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Laura
Savvy May 2016

Review of our Costco Mountain Bouquet (Growers Choice) Budget friendly 10 bouquets for $99

Laura, on June 11, 2016 at 7:31 AM

Posted in Do It Yourself 40

Before I ordered, I couldn't find many pictures online of the flowers, how they arrived and etc, so we took some for this review. Anyhow hope it helps another bride The flowers arrived in an 11 lb box by FedEx. They had been cut in Ecuador the Saturday before, bundled up and shipped to North...

Before I ordered, I couldn't find many pictures online of the flowers, how they arrived and etc, so we took some for this review. Anyhow hope it helps another bride Smiley smile

The flowers arrived in an 11 lb box by FedEx. They had been cut in Ecuador the Saturday before, bundled up and shipped to North America.

They arrived in good shape and were very beautiful. All of the lilies were closed. I cut all of the flowers at a slant and put them in 5 gallon buckets (2 of them) and added flower food as soon.

We made our own dollar store mercury glass vases which worked perfectly with the small bouquets. 20 bucks for 12 vases, including dollar vases and mirror spray (see youtube instructions).

Once we had our vases, and foam for wet arrangements in each vase and moistened, the work was easy. We did find the arrangements needed more color, even for our low key ivory and silver theme. We went back to Costco and bought a couple dozen yellow roses for color.



40 Comments

  • Ashli
    Devoted September 2016
    Ashli ·
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    They look great! I was thinking about ordering flowers from them also. Thanks.

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  • TheHouseOfAllen
    Super October 2016
    TheHouseOfAllen ·
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    Thank you for posting this! I was considering going this route early on, but worried that I may not have enough time or space in the fridge for the flowers during the week of the wedding. I also didn't know what to expect in terms of the bouquet size and mix. This post will be very helpful to others who are considering the Costco route. Congrats again on your wedding!!

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  • Laura
    Savvy May 2016
    Laura ·
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    You're welcome TheHouseofAllen. Before I decided to go this route I couldn't find anything online about how it worked, so I was in your boat. I would do it again (not the wedding, I am keeping my husband, but the flowers were great). Happily I never had to refrigerate the flowers at all. Saying that, I was sitting here waiting on the flowers and brought them/kept them in AC. The tracking said delivery by noon. The big non-tippy drywall type pails worked GREAT as a place to hold them until we took them to the church and cut/arranged them in the kitchen. Bonus, my house smelled amazing Smiley smile We put a few gallons of water in with plant food stuff, then poured the water out before taking to the church and refilled once there.

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  • WolfWedding2016
    Master May 2016
    WolfWedding2016 ·
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    Depending on your flowers you don't need to refrigerate! I did my own too and posted about them. Mine stayed in a cool room at my parents house and looked fine for the wedding.

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  • kiandra
    Master October 2016
    kiandra ·
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    Wow those came out great

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  • MizzzCara
    Master June 2017
    MizzzCara ·
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    Awesome! Thanks for sharing - I too am thinking about ordering my flowers from Costco.

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  • Sylvia751
    VIP November 2016
    Sylvia751 ·
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    I love what you did! It's very beautiful.

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  • M
    Dedicated August 2016
    Meg ·
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    Beautiful job.

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  • Laura
    Savvy May 2016
    Laura ·
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    Sis sent me a couple more pics. The bridal bouquets were hydrangeas, roses & leather fern - also DIY (sis helped with these).



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  • G
    Just Said Yes September 2016
    Gerry ·
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    I bought the purple bouquet and additional 100pcs red white rosses.. I had it delivered thursday (i received it thursdsy morning) and party was on sunday! The flowers looked amazing! But thr stargazers didn't open up!


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  • AlmostMrsAndrews
    Dedicated June 2017
    AlmostMrsAndrews ·
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    So pretty! Thanks for sharing! I have a very small floral budget so this helps.

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  • Ellen
    Expert September 2017
    Ellen ·
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    Beautiful! I've been thinking about Costco flowers, and this is incredible helpful! Thank you!

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  • Ifeoluwa
    Dedicated December 2016
    Ifeoluwa ·
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    Bump. I know this is an old thread but I want to know if the flowers already come bundled. I.e just plup them into a vase or did you still have to arrange them yourself?

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  • Future Mrs. Wioncek!
    Expert September 2017
    Future Mrs. Wioncek! ·
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    Umm... this is awesome!!! Thank you so much for sharing!

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  • D
    Just Said Yes May 2017
    Delaney ·
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    Hi Laura - thanks for posting this!

    I'm wondering if you can recommend a certain size of mason jar for these bouquets (assuming you stick with 10 bouquets as noted on the listing). I've read a ton of reviews and am not sure what to go with! Would just a regular pint jar work best, do you think? Or a quart or tall jelly jar?

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  • Emily
    Just Said Yes April 2019
    Emily ·
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    Thank you so much for posting this!! I had been digging on the internet for information on how these turned out.

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  • Kristen
    Dedicated October 2019
    Kristen ·
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    What did you do for your bouquet? I have 4 bridesmaids, and I figured that i could order the same package and combine a couple for my bridal bouquet.

    Also, thank you for posting! The reviews on Costco website are not good for this package.
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    Just Said Yes May 2022
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    Hi Gerry,
    How did you make your centerpieces? With a floral foam? And how many were you able to make with your purple mountain bouquets with the 100 red/ white roses?
    Thank you!
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  • Sine
    Devoted March 2022
    Sine ·
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    These are so lovely!!!
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  • W
    Savvy November 2023
    Whitney ·
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    I was looking at ordering flowers from Sam's or Costco. Thank you for this very useful information. They are beautiful and you did a fantastic job.

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