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Flowers

Flowers  are used extensively in indian weddings from the actual indian wedding ceremony, indian wedding garlands, indian bridal hair decoration, indian mandap decorations, table decorations and the list is endless.

Flowers for indian wedding garlands. The popular choices are white jasmine flowers, red and white carnations and roses and marigolds with green fernery in between. Making garlands take time and patience and anyone can make it. You need a strong cotton thread, needle to weave through the flowers and friends to make it a fun night. While many people chose to pay to get it made by someone, a more personal touch is for the ladies to get together on the sangeet or mehndi night before the wedding to make the indian wedding garlands.

You will need flowers with base stem and your florist will tell you the approximate costs of flowers for the wedding. Make sure you give them plenty of notice to source your flowers. Smart choices for summer are carnations and marigolds. These will keep reasonably well in the summer heat compared to roses. Ideally you should store your garlands in the refrigerator or cooler temperature. Another idea is to wet a few tea towels or paper towels and place on the flowers to keep them looking fresh.

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