Are you dreaming of a wedding that radiates an effortless, earthy beauty with florals that look like they've been picked from a meadow or forest? Embracing an organic wild look for wedding flowers isn’t just breathtakingly beautiful; it’s also a sustainable way to celebrate. This wild aesthetic, with its relaxed shapes, textures, and seasonal blooms, is ideal for couples who are inspired by flora and fauna and want to explore a natural style for their day.
As a sustainable wedding florist, I’m here to guide you through creating lush, organic florals that bring the beauty of the outdoors into every moment of your day. Here’s everything you need to know!
Choose seasonal, local flowers
When creating a wild and natural aesthetic, seasonality is your friend. Using flowers that are in season and grown locally means your arrangements will be fresh, vibrant, and sustainable. You will also be able to access delicate blooms and a wider variety of flowers than those commercially imported.
Embrace imperfection
The beauty of nature is very rarely uniform and orderly. Using local and seasonal flowers often means embrace wiggly stems and variation in blooms. Flowers may be less uniform unlike those that have been mass-produced and force-grown under commercial conditions. This is the special sauce that gives wild and natural weddings their unique look.
Organic shapes and unstructured arrangements
The heart of wild wedding flowers lies in their loose, organic shapes. Forget polished, symmetrical bouquets—wild arrangements often feature unexpected shapes, lengths, and textures that mimic how flowers grow in the wild. Arrangements could play with height and flow by allowing some blooms to spill over the sides of a vase or trail down from a bouquet. Consider meadow boxes or wildflower bowls as arrangements for the aisle or table décor. Mixing flower sizes and shapes adds visual interest and a natural, layered effect that feels straight from the meadow.
Unexpected elements
Using non-traditional elements can bring interest to your arrangements. Textures can be layered by combining flowers with wild foliage, berries, seed pods, grasses or twigs. The contrast creates a natural, foraged appearance. The addition of herbs can also bring gorgeous scents drifting through your arrangements such as lavender, rosemary, mint or sage. If you’re feeling very adventurous, fruit and vegetables such as cherry tomato trails or lemons can make interesting additions to table-scapes and arrangements.
Add dried flowers and grasses
Incorporating dried flowers and grasses into your arrangements isn’t only sustainable, but it also brings in gorgeous textures and natural colours that blend beautifully with fresh blooms. Dried grasses like panicum sprinkles, field grasses, and bunny tails add softness, while dried flowers such as, strawflowers and dahlias can bring a depth of colour and charm. Dried flowers work especially well for autumn and winter weddings in and make lovely keepsakes.
Creating wild, natural wedding flowers is a beautiful way to bring the outdoors into your wedding while staying kind to the planet. Whether your dream wedding is set in a sunlit meadow or an autumn forest, wild, natural flowers will infuse your special day with romance, beauty, and sustainability.
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