The flowers at your wedding—whether they be small touches or practically the main event—are a gorgeous medium to symbolize the love you and your partner share and have all around you. As a wedding photographer, I’ve seen SO many Twin Cities weddings go from beautiful to ✨breathtaking✨ once the floral team arrives and works their magic.
If you don’t have much of a green thumb or haven’t been exposed to a lot of flowers or floral design, it can be overwhelming figuring out where to begin. Even if you kind of know what you want, it’s hard to know who you can trust with the best day of your life!
Plus, what options do you have if you want to keep your wedding as planet-friendly as possible?
No worries! I have a list of amazing Twin Cities (and some greater MN too!) wedding florists that I’ve worked with before. You’ll hear this a lot if you work with me: I got your back! 🙂
Sustainable wedding flowers are possible
Wait, “planet-friendly” flowers? Aren’t flowers natural? Yes! Well, kind of.
As with most things, there is a lot of nuance when it comes to sustainable wedding floral options. Technically, the most sustainable option of all is to not have any party and everyone should ride pre-owned bikes to the ceremony where they bring leftovers from home for dinner and sit in the dark with no music! 💀
I know, that is ridiculous. And that’s not what I’m recommending! It’s way more chill than that! Everything is about small choices that add up. 🙂
What are sustainable wedding flowers?
Planet-friendly floral:
- Is local and seasonal to be the best of the florist’s ability
- Is organic/grown without fertilizer or pesticides
- Celebrates nature herself—no dyes or paint to change it
- Is without PLASTIC (i.e. no floral foam or plastic faux floral elements)
- If you look at wedding florists’ websites and they say things like “foam free,” this is what they’re talking about!
How to get sustainable wedding flowers out of season
If you’re set on a certain color scheme that you just can’t swing during a certain time of year (like a winter wedding), I suggest two ideas: First, you could try to pick a wedding date that has your ideal floral elements in season. I actually know a couple who did this!
If that’s not an option or you’re too far into planning, another approach is using silk wedding floral arrangements that you can rent, from a place like Green Goddess Floral or Silk Stem Collective (both of which are linked below!). It’s a greener alternative to plastic and they are SO awesome looking!!
Now for the Minnesota wedding florist recs, as promised!
Twin Cities, MN wedding florists to check out
I would be stoked to work alongside any of these fine folks!
Need help choosing? Let me know and I can talk it through with you.
A La Carte or Full Service Wedding Florists
Ediflorial
Ediflorial is a sustainable floral design studio based in Minneapolis. They currently have a private studio not open to the public.
Ergo Floral
Ergo Floral is a luxe floral studio in Minneapolis using locally sourced flowers and sustainable practices.
Green Goddess Floral
Green Goddess Floral has a studio and urban flower farm in Bloomington, MN. They offer full service wedding flowers as well as a la carte flowers that you can get quickly.
JNY Studios
JNY Studio is run by Justina Ny-Devereaux in Minneapolis. She’s a studio florist and a potter.
Silk Stem Collective
Silk Stem Collective is a rent-and-return silk wedding flowers provider in Minneapolis. They deliver, set up, and pick up all your rented items for you!
Full Service Only Florists
Apricot Floral
Apricot Floral is a full-service wedding florist in St. Paul, MN. They do it all, from installations to bouquets and comprehensive floral design.
Cosmos Floral
Cosmos Floral is a fine art floral design studio in St. Paul, MN. They’re a sustainable florist, sourcing locally grown flowers and not using any foam.
Fersk Floral Artistry
Fersk is a floral company specializing in modern, romantic, and earthy designs. Although they’re located in Eau Claire, WI, they service us here in Minnesota, too.
Kindred Blooms
Kindred Blooms, a proud 100% foam-free floral studio, is based out of the Twin Cities area.
MAVEN Events
MAVEN Events is a full service event production and design house in Minneapolis, MN. Although they provide full event production and wedding planning, you can also choose to work with them only for floral design.
Minne Floral Co.
Minnie Floral Co. is a boutique florist located in Minneapolis. They promote sustainability by supporting local farmers and businesses, donating to pollinator charities, and more.
Pansy Floral
Pansy Floral is a foam-free wedding and event florist in Minneapolis, MN.
That’s it! Those are my favorites 🙂
Speaking of working with fine folks, if YOU fine folks are looking for a wedding photographer for your Minnesota wedding, please send me a note and we can see if we click. 🙂
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