Florists
Blooms, bouquets & botanical installations
From wildflower Highland meadows to structured Georgian arrangements — florists who bring Scottish weddings to life.
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How to book florists in Scotland
Flowers are the easiest part of a wedding to overspend on and the easiest to save on, and it comes down to the same thing: what is in season, and how much of it you are asking someone to build by hand.
Season decides most of the price
A flower in season and grown reasonably close by costs a fraction of the same flower flown in out of season. Peonies in May are an ordinary choice; peonies in October are a luxury one. If you take a colour palette and a feeling to your florist rather than a specific flower list, they can usually get you very close for considerably less.
Scotland's growing season is short, and there is a genuine seasonal-British-grown scene worth asking about — particularly for late summer and autumn weddings, where locally grown dahlias and foliage are at their best and their cheapest.
Spend where it is seen
Bouquets, buttonholes and anything at eye level during the ceremony earn their money. Large arrangements on the floor, or on tables under low light, are the first things to cut if the quote comes back high.
Ask whether ceremony flowers can be moved to the reception. Most florists will do it and many build it into the plan — one arrangement doing two jobs is the single biggest saving available without changing anything you can see.
Questions worth asking
- What will be in season and at its best on our date?
- Does the quote include delivery, setup and taking things away afterwards?
- Who moves the ceremony flowers to the reception, and is that charged?
- Do you hire out vases and stands, or do we buy them?
- Can you work with our cake maker on flowers for the cake?
- How many weddings do you take on our date?