Wedding Forum - Real or fake...

Real. I never even considered fake.

I had real, there was never any way I'd go for anything else, didn't have any issues with them either x

Hiya, its such a hard choice, I always thought id have real flowers, but as time has gone on and worked out im already over budget I had to find places I can cut back on cash wise and I realised that I wasn't that bothered about flowers compared to other things, yes I want my wedding to be colourful and full of them but I don't want to spend £300-500 on flowers which don't last forever and I thought would be nice to keep some flowers as a reminder of our day and if want I can sell the rest on after the wedding....all I knew is that I wanted something pink and that I could do myself and with ease as Im going to be setting up the wedding myself and didn't want to be faffing about on wedding day making real flower bouquets. Then I saw some really good fake Bright pink gerberas and a couple of other pinky flowers and roses.. and I bought them, spent about £130 .. they are for the table centrepieces, also will make bouquets from them for my bridal crew to hold. But I'm having real flowers for my bouquet. I have done a mock up of my centrepieces and yes real flowers would look beautiful, but my wedding is more about having fun than making sure everything I have is beautiful...and I like the fact you can knock mine over and it wouldn't ruin anything. my centrepieces look fab, bright colourful and do the job and I can make them up way before the wedding , which is what I need.. I also will be going to asda 2 days before wedding and buying a few big bouquets of real flowers to have dotted about in the grounds so I do have some . it really is a case of working out how much it means for you to have them or not. :)

I chose real, even on the flower girl wands.

Our car company won't allow the bouquet in the car, and have special lined boxes in the boot for them.
This way they don't get damaged and there's no mess in the car.

We were lucky enough to find our real flowers didn't cost more than fake, so fake were never in the running as an option

We are doing real flowers with lots of scent. Using Eucalyptus and Jasmine in the mix with peonies, hydrangeas, and vintage roses. For me..the smell was important. My fiancé didn't think flowers were that important as they don't last and feel very fleeting. We found a lovely florist who has been super flexible with our budget and so supportive.

We got very lucky with her. If you are London/surrey based I hiiiighly recommend. Get in touch if u want details!

I had fake so everyone could keep them afterwards, plus my moh would have been sneezing constantly with real. You can get some nice fake ones, but if you get a good florist you won't have the problem of petals falling off.

We're going for fake flowers. Never been much of a big flower person so can't get too excited about it. For me I feel like artificial flowers are easier - I'm going to do them myself too and can get them very cheap x

I am having fake foam flowers, mainly because then I can keep them after the wedding and real flowers are almost double the price. I am paying £170 and that includes mine, 4 bridesmaids, flower girl wand and 2 buttonholes. I got OH's and my mum's buttonholes free with an offer they had on when I booked x

I have seen some great fake flowers but personally for me I only really like real flowers as felt the smell and look close up was a bit better x

iv found a couple of florists that do real and fake flowers so might go have a look and discussion with what i want. will let you know how i get on. think also depends on which flowers i want for time of year x

emily i have posted about 2 places on your wall which do both x

I always wanted real flowers until i saw the flowers from a woman on face space. her artficial flowers are stunning and i got to thinking that i would spend much the same on ral flowers that would be dead by the end of the day. Artificial means i get to keep my bouquet forever and a table centrepiece for my living room until i get a dining room and i can give the rest as gifts or sell them on. Fake are much better quality now than they used to be xx