Weddings at Northbrook Park and other similar manor house venues are such joyful occasions for me as a wedding florist – they present a wonderful opportunity to design beautiful blooms that celebrate the character of the space, enveloping it in a sympathetic, contemporary aesthetic.
If you’re planning your wedding at Northbrook Park, this is a transparent look at how you should budget for your wedding flowers with real examples and their pricing. The wedding shown here comes to a floral cost of around £6000, and I highlight areas where you can both tighten and expand the budget to your taste.
A Real Wedding Brief at Northbrook Park: Pistachio & Pink Colour Palette
Amy and Richard’s brief had design and feeling right at the centre, wanting their wedding flowers to feel abundant, generous, and full of movement to take the edges off the grandeur of Northbrook Park’s interiors. After speaking with a few other florists and not quite feeling that ‘click’, Amy came to me to fit the final puzzle piece of her pistachio, pink and white wedding, with the vibe of a relaxed Tuscan soiree right there in Hampshire.
We immediately hit it off, and I designed florals that were a priority, not an afterthought, feeling complete trust from Amy and Richard. The goal for us all was to create impact and warmth with flowers that were the first thing guests saw (and felt) when they walked in.
Their early September wedding at Northbrook Park used romantic, seasonal stems that were chosen for their texture and suitability for en-masse designs. I selected hydrangea, garden roses, scabiosa and lissianthus, playing with a colour palette reminiscent of the perfect little stack of macarons – pistachio, vanilla, and palest pink.
Ultimately, the design was sophisticated and sumptuous, and floral-heavy as all my signature Bloominati designs are – and can we just take a moment for Amy’s structured yet feminine bouquet, filled with premium bridal blooms!
As I take you through the budget breakdown for these wedding flowers, keep in mind that I’m not a designer who likes to use lots of foliage – so I will never recommend adding lots of green ‘filler’.
Northbrook Park Wedding Flowers Budget Breakdown
Statement Ceremony Floral Design
For this wedding ceremony design around Northbrook Park’s iconic fireplace, budget around £1400-£2400. Amy and Richard’s ceremony flowers were around the higher end of this budget, for the large scale floral meadow and footed vase arrangements.
The difference will solely depend on how abundant and full you’d like the design to be, and whether you opt for mantle-only florals or surrounding installations. For a mantle-only design, set aside minimum £1500 for a floral-forward look that focuses on the blooms, with no foliage added so no stem gets lost.
To elevate the design with depth and framing elements for photographs (hello, main character energy!), consider adding ground level pieces to finish off the aesthetic perfectly. Adding these to your ceremony flowers brings your total closer to £2200, and remember these vase arrangements are highly versatile, and can be relocated and reused as bar, top table or signage florals later.
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Wedding Dinner Design – Round Table Flowers
For your wedding dinner flowers, on average, I recommend setting aside approximately £185 per round guest table for centrepiece florals like the ones pictured. Your floral budget will naturally increase the more tables you have, and the more abundant and overflowing you’d like the design to be.
If your table decor is centered around bud vases and romantic taper candles (I provide those too, keeping your decor and styling simple) you’ll come in around £155 for a pared back, elegant design. Introducing larger vases and floral sculptures brings your per table cost to between £195-£285, depending on the size.
Wedding Dinner Design – Trestle Tables
At Amy and Richard’s wedding, guest tables were round and their top table was made up of 6ft trestle tables. Whether you choose to use these in the same way or seat your guests around them, perhaps banquet style, I’ll consider each individual table in the floral design.
Per table, a pared back look consisting of an elegant collection of styled bud vases, pin frogs (little dishes with a handful of stems artfully arranged) and tonal taper candles would come to around £195. For a fuller, more abundant look, I’d introduce vases among the smaller designs, bringing your total to £200-£285 per table depending on their size and scale.
Get more design inspiration for round and trestle table florals at Abi & Jack’s Sussex wedding.
Decorative Floral Sculptures for Signage, Cake Table, Bar Etc.
Part of my job as your wedding florist is to consider your entire floral story, and for a wedding at Northbrook Park that is about guiding your guests effortlessly between spaces. Amy and Richard’s ceremony took place in the ever-popular vine room (a good fireplace moment just can’t be beaten), and florals were the living, breathing decor that connected the ‘I do’s with the ‘Let’s dance’.
The ceremony, dinner and dancing are not the whole floral tale though, and I consider every other touchpoint and moment throughout your day that could use an artful little accent. If you’re having signage elements such as welcome signs and table plans, statement floral sculptures are the perfect way to ensure they feel like they belong at your wedding – rather than just being an add-on.
Signage florals in the form of modern, ground level arrangements range from £165-£295, and you can introduce plinths, romantic draping, candles and multilevel florals for more drama and a really impactful first impression.
Discover every touchpoint your wedding florals need to cover in my 13-page design guide (link), including tips on how to bloomanticise your card and gifts table, guest book, bar and cake table.
What £6k of Wedding Flowers Actually Looks Like at Northbrook Park:
Is £6k The Average Spend for Wedding Flowers at Bloominati?
The majority of my couples spend between £5000-£10,000 on their wedding flowers, and the difference almost always comes simply from the volume of florals needed to achieve the vision. I work with couples who see florals as essential to their wedding aesthetic, and often build their entire design around the flowers rather than the other way around.
To visualise what £10,000 of wedding flowers can achieve at LIMEKILN Sussex, where I am a recommended florist, take a look at this late summer design featuring deepest reds with waifish creamy roses.
For a design closer to £5000, discover vibrant raspberry roses and a symmetrical plinth ceremony design at The Ravenswood.
Things to Consider for Your Wedding Flowers at Northbrook Park
Each venue needs something slightly different from its floral adornment, and my designs always consider the architecture, lighting and unique features of a space to ensure we do it justice. Northbrook Park has so many special characteristics that should be paid attention to, not least that fireplace, grand manor house doorway, and beautiful walled gardens spilling out from the Orangery.
See another of my designs in Northbrook Park’s Vine Room – one of my all-time favourite fireplace floral installations in a chic, trending colour scheme.
If you’re getting married at this beautiful Hampshire venue or another manor house in the area, get in touch for anti-ordinary wedding flowers that celebrate spaces, the blooms, and most importantly you – the VIPs!
Lover of baked goods, scented candles, ASOS and the theatre. When I’m not planning gorgeous wedding flowers for my beautiful couples, I’m doting on my little rescue dog, attending a gig, eating pizza or I’m glued to my laptop working when I should probably be relaxing because I absolutely love what I do.
