Decor

Yeah all of that is normal. The only thing is you could cut out ceremony decor? For reference my bouquet was $275, I paid $100 per bridesmaid bouquet, $20 per boutonnière, $40 per corsage, and $160 per centerpiece.

I was quoted $1,400 roughly for pipe and drape for our reception. Bridal party florals are costing me just shy of $1,000 (she’s new to the business so it’s very discounted). For all you were quoted, it’s very reasonable.

Overall for all florals we’re paying around the same as you. I agree with pp, you could cut ceremony decor. Honestly I’m debating on doing the same. We’ll only be at our church for an hour and they already have flowers at the alter, so I may cut decor there to save money.

I mean it’s up to you what your priorities are but for me this would be too much to spend on florals. I’d probably cut down on the ceremony room decor and sweetheart table stuff

I personally would DIY the guest tables even if it’s buying prearrangements from grocery store floral or farmers market. I think you could save big there with little effort. The other items sound reasonable.

It seems normal to me. Flowers are definitely one of the biggest costs in my wedding. However, I am opting to make my own centerpieces in an effort to cut some costs. No flowers on the table and I'm doing a cute wineglass/ sand thing that's completely DIY and cost me no more than $30 for 12 tables.

This is actually very reasonable. I wish I could find someone in my area around that price.

I'm having my wedding on a tiny little island in the Caribbean where apparently flowers are very expensive to import... I was quoted $6095 for flowers and decor. Obviously I'm not doing that so now I'm looking at dried and artificial flower arrangements on Etsy... they're actually surprisingly not bad. Even really good.

Pricey in my world but not others. My centerpieces are a vase with a candle and some stones around it, flowers petals from Sams Club, and votives furnished by venue.

You can repurpose your bouquets as decor for your sweetheart and guest tables. That’s what we’re doing and it’s a nice way to save some $$$

That's way too expensive for me. What I can say the only things thats driving that price are your flowers. If flowers are important to you go for it! If not, find alternatives.

Yeah, the pricing is normal. I’m a flower farmer and love flowers more than most, but would never spend this kind of money on JUST florals for my wedding. I’m sure it will look beautiful...and if you have the money for it, then go for it. Flowers are going to die a few days later and that isn’t going to be what people remember from your wedding.

I think seeing it as a package as you've displayed sounds reasonable.

Yes we too are reusing the bridesmaids bouquets on our sweetheart table...bc they will only need them for down the asle and pictures. We are also using 2 of our larger flower arrangements at the alter and then the flourist is going to transport them to the reception to frame the 2 corner tables in the room. Then finally we decide to not use floral arrangements for each table. Half the tables will be floral arrangements and the other half will be candle arrangements with flower petals sprinkled around. The prices are crazy so wherever you can do to ontain some savings I would seriously consider it. Good luck with everything.

Seems pretty normal to me! You could save a bit more I guess by doing them all short rather than y’all for guest tables

I think these are totally normal prices, even a little lower than I've seen before. You can ask for cheaper flowers for the different decor items (like use something less expensive for the sweetheart table, cake table decor, etc.). In my experience, the florists are definitely willing to work with you and would be willing to accommodate your budget! Ask for different suggestions or recommendations or maybe using greenery instead of flowers in certain areas would be cheaper.

Not sure where you are located, but the pricing for some of these things look a little less than the average I was getting in Southern California.


Definitely agree with pp about tall/elevated centerpieces. Making them all short centerpieces and even mixing in non-floral centerpieces (such as candles or lanterns) might help your budget.

That’s a fair price. Our prices differed just a few dollars for some items. I’m repurposing my table centerpieces by lining the aisle and ceremony space. All I had to pay for was 20 dollar acrylic pedestals to make them taller.