Wedding Rose Petals: Shower Yourself With Roses at Your Wedding

Picture it: you are exiting the wedding aisle as the new Mr & Mrs as guests shower you and your new husband with fresh rose petals. The scent, the beauty, the luxury of fresh, live rose petals surrounds and envelops you. You get to your reception hall and every table is adorned with beautiful rose petals in your theme color. Later on in the night, you get to your suite with your groom and fall into a bed of roses to consummate your marriage... the sweet exquisite smell of roses wrapping you up in pure love.

Rose petals are a beautiful touch to weddings. There are so many different uses and possibilities for rose petals at a wedding. Here are a few suggestions:

• Guests can toss petals over the bride & group as they exit the ceremony.


• Flower girls can sprinkle them down the aisle for the bride`s entrance.


• For an outdoor wedding, the bridal aisle can be lined with blooms.


• Guest tables can be accented with the beauties.


• The head table can be lined with them between and around candles and centerpieces.


• Gift tables, registry tables, buffet tables, bars...any table top can be embellished with live blooms.

How do you know how many roses to order for your wedding? Here are some general guidelines: 1000 petals is enough to fill 2 small baskets for the flower girl or 1 medium basket. For a petal toss, 1000 is sufficient for 15 guests to toss as you leave the ceremony or enter the reception.

The amount you will need depends on how many areas you wish to cover with the petals at your wedding. Once you decide where you would like to put them, a simple calculation is all it takes to determine how many you should get.

1. Calculate the square footage of the area you wish to cover by multiplying the length by the width.


2. Divide a certain number of petals such as a thousand or three thousand petals by your square footage.


3. This will tell you how many petals you can use per square foot. If it`s not enough, try with a larger amount.


4. Here is an example: If you wish to cover a bridal walkway that is 5 feet by 20 feet, this gives you a square footage of 100 square feet. 3000 petals divided by 100= 30 petals per square feet. To me this is sufficient, is it enough for you?