How Your Wedding Party Size Affects Your Wedding Floral Budget

Oct 6

2 min read

This Bowing Oaks wedding in Jacksonville was full of white and green flowers, from the wedding party bouquets to layered reception tables filled with flowers and candlelight.

It’s also a good example of a bit of wedding flower math that’s been getting more attention lately, particularly as couples think more carefully about where they want their floral budget to go.

One attendant bouquet + one boutonnière is, give or take, the same floral investment as the flowers for one guest table.

Personal Flowers Add Up

A wedding party with eight attendants on each side can represent roughly the same floral investment as flowers for eight guest tables.

Guest count gets plenty of attention when couples start thinking about a floral budget, but wedding party size can move the needle pretty quickly too.

Of course, personal flowers also make an impact. Gather seven or eight bouquets together and you’re looking at a lot of flowers. They’re carried through the ceremony, show up throughout wedding party photos and become a visible part of the overall floral design.

Where Your Wedding Floral Budget Goes

The point isn’t that one is a better investment than the other.

Eight sets of personal flowers or flowers for eight guest tables can represent a similar investment. They just make their impact in very different places.

Maybe you want the full wedding party carrying flowers. Maybe your priorities lean more toward the ceremony or reception. Neither needs to be an automatic line item.

The useful part is understanding the tradeoff before you decide.

A Bowing Oaks Wedding in Jacksonville

For this wedding at Bowing Oaks, personal flowers were very much part of the visual story, with garden-inspired bouquets in white and green carried throughout the wedding party. That investment continued into the reception with floral centerpieces, layered greenery and plenty of candlelight.

It’s a good reminder that a floral budget doesn’t have to follow a particular formula. Knowing where the investment is going, and what it will contribute to the overall look of the wedding, is the more useful place to start.