DIY Wedding Flowers in NC

Seasonal, florist-quality flowers for a natural wildflower wedding.

Planning a DIY Wedding is hard, make the flowers easy.

Congratulations on your engagement!

Planning a North Carolina wedding can get wild — especially if you are the planner and the bride! If you want to DIY flowers for a natural, organic wild flower style or simply for budget reasons, we can help. With all the wedding details you have to juggle, let’s make flowers the easy and FUN part.

Our Pittsboro flower farm specializes in sustainably grown North Carolina flowers for a natural wildflower wedding, rustic barn venues, boho look or cottage garden vibe.

My goal is to make it the easiest, most enjoyable part of the big day planning until your walk down the aisle!

Are You Thinking “Should I DIY My Wedding Flowers?”

Close up of flower arranging in a studio

If you’re asking this question, you are wise! Arranging flowers for your own wedding isn’t for everyone.

Pulling this plan off requires a fine balance of logistical planning, flower knowledge and design skill. Seriously think this decision through. Because flowers are perishable, they must be arranged a day or so before the event, usually when all the other details come flooding in too.

Take our quiz to find out if DIY flower buckets are right for you and your event.

If you discover that a DIY wedding isn’t for you, no worries. It’s ok. You’re not alone. I’ve got done-for-you wedding flower options that use our NC-grown wildflowers too.

How to DIY wedding flowers with our DIY Wedding Flower Checklist

How to DIY Wedding Flowers Using Local Flowers

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Handling the wedding flowers while planning AND starring in a wedding can be a big task.

What you need is a plan on how to make the blooms and deadlines behave — and yes, you can do this!

Download our DIY Wedding Flower Checklist for a start-to-finish timetable of what to do when. I’ll walk you through questions like:

  • Does your venue supply an arch?

  • Will the flowers you’re envisioning be blooming in NC?

  • How many buckets of flowers do you need? What type?

  • When to get them and how to store and condition them??

Relax — I’ve laid out the whole timeline for you.

And remember NC brides, if you get overwhelmed, I’m here to help!

Get started by downloading the DIY Wedding Flower Checklist and make at least this one part of wedding planning easier!

Local flowers for a seasonal NC wedding

I’m guessing that you picked your wedding date for a reason - maybe you love the time of year in North Carolina, it’s when the weather is best, or just when the venue was available!

If you want a wildflower or rustic boho wedding, using colorful, locally-grown flowers from a North Carolina flower farm will accent any garden-themed or natural wedding feel.

Plus, flower farms often grow flowers that florists don’t typically use. The romantic, rustic, wild flower types that don’t ship well. Buying local expands the flower color palette to play with!

I know brides are busy pinning photos and may not know the flower names nor when they are at their peak bloom. You don’t need a horticulture degree - you just want it to be beautiful, right?

It helps to browse North Carolina wedding flowers by color palette and season to make sure your vision is doable. Get our seasonal color guide to North Carolina wedding flowers below.

Which flowers are in season for a NC wildflower wedding?

Our flower growing season generally matches the Triangle’s prime wedding and wildflower seasons: spring and fall. DIY wedding buckets are generally available from mid-April to early June and mid-September to early November.

Want to see which wedding flower varieties we are growing this year? View our flower calendar.

Flower pickup is always the morning before your event weekend at our farm in Pittsboro, NC. It’s an easy 30-minute or less drive from most Pittsboro, Chapel Hill, Cary, Apex, Holly Springs or Raleigh wedding venues.

We are reserving dates for the 2024 wedding and engagement season.

Need more help? Email me with specific inquiries or date questions.

Buckets of fall wedding flowers from our NC flower farm

Can I buy wild flowers in bulk?

Our DIY wedding flower buckets are an easy way to get bulk flower bunches to arrange for your own wildflower wedding bouquets, table decor, baby shower or family event. We offer 10-stem bunches of most flower varieties for you to arrange or to coordinate with our designed-for-you wedding items.

Since our flowers are locally and seasonally grown here in Pittsboro, NC, I don’t guarantee specific flowers. Farming’s weather challenges and pest pressures make that risky. I do my best to accommodate color palette requests and provide an assortment of flower shapes and forms. My goal is to set you up for breezy DIY-arranging success.

And since your flowers are farm-fresh, you’ll know that you’re getting the most beautiful and sustainably grown flowers possible.

Sample DIY Flower Buckets

  • Creamy white lisianthus in buckets

    Bulk lisianthus

  • Buckets of fall dahlias and chrysanthemums

    Fall dahlias

  • A blue bucket of pink lisianthus in the field

    Pink lisianthus

  • Close up of pastel zinnias and white sunflowers

    Early fall zinnias and sunflowers

  • Buckets of sunflowers and lisianthus

    Sunflowers and lisianthus

  • Plum sunflowers

    Plum sunflowers

  • White dahlias in a bucket

    White dahlias

  • white gomphrena and hot pink zinnias

    White gomphrena and hot pink zinnias

  • Pastel summer flowers in bulk buckets

    Early summer pastels

Love notes from our wedding flower customers

  • I reached out to Jennifer when I found her page about DIY event flowers online and she helped me pick out flowers and foliage that fit my vision, my budget, and were in-season. She even grew a beautiful sunset-pink sunflower just for my event and it was a huge hit.

    Marissa, Raleigh, NC..