Technology can duplicate almost anything. It can replicate the most complicated things, and fool the eye into thinking they are real. We strive for perfection. But would you want artificial flowers for your wedding? It would be one less thing to worry about. None of them would die, need water, or need to be stored where they would get the environment required to preserve their freshness for the big day. It would also be more cost effective. Maybe an entrepreneur could rent the artificial flowers and "recycle" them for use. Think of the acres of fields and greenhouses fresh flowers need and how much more space would be available for important things like parking lots and strip malls.
Fresh wedding flowers make every wedding a June wedding, no matter what month it is. Flowers are a sign of spring and every wedding is a spring, a new beginning for two people. Almost everyone makes the connection between flowers blooming and springtime. Fresh flowers bring the sense of newness into the event and impresses all with the continual renewing of good things. Even in the cold of a New England winter, flowers remind everyone that all darkness and cold ends in spring. Flowers keep our spirits up in times of trouble, and it has been known that a bouquet of a certain type of flowers can mend a hurt feeling or two.
Choosing flowers for a wedding involves many things. Matching colors of gowns and formal wear, table settings, flower girl's dress, the decor of the chapel, the venues of the reception hall must all be considered. Weather conditions matter, also the controlled environment of the interiors (is there enough light, heat and nearby water?) can be significant in making the best selection. Many brides opt for a family tradition and want to carry the type of flowers an ancestor carried at her wedding. Photographs can match types of flowers, but not always colors. Your flower vendor can help.
Heirlooms often are involved in family weddings, as a tradition is passed down to the next generation. Flowers are living treasures and their continuity gives hope and lets us touch between centuries for our identity. We pass our love for flowers on to our children because no matter how much our society changes, flowers stay the same. They fragrances do not change but remain the same, and their colors take us back in history to share our future with our ancestors who appreciated them just as much.
Professional floral providers know their business and have helped many couples put together weddings that have given wonderful memories that last decades. Flowers are the constant element that stay the same no matter how much else changes. Fresh wedding flowers are essential to keeping the traditions alive that give us our sense of who we are and what makes life's celebrations important to share.
Flower vendors are dedicated to helping others learn the meaning of flowers, their color language, life cycles and symbolism in human history. Each blossom is an encyclopedia of knowledge of how we grow, feel and sense the world around us. They are also guardians of our past and how we came to be here, the roses your grandmother carried at her wedding are the same you can carry at yours.
