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We are following up on our last post here about wedding flower costs and averages. For today’s post, we are covering what is the average cost for wedding flowers in the DMV area.

Wedding flowers are a beautiful and important part of your wedding day. But how much should you budget for them? The answer depends on a few factors, such as the size and style of your wedding, the types of flowers you choose, and the florist you use. In this post, we’ll provide a breakdown of average wedding flower costs in the DMV area and offer some tips on how to save money on your flowers.

What percentage of the wedding budget should you allocate to flowers?

As a good rule of thumb, we suggest you allocate 10-15%  of your overall wedding budget for flowers. On the other hand, if your dream wedding is exquisite with an abundance of lush flowers, we would suggest allocating 20-25% of your total wedding budget. Most of our couples spend between $3,500-$7,500 and some budget more based on their preferences. Remember, it’s your wedding day and the day should reflect your taste and style.

Below is by no means a complete list. Like everything else wedding-flower-related there are so many ‘what ifs’ and ‘except this’ scenarios. The following is meant to be a rough guide to help you plan which items could be covered within your price range.

Wedding Flowers budget for DC, Maryland, Virginia

So what is the average cost for wedding flowers for an intimate wedding of 30 guests? Take a look at our wedding flower budget breakdown.

$3054 Wedding Flower budget

• This budget will cover the personal flowers for the bride, groom, and corsages for the mothers
• Elegant Lush ceremony floral arch
• 1 Lush sweetheart floral centerpiece with candles
• 3 Elegant Lush Low floral arrangements for guest tables with accent votive candles
• Delivery, installation, and pick-up

$5000 Wedding Flower budget

• This budget will cover the personal flowers for the bride, groom, corsages for the mothers
• Elegant Lush ceremony floral arch and 6 lush floral arrangements for the aisle
• 1 Lush sweetheart floral centerpiece with candles
• 6 Elegant Lush Low floral arrangements for guest tables with accent votive candles
• Delivery, installation, and pick-up

$7600 Wedding Flower budget

• This budget will cover the personal flowers for the bride, groom, corsages for the mothers
• Elegant Lush ceremony floral arch and 6 lush floral arrangements for the aisle
• 1 Lush sweetheart floral centerpiece with candles
• 6 Low elegant lush floral arrangements for guest tables with accent votive candles
• 4 tall elegant lush floral arrangements for guest tables with accent votive candles
• Delivery, installation, and pick-up

If you are wondering what is the average cost for wedding flowers that includes large installation, you can expect to spend $7500 and over.

$7500 – $10,000 Wedding Flower budget

• With this budget, we often provide a collection of personal flowers, large statement pieces for the ceremony.  For the reception, the budget could allow for a mixture of elegant low and tall floral arrangements and candles for the tables.

Every couple’s wedding vision is unique. It’s almost impossible to provide all the details for every wedding flower budget.  The above looks to provide some guidance on what items can be accounted for within the wedding floral budget.

We have included only the essentials to keep things simple and haven’t mentioned lots of the smaller pieces such as  – flower crowns, cake flowers, bridesmaids bouquets, gift table arrangements.

Also, prices will vary quite a bit depending on the size of the wedding flower arrangements and how many premium blooms are to be included. Peonies, garden roses, orchids, etc. are more premium flowers and the wedding flower budget needs to account for this.

It’s also important to be aware production charges can vary dramatically as well – each venue has it’s own rules on when we can set up and post-event production. All of this has an impact on costs for the day. Production charges also depend on the time of day we need to set-up/post-event tear down as well as the day of the week (Saturdays and Sunday incur premium labor charges and early morning set-ups and late-night Production also incur premium labor charges).

From our perspective, we are happy to provide guidance to our couples on how they can make the biggest impact on their wedding flower budget based on their priorities.

Finally, remember every DC wedding florist prices differently depending on their level of customer service. The wedding florist with a higher level of service will likely charge more. I hope this blog post is helpful as you plan your wedding flower budget. It would be an honor for the Klassy Team to assist you to create the most elegant wedding floral experience of your dream. If you are interested in requesting a customized estimate, please contact us HERE.

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