Arbor - How much would you charge?

For something that ful and nice, knowing you are down the cape and knowing where you shop and the prices roughly that you pay....I would say 2000-2500 without counting the flowers...and knowing that set up is a biatch...
 
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rewolf said:
Joe, you have phenomenal buying ability and I respect that. It would cost me almost $14 to buy the flowers you suggested above. My hot pink hydrangeas alone run about $4-5.

You are right though...most consumers do not want to spend a ton of money on an arbor but fortunately this bride did. I do provide lesser expensive solutions for brides that want an arbor though.

I did think about putting an oasis brick in a poly bag but opted for cages. Did not want to take a chance of the brick falling apart with the number of stem insertions.

And Robin you are right, it took one girl 3 hours to assemble.
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another option: chicken wire, either plastic or wire.

there is no reason you can't get similar prices on these big ticket events. you just have to know where to buy.

hth
joe
 
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Tracy D'Amico said:
no way jose. :)I couldn't make 14 PRESENTABLE hand tied bouquets, fat & full like the pic - in 59 minutes. Those are easily 12" diameter 'bouquets'. I don't even think I'd like them as hand tieds .... not to duplicate that design anyway.

Let's do the math, shall we? ;) Arbor - 7'high, 6'wide. Assuming each bqt is 12" wide = 20 bouquets minimum, plus all the stuffing to make it as symmetrical as it looks now, designed in cages...

that is what you meant by "mini boquet", right :thumbsup
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You said "no way Jose" to Joe....that cracked me up! :)
 
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rewolf said:
This is an Arbor I did last summer.

I am curious what others would charge for this arbor. Without knowing the exact flowers count, just give me a ballpark based on this visual. Primary flowers were roses, Asiatic lilies, hot pink hydrangea and some snaps - nothing fancy.

If I recall, I attached 10 - 14 cages to the front facade only.

I am doing this arbor again this summer and want to make my price is on target.

Thanks for your help.
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By the way that is soooo pretty and i LOVE the chair's with pomanders and buckets~very nice
 
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It's hard to judge without knowing exact flower count, but my initial reaction is about $1500.00 There has to be a considerable amount of labor involved in placing the cages and would take a couple of people to do. I would sell it so that the cages could be taken down quickly and they could use the individual cages as table decor somewhere, if they were leaving the site of the ceremony. The carnation pomanders I would sell for around $40.00 per and the aisle would determine on the length of the aisle - between $125.00- $200.00
Very, very beautiful and with the ocean behind, I'm sure their pictures were extraordinary.
 
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I just booked a small wedding down the cape in brewster.....The girl came to me because no florist down there wanted to deal with her because it was too small a wedding, she is paying me a 150.00 delivery....The cape and all of its glory is a very expensive place to do business, very high on the overhead scale and then the trips to Boston for flowers just sucks up so much time....

Hey, Katie, This wedding is 10/10/10...Maybe I can come deliver my wedding and then help you with some of yours..That should be a good weekend for you, a holiday and that 10/10/10 phenom.....so fun...​
 
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