If you're starting to plan your wedding flowers, you’ve probably already realized that pricing can be a little confusing. You might see a bouquet online for one price, a full wedding floral package for another, and have no idea what your own wedding might actually cost.
The short answer is: there’s no one price for wedding flowers.
Your guest count, flower choices, season, amount of design, and where you want flowers throughout your wedding all play a part.
For couples planning a wedding in Colorado, a floral budget of around $3,000–$7,000 can be a helpful starting point for full-service wedding floral design, depending on the scope of the event.
What goes into a wedding flower budget?
A wedding florist isn't just pricing the flowers themselves. Your floral investment also covers the time and work that goes into designing, sourcing, processing, arranging, delivering, setting up, and cleaning up your flowers.
Depending on your plans, your floral proposal might include:
Bridal bouquets
Bridesmaid bouquets
Boutonnieres and corsages
Ceremony flowers
Aisle flowers
Cocktail hour arrangements
Reception centerpieces
Head table or sweetheart table flowers
Floral installations
Delivery
Setup and teardown
This is why two weddings with a similar guest count can have very different floral budgets.
What affects the cost of wedding flowers?
The number of arrangements
The more individual pieces you need, the more time and materials go into your wedding.
A wedding with bouquets, boutonnieres, ceremony flowers, and a few centerpieces will have a different floral budget than a wedding with flowers covering every table, a large ceremony installation, and multiple statement pieces.
Your flower choices
Some flowers are naturally more expensive than others, and availability changes throughout the year.
If you have your heart set on a particular flower, your florist can help you figure out when it's available and how to use it in a way that makes sense for your overall budget.
The season
Flowers are seasonal. While many flowers can be sourced outside their natural growing season, availability and pricing can change throughout the year.
This is one reason we always recommend telling your florist what you love rather than becoming too attached to one exact flower.
The design style
The amount of design and mechanics involved also affects your investment.
A loose, garden-inspired centerpiece may require a different amount of work than a large installation with structure, mechanics, and specialty materials.
Your florist can help you figure out where your budget will have the most impact visually.
How should you prioritize your wedding flower budget?
If you have a set floral budget, you don't necessarily need flowers everywhere.
Think about the places that will have the biggest impact on your wedding day.
For some couples, that's the ceremony. For others, it's their reception tables or bridal bouquet.
A good place to start is asking:
What do I want to remember when I look back at my wedding photos?
Maybe it's walking down the aisle with a beautiful bouquet. Maybe it's a ceremony backdrop covered in flowers. Maybe it's sitting down at a table surrounded by beautiful, layered arrangements.
There isn't a right answer. Your florist can help you figure out how to make your priorities work within your budget.
Do I need to know my flower budget before contacting a florist?
No.
Having a general budget in mind is helpful, but you don't need to have every detail figured out before reaching out.
If you know your wedding date, venue, overall style, and roughly what you're hoping to spend, that's enough to start a conversation.
At Fable House, we work with couples to figure out what makes sense for their wedding and their priorities. Whether you already know exactly what you want or aren't sure where to start, that's what the design process is for.
Planning your Colorado wedding flowers
Your wedding flowers should feel like part of your wedding—not something you have to stress over.
If you're planning a wedding in Denver or elsewhere in Colorado and are looking for romantic, organic, and timeless floral design, we'd love to hear what you're dreaming up.