Real-life flowers and plants can also mean higher venue cleaning fees to prevent stray leaves, water, dirt, or flower petals from impeding your clean floral scapes. 

Understanding the benefits of using artificial flowers and greenery in event setup. 

By understanding the benefits of moving to faux flowers and plants for event decor and styling and keeping them in mind when planning events, businesses and DIYers can ensure they are enjoying the benefits and the savings!

Artificial flowers for event decor are:

• Lightweight and easy to handle: Artificial flowers and greenery are lightweight and easy to transport, making them ideal for event setup and teardown.
• Durable and long-lasting: High-quality artificial flowers and greenery are durable and long-lasting, ensuring they maintain their beauty throughout the duration of the event.
• Versatile and customisable: Artificial flowers and greenery come in a wide range of colours, styles, and sizes, allowing for endless customisation to suit any event theme or aesthetic.
• Cost-effective: Investing in artificial flowers and greenery can result in significant cost savings over time, as they can be reused for multiple events without compromising on quality.

The ability to invest in a selection of staple artificial plants and flowers in styles that can be utilised again and again throughout multiple designs and themes can be a huge benefit to event planners, stylists and venues. With no need to maintain plants and flowers with water, fertiliser and care when not in use, they can be stored carefully and utilised again and again in multiple events and ways.

Creativity is unlimited when using artificial flowers for event decor!

When real-life flowers are out of season, unavailable, or extremely delicate, utilising them within floral arrangements for events can create stress and become a costly addition to event decor. However, by utilising premium-quality artificial floral stems within designs, the creativity of arrangements can be taken to an outstanding level—and impress guests with bold exotic floral arrangements that may be unachievable with real flowers.

Here are our top tips for streamlining event set-up by swapping fresh flower arrangements for artificial flower arrangements.

• Create a detailed design plan that includes an outline of the placement of artificial flower arrangements and greenery throughout the event space to keep set-up times to a minimum;
• Opt for pre-made arrangements and garlands to save set-up time at the venue.  Many can be purchased pre-made or can be made by your event team in advance;
• Pack any arrangements carefully in labelled containers or bins to be transported without damage and easily identified during setup;
• Consider arrangements with built-in bases or containers for easy and stable placement on tables, bars and other surfaces at the event;
• Invest in high-quality varieties of artificial flowers and greenery that closely resemble the real-life variety.  The closer your artificial arrangements look to their real-life counterparts the more they will impress your guests;
• Investing in green wall luxury hedge tiles can allow you to quickly and easily set up a backdrop for photo booths, stages, and event entranceways;
• Ensuring your artificial greenery and stems are flexible, with bendable vines, stems and branches can give you unlimited creative options when creating custom arrangements for events;
• Utilise floral foam to keep your arrangements in place - reusable and versatile florist foam should be on hand at any event using artificial flowers for decor;

The time-saving techniques that can be used with artificial flowers and greenery can make utilising them within your event planning business model a good financial decision. 

Here are a few reasons why artificial plants and flowers can save your event styling team big expenses when it comes to floral event installations:

• Transport and logistics: The ability to pack artificial varieties of plants and flowers into smaller spaces (carefully) without damage can mean saving on transport and logistics of your event florals;
• Timing and event set up: Installing artificial flowers and green walls well in advance of events without the worry of them wilting or creating a mess can reduce staff costs, excess event space hire at odd hours, and clean-up costs;  
• By excluding the delicate process of installing real-life flowers, floral table centrepieces, archways, and plant sets and replacing them with pre-made artificial varieties, the cost savings and benefits for event stylists can add up; 

The benefits of artificial flowers and greenery for event decor can often be overlooked - with the preconception many have of the quality of artificial flowers and plants however, with better and better quality being made available all the time, it may be time to revisit HGDCOs range of premium artificial floral stems and arrangements for your next event. 

Chat with us directly to discuss how we can assist you or your business in utilising artificial flowers and greenery for your next event (and beyond).