Wedding Bouquet Care & Posting Guide UK

I can’t wait to receive your wedding blooms! To ensure your flowers arrive in the best condition for pressing, please follow the steps in this guide. Preparing ahead will help your bouquet stay fresh and beautiful, ready to be transformed into a bespoke wedding bouquet frame.

Before Your Wedding

To make posting or dropping off your bouquet as easy as possible, prepare everything in advance. Having everything ready before your wedding day allows you to focus on enjoying your special day, knowing your bouquet will arrive safely for pressing.

Tips for preparation:

  • Prepare a sturdy box with enough space to protect your bouquet (no larger than 46cm x 46cm x 60cm)

  • Line the box with tissue paper or soft padding to prevent bruising

  • Keep flowers hydrated until posting with fresh water

After the ceremony

Place your bouquet in fresh water and out of sun as soon as possible after the ceremony and photographs. Protect it from bruising or damage, and trim the stems if you can. Keep your flowers in fresh water (changed daily) in a cool room, away from direct sunlight, until they are ready to be posted or dropped off.

Please include additional blooms from your centrepieces or other arrangements. This gives me the best, freshest selection for pressing, and enough flowers to create a beautiful large frame.

Important: Please do not spray your flowers with water, as this can affect the pressing process.

Weather & Transport

If it’s raining, don’t worry. Just keep your flowers as dry as possible while moving them, using an umbrella, bag, or foil if needed. Moisture on petals can cause browning during pressing, so a little extra care really helps here.

Drop - Off Tips

Keep your bouquet upright and steady in the car - a box or vase works perfectly. You can wrap the stems in a little damp tissue to keep them hydrated.

If it’s raining, just take care to shield your flowers when moving between indoors and the car.

UK Posting

You can post your bouquet to my Buckinghamshire studio from anywhere in the UK.

Preserving Memories with Care

Following these simple steps helps your flowers arrive in the best possible condition, ready for me to turn them into a special keepsake from your wedding day.

  • Garden style bouquet

    What to prepare

    cardboard box (no larger than 46cm x 46cm x 60cm), newspaper / tissue paper, secateurs / scissors, kitchen roll & water, elastic bands, sandwich bags, marker pen, pen & paper, tape, my address (included in your booking confirmation email)

  • Cardboard box

    Step 1

    Get a sturdy cardboard box that will comfortably fit your flowers - no larger than 46cm x 46cm x 60cm. Please visibly mark each side of the box with ‘THIS WAY UP’ and an arrow pointing upwards.

    Important: If your parcel exceeds these dimensions, Royal Mail may refuse to accept it. Please check the size of your box carefully before posting to avoid any delays to your flowers reaching me.

  • Cardboard box filled with paper

    Step 2

    Fill the bottom of the box with scrunched up paper / tissue paper, leaving a hole in the middle for the flower stems. Please don’t use bubble wrap or plastic wrap, as it doesn’t allow the air to circulate in the box.

  • Flower bouquet stems tied together

    Step 3

    REMOVE ANYTHING VALUABLE OR ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO KEEP FROM YOUR BOUQUET.

    Make sure your flowers are securely fastened together around their stems with an elastic band. Trim the stems at the ends a little if you need to, so they’re fresh and so the bouquet can fit in the box.

  • Flower bouquet stems covered in damp kitchen roll

    Step 4

    Wet a bunch of kitchen roll sheets and wrap them around the bottom of the stems, to keep them hydrated. Make sure they’re not wrapped around the flowers, the blooms need to stay moisture free. DON’T spray your flowers with water.

  • Flower bouquet stems covered with a sandwich bag

    Step 5

    Place the bottom of the stems, covered in wet kitchen roll, in a plastic sandwich bag. Secure it tightly with an elastic band around the stems, above the kitchen roll, to prevent it from leaking in the box. Please make sure only the stems are in the bag, NOT the flowers.

  • Flower bouquet wrapped in paper

    Step 6

    Wrap your bouquet (and any additional flowers) lightly in paper / tissue paper, to protect the flowers from bruising. Please make sure you don’t bend or break any flowers.

  • Flower bouquet in a box

    Step 7

    Carefully place your flowers upright in the box (placing your bouquet on its side would bruise & damage your flowers). Secure the sides with more scrunched up paper / tissue paper if needed, making sure the flowers are not squashed, but are not wobbling / moving in the box either.

  • Cardboard box with a label

    Step 8

    Place your contact details in the box, so I know who the flowers belong to (I receive multiple deliveries on some days).

    Close the box, seal it securely with tape and write visibly ‘FRESH FLOWERS’ on the top of the box. Write my address (and the sender’s details).

    (Please note that fresh flowers are classed as perishable items when posted. While delays are uncommon, Royal Mail does not offer compensation for perishable good in the event of delays, loss or damage. Following the packaging guidance carefully and posting your flowers promptly after your wedding will help ensure they reach me in the best possible condition.)

  • Pink garden roses

    Step 9

    Ta-da! Your flowers are ready for posting! Take the box to your local post office before the last collection - which will be sooner than the closing time. Post it with Royal Mail Special Next Day Delivery Before 1pm Service. This should cost about £23. (My address is included in your booking confirmation email.)

    Please email me the tracking number after posting your flowers.

    I will be in touch in around 4 months’ time with your beautiful mock-up design!

    Important: If your box exceeds Royal Mail’s size limits, please use Parcelforce ExpressAM delivery (by 12pm on the next working day). I’m available to receive deliveries in the morning, but I’m not at home in the afternoons, so parcels arriving later in the day may not reach me. A morning delivery gives your flowers the best chance of being received promptly and pressed while they are at their freshest.