Weddings & Events in Barcelona

Weddings & events in Barcelona: June peonies, September brides

Flowers for weddings & events in Barcelona follow Spain's wedding calendar: across Spain, September takes 18% of weddings, more than any other month, with June and July at 14% each and October at 13%. The month decides whether the bride carries a real peony or a peony-shaped rose instead, and a gift from guests is chosen separately, for a restaurant table or for the couple's flat. Anyone who wants to order a bridal bouquet in Barcelona can start with the bride's own bouquet and work outward from there.

A June bride in Barcelona and the last weeks of the peony

June weddings take 14% of the total across Spain, and the date still sits inside the peony's season further north. Dutch and French growers cut peonies from late April into June, so a June bridal order can still ask for the real flower while it lasts. July weddings hold the same 14% share, but by then the European peony season has closed, and the gap is filled by the peony-shaped rose, most often one of David Austin's English varieties.

Duo of Peony Roses and Peonies sets an actual peony next to the rose that resembles it, so a bride can see the difference before she chooses. Once the wedding is over, a cut peony holds in a vase for five to seven days, which is roughly how long it can stay in a vase after the wedding day.

September and October, when most Spanish couples marry

September and October together account for 31% of Spanish weddings, and both months fall after the European peony season has ended. A bride marrying then is choosing between roses, peony-shaped roses and protea, a flower rather than a rose variety, for a bouquet built without peonies. Ecuadorian roses grow almost on the equator, where daylight stays close to twelve hours all year, which is why a rose can be booked for any date, with no season to work around.

Barcelona's wedding flowers lean on roses once autumn arrives, and both the numbered bridal bouquets and the wider wedding bouquets draw on that same calendar. January, February and December see the fewest Spanish weddings, only 1 to 3% each. A date that quiet is the easiest one to plan loosely: describe the occasion and the budget to the florist, and the options come back with photos and prices before anything is paid. September also brings its own calendar in this city, two local holidays and its wettest weeks, covered on the Barcelona's holidays and its wet September page.

A lily basket near a white dress, or jumilia for the flat

A gift from guests takes a different shape from the bride's own bouquet, and it lives among the baskets and jumilia for the couple rather than the bridal bouquets. A Giant Mixed Basket with Lilies or 51 Lilies in a Basket stands on its own, without a vase, because the stems sit in foam that only needs watering across its whole surface, every day.

Lily pollen is the one thing to plan around near a wedding. It stains fabric badly and is hard to lift once it has set, so the anthers are removed once the flower opens. Any pollen caught fresh is lifted with sticky tape rather than rubbed in, which matters close to a white dress or a banquet tablecloth. Every part of a lily, including the pollen and the water in the vase, is toxic to cats. A couple with a cat at home is better served by 51 Jumilia in Airy Wrapping instead. Its bud grows up to seven centimetres, white at the base with a pink edge, and holds for up to two weeks with ordinary care.

Wedding flower delivery in Barcelona can be booked for a set date and time in any zone. For a restaurant, the timing is agreed with the host or manager beforehand, and the flowers arrive for the toast, the dessert or the couple's entrance. A bridal bouquet and a banquet basket can travel in the same order to two different addresses, though delivery is counted separately for each one. The florist photographs the finished bouquet before the courier leaves, and any changes are made before that, not after. Zones are on the delivery zones page.

A June wedding points towards peonies while they are still in season, a September or October date points towards roses and the wedding bouquets built around them, and a gift from guests belongs with the Wedding selection rather than with the bride's own bouquet.