Flowers as a Wedding Gift: What Works, and the One Thing to Avoid
Cotton Fluff Vase: preserved hydrangea with cotton, dried wheat and eucalyptus, arranged in a glass vase.
Thinking of sending flowers as a wedding gift? Leave the bridal bouquet to the couple unless they have asked you to help choose it.
The bridal bouquet is part of the wedding look they have planned. A surprise bouquet, however lovely, may not fit what they have in mind.
So what should you send instead? For a gift from a guest or friend, here is how we would approach it.
Should flowers go alongside the ang bao?
Our suggestion is to treat flowers as a personal touch beside the ang bao, rather than a replacement for it. The flowers do not need to be grand. They can simply say you were thinking of the two people getting married.
Send it to their home, before the day
We recommend sending the gift to the couple's home before the wedding, rather than to the banquet venue on the day. Check that someone can receive it and confirm the delivery details. One of our reviewers described sending flowers to her cousin for an upcoming wedding: delivery was on time and her cousin loved them.
Which kind of arrangement should you send?
Preserved or dried flowers are our recommendation for this gift. Check that the couple likes the format and has somewhere to display it. Eternal Pink, which combines preserved roses with dried blooms, is available as a wrapped bouquet from S$73 or a vase arrangement from S$89. Select the Vase option if you want it ready to display. Keep preserved and dried flowers in a dry indoor spot, away from direct sunlight, and follow the care advice on the product page.
Fresh can work if you know the couple will be home and able to look after it. A vase arrangement arrives ready to display, without asking them to find a vase for loose stems.
A wrapped bouquet can suit an in-person gift or a couple who already has a suitable vase. Daily Surprise Dried Flowers is a wrapped bouquet with preserved roses, from S$66. Check the product's current size and colour options before choosing.
Write the card to both of them
Address both names. Two warm lines can be enough, and "congratulations to you both" makes it clear that the gift is for the couple.
Choose a wedding gift
Explore preserved and dried designs, and check each product's format, size and care guidance.
Shop Preserved & Dried →If the couple has asked you to help with their wedding flowers, choose the designs together so they fit the day they are planning.
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