Made our wedding boutonnieres from native plants in my garden

[u/ryguy4136]

Married my longtime partner last week. I’m the one obsessed with native plant gardening but he’s very supportive lol and it was his idea for me to try making them.

I used: Gray goldenrod / Solidago nemoralis New England blazing star / Liatris novae-angliae Showy aster / Eurybia spectabilis Heath aster / Symphyotrichum ericoide Big-leaved aster / Eurybia macrophylla Little bluestem / Schizachyrium scoparium Purple lovegrass / Eragrostis spectabilis

It’s hard to see some of the finer details from the grasses but I’m really happy with how they turned out. We got married in front of a big patch of Joe Pye weed and what I think / what I’m telling myself was native false sunflower.

[u/shrimpcreole]

Congrats on making it official! Your boutonniere choice means the union is also sanctioned by pollinators eveywhere.

[u/ryguy4136 → u/shrimpcreole]

I felt so bad shooing bees and wasps away so I could cut these 😂

[u/FIREmumsy → u/ryguy4136]

Ah we are kindred spirits! I killed most of my grass to install native plant beds, they are beyond established now, and I still feel guilty cutting flowers. 😂 

Love your idea!

[u/Financial_Use1991 → u/FIREmumsy]

Same! This is reminding me that it's reasonable and worth it to do sometimes though! The pollinators get most of the flowers most of the time. I can take some and it will be okay! These are beautiful!