Wedding Bouquet Ideas & Trends From The Wedding Doctor

Wedding bouquets are become more and more personal all over the world and South Africa is no exception. Wedding bouquets range from the classic all-white formal styles to the exclusive designs with dazzling coloured flowers. There are many different types of wedding bouquet and this article is going to introduce you to four popular bouquet styles that you can use in your own wedding. These are Nosegays, Cascade bouquets, Hand tied bouquets and Contemporary bouquets. Let us look at each one in turn.

 

Nosegays bouquet

The Nosegays bouquet style is the most common wedding bouquet style and most South African wedding venues have decorated the reception with these wonderful and colourful flowers. The Nosegays are essentially round clusters of flowers and are also known as "tussie mussie". The origins of the style are not well documented but we can trace it back as far as the 14th century, where the tussie mussie was used to mask bad smells - thus the name "nosegay".

Nosegays range from the simple styles such as the one in the picture to more complex ones. Use them for your wedding and turn your wedding venue into a magical place for your very special day.

 

 

Cascade wedding bouquets

The Cascade wedding bouquets have flowers that fall below the main portion of the bouquet design. This wedding bouquets is very unique and is a very voluptuous style, making it the main feature of the wedding dress (costume).

Use this style is you are going to have a formal wedding or a traditional wedding theme. (Remember we spoke about themes in the 11 Part Theme Wedding Series - if you haven't gotten it.. sign up here).

 

 

Hand-tied bouquets

The Hand-tied bouquets is a immaculate wedding bouquets created by florists by placing the stems of the flowers, foliage & accessories in their hand & wrapping them around the center of the design until there are securely fastened. The Hand-tied bouquets are constructed to show the natural growth of the stems, usually wrapped in ribbon or french braided together.

The are less formal and are ideal for the casual weddings such as beach weddings or garden weddings. The style is perfect if you love the feeling of an unarranged gathering of flowers.

 

Contemporary bouquets

The Contemporary bouquets are stimulated by the unconventional ideas, designs and patterns and they are not designed with any specific geometric form. The Contemporary bouquets are normally created with flowers that have a definite form and character to a bouquet such as calla lilies, anthuriums and orchids.

This wedding bouquet style represent the singularity of the bride and are ideal for a sophisticated, cosmopolitan style wedding. The style is simple and have the added grace of the asymmetrical design.