Show Notes
Nikki Tibbles knows what makes wedding flowers unforgettable, and where couples can easily get them wrong. As the founder of Wild at Heart, Nikki has spent more than 30 years at the forefront of luxury wedding floristry, creating spectacular wedding flowers and floral installations for celebrations in Britain and around the world.
This week, Nikki joins Georgie to share what every couple should know before choosing their wedding flowers, from where to spend your wedding flower budget and the hidden costs nobody warns you about, to why Pinterest and AI can create unrealistic expectations and why working with seasonal flowers can make all the difference.
They get into how to make an impact without putting flowers everywhere, the best places to spend your budget, how to repurpose ceremony flowers for your wedding reception and why labour, transport and installation can cost far more than couples expect. Nikki also explains why you should always see a sample from your wedding florist before the big day.
Plus, Nikki shares the wedding flower trends she thinks have had their moment, the colours she's seeing everywhere right now, the best time of year to get married if you love peonies and English garden flowers, and why there really is such a thing as too many flowers.
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