What does a wedding florist do?
You see the beautiful flowers that appear on your wedding day, but sometimes the work that goes into them isn’t always clear so I thought I’d put together a little summary of all the aspects of my job that go into creating your wedding flowers.
Photo by Jessy Papa Savva Photography
Before you book:
Writing initial emails and checking dates
Zoom consultations with couples
Research flower and equipment costings to enable us to put together quotes.
Spend time putting together proposals.
A bucket of locally grown flowers
After you’ve booked:
Plan out the flowers we’re going to use for your day.
Plan logistics and mechanics of creating your flowers.
Sometimes we might do a site visit if we haven’t worked at the venue before.
Create a schedule of the wedding week and hire freelancers as required.
Source and purchase any sundries required (vases, ribbons etc.)
Chat through and update your proposal based on any changes you want.
Have a final consultation call with you.
Flowers being created in the studio
In the run up to your wedding:
Check in with you
Wash buckets
Source and order flowers
Source and prep any equipment needed (sometimes we need to collect hire items)
Condition flowers when they arrive (if we are usually locally grown we often have to go and collect these)
Liaise with other suppliers and your venue to ensure everything runs smoothly.
Create most of your flowers ready for the day
Buttonholes ready to be delivered
On the wedding day:
Pack up the van
Travel to the ceremony and reception venues
Unpack the van
Set up your flowers and create any that need doing on the day e.g. large installations
Clear down any mess created
Deliver the bridal flowers and buttonholes
Help pin on the buttonholes
Often we will stay to move items after the ceremony.
Photo by Jessy Papa Savva Photography
After the wedding:
Travel to the venue again
Clear down all your flowers and compost or recycle any you don’t want
Clean any equipment used (including removing wax from candle sticks etc.)
Wash buckets
Photo by Hannah Macgregor
I’m sure I’ve forgotten some things too! So when you look at your proposal and see the labour cost line, remember that it covers all of the above and may also cover the following:
The cost of additional members of my team that I need to deliver your wedding (this is dependent on the time available to install your flowers and the level of flowers you have chosen)
Equipment hire
Hanging installations for a marquee wedding
Any questions or anything I’ve forgotten?