Five ways to preserve your wedding bouquet

1. Dry the flowers

Let’s start off with the easiest! Using a piece of twine or ribbon, bind the stems of your flowers (if it’s your wedding bouquet, this will already have been done) and then hang upside down in a dark, dry space. The flowers will take on a different look, they will be less vibrant. 

Some petals or flowers may go mouldy, that’s always a risk. But this is definitely the most accessible and affordable approach for preserving your wedding flowers. 

2. Flower press

Another simple DIY one. You don’t even need to buy a flower press, several heavy books and some sheets of blotting paper can do the trick. You can have fun with the composition and be creative with how you display your pressed wedding florals.

If you don’t trust yourself to DIY it, there’s professionals who can help you out. Florals Pressed in Northumberland created the beautiful design below from a bridal bouquet I made.

3. Botanical casting

This is quite a unique way to preserve your wedding flowers!

The imprint of your wedding florals and foliages is pressed into clay and then preserved in plaster of Paris. It creates such an interesting and permanent piece.

Imprint Casts offers this service within Scotland.

4. Preserve with resin

You can have your wedding bouquet preserved so it looks similar to how your florist styled it. Or you can have it turned into coasters, place mats or other similar items. Make sure you have a resin artist or company picked out before your wedding. They will need to receive it as fresh as possible to make sure the colours and flowers are looking their best.

5. Photography

If all of the above sounds like such a faff, then just ask your photographer to get some beautiful photos of your bouquet. If you’re using Polaroids or instant cameras at your wedding, snap a couple pictures to make sure one comes out right.

This is just the tip of the iceberg, there’s so many other ways to preserve your wedding or bridal flowers. Just make sure you decide in plenty of time; one of the things I hear so much from couples is that they didn’t think about preserving their flowers until it was too late.

Are you looking for a florist for your upcoming wedding?

I’d love to do your flowers. Read more about a Rook Botanics’ wedding.

Photos from Unsplash.