It’s British Flowers Week 2024 and I am hoping to inspire you throughout this week to choose seasonal British flowers for your wedding – whatever the season (yes, even Winter!).

So far I’ve featured Seasonal British Spring Wedding Flowers and Seasonal British Summer Wedding Flowers, and today I’ll be showcasing the best of British flowers for an Autumn Wedding. For the purpose of this feature, Autumn is considered September, October and November.

All of the wedding bouquets and floral arrangements you see created from British flowers.

Autumn is a beautiful time of year for British grown wedding flowers – there’s still ample choice of interesting flowers, plus there’s lots of vibrant leaves and foliage, plus grasses, berries and seedheads.

Don’t forget to check out the Wedding Flowers category of our eco wedding directory to find our recommended suppliers.

Why should you choose seasonal British autumn wedding flowers?

Most simply put – they are the most sustainable option for wedding flowers. Flowers from the Farm list 6 reasons to buy British flowers (you can read all the info here), which in short are:

1. Tread lightly on the planet – flowers are grown mainly outdoors without need for additional light and heat; no chemicals needed to extend the flowers life once cut; and the flower farmers care and enrich the soil and land they grow on.
2. Reduce flower miles – flowers grown in the UK travel much shorter distances than those coming from abroad by boat or plane, some coming from as far as South America, Africa and Asia.
3. Character and charm – British flower farmers grow small quantities of lots of different varieties, and sometimes that aren’t uniformly straight, but this gives interest and uniqueness to the arrangements they create.
4. Buy local – support your local economy and community!
5. Bring the outdoors in – seasonal flowers really capture a moment in the British seasonal year and for a wedding I think that’s pretty special.
6. Because you’re a flower lover – this is about a love for flowers that look AND smell divine, something you will struggle to find in the commercial flower supply chain.

Important things to remember about seasonal British autumn wedding flowers

Each of the bouquets and arrangements featured comes from a flower farmer or florist from all over the UK. It’s important to remember that different places will have different flowers available in season – what’s growing in Cornwall in summer will be different to what’s growing in Scotland.

There are also seasonal variations year to year depending on the weather. When choosing British flowers you need to release some of your expectations and be open to going with whatever is blooming best when you get married.

Do take that into consideration when viewing the images. The best thing you can do is find a florist or flower farmer local to where you’re getting married and find out what might be blooming in Autumn.

Chrysanthemums, dahlias and elder foliage

Laurenne Hopkins Flowers

Rudbeckia, cosmos and foliage

Heart of BS13 (zoomed in photo by Chloe Mary Photography)

Scabious, dahlias and jasmine tendrils

Smokebush Floral (photo by Emily & Steve Photography)

Cosmos, chrysanthemums and dried wheat

Stacey Hartley Florals (photo by Natalie Rawding Photography)

Hydrangeas, cosmos, dahlias and bracken

Bride and Bloom (photo by Rebecca Goddard Photography)

Dahlias, chrysanthemums and dried ferns

Vanessa Jayne Design

Blackberries, roses and sweet peas

Society Flowers

Dahlias, strawflowers and a mix of foliage and ferns

Lilac and Lace Floral Design (photo by Lucie Watson Photography)

Roses, eucalyptus and apple mint

BLOOM by Ryan Lewis

Ferns, leaves, grasses and dahlias

Folly Lane

Zinnias, dahlias and seedheads

Blue Hill Flora

Dahlias, scabious and grasses

Fletcher & Foley (photo by Emmy Lou Photography)

Cosmos, dahlias and grasses

Laurenne Hopkins Flowers

Roses, rudbeckia and blackberries

Bride and Bloom (photo by Rebecca Goddard Photography)

Hydrangea, eucalyptus and grasses

Paintbox Blooms (photo by Floss and Bea Photography)

Dahlias, hydrangeas and foliage

Blossoms and Berries (photo by Leia Mia Weddings)

Roses, dahlias and ferns

Folly Lane (photo by Natasha Marie Photography)

Dahlias, roses and grasses

Stacey Hartley Florals (photo by Natalie Rawding Photography)

Amaranthus, dahlias and strawflowers

Rose Tinted Vases (photo by Tommy James Photography)

Roses, dahlias and cosmos

Blossoms and Berries (photo by Leia Mia Weddings)

Dahlias, roses, ferns and hydrangeas

Meadow Cottage Flowers

Don’t forget to check out the Wedding Flowers category of our eco wedding directory to find our recommended suppliers.