Questions to Ask

Wedding Cake Questions to ask

Questions to ask:

Are the flowers toxic?  Some florist may not have been asked this before – but unfortunately, many popular wedding flowers are indeed considered toxic.  While the two most poisonous yet commonly used fresh flowers are IVY and DELPHINIUMS, I have composed a list below of commonly used toxic flowers from various horticulture web sites that you may want to keep in mind.

Are the flowers organically grown?  These are the best option, although often hard to find, as they do not use any of the toxic pesticides to keep the bugs away.  Be prepared though, you will find these may tend to cost almost double if they are truly organic.

Does the florist prepare the flowers in some type of container or pick?  One simple way to avoid most contamination is to arrange the cake flowers in a container that can be sat on top of the cake, or taping them into a corsage type arrangement which will allow the stems to be placed into a special food safe plastic pick to be inserted into the cake, rather than inserting the flower stems directly into the cake.  A simple vision… have you ever looked at a bucket of water that flowers have been in???  Imagine drinking that water… it doesn’t sound very appealing, right???  If you stick the flowers directly into the cake, that water (along with any toxins the flower stem may contain) will now be in the cake!