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Slow Flowers, Green Weddings: Inspiring and Sustainable Floral Ideas for 2017 Ceremonies
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Apr 03, 2017, 03:00 ET

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Flowering branches are just as luxurious as flowers, especially when added to a hand-tied statement bouquet. Design by Betany Coffland of Chloris Floral, based in Petaluma, California. (c) Paige Green
Flowering branches are just as luxurious as flowers, especially when added to a hand-tied statement bouquet. Design by Betany Coffland of Chloris Floral, based in Petaluma, California. (c) Paige Green

Seattle, Washington (PRWEB) April 03, 2017 -- With the average cost of a wedding pegged at $28,000, according to The Wedding Report, it is clearly a buyers' market for betrothed couples in search of beautiful flowers.

Slow Flowers members reveal that mindful couples who care about spending their dollars in a meaningful way are choosing local and seasonal bouquets, boutonnieres and floral decor.

Our couples really enjoy hearing about the process we go through to bring local flowers to them. Knowing the farms and learning about our local sources can help to further create the personality of their wedding, -- floral designer Andrea K. Grist

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"Our couples really enjoy hearing about the process we go through to bring local flowers to them. Knowing the farms and learning about our local sources can help to further create the personality of their wedding," says Slow Flowers member Andrea K. Grist of Andrea K. Grist Floral Art, based in Lees Summit, Missouri.

As conscious couples invest their wedding budgets closer to home, they are turning to local flower farmers and sustainably-minded florists to help them achieve their vision. Creatives who rely on the muse in all four seasons and participate in the Slow Flowers Movement pluck stems straight from the garden, meadows and fields near them.

"They believe the most authentic expression of love celebrates the place and the moment in time, as well as sentimental fragrances, palettes or botanicals that bring meaning to the ceremony," says Debra Prinzing, founder and creative director of Slowflowers.com, which promotes American grown flowers.

"Inspired couples want to set their wedding apart by telling their story through the florals they carry down the aisle or pin to the lapel. They're aware that there is meaning in every bloom and that flowers communicate where words may not. By keeping floral choices close to home, there's a 'green' aspect that conveys their sustainable values, as well," Prinzing says.

Slowflowers.com, the free, nationwide, online directory to American Flowers, surveyed its members across the nation and collected some of the best floral design themes for 2017 weddings.

Here are the emerging styles that best reflect environmentally and locally-conscious nuptials:

FOLIAGE FIRST
Go Bohemian with layers and textures in all shades of green. Fine or softly-draping leaves give a bridal bouquet its carefree attitude, ideal for a ceremony with a casual, personal style. "I used a lush combination of native sword fern, and California-grown acacia and willow-leaf eucalyptus to establish the foliage-strong foundation for cream and pink flowers like lisanthus and larkspur," says Kim Richards of Lollie Fleur, a Seattle-based design studio.

PURE WHITE . . . PLUS
Designer Isabella Thorndike Church of Jacklily Seasonal Floral Design in Ashland, Oregon, partners with her family's flower farm, Le Mera Gardens, to gather and compose a blithe bouquet with intricate garden flowers and uncommon foliages. "Raspberries and their leaves, along with dusty miller, create a beautiful framework for garden roses and white-blooming accents like the cup and saucer campanula, delphinium and scabiosa flowers."

SIGNATURE BLOOM
Inspired by a must-have diva flower, such as the blushing Café Au Lait dahlia, designer Kim Richards adds a gentle mix of silvery and white botanicals to support and showcase that signature bloom -- the season's epitome of beauty.

BRANCHING OUT
Flowering branches are just as luxurious as flowers, especially when added to a hand-tied statement bouquet. "Twigs and stems bearing dogwood, cherry, magnolia, peach, quince or apple blossoms lend a lighthearted quality to a gathering of spring flowers, as they appear to dance on their stems. Branches like mock orange create an open latticework that's less compact (and thereby less formal) than an orb of similarly-sized flowers," says Betany Coffland of Chloris Floral, based in Petaluma, California.

EDIBLES AS ACCENTS
Nothing says local like fresh-from-the-farm herbs, vegetables and fruits integrated in a garden-inspired wedding bouquet. This aesthetic is just right for a foodie couple and their farm-to-table reception festivities. "From blueberries and cherries to plump, fresh apricots, adding edibles lends an organic and sensory quality to our arrangements and bouquets," says Mary Coombs, partner in A Garden Party, based in Elmer, New Jersey.

FARMERS' MARKET WITH A TWIST
In the hands of an inspired colorist, vivid annuals and perennials that you might find at the Farmers' Market can comprise a beautiful bouquet, hand-tied with natural jute. "Elongated berries and fresh greenery form an upscale cascade with everyday flowers like coral zinnias, pale pink yarrow, buttery feverfew and lavender ageratum," says designer Andrea K. Grist of Andrea K. Grist Floral Art in Lees Summit, Missouri. "Plus, all these flowers were grown by one of my best farmers' market resources, Rosco's Flowers."

FORAGED AND GATHERED
When you can't restrain yourself from using everything the garden has to offer, choose a color palette to keep things visually coherent. Weave stems into the bouquet at different depths and levels to create a natural "effortless" effect, says designer Tobey Nelson of Tobey Nelson Events and Design, Langley, Washington, whose gardenesque design includes ranunculus, tulips, peonies, pieris, magnolia, anemones and roses with plum and viburnum foliage, much of it foraged from her own farm and private landscapes she maintains.

DARK-LIGHT CONTRASTS
Amp up the drama with the palest and deepest of hues in one bouquet. Dark burgundy dahlias are stunning when showcased with peach and cream petals of companion blooms, says Isabella Thorndike Church of Jacklily Seasonal Floral Design in Ashland, Oregon, who partners with her family's flower farm, Le Mera Gardens.

SWEET ROMANCE WITH PASTELS
Cottage garden flowers in a soft palette of pinks and baby blue have their moment in feminine bouquet featuring local peonies, sweet peas, delphinium, astilbe, ranunculus and honeysuckle vines. "This same floral palette gets a shimmer of elegance when contained in a gilded compote for reception centerpieces," says Dawn Clark, partner in A Garden Party, based in Elmer, New Jersey.

FRAME THE CEREMONY
An alder-pole arbor handcrafted from trees foraged from the farm of Whidbey Island florist Tobey Nelson is lavishly decorated with sherbet-toned flowers sourced from local farmers. "I selected the trailing amaranth and delicate clematis to echo the art-deco lines and beadwork in the brides dress." Nelson engineered the floral arbor without using floral foam. Instead, she created "jelly rolls" of moss and chicken wire, which were soaked overnight and zip-tied to the structure on the day of the wedding. Flower and foliage stems are inserted into the moss base and water-hungry flowers like dahlias were inserted with floral tubes.

ILLUMINATE FOR AMBIENCE
Every wedding needs candles somewhere, right? The inventiveness of design duo Dawn Clark and Mary Coombs of A Garden Party, Elmer, New Jersey, turns simple glass vessels into a canopy of suspended votives that set the romantic mood for vows.

Editors: A gallery of 15 captioned images is available for download here.

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Slow Flowers is an award-winning online directory created to consumers find florists, studio designers, wedding and event planners, supermarket flower departments and flower farmers that supply American grown flowers. Founded in 2014, the site has grown to 700 members across the U.S.

Media Contact:
For more information, please contact Debra Prinzing at 206-769-8211 or 844-SLOWFLO (844-756-9356) ; debra(at)slowflowers(dot)com.

Debra Prinzing, Slow Flowers LLC, http://www.slowflowers.com, +1 (206) 769-8211, [email protected]

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Nothing says local like fresh-from-the-farm herbs, vegetables and fruits integrated in a garden-inspired wedding bouquet. This aesthetic is just right for a foodie couple and their farm-to-table recep
Nothing says local like fresh-from-the-farm herbs, vegetables and fruits integrated in a garden-inspired wedding bouquet. This aesthetic is just right for a foodie couple and their farm-to-table recep
In the hands of an inspired colorist, vivid annuals and perennials that you might find at the Farmers' Market can comprise a beautiful bouquet, hand-tied with natural jute. Designed by Andrea K. Grist
In the hands of an inspired colorist, vivid annuals and perennials that you might find at the Farmers' Market can comprise a beautiful bouquet, hand-tied with natural jute. Designed by Andrea K. Grist
Go Bohemian with layers and textures in all shades of green. Fine or softly-draping leaves give a bridal bouquet its carefree attitude, ideal for a ceremony with a casual, personal style. Designed by
Go Bohemian with layers and textures in all shades of green. Fine or softly-draping leaves give a bridal bouquet its carefree attitude, ideal for a ceremony with a casual, personal style. Designed by
An alder-pole arbor handcrafted from trees foraged from the farm of Whidbey Island florist Tobey Nelson is lavishly decorated with sherbet-toned flowers sourced from local farmers. "I selected the tra
An alder-pole arbor handcrafted from trees foraged from the farm of Whidbey Island florist Tobey Nelson is lavishly decorated with sherbet-toned flowers sourced from local farmers. "I selected the tra
Nothing says local like fresh-from-the-farm herbs, vegetables and fruits integrated in a garden-inspired wedding bouquet. This aesthetic is just right for a foodie couple and their farm-to-table recep In the hands of an inspired colorist, vivid annuals and perennials that you might find at the Farmers' Market can comprise a beautiful bouquet, hand-tied with natural jute. Designed by Andrea K. Grist Go Bohemian with layers and textures in all shades of green. Fine or softly-draping leaves give a bridal bouquet its carefree attitude, ideal for a ceremony with a casual, personal style. Designed by An alder-pole arbor handcrafted from trees foraged from the farm of Whidbey Island florist Tobey Nelson is lavishly decorated with sherbet-toned flowers sourced from local farmers. "I selected the tra

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