Planning a wedding is not for the faint of heart.
It can be very rewarding and very anxiety provoking all at once.
The bride and her mother are usually the ones where a significant amount of the planning lands hardest on.
Rule number one for planning a successful wedding is to select the right "team" of service providers and vendors.
You can't really say one aspect is more important than another but sometimes we tend to give short shrift to certain areas in favor of another.
Wedding florist shouldn't be overlooked or underestimated because they are an essential member of a successful wedding team.
Flowers are flowers, right? Wrong.
Flowers are the ties that bind the different parts of a wedding into an unforgettable experience.
Think about the venue for your wedding.
Perhaps it's both an indoor and outdoor event.
How does one go about linking an indoor space with the outdoors and making one area seem expansive and the other area cozy? Floral arrangements and designs are the only way this flow can be seamless and inviting.
Wedding florists are all about the big picture.
They have to connect your concept to reality.
These flowers appeal not only to the sense of sight but also the sense of smell.
Certainly, the food selection tantalizes the senses similarly but not to the scale which floral décor does.
Florists are a unique breed in that they are trained to some extent in the arts but the successful ones are self taught through experience.
They have spent hours working with different plants and flowers in various settings with sometimes extreme temperature variations.
They know what flowers will last through an all night long wedding party and which will be breathtaking during a two hour ceremony.
They also have to consider what many guests might be allergic to and use these flowers sparingly or avoid them altogether.
When interviewing your wedding florist, ask direct questions about their training, their past experience, their successes and even some of the mistakes that they have made.
To have endured for any period of time in this highly competitive business, a capable wedding florist will have no problem being quizzed.
In fact, you may also find that their temperament and outlook are very compatible with your style.
Ask for client references.
Some may not provide this information but it is important when seeking the right wedding florist for the job at hand.
If you do obtain references, be sure to ask if the wedding florist produced reliability but also within budget.
You don't want financial surprises.
Florists have great leeway when it comes to charging for their flowers and their services.
You will want to know that the price quoted is the price on the bill.
There is no such thing as a perfect event.
All events have issues and problems.
The goal is to limit some and avoid others entirely.
You can achieve this with a reliable team of professionals of which the wedding florist is an essential member.