Eco-friendly Bridal Bouquets

photo by Documentary Associates

What is the anatomy of an eco-friendly bridal bouquet?

Answer: It depends!

For example – the bridal bouquet above was made by me a few years ago for a beautiful bride who got married in downtown Washington, DC.  Normally muscari (or purple grape hyacinths) gets flown in from Holland for floral wholesalers.  That particular week, the muscari never made it to my distributor and I was lucky enough to have these amazing flowers growing in my yard!  The tulips actually came from New York and then I finished the bouquet by tightening the blooms together with hemp twine and covering the hemp with a tulip leaf.  The are several reasons why this bouquet would have still been eco-friendly if the flowers came from Holland.  Holland is the leader in the “cut-flower” industry.  They have a very controlled free-trade and fair-wage system and several of the growers will use combined shipping on commercial airline fights.  In the end, this bouquet was eco-friendly as I used locally grown flowers and finished with natural materials.

I plan on going through the anatomy of several bouquets to say why they are eco-friendly over the next few months.  As I go on tour to teach other wedding professionals how to go green and meet brides and grooms around the country and in Canada, my goal is to truly make all weddings be green while never compromising style.

Happy Planning!