How To Add Meaning To Wedding Floral Arrangements

Summer is a wonderful time for a wedding for so many reasons, not least the fact that the venue or venues in use can be decorated with lots of bright seasonal flowers.

However, when looking for economical wedding flowers, a finite budget does not mean you settle for anything, or a random medley of different colours (although some may like that approach). Instead, you can plan with more detail by focusing on certain types and colours of flowers with a particular meaning.

There are various summer flowers to which such meanings are ascribed, and these can be choreographed for the event, perhaps in tune with the other choices of colour, such as the cake, the groom’s tie or the bridesmaids’ dresses. The buttonhole flowers should be in tune with this as well.

For example, red is an obvious colour for love, desire, romance and passion, which makes it very appropriate for such an occasion, while yellow is about joy and new beginnings.

Some may have greater appeal to some weddings than others. For instance, whites like lilies and daisies symbolise innocence, purity and spirituality, which may be best suited to occasions like a church wedding.

Others may not quite work. For instance, purple is a regal colour, so unless it is a royal wedding that wouldn’t fit, while blues are about serenity and calm, which are good things but not the stuff of a day mixing romance with lots of partying and merriment.

Some may be exceptionally off-theme. For example, orange is to cheer up people having a difficult time.

However, these associations are not absolutes. People may derive their own meanings from certain colours that could change the whole theme.

An obvious example would be if the bride and groom both support a particular football team. If that team plays in blue, for instance, the shade won’t be the stuff of quiet, serene afternoons, while if it is red, there may be another kind of passion involved!