Weddings & Events in Bangkok

Weddings & events in Bangkok: bridal peonies, not the temple lotus

In Thai tradition the lotus belongs to temples and to offerings, not to romantic gifts, so a Bangkok bride carries peonies, peony roses, protea or roses instead. Weddings & events in Bangkok opens with the bouquet the bride carries herself, then moves on to the flowers guests send the newlyweds once the day is under way.

Peonies, peony roses or protea for the bride's own bouquet

The bride's own bouquet gets a line of its own, built around one composition for the woman carrying it down the aisle. A wider choice sits in wedding bouquets: peonies, peony roses, protea and ordinary roses are all grouped there for anyone dressing the day in flowers.

Bouquet "Duo of Peony Roses and Peonies" sets a true peony beside a rose cut to look like one. Peony roses are usually English varieties bred by David Austin, so the two flowers echo each other without being identical. Bridal Bouquet "Pur-Pur" is another name in the same line for the bride's own bouquet.

A bride with a clearer idea of her own can simply write to a florist: a photo and the price come back before any payment is taken. After the finished bouquet is photographed, changes can be requested before the courier leaves. Anyone wanting peonies for more than the bridal line can look through the full peonies range.

Lilies in a basket or jumilia in airy wrap, sent by the guests

Guests who are not walking down the aisle usually send something rather than carry flowers of their own, and those gifts sit apart in a section built for exactly that purpose. A Giant Mixed Basket with Lilies stands without a vase, so it goes straight onto a table at the reception. The 51 Jumilia in Airy Wrapping carries buds up to seven centimetres across, white at the base and edged in pink. With regular water changes, the stems last close to a fortnight in a vase.

A lily is worth a second thought where the newlyweds keep a cat: every part of the plant is toxic to cats, pollen and vase water included, which makes jumilia the kinder gift for a cat-owning couple. Lily pollen also marks fabric badly, so florists snip the anthers once a bloom has opened, worth remembering next to a wedding dress.

One flower to leave off the list is tuberose, which in Thailand decorates coffins rather than wedding tables, so it never goes to a couple as a gift. Anyone wanting a bigger gesture than a single basket can look through the full flower baskets range.

Wedding flower delivery in Bangkok, timed with the venue's host

The venue's own host sets the real deadline, not the clock: dessert, the toast, or the walk to the stage, and delivery is timed against that moment. The exact time is still agreed directly with the venue rather than promised to the minute by the order itself.

For a company evening, florists dress the room on request and can raise an invoice to a business, with the paperwork that goes alongside it.

Zones and what each one covers sit on the delivery zones page.

Start with bridal bouquet for the bouquet the bride carries herself, then look at the Wedding range for what the guests send to the couple afterwards. Checking the venue's zone first saves changing the order later.