How Much Do Wedding Flowers Cost in Australia? A Wedding Florist’s Honest Guide

One of the first questions that comes up when planning your wedding flowers is: how much will it cost? Budgeting for florals can feel overwhelming at first, it’s stepping into an entirely new world. But understanding what you're investing in can bring clarity and help you budget with confidence. If you're currently planning your wedding florals, I recommend downloading our Floral Guide for exact figure breakdowns and reading it alongside this article to make the process even easier.

Every florist has their own way of pricing, but I’m going to walk you through mine and give you an honest breakdown to help you get a clearer picture. Chances are, there are quite a few similarities across the industry, so this should give you a solid starting point. 

I’ve broken everything down into three main categories:

1. Stock

2. Labour

3. Skill & Expertise

I use a menu style guide to quote, which gives you a broad overview of the different types of arrangements available and the general price ranges they fall into. The exact pricing depends on things like your floral choices, think classic vs rare blooms, so it’s all tailored to your personal style and preferences. Every part of the process, from sourcing to designing, plays a big role in bringing your vision to life while maintaining high quality standards.

Ready to dive in? Let’s get into it!

Stock

Once you start to understand all the factors that influence floral stock, you’ll be surprised at how complex the journey really is from farm to buyer to florist to your wedding, with plenty of transportation in between. Let’s start at the farm: everything from weather conditions to the current economy can impact how much farmers charge buyers. It’s similar to how fruit and veg prices can shift so drastically when there’s a shortage, the remaining stock becomes more expensive simply because it’s harder to get. Flowers work the same way.  And it’s not just fresh florals, preserved and artificial flowers go through their own processes like chemical treatments and extra handling which often makes them more expensive and positions them as premium options. These are just a few of the many factors that influence floral stock before it even reaches a florist's hands.

Labour

There’s so much that happens behind the scenes to bring your wedding florals to life and it all begins the moment you accept the quote. From there, the planning starts, sourcing sundries, designing and refining styling elements months in advance. Then there’s ordering stock, those early morning market runs, hours of preparing and arranging, carefully delivering and setting up, returning the next day to pack down and yes - lots of scrubbing buckets. Flowers don’t just appear overnight. It’s a detailed, time intensive process that involves a lot of moving parts. Even the distance between your ceremony and reception venues can impact the logistics and planning needed to make it all happen seamlessly.

Skill & Expertise

While there’s no denying the amount of behind the scenes work that goes into creating wedding florals, it’s just one side of the story. The other side is the skill and expertise that brings it all together. Designing wedding florals isn’t just about putting pretty flowers in a vase, it takes a trained eye and years of experience to know how to build balanced, long lasting arrangements that reflect the couple’s style and vision. It’s understanding colour theory, elements of design and seasonality which only comes from practised hands and knowledge of the industry. Every choice is intentional, practical logistics and creative artistry that makes floral design such a unique and skilled craft. This expertise means you can trust that your florals will be handled with care and precision so your day runs smoothly and your vision is executed perfectly.

So, when it comes to the cost of wedding florals these are the top categories you’re paying for. It’s understanding where your flowers come from, all the steps involved in getting them and the expertise needed to make everything look amazing for your special day. Keeping this in mind will help you feel confident and have one less thing to worry about knowing your florals will come together beautifully and smoothly.

If you have further questions or would like to ask specifically about your wedding please do not hesitate to get in contact! I’m only an email away and am always happy to help.

If you enjoyed this edition of Studio Fiori Journal, be sure to share the page around and head over to Instagram to let me know if you like it!