How Much Are Wedding Flowers in 2025?
Budgeting for Your Wedding Flowers: A Comprehensive Guide
Wedding flowers play a significant role in setting the tone and ambiance of your special day. However, they can also be a substantial expense. To ensure your floral dreams align with your budget, it's essential to understand the typical costs of different wedding floral elements. A general rule of thumb to price wedding flowers in our area of Rochester, NY is to take your entire wedding budget and multiple by .08 to .10, wedding flowers are 8-10% of your total budget for your wedding typically.
Key Floral Components and Their Costs
Bouquet: The centerpiece of the bride's ensemble, bouquets can range from simple and elegant to extravagant and cascading. Costs can vary widely based on the types of flowers used, their seasonality, and the complexity of the arrangement.
Average cost: $200 - $300
Boutonnieres and Corsages: These small but essential accessories for the groom, groomsmen, and parents often complement the bridal bouquet.
Average cost: $15 - $30 per boutonniere, $20 - $50 per corsage
Ceremony Décor: This includes aisle runners, pew decorations, altar arrangements, and floral arches. Costs can vary significantly depending on the scale and complexity of the ceremony space.
Average cost: $500 - $2,000
Reception Décor: Centerpieces, table runners, and floral arrangements for the head table are the primary components of reception décor. The size of your reception, the number of tables, and the desired floral style will influence the cost.
Average cost: $1,000 - $5,000
Specialty Floral Elements: These can include floral installations, hanging arrangements, or unique floral sculptures. Costs can be quite high, depending on the complexity and size of the element.
Average cost: $500 - $5,000 or more
Remember your florist will also charge for labor and delivery on the day of your event.
Tips for Budgeting Your Wedding Flowers
Prioritize: Determine which floral elements are most important to you and allocate your budget accordingly.
Seasonal Flowers: Opt for flowers that are in season to save money. This is where we specialize since we are a flower farm. Importing flowers can get expensive and out of season florals and weddings are often more expensive in the flower department.
Some Flowers are Simply More Expensive: Flowers like peonies, and roses are bridal staples. Any way you look at it these flowers are just more expensive per stem. If you are looking to save, consider other flowers, or ask for more filler and just a few of these key flowers.
Choose to Pick-up: You can save a few dollars by selecting to pick up your own flowers the day before your event
Ask if your florist can do buckets of flowers: If your florist is also a grower, they may be able to provide you buckets of flowers for you to have your bridal team assemble your arrangements by purchasing your own vases or glassware
Remember, this is you special day— you deserve to have a beautiful event- so yes, there are always ways to save money, but don’t sacrifice what you really want to have because it can change the whole look of your event.
