florist perspective - the first meeting

Hello readers!

Today I met for the second time with one of our first wedding clients. T+J are such a delightful couple and after our initial meeting, we went back and forth to figure out what they were looking for in terms of flowers.

We have made a few decisions so far. Their initial colour scheme was purple, green, and white. After looking at a few samples and pictures, we feel that purple, especially dark purple is difficult to match in with trio of lighter colours.

Colour schemes are important for weddings. It is important to remember that flowers are often limited to certain colours unless they are sprayed. For this client, we will primarily be using roses, calla lilies and a few orchids. As wedding flowers, roses and calla lilies are quite popular. The good thing about roses is that they come in so many colours. We found over 700 colours of different roses in one internet gallery. Calla lilies come in a fewer colours, with the most popular being white, dark purple, orange/red, and green.

Calla Lilies

Roses - so many colours (my mind just exploded)

With all that being said, white is a very popular and workable wedding colour; many flowers come in white and white can be matched with almost any other colour. Roses are also great flowers to use as they have such a wide variety of colours. After the meeting today with T+J, we have settled on using fuchsia roses with white calla lilies for the bridal bouquet (purple and white), and white roses + green orchids for the bridesmaids bouquets (white and green).

White Calla Lilies with Green Orchids

So for all you couples out there who are looking for a florist for your wedding, there are some basic questions you want to consider first. What colours do you want to use? Do the colours match? When you have a vision, make sure your florist is receptive to your vision and ideas for your big day. Bring in pictures and samples of what you like or even the exact shades or colours you are considering. With these basic questions and a budget, it will be up to the florist to design something appropriate.