I Made This Bridal Bouquet for a Real Wedding (Start to Finish)

Hello Flower Friends! I'm Ellen. Sign up for my FREE weekly newsletter, FlowerNerd (https://ellenfrostflowers.substack.com/) for more flower fun! I write flower profiles, chronicle my flower adventures and share flower stories. Ever wonder what really goes into designing wedding flowers? In this behind-the-scenes floral design video, I'm taking you through my complete process for creating a real wedding using fresh local flowers—from cleaning and selecting every stem to designing a bridal bouquet, toss bouquet, boutonniere flowers, and ceremony arrangements. You'll see how I: Choose flowers for a bridal bouquet Prioritize premium blooms for the bride Prepare flowers before designing Build hand-tied spiral bouquets Select focal, secondary focal, filler, foliage, line flowers, and bits Design with locally grown flowers Decide which flowers hold up best for weddings Finish bouquets with ribbon for delivery This colorful spring wedding featured locally grown peonies, ranunculus, snapdragons, delphinium, roses, yarrow, poppies, Solomon's seal, Bells of Ireland, bachelor's buttons, Nigella, and more. Whether you're a florist, flower farmer, farmer-florist, or simply love beautiful wedding flowers, you'll get an inside look at the decisions that happen before a bouquet ever reaches the bride. // Chatpers 00:00 A Real Wedding in One Morning 00:45 Planning the Bridal Flowers 02:25 Choosing Line Flowers 03:48 Preparing Ranunculus 05:20 Cleaning Filler Flowers 06:25 Nigella & Campanula 09:10 Native Honeysuckle 11:35 Choosing Poppies 13:05 Selecting Peonies 14:25 Preparing Local Roses 19:30 Adding Bachelor's Buttons 21:20 My Favorite Spring Foliage 22:58 Preparing Wedding Peonies 25:35 Final Flower Selection 28:20 Cleaning Bells of Ireland 31:08 Organizing Every Stem 32:04 The Six Elements of Floral Design 34:25 Building the Bridal Bouquet 45:35 Taping the Bouquet 47:07 Designing the Toss Bouquet 52:07 Wrapping the Bridal Bouquet 57:44 Learn Wedding Flowers in FlowerMore I love working as a florist and running my business, Local Color Flowers, founded in 2008. I make videos about flowers (obvi). I also write a free weekly flower newsletter and host an online community of flower friends. // FlowerNerd - Free Weekly Flower Newsletter Join over 7,000 other flower people. Subscribe to my FREE weekly newsletter FlowerNerd (https://ellenfrostflowers.substack.com/) for more flower fun! I write weekly plant profiles, pro design tips, behind-the-scenes adventures and more! // FlowerMore - online community of flower friends FlowerMore is a supportive online community of flower growers who want to become better designers. We help each other level up our design skills through challenges, book club meetings, color exploration and sharing our work for constructive critique. Discount for YouTube viewers: https://tinyurl.com/FlowerMore //When available, we use affiliate links and may earn a commission) My Favorite Clippers Saboten 1210 Thinning Shear https://amzn.to/4qfj0uB (Amazon) // Learn with me at The Gardeners Workshop Preparing To Sell To Florists: https://thegardenersworkshop.com/prod... Growing Your Business With Local Flower Sourcing: https://thegardenersworkshop.com/prod...