WHY TIMING MATTERS LONG BEFORE YOUR WEDDING DATE

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When you work with a farmer florist, you are not just hiring someone to arrange flowers.

You are asking someone to plan, plant, and care for crops months before your wedding day. Often long before most couples begin thinking seriously about florals.

That is why timing matters so much.

This timeline is not about preference or policy. It is about what growing actually requires.

Photography: Piccadilly Posh Photography

WHAT BOOKING MEANS WHEN YOUR FLORIST IS ALSO YOUR FARMER

When you book us as your farmer florist, we are making decisions in the field with your wedding in mind.

That can include allocating limited growing space, ordering bulbs and corms nearly a year in advance, selecting seeds and plugs months before planting, and planning harvest windows around your date.

Once those decisions are made, they cannot easily be changed.

Flowers do not wait. Ordering windows close. Space fills up. Seasons move forward whether we are ready or not.

This timeline applies specifically to working with a farmer florist who grows and sources locally, not a florist ordering from a wholesale catalog.

WHY SEPTEMBER IS THE LINE THAT MATTERS

For weddings in the following year, September is the latest point at which we can still meaningfully plan to grow for you.

By early fall, we are finalizing what we will grow next season. Bulbs and corms have already been ordered or are closing. Seed lists are being locked in. Plug orders are being prepared. Available growing space is being allocated across the weddings we have committed to.

Booking by September allows us to plan with your wedding in mind rather than working around it later.

Earlier is always better. September is simply the moment when flexibility begins to narrow.

HOW YOUR WEDDING SEASON SHAPES THE IDEAL BOOKING WINDOW

Because different flowers are planned and ordered at different times, the best time to book depends on the season you are getting married.

EARLY SPRING WEDDINGS (MARCH–APRIL)

Early spring weddings rely heavily on bulbs and corms. Tulips, ranunculus, anemones, and other early season flowers are typically ordered by late spring or early summer of the year before your wedding.

That means a March or April wedding is often being planned in the field nearly a full year in advance.

If you are getting married in early spring and want us to grow for you, booking by late spring or early summer of the previous year gives the most opportunity for specific colors and varieties.

Booking later usually means working only with what is already planned, with much less flexibility.

LATE SPRING AND SUMMER WEDDINGS (MAY–AUGUST)

Late spring and summer weddings depend on a mix of plug grown crops, seed grown annuals, and perennials.

Plug orders are typically placed between October and February, and many sought after varieties sell out early. Seed orders are finalized in mid summer through fall for the following growing season.

For these weddings, booking by late summer or early fall allows us to grow with your date in mind instead of fitting your wedding into an already committed season.

September remains the practical deadline.

FALL WEDDINGS (SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER)

Fall weddings rely on long season crops like dahlias and chrysanthemums. These are ordered during winter and planted in spring, months before most design decisions feel final.

While fall weddings have slightly more flexibility, field space and production capacity are still limited.

If you want us to grow specifically for your fall wedding, booking by September of the year before ensures your date is included in those growing decisions.

WHAT CHANGES WHEN COUPLES BOOK LATER

We can still create beautiful work when couples book later.

But when bookings come in after growing decisions have been made, we are no longer growing specifically for your wedding. We are sourcing within what is already available.

That often means fewer crops grown just for your date, more reliance on farmer partners, less flexibility if weather shifts availability, and more problem solving behind the scenes.

This is not about effort or care. It is simply the reality of growing.

Plants cannot be rushed to meet a timeline that has already passed.

Photography: Piccadilly Posh Photography 

WHY PLANNING AHEAD MAKES THE WORK BETTER

When couples book early enough for us to grow for them, everything feels steadier.

Design conversations are calmer. Decisions feel less urgent. There is room for the season to guide the work instead of fighting against it.

And during wedding week, there is space for the moments that can only happen when flowers are grown nearby. When something needs one more stem, and it is waiting in the field.

WHO THIS APPROACH IS FOR WHO THIS APPROACH IS FO

This approach is for couples who want their wedding flowers to reflect their actual season, not a borrowed one.

For couples who understand that growing takes time.

For couples who value intention over immediacy.

For couples who want us involved early enough to truly grow for them.

If that sounds like what you are looking for, timing matters.