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Well, I was going to do the same thing until my Fi took an unprecidented interest in the flowers and insisted on me having a elaborate orchid bouquet (he even specified the picture!). Hehe. I knew I couldn't do that myself! ANYWAY... in my searches, I found one of the best wholesale retailers to actually be online. www.flowerbud.com They have a great selection, awesome prices and they send out all of the flowers in bud form so that you have a couple of days to play with (As opposed to Costco or any other retailer who sell their flowers ready to display). Good luck!
I haven't used these places, but here are some other sites people have mentioned in the past.
i've used www.50flowers.com and they were really good. the flowers came exactly when they said they would and they had great customer service.
I also like flowerbud.com. Be sure to compare shipping prices as well as price per stem.
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sam's club also sells flowers, and for what i was looking at (bulk daisies) they were cheaper than costco... i also like flowerbud.com. :)
I did DIY flowers (see my profile for my knottie bio for pictures) and they were cheap and beautiful.
You'd be surprised that there are probably a lot of local places that will sell you flowers in bulk for wholesale prices. Try calling local flower shops (not florists).
We got most of our flowers from a local farmer's market vendor. They were very helpful and knowledegable. Plus they delivered them for free because we ordered so many.
HTH!
Robin
I echo FoxtheHound, look up local flower wholesalers in the phone book and call them, they often sell to the public.
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I was a BM in my friend's wedding when she did this from flowers from Sam's club. Make sure to buy floral tape and maybe some satin ribbon to wind around the stems. We then took some long white headpins and stuck them along the stems going vertically to hold everything together. It really looked beautiful when we were done and just as good as any other florist.
However, the night before, her living room was FILLED with pastic cups and water with the roses stuck in them. It was quite a bit of work to cut everything, but she just had everyone pitch in during the rehersal dinner that was at her house.
good tips, thanks pattyb. that was the route i was going to take with the satin ribbon and pinning it down with pearl tip headpins using the same flowers of one particular color. cute and simple, just the way i like it!
There are a couple of threads on DIY flowers on Indiebride, here's one with some good vendor reviews
if you live in LA/SoCal - you can go to the flowermart downtown LA... i think it opens at 3am or 4am for flowershops and opens to the public ummm - i dont know when it opens to the public check their website??
im totally useless huh???
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I'm taking the semi-DIY approach by buying the flowers in bulk and having a friend of a friend do the flower arrangements for me.
So far, I've only heard about people using Costco to buy their flowers in bulk, but I was wondering if there are any other notable wholesalers out there that are just as cost-efficient or better?
Thanks a bunch!