How do you select your flowers, not only will you be carrying them, have them for Grooms button hole, they will be in all your photos and possibly throughout the reception venue.

Well chosen flowers bouquets and buttonholes enhance the atmosphere, colour and fragrance of the occasion and creates a beautiful and elegant environment.

So where do you begin? A few things to consider are colour, season, venue space and how they will complement your ‘theme’.



Let’s look at venue first; think about the space and what flowers would work best be they large assortments or small and delicate. Indoor or outdoor. Window lighting, colour of the walls or carpet can all have an impact on the flowers. I suggest you take a photo of your ceremony and venue location to show your florist. This will help them to guide you with your choices.

Season plays a big role in choices and cost. At a price your florist can ship in non-seasonal flowers however choosing in-season flowers will certainly help reduce the cost and there will be more choices.

Choosing a colour is possibly the easiest step of choosing flowers as you are probably already working to a theme. Will your theme be romantic, rustic, modern, traditional; the choices are endless as you’re your flower choices. Pops of colour will add to the theatre and to your photo portfolio so be careful not to clash with the bridal party colours.

In this photo the bridal couple chose a native theme, relying on the surroundings to provide a delightful backdrop. Their choice to place bunches of native flowers in hessian covered buckets, tied with lace and strategically placed on logs made a fabulous ‘arbour’.