Our Predictions for Wedding Flowers in 2024
Wedding flowers are so diverse, and there’s no right or wrong when it comes to personal style, although it might sometime feel that way over on Pinterest or Instagram.
Based on our wedding enquiries so far, there’s plenty of popular ideas with regards to favourite designs, moods and colours for next season. We don’t like to use the word ‘trends’, as this makes a very personal day seem less about the two people who care about one another, and more about the external pressure to make a wedding a performance. But these are Bryonia’s insights into wedding flowers and the most popular choices that have been requested so far for 2024…
Playful Colour Palettes
This already fills our cup up with joy, and we can’t wait to create flowers for even more colourful briefs for next year.
Pinks, purples, peaches, lemon, and all the other bright and beautiful tones we love to work with. These colour-happy flowers are full of personality, have a bold impact and better still, allow us to look to a bigger breadth of choice when it comes to the types of seasonal stems available to work with.
Vibrant, eye catching and full of interest, we can’t wait to work on more weddings next season with yet more adventurous colours.
Organic shapes and structures
Fluid shapes in floral design is something that pleases the eye and leads to a flowing, natural arrangement style.
Interesting foliage, such a sweet pea tendrils or brambles from the hedgerow, allows for beautiful points of interest in wedding flower arrangements or any personal items, like bouquets and buttonholes. Asymmetric, abstract and soft cascading lines are popular choices for couples wishing to step away from more traditional designs, and would like to have a modern, organic approach to their flowers.
Hiring vessels and using more sustainable methods
There have been plenty of shifts towards using more sustainable approaches to creating wedding flowers in recent years.
Two seemingly popular ideas are to hire vessels, rather than purchase them for such a limited period of time, and to ensure all mechanics are approached with sustainability in mind. The reduction in flower foam, and increase in ingenuity when it comes to creating hanging installations, archways and other tricky pieces, is something we’re extremely pleased to see a lot more of.
If you’re marrying in 2024 and not sure whether this is something you need to consider, why not ask your florist about their approaches to plastic, waste and sustainability by using our guide - All the Questions to ask your Wedding Florist.
Arrangements inspired by landscapes and nature
Elopements and natural ceremonies are still extremely popular post covid, particularly in rural environments like Scotland.
This nature driven approach works well with using seasonal and locally grown flowers, as they align with the time of year and location of the wedding. Relaxed and wilder looking, these flowers are the perfect natural additions to the outdoor landscapes many are choosing to marry in next year. We love to see all your mood boards and ideas for how the outdoors has shaped your day!
Locally grown flowers
All of the above predictions lend perfectly to using seasonal, locally grown flowers, and we’re happy to see many more enquiries focusing on making the most of these beautiful, wild stems.
Whilst this approach to wedding flowers requires a more relaxed mindset, as there’s a little less fixed control over the final look and feel, we know that it’s our preferred way to work, and hope it’s yours too. We recommend taking a look at the following guide, which helps to establish what can be possible when working with locally grown flowers, and some of our unique favourites for each season.
