Wedding Flowers - recycling

Flower recycling in NY

Think twice about tossing those beautiful flowers. Give them to Flowerpower, a charitable organization that donates blooms from weddings, funerals, and corporate events. With the help of a nominal donation from you or your company, the flowers are reassembled into bouquets for patients in hospices, nursing homes, and hospitals. see flowerpowerfoundation.org

To find less expensive flowers, visit the flower wholesalers in the flower districts in big cities. In New York it's in Chelsea. Here is an example:

Starbright Floral Design
150 West 28th Street
StarFlor.com
NY, NY, 10001
800-520-8999

Here is a DIYvideo on how to make a bride's wedding bouquet (though I'd wrap the satin ribbon all the way down the stems).

Here is a company offering 'organic' bouquets and a little blog post on what this means.