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How do you choose what flowers to use for your wedding?

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Petals Edge
Petals Edge Floral Design
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Petal's Edge Floral Design, LLP specializes in custom floral design for weddings and special events. Using the best and freshest flowers available, Petal's Edge excels in the planning and creativity necessary to bring style and panache to your event - no matter how big or how small. Founded in 2004, the women-owned and -operated company supports environmental practices through composting and recycling of renewable materials. Petal's Edge has been featured in The Knot, Brides Washington, I Do for Brides, and Engaged! magazines. Speaking engagements have included a demonstration of floral design techniques for the <a>Smithsonian Institution</a>, a <a>Fox 5 News</a> feature on weddings, and a discussion on emerging trends in floral design at George Mason University. The company was voted one of the area's best florists by Washingtonian magazine (2006-2008), was named "2007 Best of Weddings Pick" by The Knot magazine, and is one of only three florists in the Washington, DC area to be featured in Grace Ormonde Wedding Style's 2007 Platinum List.

How do you choose what flowers to use for your wedding?

In this video, Gerry Rogers, co-owner of Petal’s Edge Floral Design in Alexandria, Virginia, discusses how to hire a florist for your wedding. This video series reviews how to find a florist, discusses differences between flower shops and event florists, suggests how to prepare for the consultation and to budget for wedding flowers, and finally, reviews expectations of what happens after the florist is hired.

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Host: How do you choose what flowers to use for your wedding?

Gerry Rogers: There are many options for flowers for any wedding, but I think the first first rule of thumb is to go with what you love. If you love roses use roses, they come in many different colors, they are available year around, they are really hardy. If you want a modern cool, Cala Lilies, Orchids those are great options. Your florist will be able to guide you as to which flowers to choose, they will also help let you know, which ones are expensive and maybe you want to use sparingly and which ones are really cost effective and you can use in many of the iterative arrangements, things like your table centerpieces and things like that. Different kinds of flowers are better suited for different kinds of arrangements. For example, hydrangea is very likely to wilt out of water and so while they can be used in bouquets, maybe it's something you want to second thoughts about if your plan for the day really involves many hours of photos in advance. The evening of your ceremony you want your bouquets to look fresh and so start with what you love, think about what's realistic, think about what's available at that time of year and your florist will help you with those choices.

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