Planning a wedding isn’t easy: there are just so many things to think about. Where to hold the reception, how many guests to invite and what to feed them, finding the perfect dress, what kind of flowers to use. To top it all off, there’s your budget to consider. You are no doubt looking for ways to cut costs, so we’re here to help!
Today we’re focusing on how you can get discounts on your wedding flowers. We’ve got several great and easy ideas in mind, so let’s get started!
Use those coupons.
Nowadays, you can find coupons everywhere, and not just in newspapers and magazines. You can use these coupons to get big discounts on everything related to your wedding, from catering services and gifts for guests to apparel and yes, flowers. You can order your wedding flowers online through coupon sites, or by applying voucher codes found on these sites for places like bunches and serenata flowers when you’re ready to pay for your order. There are plenty of retailers selling flowers online, whether it’s a bunch of flowers you can DIY into a bouquet or centerpiece arrangement, or pre-arranged flowers for your whole wedding party. Sending flowers and gifts is easier when you use online retailers that can provide a convenient Flowers Delivery Sandhurst service to order them. These florists often offer same-day delivery and beautiful arrangements.
Buy flowers in season.
Bear in mind that the prices of flowers depend on the season, so to be able to get flowers at the lowest price possible, make sure your flowers are those that will be easily available on your big day. You can also choose to use flowers that are available the whole year round—these kinds of flowers are priced inexpensively but don’t look cheap at all. Consider blooms such as dahlias, irises, mums, daisies, and zinnias in your bouquet and centerpiece arrangements—you’ll never go wrong with those, and they won’t burn a whole through your pocket!
Choose flowers that are available locally.
This goes hand-in-hand with buying flowers in season. Flowers that are in season and that are locally available tend to have the lowest price because they are easier to obtain and transport. When you go for locally available blooms, you will be able to offset the costs of fuel necessary to bring your flowers from the source to the florist’s and then, consequently, to your wedding venue.
Buy flowers from the source.
Speaking of the source, if you really want to get massive savings on your wedding flowers, it would be best to get them where they’re grown—at a flower farm. Some community-run farms are several hectares in size, while others are smaller and usually run by families. Big flower farms have more options when it comes to flower varieties, while smaller farms usually specialize in a few kinds of flowers. Both sources offer low prices on cut flowers.
Visit a flower district or farmer’s market.
If there’s no flower farm nearby, your next best budget-friendly option is to go check out a floral district or farmer’s market, where flower farms send their blooms and where florists get their stock. You’ll get a wide variety of blooms to choose from, and prices are competitive. These places also have non-floral accents you can use in your bouquets and arrangements, such as foliage, baskets, vases, ribbons, and other décor materials.
