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Choosing Flowers for Your Maui Wedding
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No Maui wedding would be complete without some fragrant flowers.
At the heart of Hawaii is the lei, traditionally used for greetings and
the showing of aloha. Every
one of our packages includes two leis for the bride and groom to
exchange during the lei exchange during John's ceremonies. We also
include a bridal bouquet and a groom's bouttinere within our White Orchid
Wedding Package. Keep in mind that you can add any flowers you want
to your package from our
Ala Carte Menu. As you'll see
below, we offer many different floral accessories for your Maui wedding.-
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Maui Wedding Leis
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- The Hawaiians believe that giving
of the lei with a kiss imparts a special aloha (love). We therefore
encourage our brides and grooms to give each other a kiss on
both cheeks when they place the Maui lei around the neck of their beloved. And
as part of all of our Maui Wedding Packages,
we include two leis for a lei exchange for the bride and
groom.
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Many of our leis are fresh and custom-made for us by
a local Hawaiian woman who grows most of her own
flowers. Our florist also provides us with leis but she does not grow
her own flowers. In both cases, of course, flowers are seasonal and we
can't always obtain the same flowers
year-round. Therefore we offer to all of our couples the choice between
vibrant and pastel for your wedding leis. (The leis in the photo on the
left are vibrant; the ones below on the right are pastel).-
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aloha, you may also want to order extra flower leis
for members of your wedding party. Very often the
bride and groom (or someone else in the party) will want to give leis to
members of their party before or during the wedding. Leis
can also be given to children.
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- A traditional maile lei for men
is made of green leafy plants and is open on the ends (so that
it hangs down the groom's chest). Because the plants that are used for making
this lei are grown off-island, these leis are a little more expensive than
our regular leis.
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- We also have a less expensive lei available
for men which we call the groom's ti leaf lei. These leis
can be open like the maile lei or connected in a circle like
a traditional lei. This is much easier to get than the maile
lei.
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- When you order any of our standard packages
(without making any changes in your package) you can specify whether you
want the more subdued
pastel colors or the more vibrant flowers. If you
would like to add a particular any other particular style of lei (like a
groom's ti leaf or maile lei) you can see the charges for those on our
Ala Carte Menu page.
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The
Haku (or Head Flower
Lei)
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- The head lei is called the haku.
It can be worn high on the hair or a little lower on the forehead,
depending upon your preferences and the way it looks on you.
When you order a haku, you will need to
provide us with the measurements of your head at the place where the lei
will go so that we can have it made the right length. These leis have a
tie in the back for adjustment purposes in the event it is a little
short or long for your head.
On the right you can see an example of a rose based haku worn by
Nikki. The haku is probably not going to look as well if you are going
to have your hair done by one of our hair and make-up people.
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Adding A Hawaiian Bouquet
to Your Package
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There are no bouquets in our
packages except in our White Orchid Package. The bridal bouquets
come in two general
shapes, cascade and hand-tied. You can see two examples of hand-tied
bouquets below. For all of our other packages, if you want to add a
bouquet, please feel free to talk to us when you book to and we can
you more information about other choices you might want to consider.
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hand tied style is a round shape, approximately 8 inches
round. It includes a lace backing and ribbon depending on
the flowers used.
One popular
hand tied bouquet is a cluster of solid
roses that are tied together with
the stems showing, laced in
satin ribbon. We are often able to offer extra large roses from
South America. (See the picture of our bride with red roses above).
Our White Orchid Package comes with a
hand-tied bouquet.
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- A cascade is a bouquet in a flowering
teardrop shape. All cascades come with lace backings and ribbon. This bouquet hangs down in a cascading
teardrop fashion.
We offer a medium and deluxe cascading bouquets. The
deluxe is a cascade with more
flowers and generally with two star gazer lilies. (See the photos above). Unless they are hand-tied, most of our
bouquets are firmly mounted in a small holder so that you can
conveniently hold them during your ceremony and afterward during
the picture taking. As you can
see cascades come in many different versions depending upon the
flowers chosen.
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The
Circle of Flowers
The circle of flowers
is a six foot in diameter circle made up of fresh cut flowers that
are placed upon the ground around where you will be married.
You will be able to stand amidst the splendor
and fragrance of these flowers on the beach or on a lawn
overlooking the beach as you say your vows
to each other.
These flowers
are generally spiked down
or stuck into the sand to keep them from moving in
the breeze. We should mention that a bride's train, if allowed to
drag as she steps into the circle, can in some cases take a
few of the flowers with it. So it should always be lifted as
she steps into the circle.
We always choose the best dry area on the sand to place the
flowers, it is possible that the ocean will sometimes send
one or two higher waves up on the beach and it might reach
your circle. We've never lost a circle, but we have had to
move a couple. Part of the joy of having your wedding take
place on the beach is the fun of being in the unpredictable
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Making Your
Maui Flower Choices
From a photographic standpoint, we often use the flowers
that you have chosen to help enhance your photo images. We
use them to place them in front of our couples when she is seated on beach;
standing behind the cake or sparkling apple cider table,
within a heart in the sand where we write the words: "Just Maui'd",
etc. You'll find that your flowers will add a great finishing touch to so many of
the photos you will receive in your Maui wedding photography package.
With this in mind, many of our couples
want to enhance the flowers that they receive in their package. Also, if
you are ordering ala carte, you will want to know what types of flower
choices our florist can offer to you here on Maui. The following table summarizes some of the
different flower arrangements that we have available. For prices, see
the Ala Carte page.
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Flower Choices
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- Standard Leis
Leis can come with a wide variety of
flowers. To keep things simple, in our packages we offer you a
choice between vibrant and pastel flowers.
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Child's Lei
(your choice of vibrant or pastel,
with non-toxic flowers)
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- Groom's Maile Lei
(The traditional green leafy lei, grown off island)
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- Groom's Ti Leaf Closed Lei
(A more leafy lei with less flowers/made locally)
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- Groom's Ti Leaf Open Lei
(This takes more flowers than the closed
lei)
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- Bride's Haku
Head Lei
(Your choice of vibrant or pastel flowers)
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- Bride's Hair Flowers
(Your choice of vibrant or pastel flowers)
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- Bride's Nosegay Bouquet
(Your choice of vibrant or pastel flowers)
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- Bride's Hand-tied Rose Bouquet
(18 large imported roses)
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- Bride's Cascading Bouquet
(Your choice of vibrant or pastel flowers)
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- Bride's Deluxe Cascading Bouquet
(Your choice of vibrant or pastel flowers)
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- Special Order Flowers & Bouquets
(Quoted individually)
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- Groom's (and/or best man's) Boutonniere
(Your choice of vibrant or pastel flowers)
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Corsages
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- Flower Arrangements
These can be delivered to your room.
Delivered to your room.
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- Cake Flowers
(Fresh cut flowers to decorate your cake).
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- Circle of Flowers
A six-foot in diameter circle placed upon the ground
where you are married (see the photo of one above)
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