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Wedding Bouquets
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Your wedding bouquet is the most important flower
choice you have to make and will one of the first things your guests see as you
walk into the room. Your florist will help you choose a bouquet and flowers to
complement your wedding dress. There are many types of wedding bouquets and we
have put a guide together of the most popular types of wedding bouquets.
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Hand Tied Bouquet
The hand tied bouquet is a round dome shape of flowers and
foliage with their natural stems exposed, the stems are often tied together
with coordinating riboon. The hand tied bouquet can either have a formal look
with the the flowers packed tightly together and very little foliage is used.
An informal hand tied bouquet has a more natural feel and combines flowers and
foliage. The hand tied bouquet can be accessorised with ivy trails, beads,
crystals, wire or caged in bear grass.
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Wired Bouquet
The wired bouquet is almost identical to the hand tied bouquet
but the stems are wired and bound into a handle making the bouquet easier to
hold.
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Shower Bouquet/Teardrop Bouquet
The shower bouquet is a long trailing bouquet. It is a very
elegant bouquet and is increasing in popularity, a wide variety of flowers can
be used for this bouquet and it can be a very simple bouquet using only one or
two types of flowers or a more natural feel can be acheived by using several
types of flowers and lots of foliage.
The tear drop bouquet is a smaller compacter version of the
shower bouquet and is shaped like a teardrop.
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Trailing Bouquet
The trailing bouquet is often a more contemporary version of the
shower bouquet using less flowers.
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Pomander
The pomander is a ball of flowers and foliage, The flower ball
is attached to co ordinating ribbon which is ued to hang over the bride's
wrist.
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