Your perfect bridal bouquet.

Here at Kauai Island Weddings we're nuts about gorgeous tropical bridal bouquets. Which one to choose, there are so many options? And how do I choose, I don't know much about flowers?

 There are a few simple ways a bride can choose the perfect bridal bouquet:

Most brides like to look at color. You want to choose a bouquet that goes with the overall color scheme of your wedding: bride's maids dresses, flower girls dresses, reception decorations & colors....in addition to the general feel of your wedding. You would choose a different bouquet for a wedding at an upscale New York Hotel, rather than an outdoor organic event in a garden setting. The same is true for a destination beach wedding. Here the colors can be more summery and the flowers more tropical, while in the New York Hotel setting you may be looking at a more classic look in color and flower choice.


A second consideration is fragrance: Do you enjoy fragrant flowers, or are you or your groom allergic? Every year we have some couples who specifically ask for non-fragrant flowers in both the bridal bouquet and table center pieces. If you're not allergic and enjoy the lovely fragrance that some of the flowers have to offer, you'll have some great choices like tuberose and gardenia, or in a tropical setting, plumerias and stephanotis.

Then there is the question of which style of bridal bouquet to choose. Would a hand tied bouquet be better or do you love the look of a more traditional cascading one? This is a very personal choice and our only advice on this issue is that a cascading bouquet can make a shorter bride look even shorter, just because it looks longer and bigger and may overwhelm your more delicate frame.


Most brides will spend a lot of time online searching everything from Google to Pinterest to find that perfect bridal bouquet. Rest assured, any professional florist should be able to recreate whatever catches your eye and will be able to make suggestions as to which flowers may suit your occasion best.

Tropical flowers will stand up to a tropical climate better than more temperate choices and vice versa.

Some brides planning a tropical destination wedding like to choose interesting tropical flowers that they could not easily get back home. A lot of brides choose a simple bouquet of roses, be it in white, pink or brilliant red, but if you're traveling to the tropics why not try something tropical and fragrant instead?

Whatever you choose in the end, one thing is clear: A colorful bridal bouquet will greatly enhance your professional wedding photography.