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Tom Buchanan Even brides-to-be who navigate with confidence through a myriad of fittings, menu tastings, music selection and culling of guest lists can find themselves with sweaty palms when it comes to choosing a florist and flowers. Here's some basic information that should make the process less thorny. Find a florist you're comfortable with. As you choose flowers - or any wedding services - remember that this whole process should be joyful. Hey, it's your wedding, your celebration -- and there is simply no reason for you to work with anyone you don't like. So by all means, look for a florist whose look and style complement your own. But if you find yourself being met with more attitude than good design sense, keep looking. Your florist may be the last person you see before you start that walk down the aisle. He or she will hand you your bouquet and make sure you and everyone in your wedding party is at ease carrying their bouquets, that boutonnieres are pinned on correctly, and the aisle runner is ready to roll. Ask yourself, "Do I want this person there as part of the biggest day of my life?" Stay loose! One of the most important qualities in a florist is a great set of ears. You need someone who will really hear and understand what you want and has a knack for translating those wishes into petals and leaves. Don't worry about becoming an expert on specific varieties of flowers. Communicating the overall look and feel you want to create is usually more important than having a particular flower. For instance, you may have seen a bouquet of anemones and ranunculus, and loved it. And they can be lovely. But what if the season is wrong, or your wedding date arrives and the florist finds the prices on those flowers are too high and the quality not especially good? (Ranunculus can be great one week, leggy and sparse the next...Anemones can be fabulous, or arrive from the grower as a pile of petals separated from their stems.) Better to trust him or her to create the look you want with other flowers than to stick to the original plan at all cost. Tulips and narcissus in early spring, or even zinnias and calendulas in summer may still capture the look and feel you're after. Flowers in season might be better quality at a fraction of the cost. You need a florist who "gets" the look you're after and who can interpret your style within your budget.
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