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Now more than ever, brides and grooms are making their ceremonies a true reflection of their individual personalities. Rigid rules for color and type have gone by the wayside. The one place where rules do still apply is chapels and churches. Most religious locations require real flowers on the altar and some want all the flowers in the building to be live. Check with your location to make sure of the requirements.
Here are some general areas to find a wedding flower idea:
- Talk with friends and family
- Consult with a florist
- Bridal magazines
- Garden catalogs
- Library books (gardening, flower arranging, flower identification)
- Colors with special meaning
- Neighbors who garden
- Other ceremonies you have attended
- Botanical gardens
- Traditional holiday flowers and decorations.
- Native flowers for your location
- State Flowers
- Photos of other weddings
- Open air markets
- Paintings
- Advertisements
- Travel Brochures
- Interior Design books and magazines
- Coworkers (everyone likes to talk about their ceremony)
Does a specific flower have special meaning for you? Be cautious of giving too much weight to other people's definitions of flowers. There are some traditional meanings, Roses mean love, and Lilies mean beauty, but a quick search of the Internet will show you that other flowers have as many meanings as you have time to search. If you are going to be wearing you grandmother's or mothers' wedding gown, look at the flowers those two blushing brides chose. Are their heirloom varieties of your favorite flower that would tie into the historical side of your ceremony? You can still personalize your bouquet for your wedding. You can easily add other flowers or copy the arrangement style but not the blooms.
Open your mind to all possibilities for your wedding flower ideas. Strolling through gardens, browsing magazines and talking with friends will all start the ideas flowing. Don't rule out anything at first. A good florist will be able to help you stay on budget and combine everything later. For now, let every idea have merit. For sure, some things will get tossed out or not work, but the seed of the perfect flower might come from something as simple as the neighbors front yard landscaping. Let your imagination run. As long as the flowers have meaning for you, they are the perfect choice.