Wedding Flowers

Who Pays For Wedding Flowers

Right after the wedding dress, the wedding flowers are the most important items of a wedding. No wedding can look as romantic, feminine, delicate, warm, fragrant, vibrant, colorful, innocent and elegant as with flowers. Flowers are symbols for innocence, romance, naturalness, purity, warmth and affection, sun, joy of living, charm, elegance, sensitiveness, fragility, delicacy, spirituality, protection, true love, eternity, inspiration, friendship, thanksgiving and forgiveness.




Considering these symbols, meanings and significations, brides should choose their wedding bouquets and other flower arrangements more wisely and more careful. But who pays for the wedding flowers? Who is in charge of choosing the wedding flowers and who is supposed to throw the money on them?

Well, the process of searching and electing the best flowers for the wedding belongs to the bride and her family. But when it comes to the wedding budget, the most frequent question is: who pays for the wedding flowers? The bride and her family, the groom’s family, the bridesmaids or the wedding attendants?

Some traditions say that the bride’s family is supposed to pay for the wedding flowers, while other beliefs attest the fact that the bride’s fiancé and his family are in charge of buying the flowers for the wedding. Normally, and this could be the case of the majority of the couples today, the wedding flower expenses should be divided in two. This way everyone is happy and there are no arguing and grief between the newlyweds.

But even so, there are some etiquettes that say who is pays for the wedding flowers that are meant to compose the bridal bouquet, the bridesmaid’s bouquets, the boutonnieres, the corsages, the table centerpieces, the chairs, the church altar, and so on. Usually, the bride’s family is supposed to spend some money on buying the wedding flowers for the female attendants. Any wedding tradition attest the bride’s family should offer small flowered bouquets or single buds to every single female guest that participates to the wedding.

In some rare cases, wealthy brides and their families buy corsages for the wedding female attendants. Only the bride and her family are in charge of buying flowers for the female corsages. The corsages can be purchased in silk flowers if the couple is dealing with a tighter wedding budget. The bride should also pay for the table floral centerpieces and the wedding’s décor – altar, aisle, chairs or benches.

Now, what’s left for the groom and his family to pay? Well, he is supposed to spend money on his bride’s bouquet. This is considered a romantic gesture, a sign of affection and love. But these days this tradition is barely respected. Most modern brides pay for their own wedding bouquet. The groom’s family should also pay for the male guest’s boutonnieres, for the bridal going away corsage and for the relatives who weren’t present at the wedding.