Recession? Time to Slash the Flower Budget

Recession? Time to Slash the Flower Budget - NY Times. Slashing the budget from 35K to 20K is pretty big relatively speaking. My wedding cost, since I was still in college and my husband had just graduated was a lot less. At my wedding my Mother in law had taken a flower arranging class and bought the flowers at the Flower Market in downtown LA, saving a bit of money. Her Teacher helped out making the corsages.