The Real Horror Stories of a Wedding Florist

It’s spooky season, which means it’s time to talk about the real horrors that haunt florists year-round. No jump scares here, just the kind of bone-chilling moments that make every petal curl and every stem tremble.

Read on… if you dare.

1. “We don’t really care about flowers.”

Ah yes, the words that pierce straight through a florist’s heart. You will care when you see your venue looking like a beige banquet hall straight out of a tax seminar.

2. When photographers lay the bouquet flat… on hot pavement.

Somewhere, a florist just felt a cold shiver. That bouquet was fluffed, hydrated, and styled within an inch of its life only to be sacrificed to the asphalt gods.

3. When coordinators place table numbers directly in front of your centerpiece.

Nothing like a beautiful arrangement hiding behind a 4x6 acrylic sign that says “Table 6.” Terrifying.

4. When catering “borrows” flowers from your arrangement to decorate their plates.

The audacity. The unholy audacity. Please stop garnishing shrimp cocktails with flowers stolen from an arrangement.

5. When your wholesaler calls the morning of pickup and says, “There’s a problem with your order.”

Every florist knows this dread. It’s the floral version of “We need to talk.” Cue the internal scream.

6. When the bride holds her bouquet backwards in every photo.

Of course we make all sides of a bouquet beautiful, but yes, we usually have a favorite (aka, the front). It’s the side we’ve styled, perfected, and obsessed over… only to see it turned away from the camera for eternity. Haunting.

7. When clients or coordinators ghost you after you’ve poured hours into a detailed proposal.

Some spirits just can’t be reached… even with the promise of goregeous in budget designs.

8. When you arrive onsite and discover one or more extra tables at reception no one mentioned.

A florist’s version of a jump scare. We call this the Table of Terror.

9. When you show up to U-Haul and they don’t have the van you reserved.

Because nothing says “wedding morning panic” like playing Tetris with 15 centerpieces in the back of a SUV.

10. Being asked to use Queen Anne’s Lace… in August.

We don’t need Ouija boards, we summon chaos with this question alone.

Floristry is not for the faint of heart. Between the early mornings, the van fiascos, and the flower hauntings, we’ve seen things that would make a zombie flinch. But despite it all, we keep coming back, shears in hand, petals flying, ready to create a little bit of floral magic (and maybe exorcise a few event-day demons along the way).

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