Growing your own wedding flowers?!

LEJC

With it being a winter wedding in December instead of growing your own you could always look to forage if thats the right word for mistletoe or holly and ivy in local woodland and then create something as centre pieces..that may work out easier than trying to grow enough flowers

Alibear

...Well I'm glad it doesn't seem I'm compltely insane! As I'm having a Christmas wedding with only four tables, I'm thinking about having a different Christmas-themed centrepiece on each table (Mini xmas tree on one, snowman on another, etc)... So the flowers I'll need will probably only be for bouquets and buttonholes. My SIL mentioned the idea of using holly and ivy too, so I'm hoping now that I won't need to grow too many!

I went to a garden centre yesterday for some advice and was told you can force-grow pretty much anything with some heat, light and attention, so it's just a case of practicing and noting how long flowers take to bloom. If I get a sky-high elec bill or the bulbs start to get expensivr I'll sack the idea off, but I am looking forward to trying! :-)

LilyRose

[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]I like the idea of home-grown flowers. I'm thinking of going for a 1960s vibe for my wedding. Was thinking of making a band of daisies or chrysanthemums to rest on my head when I go down the aisle! Hippy-style lol[/FONT]