How do you find wedding flowers on a budget? Easy! Visit friends’ gardens looking for the color you want the day (mid morning is best) before the event, put the cut stems in cold water immediately and store them in a cool place until you are ready to arrange them.
A friend’s son got married this week, and I guaranteed I could provide the wedding flowers on a budget. The bride and groom did not want bouquets, just flowers for a few vases on the tables. That made it simple for me. The biggest problem I encountered was that the colour theme was blue and silver. Any garden or flower lover will know that blue flowers are rare, and silver nonexistent. Lucky for me I had blue delphiniums blooming in my own garden this week and a few Gardens4u clients that also had blue blooms to share.
Silver was a whole other problem; thank heavens for spray paint! To add silver accents, I painted ferns and baby’s breath for the vases, and dusty miller and ornamental grass for the large arrangement at the front door. If you decide to try this trick, be sure to use lots of newspapers or other materials to cover everything in the vicinity of the painting process. Spray paint gets everywhere!
The vases for the guest tables were tiny, silver, and small-mouthed, so I used appropriately scaled-down sprigs of flowers…
with larger blooms reserved for regular-sized vases on the head table and the gift table…
Weeks ago I planted blue lobelia and white dusty miller in an insert that fits into a plant holder to act as a “welcome sign.” Last evening I spray-painted the dusty miller as well as a chunk of ornamental grass I chose for some height…
Voila, wedding flowers on a budget. The total cost was a measly $62. Some may say I have a green thumb, but today I am sporting a silver one!
REALLY WELL DONE Lori! Thank you so much for your creativity and good heart to volunteer. You are a true friend.