Wedding Floral Design
Personals, ceremony pieces, reception tables. One florist from first sketch to last candle out.
from $2,800 / event
Full wedding pricing
Every price on one page
What event flowers cost
What event flowers cost
in Hobart, honestly
Floral Decor House pricing for Hobart weddings and events: private celebrations from $950, weddings from $2,800, weekly contract flowers from $180. Plus the honest maths behind every quote we write.
- Fixed quotes in writing
- 30% deposit locks the date
- First site visit is free
Services
Every service,
starting price attached
"From" means the smallest honest version of the job we will take on. The real number lands after a site visit and a chat about what the room actually needs.
Event & Venue Styling
Concept to pack-out: linen, vessels, lighting cues and the flowers tying it together.
from $1,900 / event
What styling covers
Corporate & Gala Florals
Award nights, launches, EOFY. On brand, invoiced properly, gone by bump-out.
from $2,200 / event
Corporate scope
Arches & Installations
Ceremony arches, hanging clouds, media walls. Priced per piece, engineered for sea breeze.
from $1,500 / piece
Installation pricing
Private Celebrations
Milestone birthdays, christenings, long lunches. The entry point for smaller rooms.
from $950 / event
Party pricing
Weekly Contract Flowers
Hotels, restaurants, offices. Fresh stems every week, tired ones taken away and composted.
from $180 / week
Contract termsEvery quote is itemised: stems, hire, labour, travel. If a number looks odd, ask. I will show you the maths.
Wedding packages
Three ways to book,
no padded line items
Built from ten years of real Hobart weddings. Pick a lane, then we tune the stem list to your venue, palette and guest count.
Ceremony Only
$1,450 / event
For couples doing the party elsewhere, or keeping the whole thing deliberately tiny.
- Bridal bouquet and 2 buttonholes
- Ceremony arch or ground arbour
- 4 aisle or signing-table pieces
- Install, strike and salvage included
Most booked
Full Day
$4,900 / event
Ceremony to last dance. This is where most of our 100 to 140 guest weddings land.
- Everything in Ceremony Only
- 12 reception table pieces, sized to sightlines
- Bridal party set for up to 6
- Cake flowers and a wishing-well posy
- Vessel and candle hire baked in
Venue Takeover
$8,500 / event
The whole room, treated as one canvas. For big barns, sheds and long harbourside halls.
- Everything in Full Day
- Statement install: hanging cloud or media wall
- Up to 20 table pieces plus bar and entry florals
- Two florists on site all day
- Next-morning salvage and donation run
Under 40 guests or eloping? Tell us anyway. Roughly a third of our weddings are trimmed versions of these packages, and the quote shrinks honestly with the scope. Still picking an arch shape? Our ceremony arch ideas post has real builds with real budgets.
Timing is money
Same flowers,
cheaper dates
Saturday in November is my scarcest product. Move to May through August, or a Monday to Thursday any month, and the same scope drops roughly 15%.
Ceremony Only
$1,450
Fridays to Sundays, September to April. Saturday dates this season are booking 9 to 12 months out.
Full Day
$4,900
Peak Saturdays include a second florist from 6am. That labour is already in the number.
Venue Takeover
$8,500
Big rooms in peak season need an extra van run. Costed in, not sprung on you later.
Ceremony Only
$1,250 save $200
Winter gardens and weekday registry slots. Same stems, less competition for the date.
Full Day
$4,200 save $700
Longer install windows mean a leaner crew, and hellebores are criminally good in July.
Venue Takeover
$7,300 save $1,200
A midweek takeover lets me run one focused crew instead of two overlapping ones.
Curious what the calendar does to stem prices? Read what is actually in season in Australia before you lock a date.
Line by line
Where the packages
actually differ
Everything below is written into your proposal verbatim. No asterisks doing heavy lifting.
| What you get | Ceremony Only | Full Day | Venue Takeover |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design consultation | 1 hr video call | 2 hrs, at the venue | Unlimited |
| Site visit and measurements | |||
| Moodboard revision rounds | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Personal flowers (bouquets, buttonholes) | Bride + 2 | Party of 6 | Party of 10 |
| Reception table florals | 12 pieces | 20 pieces + bar & entry | |
| Hire items: vessels, plinths, candles | Arch hardware only | + taper package | |
| Hanging installs and rigging | Quoted add-on | ||
| Install, strike, salvage, donation run |
Add-ons like extra table pieces are priced per item on your proposal. Most land between $45 and $140 each.
The honest part
Four things that actually
move your quote
Not vibe, not venue prestige. These four levers do nearly all the work on the final number.
Table count
Table florals are the bulk of most quotes. Ten extra tables at $85 each is $850. The maths is that blunt.
Stem choices
Tasmanian seasonal stock keeps quotes lean. Out-of-season peonies flown in can triple one bouquet line.
Access window
A 7am load-in costs less than a 90-minute room flip. Tight windows need more hands, and hands bill by the hour.
The date itself
Peak Saturdays carry peak labour. The off-peak tab above shows exactly what a Thursday in June saves.
Want the long version? I wrote up how a real wedding flower budget breaks down, stem by stem.
Why conditioning time is on your invoiceBallpark it yourself
Move the sliders,
watch the number
This is the same back-of-envelope maths I start with before a site visit. Play with it now so you know which lever matters to you.
- Pick a base that matches your event type
- Guests and tables add per-head and per-piece cost
- The last slider covers ambition: trailing installs, rare stems, tight timelines
The result is indicative, not a quote. Flowers are a market, not a menu, and venues hide surprises. The written number after your site visit is the one that counts.
Step 1 · What are we styling?
Step 2 · Size it
120 guests
14 tables
4/10
Zero is "clean and simple". Ten is "hanging garden, two venues, bride wants orchids in August".
Your ballpark
$0
Inside the figure
What your money
does and doesn't buy
The left column is in every quote automatically. The right column is always quoted separately, before you commit.
Baked into every quote
- Design consult, moodboard and itemised proposal
- Stems conditioned in our cool room for 48+ hours
- Delivery, install, strike and site sweep
- Vessel washing, packaging removal, compost run
- Public liability cover and venue paperwork
Costs extra, quoted upfront
- Load-in before 6am or bump-in windows under 2 hours
- Travel past 40km from the Hobart studio
- Rigging above 3 metres or venue-mandated scissor lifts
- Sunday and public holiday labour rates
- Extra revision rounds past the ones included
If something on the right list applies to your venue, it appears on the first proposal, not the final invoice. I would rather lose the job than surprise you at week 40.
If we get it wrong
The refund promise,
in plain English
If the flowers on the day don't match the moodboard you approved, or we blow the agreed install window, the design fee comes back. Money, not a credit note.
- Full refund if we ever cancel on you
- Deposit back in full if you cancel 90+ days out
- Every install photographed, so disputes stay rare
Early bird rate
Book a 2026 date, save 10%
Any 2026 event locked in before the timer ends takes 10% off the package figure. The discount is real because your early deposit lets me contract growers early too.
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Applies to packages over $2,000. Discount shows on the proposal, not a coupon code.
Money questions
Asked at every
site visit
Deposits, revisions, cancellations, and whether the calculator above is lying to you.
Thirty percent locks your date and lets me start contracting growers. The balance lands 14 days before the event, after your final walkthrough. Contract clients are invoiced monthly instead.
Yes. Once you approve the proposal, that number is the invoice number. If the wholesale market spikes on a stem I specced, I absorb it or swap with your sign-off. The only thing that changes the price is you changing the scope.
Right up until three weeks out, and I re-issue the proposal each time so the total stays visible. Guest counts wobble constantly; per-table pricing means you only ever pay for tables that exist.
First site visit anywhere in greater Hobart is free and so is the proposal. If you're regional, I charge the fuel at cost and credit it back if you book.
Honest answer: pressure and personals. A wedding gets dawn-made bouquets, a party of ten pinned before 10am, and zero tolerance for a late arch. A birthday of the same headcount runs a smaller crew on a looser clock.
Date shifts are free if the new date is open. Cancellations follow the refund policy: 90+ days out gets the deposit back in full, inside that it's a sliding scale because stems get ordered early.
Still comparing studios? This checklist for vetting event florists works even if you don't pick us.
One number, in writing
Send the date,
get the figure
Quotes come back within two business days, itemised down to stem counts and hire lines. If your budget can't stretch to the brief, I'll say so early and show you what it can buy.
Site visit slots book out about two weeks ahead through spring.