Help with mechanics

[rewolf]

A client has given me this picture of pedestal candle holders (or whatever you want to call them) as pew markers.
The answer is probably obvious but how would you make your strans of greenery fast, cost-effective and efficiently?

This is a very large wedding and I don't want any staff getting bogged down with the details of 16 of these candlesticks.

I would opt for two strans of smilax but it is pricey ($9.50/stran) and then mixing in a few strans of ivy, etc... But by the time we get done mixing in various other greenery, maybe we should be working with loose greenery only from the start.
Any advice would be helpful. Thanks, in advance.

 

[anytimeflowers]

You may want to check with your wholesaler. Mine will make any length garland out of any foliage I specify. If you choose to start from scratch yourself, depending on when the event is, you can make the garlands weeks in advance. Just make them, spritz them with water, bag them, and leave them, or I have even kept them coiled in a bucket of water in the cooler.

You say mechanics, so I don't know how far you want me to go on that. But.......I actually have a garland making whatchamacallit. It feeds cord from one spool, and wire from another. You hand-crank it as you put pieces of foliage into it. An 8 foot garland takes about 5 minutes if the elements going into it are pre-cut. I don't know if those are rent-able, cost was about $150.

If you want to know how to make one quick by hand, say so and I'll go into it!

 

[shannonlovesflowers]

Most cost effective time saving way I know to do them is buy them already made. Simple and easy breazy.
I like 1-800-greens. And I talk to Tracy when I call

 

[rewolf]

Most cost effective time saving way I know to do them is buy them already made. Simple and easy breazy.
I like 1-800-greens. And I talk to Tracy when I call

Thanks Shannon. I work with Tracy already but I think that their garland would be way too thick for this delicate pole.

 

[rewolf]

depending on when the event is, you can make the garlands weeks in advance. Just make them, spritz them with water, bag them, and leave them, or I have even kept them coiled in a bucket of water in the cooler.

That's a great idea. Thanks!

 

[shannonlovesflowers]

nah, they will make it anyway ya want it!

 

[rewolf]

Thanks Shannon. Didn't realize they made anything other than the big thick garland.

 

[lori042499]

Carbone will also get in premade garland. i think you can specify the types of green involved...Like you could get ivy and plumosus and have a very light breezy type of garland...

 

[rewolf]

Thanks Lori!