Why Choose Fresh Flowers Over Artificial for your wedding?
Scent - you cannot beat the smell of sweet peas, roses, herbs and many other freshly cut flowers. So many brides comment after their wedding and say that one of their lasting memories of the day will be the scent of their bouquet.
Environment - fresh flowers, especially the ones grown here in Britain have a very low carbon footprint, compared to the mass produced, plastic filled artificial flowers.
Individual - a fresh flower is unique, different from any other, silk flowers are clones of one another, each stem identical leading to designs looking very boring and often mass produced.
Choice - fresh flowers are available in thousands of different varieties and colours, which can be selected to match your dress, venue etc. The scope with artificial is much more limited.
Colour - it is so rare to find an artificial flower that looks the same colour as its real counterpart, natural flowers, contain many pigments from the inner section of a petal to its outer edge, this look is almost impossible to achieve in an artificial bloom.
Cost - to buy fresh flowers is always cheaper than any good quality artificial flower. Rented artificial flowers may work out less expensive, but may have been used for several other weddings before or after yours, and do you want your guests to recognise them? Plus you can give away your fresh flowers at the end of the day.
How long they last - why would you want a plastic flower that lasts for ever, just collecting dust and eventually fading to an even more unnatural colour. Surely something delicate and scented, yet fleeting is much more precious?
Movement - fresh flowers flow and move, allowing the florist to create very naturalistic designs, artificial flowers are rigid and lack that natural sway.
Over the years we have worked with both fresh and artificial, but we no longer offer artificial for the above reasons. In our opinion nothing will ever put a smile on your face like a fresh bloom. :)