Wedding flowers: fresh, dried, artificial.

Sometimes, I forget how time flies very fast. Its already February and March is just slightly more than two weeks away. I started this article on wedding flowers in December and still had two more articles to do. On average in most local weddings, fresh flowers are preferred. Though I must say, I admire brides who dare to be different in wedding flowers.
 I have always loved fresh flowers and if it was up to me only work with them. In the past, I have worked either with fresh, dried or artificial alone. With so much changing tastes in wedding clients needs, I'm more than open to experiment. Today, I'll look at those 3 categories and working them on our arrangements.

                               Fresh flowers.

This are my speciality. I love fresh flowers and would work with them any day. With flower food for them, either bought or whatever your home combination for yours are you keep them fresh longer before starting work with them. I admit, they are alot of work but they fun to work with. I love the smell of fresh flowers to a wedding reception or venue. Even though they are delicate to transport, how they transform an event can never be understated. Roses, carnations and calla lilies are readily available at low prices in Nairobi. That makes it easy to have a variety of arrangements of fresh flowers at affordable costs.

                                  Dried Flowers.

Another area worth considering is this. There are brides who chose to keep some of their floral arrangement after the wedding and this is a great way to do it. This can be her bouquet, and even some centre pieces. Once in awhile, you might find a bride who chooses to work with dry flowers for all their arrangements. It can be pricey but transporting them is much easier than fresh flowers which are usually a bit fragile and can break easy. None the less, dried flowers make for good arrangements too and can be cheaper on the bride if the vendor is willing to hire them for the wedding.

                                    Artificial Flowers.

There is plenty of this in the market. Whether you work with silk, feather, or any other artificial flowers available. The thing I like about them is they come readily available in almost all colors imaginable which is usually a limitation on fresh flowers. When I work with flower ball or pomanders, the artificial ones are lighter than fresh flowers. Even when it comes to flower wall, the artificial one is usually lighter than the fresh flower one. Though both are labour intensive, I still prefer the fresh flower one myself.

 Incorporating all of them into one wedding is fun though not everyone feels that way. Either way, there is no shortage of flowers to use locally.