How to budget for your wedding flowers
It is important to prioritise your wedding flowers
Your wedding flowers will be one of the most expensive elements and investments you make on your wedding day. They set the tone, create the atmosphere and bring to life and add colour to your wedding vision. As soon as you have set your date and found your venue, you should begin looking for your florist / event design firm to begin planning your floral landscape. Planning early to ensure that your florist/design firm is involved with setting the theme and colour palette for your wedding day.
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Understanding your flower budget is essential when planning your wedding day. We suggest as you begin to plan, noting what is important to you, where you want to focus your main wedding purchases. Many couples create large guests lists, book expensive venues, amazing photographers, using their budget up before even considering all the pretty they want to bring to their wedding day, including their wedding flowers. Their budget is all used up and their dreams of a fabulous wedding with oodles of details have flown out the window.
Being realistic with your floral budget will help you understand what you will receive and how far your budget will stretch.
Industry standard not what it used to be!
The industry standard has always been that you a lot 10% of your overall wedding budget towards your wedding flowers. Meaning that a couple with a $85,000 wedding should assume their florals will be in the $8500.00 range. However, if you have a high expectations and flowers are a big priority for your wedding day, then you really should consider and allocate 20% towards your wedding flowers. $8500 is not the same as it was two years ago. We here at Sue Gallo Designs as we handle all things pretty, suggest couples invest up to 25% towards their flowers and decor. This includes your wedding flowers, signage, table top details such as fine linen, charger plates, candle decor, table numbers, paper products and even furniture rentals.
It is important to remember that this is just a guide line. Everyone prioritise flowers differently. Some love flowers and have to have them everywhere, while others, only have them because they need too. Then there are those couples who want a lovely day, and flowers are just as important as the celebration they are hosting.
Be realistic!
I can not stress this enough. You need to be realistic with how far your budget will stretch. So, if you have a 300 guest wedding, a large bridal party of 14, want flowers at the church, and everywhere at the hall - a $5000 flower budget isn’t going to be enough.
Based on SGD’s base pricing and basic needs, lets break this down to understand a little clearer.
Your Bridal Bouquet $350.00
7 Female Attendant’s Bouquets @$150.00 = $1050.
8 Boutonnieres @$30.00 = $240
Ceremony Flowers - Arch $1500.00, Aisle Entrance Florals @$500.00 = $2000.00
Small Centerpieces for 30 Guest Tables (seating 10 per table) @$75.00 = $2250.00
Repurposed Ceremony flowers for your head table
Delivery / Installation Fees @$2061.50
Taxes $1033.69
Grand Total $8985.19
Budgeting expectations here at Sue Gallo Designs
Working with a full service event florist and/or design firm, you are contracting us to customise your wedding flowers based on your wishes, desires, needs and personalised style. You should expect to pay more than if you were to purchase your wedding flowers at a local flower shop.
While we do require a minimum spend of $7500 before our services fees and taxes, an average Sue Gallo Designs wedding will range between $15,000 and $25,000.
I have outlined SGD’s base pricing below.
Bridal Bouquets $350
Attendant’s Bouquets $150.00 + up
Flower Girl Posies $50 each. / Floral Crowns $50 each.
Boutonnieres $30 each.
Corsages $50 each
Floral Arches $1500 + up
Chuppah $2500 + up
Lrg. Ceremony Arrangements $350 + up
Lrg. Floral Installation Pieces $5000.00 + up
Cocktail Petite Floral Arrangements $50
Small Floral Arrangements $75
Med. Floral Arrangements $100
Large Floral Arrangements $150.00
Elevated Floral Arrangements $250 + up
Foliage Garlands $25 per foot
Flower Garlands $35 per foot
Floral Table Runners $100 per foot
Lrg. Statement Floral Arrangements $250 + up
Ceiling Installations $5000 + up
Working with our clients budgetary requests
Every couple prioritizes what is important to them, and how they wish to use their wedding budget. Understanding this important detail is one of the first things we chat about with our potential clients. Know that is important to them, and what they are comfortable spending is essential to the planning process.
Let’s talk some more …
We are now booking for our 2024 wedding season. Let’s chat some more about your wedding, your wedding flowers and all things pretty and your budget of course! Take a moment to fill out our intake form so we can get to know you and your wedding a little bit better. Looking forward to hearing from you!