I badly wanted calla lilies for my bouquet/bridesmaids/buttonholes- however, just been quoted £19-£23 for a calla lily buttonhole - omg!! Didn't wait to find out what the bouquet would cost!
Another florist I've just rang has tried to convince me to go for roses instead as they'll be the cheapest at £90 for a small bouquet and £9 for buttonholes - are these normal prices for flowers? I am actually shocked!!
CommentAuthorb2bnicola
Where are you based? Are they real or fake? If ur from the north east i know an excellent company that do faux flowers and theyre only £5 for a callalilly button hole. Bouquet wise she rangs from £20 - 50 (£50 being like SUUUUUUUUUPER BIG!) I do think theyre very overpriced but it depends where you're based. Nicola x
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CommentAuthorhoneypie
North west - and they're real - H2b has a thing about faux flowers and doesnt want to wear them! :S
CommentAuthorx~Hails~x
SILK all the way!! Much cheaper but still look real if you go to the right ones (I have a few faboulous ones if you want the links) the first lady I went to qouted me £240 for EVERYTHING (MINE, X4 BRIDESMAIDS, 4 SINGLE BUTTON HOLES, 4 DOUBLE BUTTONHOLES, 2 TRIBLE CORSAGES, TOP TABLE ARRANGEMENT AND A THROWING BOUQUET) and they looked soooooo real! so there are good ones out there hunni including real, just depends what you want and your budget!
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CommentAuthorHalebob85
b2bnicola - I'm in norh west. Could you give me the name of the company please.
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I'm sooo glad I didn't have the extra expense of flowers!! A lovely bride on here gave me a gorgeous bouquet & buttonhole as we weren't going to have any as we got married abroad very small intimate wedding!
I would suggest getting a fake bouquet though so you can keep it xx
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CommentAuthorbridalmiss
honeypie check my wall for my florist, she's really reasonable and does great flowers!!!
CommentAuthorSelinaK
Wow, that is expensive!! My grooms buttonhole is calla lilly, think that was £5, my bouquet is £100 approx for calla lillies. The BMs are having roses, think they were approx £60 each, carnations bh for the men £2.50 (and she is doing a silk one for my grandad who has COPD), and then 4 white orchid things for two mums and two grandmas. Altogether it came to less than £300 I think. I would shop around at that. Maybe you could make your own throwing bouquet? It would add a nice personal touch xx
CommentAuthorTotallyLovedUp
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at our local market there is a flower stall that does bouquets. maybe try one close to you and see what they can do x
CommentAuthorTotallyLovedUp
ooh also, you can buy a calla lily plants grow them yourself and make them!! much cheaper and they arent hard to do, especially buttonholes. the tube of you does tutorials x
CommentAuthormadison_uk
im getting my flowers sent to me from Glasgow they are really affordable have put link on your wall and will do what ever you want.
CommentAuthorObsidian_Winter
Madison, can I have that link too? I'm getting married in Glasgow and although we have asked H2Bs aunt to do the flowers it would be good to have a backup :)
CommentAuthorKellyD
thats expensive isnt it. im having white roses and blue delphiniums. im having a shower boquet for £100, my bm's are £35 each, buttonholes £3.50 each and im having two huge pedestals for the church for £45 each x
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CommentAuthorkirstymcc
b2b can you message me your ladies details please xx
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CommentAuthorMrsRowan2be
My heart sank when I saw the topic! Flowers is something I am dreading... I don't have a clue about flowers so have a feeling it will be easy to rip me off. Think I may just stick with roses. but I have been cutting out pictures of bouquets that I like as I know there will be cheaper flowers that could bulk it up.
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CommentAuthorsuzky123
cala lilies will be dear as they are out of season hun x
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CommentAuthorLisaS
i am having the same flowers and i have got my bouque for £33 and the button holes for £5 each - i would defo shop around
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CommentAuthorGazza 122
Our buttonholes are £4 each hun...but they are roses. Have a really good look at faux calla lillies...they dont all look tacky - you can get some lovely quality ones.........what about the foam...have you looked at those?
Im too having either silk or foam roses, with a few crystals and butterflies within (looks a lot better than sounds) Im paying £150 for: 1x bridal 5x Bmaids 3x mums corsages 7x buttonholes
Think £150 is the price, might be slightly more due to adding an extra bmaid. Im having pure royal blue, bridesmaids are having white :)
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CommentAuthorMrs Syla (antonia200
Hi,
Shop around hun, I am paying £450 for fresh flowers All Orchids 1x bridal 5x Bmaids 2 x Floral gift bouquets 3x mums corsages 7x buttonholes 10 Table centres and all Ceremony flowers
A xxx
CommentAuthorheathalyn
Do you have a budget in mind for flowers? lily is my family name so will be having them in the bouquet and on the tables. Will be interesting to see what my ideas cost.. Alot if experience isanything to go by!!
CommentAuthorPB
My flowers are £203 for- 1 brides bouquet 1 moh bouquet 2 wrist corsages 1 handbag corsage 1 mother of the bride corsage 1 top table arrangement 1 cake topper 1 grooms buttonhole 5 groomsmen buttenholes I didn't think that was bad at all xxx
CommentAuthorhoneypie
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my neighbour has a calla lily growing in her front garden, but it just has three flowers on it, not really enough for a wedding!...H2B has suggested a trip to the garden centre to see if I can cultivate my own plants in the next few weeks before the wedding...hmm!
