What To Do When Your Event Floral Plans Don't Work Out

Occasionally, you can be unfortunate enough to have a floral supplier cancel on you in the leadup to your special event.

They might cancel due to sudden illness (their own, a vital staff member or a close family member), stock unavailability, a bereavement, an accident or, less commonly, because they have been double-booked.

In my case, my requested pink amaryllis became unexpectedly unavailable - and I was informed only the day prior.

In the end, it didn't matter. Like most hosts we never shared in advance with our guests what we had planned.

Therefore, they had no idea the replacement orchids, hyacinths and roses were never the look intended and they had fun regardless.

So here are some options when your event floristry plans falls through: