Transporting flowers?

Has anyone had to transport their cut wedding flowers from one place to another?





All I'm having is a bridal boquet, but I'm going to make it myself to save money, so there's not a florist to take care of the transportation.





The wedding is taking place on a saturday afternoon, and we will be travelling to the location on Friday afternoon. We'll be in the car for about 2 hours.





Should I put them in a cooler for the drive down, and then into the fridge? Or do you think the ice in the cooler will damage them?

Transporting flowers?
Ok, I worked for a florist for about 2 years....some things to factor in here, and feel free to email me so I can give you better details. The specific flowers you are using will make a difference. if its something like roses, this will be easy to take care of. Something like gerbera daisies or gardenias or tulips or something will make it more difficult b/c its a tempermental flower. Get the flowers as FRESH as possible....check for stifness of petals when you buy them, if they seem a little limp, don't risk it, they will only get more limp. I would make the bouquet that friday morning before you leave. Your gonna want to leave stems showing (you can clip them under the ribbon later if thats the look your going for) and put the bouquet in a CLEAN vase with a little water. This is key, you need to keep them both cool and in water! I would reccomend a portable cooler for the ride to the location, and putting ice AROUND the vase with water in it, not in the vase....that ice would probably be bad for the flowers, but you do want to keep them in a cool environment! I would take the vase with your bouquet in it and immediately refrigerate when I got there. Make sure the flowers aren't pressed against the side of hte cooler or the frigde, it will cause spotting on the petals which can be bad lookin. Keep it cool as long as possible, right before ya take pics or go to the ceremony. Once again, feel free to email me if you have other questions about it, but I think as long as you keep um cool and not touched, you should be ok!
Reply:Put them in a cooler with some of those "blue ice" packs in the bottom. Put a folded towel between the blue ice and the flowers because the blooms could be damamged if they directly touched the blue ice. You could put ice in ziplock back is you don't have the blue ice.





I've had to do this many times over the years for everything from corsages to the bridal bouquet for my youngest daughter's wedding.





This method was recommended to me by my florist and always worked perfect.y
Reply:Get a block of ice and put an old towel in the cooler to keep it from burning the flowers.It should work.....
Reply:As long as the flowers won't be in a REALLY hot environment (i.e., the car has AC), they should be fine. However, for safety's sake, I'd recommend packing them in a cooler that's been pre-chilled with ice (which is then removed). Do NOT leave the flowers near ice or anything colder than 40-45 degrees, as it will damage the petals.





Once you reach your destination, DO store the flowers in the refrigerator.
Reply:Put the flowers in a 5 gallon (tall) bucket with some water at the bottom. They'll be fine for the trip there and then you can put the whole thing into the fridge. They'll still be getting water and the tall bucket will keep the water from sloshing out. You'll have to assign one to hold the bucket to keep it from falling over, though. (Or maybe you can buckle it in)
Reply:why not find a florist near the church and make sure they can do this for you that way you dont have to worry what the flowers will look like when they get there the florist will be responsible for that . good luck and congrats on the wedding .
Reply:Why not buy the flowers near the area where you will need them? That way you save stress from trying to think what will happen to the flowers.