Florists

Finding a good florist is easy. It is your task to find a really great florist, now that's a different story. Florists, as with many of your other vendors need to be attentive and posses style. Again it is preferable to judge the florist's work through photos of their work. You also may want to contact a recent customer of the florist. Florists may also be attentive enough to have prepared examples for you in advance, based on your colors and budget.

The most important statement for you to make is your budget. Flowers may consume 5-15% of your wedding budget. Knowing the amount of space they need to fill, how many tables, your colors and budget, florists can prepare arrangements to meet your need. Remember that carnations are less expensive than lilies; daises are less than roses. The price differences that you see in purchasing flowers for your general use are similar to what the professional wedding florist experiences.

It is usually best to get a florist who will try to re-use flowers from your ceremony at your reception. To be able to move these flowers, you need to make sure that the florist can move them or have another mode of transportation lined up. Wedding florists also tend to do a better job if they are not overly busy at the time of your wedding. Florists who juggle their time between maintaining a storefront and preparing wedding flower arrangements may be busy during holidays, and events (proms), decide for yourself if this matters. If your wedding florist usually does one wedding per weekend but has three planned the week of your wedding may be to busy to manage your event.