What did you do with your wedding reception flowers when it was over? Could I take them to an old peoples home

I work in an old people's home and I can assure u that this would be a fab idea as all the old ladies love weddings and flowers. It would make their day! Go for it!

What did you do with your wedding reception flowers when it was over? Could I take them to an old peoples home
im getting married in may so not done anything yet BUT as im providing the vases for the flowers im going to be giving the vases away to the guests with the flowers in!!!


you could take them to a home, that would be a nice gesture to try and put a smile on their faces!!
Reply:sent them to our local hospital,
Reply:I think that would be an excellent idea,. The nursing homes would love to have them sitting in some of the patients rooms and they would even put the bigger ones in their foyer...That would be so nice of you...and that way, they will be used again, kinda like getting a real bargain, when you can use them twice...
Reply:Your idea is a lovely one!


For our wedding, we had two large centerpieces of fresh flowers we used at the church, then at the head table for the reception. After, they just went to my mom's home.


Table centerpieces were silk, so various people just took those home.
Reply:You could also consider the local hospice they have less restrictions than hospitals as a rule.


Or how about placing them in the cemetery? I'm sure you or someone in your partners family have loved ones there.
Reply:Most people give the centerpieces away; one each for the mothers, one each for the grandmothers and then out to aunts or other female guests.
Reply:People just swiped them from my sister's reception. They probably won't make it to another venue.
Reply:of course u can and what a lovely idea
Reply:thats a wonderful idea, i'm sure they would be much appreciated, much better than leaving them where nobody can enjoy them after the day, this way people can enjoy them after the day!!
Reply:u save it and put pieces of it in ur wedding album
Reply:That would be a lovely thought but check first with the home if they will let you give them the flowers for the old people. If you have any left over, a little bit of wedding cake would also make them feel happy that someone thought of them. enjoy your day, you deserve it.
Reply:do what you want with them, i went to a wedding last year and people wanted to take them with them, spose it's a token of the wedding to them
Reply:In Ireland we put the flowers on graves of our relatives who have passed before us eg, grandparents/parents it is a sentimental offering as obviously they cant be there at the wedding.
Reply:I am putting mine on my Grandparents grave
Reply:That sounds like a lovely idea, but where I'm from your guests might be confused, because most of the time the couple give them away, usually before the wedding party is introduced people are asked to take theirs seats, while waiting for the wedding party to assemble before their grand entrance a game is played, sometimes a dot on the bottom of your bread plate, or passing the salt shaker until the music stops, the winner of the game takes home the centerpiece. I dont know that everyone does that, but every wedding Ive been to has
Reply:all of the female guests took some flowers home as gifts from my wedding- they were all wrapped as small posies for this purpose. i have also worked in an old peopls home and they love getting flowers- be careful with nursing homes though because some are the same as hospitals, in that they do not allow flowers because of the possible contamination- nuts!
Reply:That is such a nice idea. Check beforehand that the home you have in mind would accept them no probs, though. I'm sure the residents would really love it!