12 of the best wedding flower designers in Sydney + NSW
From Sydney to the Hunter Valley, Singleton to the Southern Highlands, the Illawarra and beyond, if you’re getting married, and are looking for bridal bouquets and floral arrangements in New South Wales, here's the list of the top wedding florists in the state.
Leah Mitchell Floral Design | @alanataylorphotography
When it comes to wedding flowers, it makes sense that you’ll want the very best for your big day, so below you’ll find the list of top wedding floral designers voted the best for bride and bridesmaid floral bouquets, buttonholes, ceremony arbour arrangements, hanging garlands, table centrepieces and floral installations in New South Wales. And, while our Complete Guide to Wedding Flowers has all your wedding floral questions covered, we’ve also included a list of typical wedding flowers to get you started.
El Khair Florist Event Stylist | @xtraordinaryphotosvideo
Wedding flower checklist
Personal taste, seasonal supply and budget will all come into your wedding floral decision making — whether you’re planning a day filled with ornate, over-the-top flower arrangements or opting for more minimalist floral displays — and what’s a 'must-have' for one couple might seem unnecessary to another. To give you an overview though, here’s a checklist of wedding flowers commonly worn, carried and used to decorate ceremony and reception venues.
Wedding flowers for the bride, groom and attendants
- Bride’s bouquet
- Maid-of-honour’s and bridesmaids’ bouquets
- Flower girls’ posies, baskets or floral arrangements
- Groom’s buttonhole (or boutonniere)
- Groomsmens’ buttonholes
- Family buttonholes and corsages
- Dedicated ‘bouquet toss’ arrangement
- Assorted floral accessories, like hairpieces, crowns or wreaths
Lovely Bridal Blooms | @lostinadazephotoco
Flowers for the wedding ceremony location
- Arrangements to decorate the entrance or aisle
- Embellishments for the alter or arbour
- Decorations for the aisle or chairbacks
- Arrangement for the signing table
Flowers for the wedding reception venue
- Arrangements for the entrance or seating chart display
- Table centrepieces
- Overhead garland installations or swathes
- Bridal table arrangements
- Wedding cake florals
- Decorations for the wishing well, guest book table or bar
- Photobooth backdrops
Whether you want to add them all to your wedding floral shopping list, or take your pick, if you’re getting married in New South Wales, the top florists listed below should be able to assist. If you’re getting married elsewhere in Australia though, visit the ABIA Directory, where you can search for florists and other wedding vendors in your region.
Flowers By Annette | @olguinphotography
How was this list of the best wedding flower designers in NSW determined?
At ABIA Weddings, it is important to us that all wedding couples plan their special day with confidence, based on the recommendations of recently-married couples and their own real experiences. So, this list is solely based on the feedback of real customers, who rated and reviewed the suppliers of their wedding flowers in the prestigious NSW ABIA Wedding Awards.
Of particular note, this list is not a compilation of businesses with the most Instagram followers, or those who paid to get their name on a list.
Since 1996, ABIA have asked newlyweds to rate their wedding vendors out of 100% for:
- Quality of Product and Experience
- Quality of Service and Communication
- Value for Money
- Attitude of Staff and Friendliness
The NSW floral designers below are those that attained a combined rating of more than 95%, in order of achievement, and were announced as winners and finalists at the recent NSW ABIA Wedding Awards held in Sydney.
Maple Florist | @andymacweddings
The top wedding florists in New South Wales
#1 - Leah Mitchell Floral Design
Illawarra Wedding Flowers
Leah Mitchell, of Leah Mitchell Floral Design in the Illawarra region, began working in a florist at age 14, bought her first flower shop at 18 and has been arranging flowers ever since. She now provides her beautiful blooms solely for weddings and events and delights in seeing her brides in their wedding dress.
Floristry has seen her working at weddings in breathtaking locations across Australia, providing flowers to Elton John’s dressing room and meeting brides who have become her closest friends.
@capturedby_kate
@alanataylorphotography
@alanataylorphotography
#2 - Elkhair Florist Event Stylist
Sydney Wedding Flowers
Dina Kheir, of El Khair Florist in Punchbowl, has taken wedding floristry to the next level having expanded her services over many years to include a combination of wedding floral design, event and wedding planning, styling and decorating entire weddings.
Her brides are a priority and her aim is to create unique and original works of art, produced through love and passion that become a talking point for her couples, their families and their wedding guests.
Emilio B Photography
Image courtesy El Khair Florist Event Stylist
Emilio B Photography
#3 - Lovely Bridal Blooms
Hawkesbury Wedding Flowers
Based in Wilberforce, Lovely Bridal Blooms is an online wedding flower boutique, servicing all areas of Sydney, the Blue Mountains, the lower Central Coast and the regions of Wollongong and Bowral. Established in 2010, and drawing on many years of experience in the industry, the store focuses exclusively on wedding blooms and aims to offer gorgeous fresh floral designs at affordable price points.
@ballyhoophoto
@magnusagrenphotography
#4 - Sweet Pea Botanica
South West Sydney Wedding Flowers
#5 - Flowers By Annette
Southern Highlands
Annette, the owner and creator of Mittagong florist Flowers by Annette, believes in supporting local businesses and showcasing the beauty of each season, so aims to source her blooms from nearby flower farms and Australian growers. She takes her environmental commitment even further by creating her floral arrangements and designs in sustainable ways, ever mindful of her couples’ dream wedding flower visions.
@gavincatophotography
@olguinphotography
#6 - Brilliant Blooms
Wollongong
@translucent_photography
@kldweddings
#7 - Maple Florist
Sydney
Since 1998, Jane of Maple Florist in Sydney has been offering her clients an artistic and skilled approach to floral design, using natural forms and organic shapes to inspire memorable, elegant floral arrangements.
Maple Florist is a preferred floral supplier to a number of notable wedding venues and takes pride in using hand-picked, quality fresh flowers, and in the care taken to create beautifully-sculptured floral arrangements to suit all styles of wedding celebrations.
@andymacweddings
@momentsphotographyau
#8 - Bella Fiore Floral Designs
Sydney
@stories.by.annie
A bespoke wedding and event florist dedicated to creating stunning floral arrangements tailored to each client's unique vision, Fiona's Floral Designs specialises in romantic, vintage, and modern designs, with the aim of transforming weddings and events into unforgettable experiences, filled with elegance, creativity and personal touches.
Alongside their exquisite florals, the Mays Hill florist offers event styling services, photo booth hire and audio guest book hire to help ensure that every wedding day — whether an intimate gathering or grand celebration — is beautifully curated.
@brooke.ford.photography
#10 - Peonies Boutique Weddings
Hunter Valley Wedding Flowers
From grand affairs to the most intimate of weddings, the team at Peonies Boutique Weddings assure their couples of perfect service, amazing flowers and beautiful attention to detail, whatever their event’s scale.
The Pokolbin-based florist specialises in weddings and draws on extensive experience gained by creating diverse floral designs for a wide range of venues throughout the Hunter Valley vineyard region. Indeed, the team adhere to a simple philosophy — realising the dreams of their couples and creating beautiful spaces to suit any style of occasion.
@danielgriffithsphoto
@laurenannephotography
#11 - Kristela Marie Florist and Stylist
Sydney
Kristela Marie Florist and Stylist offers couples luxe blooms and gorgeous designs unique to their style and vision, and the team claims they literally lose sleep over the smallest detail due to their desire to ensure everything looks absolutely perfect on the big day.
The Bossley Park florist provides a full styling and floral service that encompasses everything from bridal party flowers to ceremony and reception arrangements, and also includes delivery, set up and pack down.
@capturedframes
@cinemotive
#12 - Singleton Florist Wedding & Event Hire
Singleton
Servicing the destination wedding hotspot of the Hunter Valley wine region, Singleton Florist Wedding & Event Hire is known for creating abundant romantic blooms to suit a range of themes, venues and occasions. The team are trained in all styles of bridal bouquets, so can cater to each couple’s vision, whether that’s timeless elegant posies or unstructured, wild floral arrangements.
@labellavitaphotographynsw
For couples marrying in Sydney, the Blue Mountains, the Central Coast, Southern Highlands, South Coast, Northern Rivers or elsewhere in the state, the ABIA Directory makes wedding planning easy with a list of well-vetted New South Wales wedding vendors. In fact, ABIA's comprehensive wedding guide lists wedding service providers throughout Australia, and also includes ratings, reviews and recommendations from recent newly-weds. The trusted resource covers everything 'weddings', from venues to celebrants, photographers, videographers, caterers, decorations, transport, hair stylists, make-up artists, live music and even dance lessons and photo booth hire. Plus, the website is also filled with unique ideas, the latest wedding inspiration, honeymoon ideas, an online wedding registry and valuable tips that cover everything from writing your own vows to choosing your wedding dress, or organising multi-day and destination weddings.
