I agree, I would never discourage anyone from doing their own wedding flowers. Some of the most unique ideas I've come across have come from some of the DIY brides I've worked with.

This is truly becoming a big trend and I'm hearing of a lot of people doing it. I work in the floral industry and get asked a lot of questions on how I arrange certain floral arrangements. We still get a lot of people coming in, but there has been a decrease since the recession started taking its toll on the economy. Either way as long as the bride loves her flowers and thinks it's beautiful that's all that matters!

Hi Greg! Great post, and great article you linked to. There have always been DIY flower brides, but its getting more attention now with the state of the economy and people trying to save money. My partner Dawn and I are both pro floral designers who saw this trend, and in order to help these brides who are considering DIY'ing their flowers, we developed FlowerDIYvas, floral design workshops for do it yourself brides. This week we are releasing a DVD of the workshop that is available on our website. Our goal is to give brides the info they need to either have a successful DIY flower experience, or to know if advance if they should hire a pro. We've found that about 60% of brides who have taken our workshop go on to DIY their flowers, and the remaining 40% decide its too much for them to take on and they hire a pro. Its definitely worth finding out in advance!