The wedding is over, the ceremony was strewn with flowers, all your bridesmaids carried beautiful bouquets, your reception had an arrangement on every table...and now comes the question a lot of couples are starting to ask:
“What do we do with all those flowers?”
In the age of recycling, we are getting more and more questions from couples about what happens to the flowers after the wedding? Typically they get tossed in a bin with a few lucky arrangements making their way to guests’ cars and into the their homes at the end of the night.
But did you know, that you don't need to throw those thousands of dollars worth of flower's away? They can be donated to nursing homes, local hospitals or hospices and there are organizations that can do just that. Call around to local hospitals or nursing homes in your area. If you live in Los Angeles or New York check out the nonprofit group FlowerPower at 212-308-4930 (or go to flowerpowerfoundation.org). Most organizations will pick up from your event location and deliver the arrangements for you—you just have to arrange this ahead of time!
{Photo Credit: Heather Kincaid Photography}
Happy recycling!