Wedding Bouquets with Wildflowers

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{1} Goldenrod lines Wisconsin roadways all summer long, and in this bouquet, Blooms owner Brandi Edwards gives it a slight orange tint to help traditional red roses pop. Edwards also grouped tiny clusters of ranunculus and freesia, and to complete the look, added leucadendron buds, inspired by wild-grown coneflower pods.

{2} White ranunculus adds formality to this lush bouquet, brimming with sweet-smelling freesia and lilac, creamy tulips and crisp green maidenhair fern. Prolific Wisconsin wildflower Queen Anne’s lace also plays a role in this bouquet, along with romantic bleeding heart, perky lisianthus and fluttery helleborus. “I wanted the wildflower look, yet elegant, sophisticated and pristine,” says Garden Laurels owner Donna Sager.

{3} These yellow poppies were freshly cut from a nearby field, bringing plenty of color to this fall-flavored bouquet. Erin Joswick of daffodil*parker sought to create an arrangement that was “wild but still full and special.” Orange star of Bethlehem adds a blaze throughout the bouquet, which was tied with a vintage ribbon from Joswick’s personal collection.

{4} Complemented by a handful of sunset-purple astrantia, this rustic chamomile bouquet is bound with a modest twine wrap. “To me, chamomile is the essence of wildflowers: simple, sweet and slightly fragrant,” says J. Kinney owner Jane Kinney. “It looks like it belongs on a farm table with sunlight spilling in through a kitchen window”—or in the hands of a keep-it-simple, nature-loving bride.

{5} Wildflowers can be difficult to incorporate into a bridal bouquet, so Fleurishes’ Andrea Berto used them as inspiration instead. “I used all locally grown flowers, each resembling a purple wildflower,” she says of the helleborus, lilacs, forget-me-nots and redbud twigs she plucked from a garden and assembled loosely. A local grower supplied anemones, muscari, cineraria and freesia, with an antique silver napkin ring slipped on for a formal finish.

{6} Flora Designs’ owner Jamae Ramsden focused on texture and mixed foliage to create a uniform color palette of cool sage green. Look closely and you’ll see at least 10 different types of flowers nestled in this au naturel bouquet. Green tea roses and antique green hydrangea provide a fresh, white-linen look, while lambs ear, eucalyptus and succulents bring in the “wildflower factor,” says Ramsden.

Wildflower-inspired wedding bouquets