About

Overview & Vibe

Willow Bud is a wedding-only floral studio at Perwillowen, in the hills behind Nambour, and it has flowered more than 850 weddings on the Sunshine Coast in seven years. The look it goes for is bountiful and effortlessly feminine — abundant, garden-gathered and a little loose, rather than tight and formal. It is also unusually straight with couples about money: four service tiers, each with its floor printed on the page, and a written explanation of why floral quotes differ so much.

Style & Signature Blooms

Garden-style and romantic, built on whatever is best that week. Its own write-ups name the blooms: David Austin, O’Hara and Quicksand roses, peonies in November, ranunculus, lisianthus, sweet peas, anemones and freesias for the soft palettes; King proteas, banksia, phalaenopsis orchids, pampas and bunny tails when a couple wants something coastal or textural; and eucalyptus, olive, ruscus and trailing jasmine through the foliage work.

Ideal For

Couples marrying anywhere from Noosa to the Maleny and Montville hinterland who want to know the number before the first conversation. There is a shape here for an elopement and a shape for a fully installed wedding, and a handful of destination dates each year for Byron Bay, Brisbane, Toowoomba, the Gold Coast and the South Burnett.

The Need-to-Knows

Four tiers, each with a stated minimum investment: $2,000 for bridal party blooms you collect, $4,000 for full service with delivery, installation and pack-down, $7,500 for a destination wedding, and $8,000 for the exclusive tier, which adds a site visit, a digital design guide and on-the-day transfers. Hire of vases, urns, plinths and structures is included rather than charged. Only a limited number of exclusive dates go out each year. Travel and accommodation on a destination booking are quoted separately.

Standout Feature

It publishes the arithmetic. Allow ten to fifteen per cent of the wedding budget for flowers; on a $40,000 wedding that is $4,000 to $6,000; its own average couple spends about $4,000. And it explains the part nobody else does — rose varieties alone run from $5 to $17 a stem, so two quotes describing the same bouquet can be two entirely different things.

Appointment Policy

Every tier opens with a consultation: one hour by phone, video or in the studio for the bridal party bundle, and up to two studio consultations for the full service and destination tiers, with unlimited email and phone in between.
The exclusive tier includes up to two face-to-face consultations and a full site visit at the venue.
Only a limited number of exclusive dates are released each year, so that tier is worth asking about early.
The studio is a working consultation space, with vessels on the shelves and buckets of fresh blooms to look at while you talk it through.

Areas Serviced

The Sunshine Coast and Noosa, worked from a studio at Perwillowen in the hinterland behind Nambour - more than 850 weddings across the region in seven years.
The hinterland venues around Maleny and Montville, where much of the studio's published work has been photographed.
Byron Bay, on one of the limited destination dates released each year.
Brisbane, on one of the limited destination dates released each year.
The Gold Coast, on one of the limited destination dates released each year.
Toowoomba, on one of the limited destination dates released each year.
The South Burnett, on one of the limited destination dates released each year.

Delivery & Setup

The full service, destination and exclusive tiers all include delivery, installation and pack-down of every piece.
The exclusive tier adds on-the-day transfers, so ceremony flowers are moved and reset at the reception while you are elsewhere.
In the bridal party tier the bouquets are boxed and packaged with a small water source so they travel safely, and you set out the rest yourselves.
Travel and accommodation for a destination wedding are quoted separately from the floral minimum.

Floral Styles

garden style
romantic
lush
seasonal
modern
native
classic

Flowers & Blooms

David Austin Roses
O'Hara Roses
Quicksand Roses
Toffee And Cappuccino Roses
Peonies
Ranunculus
Lisianthus
King Proteas
Banksia
Phalaenopsis Orchids
Dahlias
Delphinium
Snapdragons
Sweet Peas
Tulips
Anemones
Freesias
Hydrangea
Scabiosa
Cosmos
Sea Holly
Eucalyptus And Olive Leaves
Pampas And Bunny Tails
Ruscus And Jasmine Foliage

Hire Items

Vases. Complimentary hire is included in the bridal party, full service and destination tiers.
Urns. Part of the collection offered at no extra charge with the full service and destination tiers.
Plinths. Gold freestanding plinths appear through the studio's published ceremony work, and are designed to be moved to the reception afterwards.
Ceremony Structures. Included in the hire collection; the premium range comes with the exclusive tier.

Minimum Spend

From $2,000

Nearby Landmarks

The studio sits at Perwillowen in the hills behind Nambour, a short run from the Blackall Range villages of Maleny and Montville and about half an hour inland from Noosa.

Price Notes

The studio publishes a general rule of thumb: allow ten to fifteen per cent of the whole wedding budget for flowers, which on a $40,000 wedding it works through as $4,000 to $6,000.
Its own average couple spends around $4,000.
It explains why two quotes can differ so much: rose varieties alone run from $5 to $17 a stem, so a bouquet described the same way on two quotes can be two different things, and every item is priced out line by line.
More than 850 weddings over seven years, and it will work to an honest budget rather than a fixed list.
Travel and accommodation on a destination booking sit outside the floral minimum.

Services Offered

Wedding Flowers
Elopement And Micro Wedding Flowers
Destination Weddings
Ceremony And Reception Installations
Event And Function Florals
Corporate Work
Floral Classes For Flower Lovers
Classes For Florists
One On One Mentoring
Styled Shoots

Wedding Flower Packages

Bridal Party Blooms, the micro wedding bundle. Price: From $2,000. Description: For elopements, micro weddings, and couples whose venue already covers the rest. Guidance on palette, flower choice and style for the whole bridal party, one hour of consultation by phone, video or in the studio, design help if you are styling the ceremony and reception yourselves, complimentary vessel hire, and everything boxed with a water source for the drive.
Full Service Floral Design. Price: From $4,000. Description: The studio's most popular option and the one most couples take. A complete concept for bridal party, ceremony and reception designed to sit with the rest of the styling, complimentary hire of vases, urns, structures and plinths, up to two studio consultations with unlimited email and phone in between, and delivery, installation and pack-down on the day.
Destination Weddings. Price: From $7,500. Description: A handful of dates each year beyond the usual patch, from South East Queensland to Byron Bay, Brisbane, Toowoomba, the Gold Coast and the South Burnett. Full concept, complimentary vessel hire, up to two studio consultations, and delivery, installation and pack-down. Travel and accommodation are quoted separately.
Exclusive Floral Design. Price: From $8,000. Description: The most involved option, with only a limited number of dates released each year. A fully bespoke design, a detailed digital design guide, the premium vessel, plinth and structure collection, up to two face-to-face consultations plus a full site visit, and delivery, installation, on-the-day transfers and pack-down.
Function and Event Florals. Price: Quoted. Description: Birthdays, engagements, private dinners and corporate events, with table florals, feature installations, bar accents and backdrops, delivered, styled on site and packed down afterwards.

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Contact

Website: willowbudweddingflowers.com.au
Phone: 0424 542 162
Services: Gold Coast / Tweed Heads, Queensland

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