Why does a Bride need a Bouquet?
Perhaps a you find this to be a strange question. After all the bridal bouquet is as common at a wedding as the white wedding gown. (Which brings us to another question: why should the wedding dress be white? But that would have to wait for another time.) However, it wasn’t always so that a bride was clutching onto a floral arrangement. As far back as weddings go, however, bridal hands were holding some sort of an object. In a Jewish wedding, brides used to hold a candle; a role reserved now for the parents. The modern history of the wedding bouquet begins with Queen Victoria and her posy at her wedding to Prince Albert in 1840. In Victorian times, flowers were also assigned symbolic meanings, and were selected for the bouquet not merely by the merits of their aesthetics. Thankfully, we don’t have to contemplate our flowers beyond their outer appearance. When choosing your bouquet you’ll need to consider the shape and the flowers of your choice, as well as how it would look in conjunct
