Tossing The Bride's Bouquet | Throwing The Bridal Bouquet

Throwing the bride's wedding bouquet is a popular custom at many weddings. Although traditional, it is optional for the bride to toss the bouquet at her wedding, or not! The bouquet can be tossed after the marriage ceremony and prior to your reception, at your reception or at the end of your wedding day as the bride and groom leave for their honeymoon.

Tradition Of Tossing The Bouquet

The origins of tossing the bridal bouquet date back to times when it contained floral herbs and spices that were considered to be good luck. The bride would pass on this good luck by presenting her bouquet to a chosen friend at the end of her wedding. These days, the bouquet is still associated with good luck and the woman who it is given too, or who catches a tossed bouquet, is believed to be the next to be married. Even if in these more informed times the age old traditional thought that the recipient of the bouquet will be the next to marry has lost some of it's impetus, the concept of the bride's bouquet passing on good luck and good fortune is still believed. The guests look forward to the event as traditional and exciting - and the lucky recipient gets to keep a unique souvenir of your wedding day that they will cherish forever.

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A Bouquet Specially For Throwing

Many brides choose to have their bouquet preserved as a keepsake of their very special day, as a memory for future years, something to show their children and as a constant reminder of the good fortune of their wedding and the happiest day of their life. This is impossible to have whilst fulfilling the expected ritual of tossing the bride's bouquet into the crowd or to a lucky recipient. If you decide to toss a bouquet on your wedding day, it is a good idea to have your florist make one up especially for the occasion so that you can keep the original.

Your wedding florist will be pleased to make up a similar, but simpler, bouquet for you to throw. This may be of real or silk flowers, depending on personal choice. A second bouquet will let your wedding day follow tradition, whilst giving you the opportunity to keep and preserve your very special wedding bouquet.

Decide The Bouquet Recipient Beforehand

If the bride decides that there is a particular person she would like to receive the bouquet, they should agree it before the wedding. This way, they can either arrange for a few words followed by a small toss to the lucky recipient, or for the recipient to be in the right place to ensure that they catch the bouquet as it is thrown to them. This form of presentation combines tossing the bridal bouquet with a nice presentation to a close friend of the bride.

An alternative, where the bride wishes to toss her bouquet to a particular person is for s 'dummy toss', where the bride doesn't actually let go of the bouquet on the first throw. Immediately after making the dummy toss (whilst everyone is still recovering from the 'fake' throw) the bride seeks out and tosses the bouquet directly to her chosen person.