I haven’t looked into the cost of flowers yet. Honestly, I’m scared to. Florists will probably be just as expensive and overpriced as the venues and caterers I’m looking at now. I think I have a backup plan though:

membership warehouse club

Hear me out before you judge.

I don’t think we’re going to have flower centerpieces for the reception tables. I’ll use something else there; maybe wheat grass. So that means the flowers will mostly be for our bouquets and boutonnieres.

I’ve seen a lot of bouquets I love and a lot I could really do without. I think i definitely want one with a wrapped handle, but I haven’t decided if want it to be solid white, a different solid color, or many different colors.

I’ve read other brides talk about going the diy route and getting their flowers from the local flower warehouse in their city. As far as I know, Detroit is lacking in that area. We do have the Eastern Market, a large farmer’s market with fresh produce, plants and flowers. Problem with that is, the Eastern Market is only open Saturday morning. There’s no way I’ll be able to put together bouquets the morning of my wedding. I would much rather do them the night before.

So, I think that I’m going to check out one of the big warehouse clubs. I already have a membership and I’m pretty sure it’d be a pretty good discount. I’m not getting my hopes up about the variety; that may just be a sacrifice I’ll have to make.

I’d thought about this before, but was re-inspired (that’s definitely a real word) by these DIY Wedding Flower Tips.

Do any of you know of a place in the Detroit-Ann Arbor area where I can bulk flowers on the cheap on a Friday?

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