Wedding Flower Calculator — Bouquets & Arrangements

Bride's bouquet: £80-£250. Bridesmaid bouquets: £40-£100 each. Buttonholes: £8-£20 each. Corsages: £15-£30. Table centrepieces: £30-£100 each. Ceremony arrangements: £50-£200 each. Total wedding flower budgets typically range from £500-£3,000.

Buttonholes go to: groom, best man, ushers, fathers of bride and groom, and sometimes grandfathers and close male relatives. Count 6-12 typically. Order 2-3 spares for last-minute recipients and accidents.

Seasonal flowers are always cheapest. In the UK: spring daffodils, summer sweet peas and peonies, autumn dahlias, winter berries and greenery. Gypsophila (baby's breath) is cheap year-round and creates a beautiful effect. Greenery-heavy arrangements are more affordable than flower-heavy ones.

DIY saves 40-60% but requires time and skill. Buy wholesale flowers 2-3 days before the wedding. Bouquets are harder to DIY than table arrangements. A hybrid approach works well: professional bouquets, DIY centrepieces. Consider flower markets for bulk buying.

As a UK DIY-floristry guide (e.g. Triangle Nursery / Whole Blossoms): a bride’s bouquet uses ~30-35 stems, a bridesmaid posy ~15 (10 for a smaller one), a buttonhole 1-3 stems, a corsage 2-6, a table centrepiece ~10-12, and large ceremony/aisle/altar arrangements ~25-40 each. This calculator multiplies your item counts by these mid-point figures to estimate total stems for wholesale ordering. Actual counts vary with flower size and fullness — a hydrangea covers far more than a single rose.