5 Ottawa Florists To Hire for Your Intimate Wedding or Elopement
Whether you’re having a huge celebration or eloping flowers should be an integral part of your celebration! They can be used to help create the mood you want to set and help to express yourself. I’m a firm believer that your wedding day, big or small, should be a reflection of you as a couple. You can get so creative with the flowers you choose to! You can go way beyond the most traditional uses of flowers too. You can create a floral arch to stand in front of for the ceremony for example. It’s recommended by wedding planners that 8-15% of you total budget be allocated to flowers. Of course this is a generalization and every couple divides their budget differently!
My best advice is to have fun with it! Choose colours and flowers that make you happy. And pick a florist who understands your vision. My second best advice is to be VERY specific if you have a specific look you want to achieve. Florists are not mind readers as aren’t any wedding vendors.
I’ve worked with a few of these amazing woman owned and operated businesses and have followed the rest for a while now. They’ve all created the most beautiful arrangements for real weddings and styled shoots alike. I hope you get inspired and hire them to work with you on and leading up to your big day!
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MAISON ANTHEA
I bought my mom the most beautiful bouquet of flowers from Maison Anthea for her birthday! I was in awe. I’m so inspired by everything Maison Anthea does. I wish I had all the money in the world to spend on flowers so I could be surrounded by their beauty every day! Check out her inventory here.
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WE ARE POLLEN NATION
Award winning, eco-focused floral studio serving Ottawa and the surrounding areas. As seen on Oncewed, Greylikes, Stylemepretty, Junebug, Wedluxe. How amazing are these floral arragnements?? I’m in love! I actually considered something like this for our wedding but didn’t know how to make it happen. You can hire them here.
FRID
Wedding planner. Educator. Florist. Brittany Frid has so much to offer anyone planning their wedding or thinking of becoming a wedding planner themselves! She also has an amazing dry bar (dried floral arrangements). You can hire here team here.
AMETHYST FLORAL
Jenna is so great! She did our wedding flowers and several floral arrangements for styled shoots I’ve done! I can’t say enough good things about her as a person and her business! Amethyst Floral is an award winning home based flower studio focusing on wedding, serving Ottawa and the valley. She also sells house plants! You can inquire about her services and check out her work here.
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THE GATHERING EVENT CO
The Gathering Event Co is a mother and daughter duo. They specialize in luxury wedding decor, florals, styling and coordination in Ottawa. We had The Gathering Event Co hang twinkle lights for our wedding reception. I can’t say enough good things about our experience with them! You can hire them here. They also have the most beautiful holiday styling kits for sale!