Not all DIY Wedding Flowers are Created Equal
So your Flower Besties at Best Buds Flower Co. rock out fresh wedding flower packages saving you time and money, but we also get it. Some of you like to play with flowers and/or want to save even more money by making your own wedding or special event flowers.
But, here is where your Flower Besties go one step further and even make DIY wedding flowers that much easier and more enjoyable! We do a ton of the dirty, boring, backbreaking prep work for you. We also start with better flowers and guidance to ensure you get the quantities and blooms you need.
We always source the best growers both locally and nationally. We don’t just use a one-size-fits-all supplier no matter what season it is. Whenever possible, we source from local farms and growers to support local farming and help reduce the environmental footprint that happens from shipping flowers internationally. We also make sure that we order top quality flowers with a Grade A rating vs. many other wholesalers, big box stores, or grocery stores that usually order a Grade C or D flowers.
Wholesale DIY Roses
You get flowers in this condition when shipped or picked up by wholesaler or big box store.
Our Open & Prepped DIY Roses
We remove the majority of thorns, lower leaves, and guard petals. Cut and hydrate 2x times.
Our DIY Roses Ready for Pickup
Beautiful open and prepped flowers ready to go straight from water to your designs!
Recently, one of our husbands decided to buy grocery store flowers for a last minute surprise gift for a daughter who just made the varsity volleyball team. Since we don’t buy box store flowers, it had been awhile since we saw flowers in such bad shape. It served as a good reminder of why our flowers are better.
The store bought roses were so dried out and stressed that leaves and petals were falling off and some of the stems were broken.
The stems were also super thin and fragile making it hard to arrange the flowers in a vase.
We measured the stems because it surprised us how thin and puny they were at only 2 mm wide. It’s one of the reasons why Grade C or lower flowers are rated that way and cost less.
Because the roses were so tiny and thin, one dozen roses fit inside this 2.75” wide vase.
Imagine ordering DIY flowers from a big box store or warehouse chain thinking 1-2 dozen roses would give you plenty of big lush centerpieces, only to find out that 1 dozen roses barely provide a 6” wide centerpiece.
This size is for 30” round cocktail hour tables and not as an actual centerpiece on a 5ft or 5ft round table.
Talk about disappointing and stressful to have to deal with this the week of your wedding!
Best Bud Flower Co orders top grade flowers for everything we design as well as any DIY flowers and greenery that you would order from us. As you can see here, the flowers are healthier, thicker and hardier making them better to design with. Quality in equals quality out!
When you get flowers from big box stores or wholesalers they are 100% un-prepped and need a minimum of 2-3 days of cleaning, cutting, and hydrating to get them to open and look full and healthy.
Do you have all the equipment, boxes, cooler space, buckets, professional hydration floral food, and EXTRA time the week of your wedding to really nurture and babysit these flowers for days?
And as you can see from the photos of the top of this blog post, we do all this tedious and messy work for you. Your Flower Besties have your back whether you’re ordering finished designs or DIY flowers from us.
How to order your Best Buds DIY Flowers
If you are ONLY ordering DIY flowers from us, please fill out the form below.
If you are wishing to add some DIY flowers on to your desired fresh flower collection, go ahead and fill out your wishlist with your arranged flowers and quantities, and then in the notes section of your wishlist let us know some more details about what you’re looking to DIY. We will then contact you to learn more details, and help you select the correct flowers, greenery and quantities.