How Much Do Wedding Flowers Cost in Maryland?
A Luxury Floral Designer’s Perspective
One of the first questions couples ask when beginning their wedding planning is also one of the hardest to answer:
How much do wedding flowers cost?
If you’ve found yourself scrolling through vague ranges or wildly different estimates, you’re not doing anything wrong. Wedding florals are deeply contextual, and pricing can feel confusing without the right framework. Our goal here isn’t to give you a price list — it’s to help you understand what shapes floral investment, so you can plan with clarity and confidence.
As a floral design duo working throughout Maryland and Northern Virginia for over a decade, we’ve learned that when couples understand why florals cost what they do, conversations around budget become far more grounded — and way less stressful.
Photo: Nicole Plett
Why Wedding Flowers Don’t Have a Fixed Price
Unlike a rental or a ready-made product, wedding flowers are designed and built specifically for you. No two weddings share the same combination of season, venue, guest count, design complexity, or logistics — and all of these factors influence cost.
Some of the biggest variables include:
Seasonality and flower availability
Scale of the wedding and number of design moments
Venue logistics, access, and installation requirements
Labor, including sourcing, processing, designing, installing, and breakdown
Design complexity, such as custom installations or large-scale pieces
This is why price lists can only tell part of the story. They don’t account for how all of these elements come together to create an experience.
Photo: Sydnee Marie Photography
What You’re Really Investing In
When couples think about floral budgets, it’s easy to focus on stems and arrangements. In reality, full-service wedding florals include far more than what’s visible on the day.
Your investment supports:
Design expertise — translating feelings, inspiration, and space into a cohesive visual story
Sourcing relationships with local farms and trusted suppliers
Planning and logistics, often months in advance
Installation and breakdown, executed by an experienced team
Problem-solving in real time, should weather, timelines, or availability shift
Much of this work happens quietly behind the scenes, but it’s what allows your wedding day to feel calm, seamless, and intentional.
Ceremony installation in progress at the Peabody Library.
Using Your Floral Budget as a Design Tool
We encourage couples to think of budget not as a limitation, but as a tool for decision-making.
A thoughtful budget helps guide where florals will have the greatest impact — whether that’s:
A statement ceremony installation
Immersive reception design
Or a refined, cohesive approach carried throughout the day
Rather than focusing on individual line items, approaching florals in a holistic way allows us to prioritize scale, balance, and experience. Often, fewer well-placed embelleshments create a stronger impact than spreading resources thinly across many small elements.
Thoughtful budgeting doesn’t mean doing less — it means designing with intention.
Photo: Urban Row Photography
Typical Floral Investment Ranges in Maryland
While every wedding is different, many full-service weddings in Maryland fall within the following general ranges:
$300 - 2k+ Personal flowers (bouquets, boutonnieres…): part of a broader design plan
$1,200 - 5k+ Ceremony florals: from minimal enhancements to large-scale installations
$3k - 6k+ Reception florals: centerpieces, statement arrangements, and immersive designs
Rather than anchoring to specific numbers, we find it most helpful to discuss overall investment in relation to your vision, venue, and priorities. Clear communication early on allows expectations to align — and creativity to flourish.
Photo: Katie Lewis Photography
Why Full-Service Floral Design Creates Better Outcomes
Full-service floral design allows for continuity from start to finish. Instead of piecing together decisions, couples are supported through a collaborative process that considers the wedding day as a whole.
This approach often results in:
Greater cohesion across spaces
Fewer last-minute decisions
Better adaptability to changes
And a more relaxed experience for the couple
When trust and communication are in place, the design process becomes less about managing details and more about enjoying the journey.
At the end of the day, wedding flowers are about more than numbers…
They shape how a space feels, how guests experience the celebration, and how the day lives on in memory and photographs.
When budget conversations are approached with openness and intention, they become a foundation — not a barrier — to meaningful design.
If you’re planning a wedding in Maryland or Northern Virginia and are drawn to thoughtful, elevated floral design, we’d love to connect and explore what’s possible together.
