Wedding Flower Basics

Every year, as the days get warmer and the summer flowers start appearing, the wedding calls begin pouring in. It starts in May, as June and July weddings loom close and brides start to worry about whether or not they’ll be able to get everything done in time. In preparation for that barrage of phone calls (and to help reassure you that yes, you will get everything done in time), I’m going to write this newsletter about some of the basic things you’ll need to know about ordering your wedding flowers from Flowerbud. If you think you know all of this, bear with me; this newsletter isn’t too long, and you might learn something new.

When to Order: Many of the phone calls that come in are from brides whose weddings are months and months away. While it’s a good idea to plan ahead and check availability, we can’t promise or sell you anything too far in advance. We can guarantee some things, like that Tulips and Roses are available all year, but others are harder to predict. For example, we don’t know yet just how long the Calla Lily season will run, so we can’t guarantee that they’ll be available for July or August weddings. We recommend that you contact us about a month before the wedding to check availability. After that, you can place your order; two weeks before the wedding is ideal.

Placing your Order: Thanks to some hard work from our web team, you can now order all your wedding flowers online. You’ll find a wide selection of bulk flowers in our Wedding Flower Market, including Grand Boxes of Calla Lilies, Mini Callas, Tulips, Lilies, Roses, Irises, and Farmer’s Market Bouquets. The Roses and Irises are recent additions, and we hope to add more types of flowers soon, so let us know if there’s a particular flower you’d like us to offer!

Scheduling Delivery: We recommend scheduling delivery 2-3 days before the wedding. That means, if you’re getting married on Saturday (as most people do), delivery on Thursday is probably going to be best. Wednesday will also be fine for most flowers, but Friday is cutting it a bit close. You want to give your flowers time to recondition and open, and don’t forget to allow yourself plenty of time to arrange them!

When the flowers arrive: Be sure to have several buckets full of fresh, clean water on hand, as you’ll want to put your flowers in water immediately. We’ll send some flower food in the box with the flowers, which you can add to that water. Cut an inch or two off the bottoms of the stems of the flowers, but leave them wrapped in the protective paper sleeve while they rehydrate. The sleeve will help support them and ensure that their stems remain straight and strong.

While I hope all this is helpful, please do check out the Wedding Pages of our website for more information. In addition to our Newsletter Archive, you’ll find care instructions, product information, and helpful FAQs. If you have more questions and don't find the answers there, feel free to contact me directly; I'm here every morning, and always happy to hear from prospective brides, whether you have questions, comments, ideas, or just success stories.

Thanks for your interest in Flowerbud.com, and have a wonderful Summer!

Best Wishes,

Rachel Stephens
rachel@flowerbud.com
Event Flower Specialist
Flowerbud.com