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We had to up ours to just over $6k for 4 bouquets, some boutonnieres, a chuppah, ceremony and cocktail decor, and 12 tables. We are having very minimal flowers, mostly plain foliage/bare branches.
A friend spent about $7k in the NYC area, too, for 5 tables, cocktail/ceremony decor and 3 bouquets.
Does your venue require any particular florists?
I met w quite a few in manhattan and ended up at about 5500 (this was a good value in comparison to some other quotes) for 15 centerpieces, four bridesmaids bouquets, my bouquet, 7 boutonierres, large reception card table design and cocktail hour arrangements (10). I am using seasonal flowers rather than insist on particulars (saves money).
Most quotes I got were between 5k to 7k.
Wow, these quotes seem so high!! I've had 2 quotes from florists, and they came in at $2400 and $2300. This was for 1 bride bouquet, 1 tossaway bouquet, 6 bridesmaid bouquet, 1 grooms boutonniere, 3 boutonnieres for the dads/grandpa, 5 corsages for the moms/grandmas, 2 flowergirl baskets, 1 ringbearer boutonniere, 15 centerpieces and 5 small cocktail hour centerpieces.
In NYC?! That's insanely low. We're not even doing all that flowery stuff, and that was the lowest quote we got. Though it was hard to find a florist that didn't just dismiss our aesthetic as "weird"... maybe we self-selected a bit. But for $5000 we were getting offered basic votive centerpieces.
@lobbyart: One florist was on Long Island and the other is in NYC. The one in NYC was recommended to me by my day-of-coordinator. Our inspiration arrangements and bouquets are pretty nice and full, too.
@rosiet: I can't believe your flowers were so cheap. Makes me question the quality. I couldn't get under $2000 in Fort Lauderdale, FL, and I have way fewer boquets and centerpieces.
@brenda.m.fields: I can't believe how expensive everyone's flowers are! These are actually more than my best friend's flowers who got married in Chicago a few months ago. And she had beautiful hydrangea arrangements and more tables than me.
holy cow! Thats a lot of $$ for flowers! I am in SF which is a little cheaper than NYC and I didn't even bother to get quotes for flowers cause I knew it would be upwards of $5K!
@rosiet: One of the florists I met with laughed at me when I told him I wanted ot keep it to $2000 for a wedding with 2 bridesmaids and 100 guests, minimal ceremony decor (b/c we're on the beach and there's no room for an arch of any sort), and understated tablescapes on royal/kings tables. Needless to say, I didn't go with him. I just wanted yellow flower, not roses, and was completely open about what flowers.
Hydrangea can be pretty cheap, though it's beautiful, and if I wanted white, blue, purple, green, or pink flowers, I could've come in at about $1800 by using mostly hydrangea.
Yikes! I have no idea what wedding flowers cost in my area but we're meeting with the florist on Thursday this week. We've dedicated $2000 for flowers in our budget...hopefully that's enough to get something nice. I was hoping to have flowers as our centrepieces. I guess we'll find out on Thursday 
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thanks everyone! this was helpful - it sounds like prices can be across the spectrum but i am also prepared to spend around $5000. what boggles my mind is that some florists in NYC have a min budget so if you're not even looking to spend $5k+, they won't even meet with you! only in new york, sigh...
I'm in Hoboken (as is our florist) and we will spend about $1600 on flowers. This includes 4 bouquets (and a toss bouquet), bouts (7) and corsages (5), centerpieces (12), ceremony flowers, a flowering urn for the guest book table and flowers for the cake.
I think one of the reasons we were able to keep it so low is that we are having very little structure within our pieces (think more wild-flower like) since we are getting married out near the Delaware Water Gap.
Not sure how many florists in Hoboken will deliver to the city (although I expect they would) - but many of our quotes seemed pretty reasonable however that could just be because the look we are going for is relatively low cost.
I haven't contacted this florist yet, but he is definitely on my list to get a price quote from. He has some package information on his website, and his platinum package is $2600.
That's for 1 bridal bouquet, 1 MoH, 4 BMs, 2 coursages, 8 boutonnieres, 18 centerpieces, 1 throwaway bouquet, 2 large alter sprays, 1 lady's room arrangement and 1 flower girl basket.
I love my florist! We spent around $3k for 4 bm bouquets, 1 bride's bouquet, all of the cocktail tables and reception table flowers, 2 big eucalyptus for the entry and the draping and platform for the ceremony. They are incredible! Midtown Florist in Brooklyn
We got brides bouquet, our venue lost my throwaway but had a backup, 1 MOH, 2 BM bouquest, 5 coursages, 7 bouts, 10 tall centerpeices & flowers for the cake. Our total was approx. $1700. Our venue took care of the ceremony flowers and cocktail our votives. Our florist was on long island and did an incredible job.
Ummmm...I spent under $1,000 for 10 centerpieces, my bouquet, 2 BM bouquets, 5 boutonnières, 2 corsages, all with roses, seeded eucalyptus, etc. (think I have some images in my profile? If not will post.)
I found a florist in Bushwick, Bklyn and wrote down th style of what I liked, as well as detailed instructions about the ways I wanted it tweaked w/ photos for reference of the only two acceptable color varietals I wanted (the owner doesn't speak much English, Spanish mostly), and I was blown away with her work. $5k MINIMUM some pol want!?? Ha. You're gonna have to shake me a little harder to get $ like that for something that's gonna die in a few days!!!
I had no idea flowers were that much in NYC. Will need to save up more pennies!
My florist quoted me just over $3k for a birdal bouquet, 3 BM bouquets, 7 bouts, 18 centerpieces, an escort table arrangement, 2 bar arrangements, 4 cocktail arrangements, a tossaway bouqet, a cake adournment and a ladies' room arrangement.
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bees in NYC - what was your flower budget? i am not looking to spend much on flowers and am wondering what is the least amount I can expect to spend...looking to have about 20 tables at the reception + need flowers for ceremony space + cocktail space. any pictures you have would be great to see too!