From your buttonhole designs to your wedding table centrepieces, your choice of flowers is a crucial part of the proceedings. Your bridal bouquet arrangement is another instance where your choice of fresh, fabulous florals will be on full display.
As the ultimate accessory for any bride, your bouquet deserves lots of thought, attention and, of course, creativity. As well as using the latest floral trends to your advantage, taking a hint from the season is the key to creating a stunning arrangement that you’ll be proud to carry down that aisle.
For brides getting married during the winter months, the cooler season offers tons of inspiration, with a flurry of in-season varieties and festive flourishes just waiting to be used in your bouquet. Here we reveal the winter wedding bouquet ideas that will help you create the arrangement of your dreams.
The jewel-toned wonder
Jewel tones are always huge hits during the winter months, with rich reds, deep oranges, and vivid blues and greens adding poignant pops of colour to winter wedding themes. They can also be used to inspire your bridal bouquet to inject warmth into cooler colour schemes or cement an equally rich and opulent look.
The seasonal sensation
Many wedding flowers are in season during winter. Add texture to winter bouquets with the hypericum berry or fall in love with a forever romantic and utterly elegant sweet pea arrangement to enjoy all the perks of seasonal blooms on your wedding day.
In addition to looking the part, being more readily available, and costing much less than out-of-season varieties, a bridal bouquet made up of seasonal blooms is easier to maintain as Prestige Flowers explains:
“It’s also good to remember that different flowers bloom in different seasons for a reason. Flowers that bloom in summer are not as tolerant of cold conditions and vice versa. So, when you order flowers that are not in season, you will be exposing them to weather conditions that could cause them to perish prematurely.”
The festive favourite
If you’ve bagged yourself a Christmas wedding date, then it’d be rude not to let the festivities influence your bridal bouquet design. There are many flower varieties and foliage options that are synonymous with Christmas. Red roses and berries look great when combined with deep green fir, frosted eucalyptus or pretty pinecones.
The wintry white-out
Keeping things classic with an all-white bouquet is a choice many brides make, whatever the season, however come winter, this beautiful bridal bouquet idea really comes into its own. For added texture and a more rustic, less polished vibe keep the leaves on flower stems for a beautiful finish that will complement any winter wedding.
For added sparkle and a frosted appearance, add metallic touches to your winter bridal bouquet courtesy of subtly spray-painted fillers or a sparkling, hand-tied ribbon.
Want your beautiful bridal bouquet to last a lifetime? Read our guide to preserving your petals to turn that bouquet into a lasting memento.
