Also, give some consideration to your venue: does it need the additional decor florals provide or is it a beautiful venue itself and you don’t need to go over the top?
As a good rule of thumb, we suggest your floral budget account for 10-15% of your overall wedding budget. If, on the other hand, you are looking for Pinterest-worthy, abundant design, we would suggest allocating 20-25% of your total wedding budget. Most of our couples spend between $$7,500-$15,000 but some spend less or budget more based on your preferences. Remember, it’s your day and the day should reflect your taste and style.
Below is by no means a complete list. Like everything else wedding-flower-related there are so many ‘what ifs’ and ‘except this’ scenarios. The following is meant to be a rough guide to help you plan which items could be covered within a your price range.
$1,500 – $5,000
If you are one of our amazing couples eloping to Utah for an intimate/private wedding. This will cover off all personal flowers (bouquet, boutonnieres) as well as allow for some table decorations at the reception. We would suggest smaller arrangements on each table or a collection of bud vases and feature blooms to fit within the budget.
Or, instead of table flowers, this could allow for a large floral feature at the ceremony (perhaps an archway with florals) or the reception (perhaps a hanging foliage installation with a few pops of flowers throughout)
$5,000-10,000
This Price range falls under our typical full service weddings -This budget could cover the personal flowers as well as a feature element at the ceremony or the reception. It can also cover off table centerpieces, candles, other table decorations, or table garlands.
This is an ideal budget to cover all significant parts of your wedding day flowers and be lovely.
$10,000 – $15,000
Most often this includes personal flowers, a ceremony floral feature, an installation at the reception, as well as centerpieces and/or garlands for the tables.
This might include, ceremony backdrop, aisle flowers, centerpieces, floral fireplace mantel feature, stairwell floral feature, chandelier floral feature, candles, and more.
$15,000+
With this budget, we are often looking at a collection of personal flowers, large statement / impact pieces at the ceremony (for example, urn arrangements or an archway PLUS aisle flowers OR a feature chuppah installation). For the reception, the budget could allow for a hanging feature as well as flowers and candles for the tables. Everything you can imagine on a grander level.
It’s almost impossible to provide all the details on each and every budget because every couple’s wedding is unique. The above looks to provide some guidance on what items can be accounted for within a budget.
You’ll note we haven’t mentioned lots of the smaller pieces so often requested – flower crowns, cake flowers, rose petals, gift table arrangements. There are literally hundreds of permutations and combinations so we have left these out to try to keep things simple.
Also, prices will vary quite a bit depending on the number of flowers used and how many premium blooms are to be included. Peonies, Toffee Roses etc. are more premium flowers and the budget needs to account for this.
It’s also important to be aware labor charges can vary dramatically as well – each venue has its own rules on when we can set up and when we need to pack down. All of this has an impact on costs for the day.
From our perspective, we are super excited to work with couples regardless of their budget. We have an $2,000 minimum spend and are always happy to provide suggestions on where the money is best spent, where to get ‘the most bang for your buck’ at your venue and how to make the greatest impact on the day.
Finally, remember every florist prices differently and it might be that florists in your area charge more for some items than we do. We’re simply looking to provide this as a guide to help manage expectations, rather than as a bible for the purposes of a formal quote. For more info, see our Budget Calculator. Tap the link below.
