DIY Summer Wedding Bouquets with Garden Herbs and Flowers

DIY lovely and economical Spring and Summer Wedding Bouquets with home-grown cutting garden flowers and herbs and farmer’s market offerings.

 

Want to DIY the flowers for your Spring or Summer Wedding?

Flowers and greenery you grow yourself is the most economical and simplest way to create wedding bouquets. And if you don’t have time to grow them yourself, purchase from Farmer’s Markets or friends with cutting gardens.

Check out some of the simple yet lovely ideas for bouquets we found:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DIY Tips for Summer Wedding Bouquets

Tip 1: Use herbs for greenery

Cilantro (or coriander) greenery adds airy filler to a summer wedding bouquet. Carrot top greenery, rosemary, sweet potato leaves, asparagus greens: try them all to see what works for you. Be wary of overpowering scents or allergy possibilities. You don’t want your wedding reception to smell like dill pickles. Or sneeze while unwrapping gifts.

 

 

Tip 2: Try a variety of vases, bottles and jars instead of staying all matchy-matchy.

 

 

Have some ceramic crocks around? Make a guestbook table bouquet in a crock.

 

Can you put odds and ends together into a cohesive whole? Make every table and every bouquet different. If you live near woods, and it’s allowed, dig up and pot some fern. Visit all your family and friends’ storage rooms for unused lanterns and vases and pots.

 

Tip 3: Plant a cutting garden.

Plant a cutting garden that will be in full production at the time of the wedding. That means choosing the right plants for your wedding month.

Check this site to find your Garden Zone and pick plants accordingly. Some, like the ranunculus mentioned above, have to be planted in fall. Sweet peas just take about 6 to 8 weeks from planting to flowers.

 

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