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Planning the perfect wedding day can be fun and exciting but it can also cause you to worry, especially if you have a tight budget to work with. You want to find the perfect venue and decorate your reception beautifully, and you want to have the dress of your dreams. 

When you think about flowers for wedding bouquets or floral arrangements, you might think they will stretch your budget too thin. This isn't necessarily the case and in fact, you can have beautiful floral arrangements on a budget, here are some tips on how.

Buy Your Flowers Wholesale

Unless you have unlimited money you can spend on your wedding, you may need to bring your costs down a bit. One way to do that with flowers for wedding bouquets and floral arrangements is by buying your flowers wholesale instead of retail.

You might think that only florist shops or perhaps wedding planners are able to do so, and if you do have a wedding planner you can advise them to do just that, but you can also buy your flowers wholesale.

Simply find a flower wholesale company in your city or town and find out if you are able to buy your flowers in bulk from them. You can decorate your church and reception venue with the flowers you don't need for bouquets. This can cut down on your costs for floral arrangements by quite a bit.

If you are comfortable with arranging your own floral arrangements, it will save you a lot of money. If not, you can use a florist or your decorator to do so.

Use Flowers That Are In Season

You can save money on flowers for wedding bouquets and floral arrangements by only using flowers that are in season for your area. While you might love peonies, if it's winter where you live, they will cost you more money due to having to import them from somewhere else.

Instead, buy flowers that are in season or can be found year-round like orchids or roses to bring your costs down. What flowers are in season will depend on the time of year you are getting married but you can find beautiful flowers at any time of year if you keep an open mind.

Use Your Bouquets As Part Of The Reception Decor

If you have a tight budget, one way to save on flower costs is to use your flowers for wedding bouquets and other arrangements from the church for your reception decor too.

You can use your bridesmaids' bouquets as centerpieces on the tables, especially if they are smaller in nature. They could fit perfectly in the center of each table and there will be no need to buy separate decorations.