If you're planning a Toronto wedding and starting to realize just how quickly the flower budget can disappear, artificial wedding flowers are worth looking into.

And I say that as someone who has been on both sides of the wedding flower world. I used to work with artificial wedding flowers myself, before moving to the farm and shifting my focus to growing and air-drying my own flowers at Harvest Hill Flower Farm. So I've seen firsthand how much the artificial flower industry has changed.

The faux flowers available today are so much more realistic than they were a few decades ago. The good ones have realistic colour variation, texture and movement, and honestly? Most wedding guests will never know from a few feet away that they're not fresh flowers.

There is also an interesting sustainability advantage to renting artificial wedding flowers: the same flowers can be used at wedding after wedding rather than being purchased for one event and discarded afterwards. They're not automatically "eco-friendly"—they're still manufactured products—but reusing the same arrangements many times makes rentals a very different proposition from buying disposable décor.

So, if you're searching for artificial wedding flower rentals in Toronto, GTA or Ontario, here are some of the vendors I'd put on your list.

Prices are based on the prices I found/listed while putting this guide together and can change, so always confirm your quote directly with the vendor.

My Top Picks for Artificial Wedding Flowers in Toronto

Bushel & Bloom

Best for: personal flowers + affordable rentals

Bushel & Bloom is a great option if you're primarily looking for the flowers you'll actually carry or wear—bridal bouquets, bridesmaid bouquets and boutonnieres—with some ceremony and reception options available too.

Their pre-made wedding collections start around:

• Boutonnieres — $9

• Bridesmaid bouquets — $45

• Bridal bouquets — $80

They also offer custom wedding flowers, so you aren't limited to the pre-designed collections. Their custom rentals can be mixed and matched with their existing pieces, and their custom service includes sample images and revisions before the wedding.

I'd especially look here if you want beautiful personal flowers without spending thousands on fresh blooms.

One thing to keep in mind: I'd consider them stronger for bouquets and personal flowers than for enormous floral arches. If your main goal is a huge ceremony installation, I'd look at some of the vendors further down this list.

VintageBASH

Best for: couples who want one company to handle lots of wedding décor

VintageBASH is one of those Toronto-area wedding rental companies I'd have on my shortlist simply because they do so much more than flowers. They're a long-established and highly reviewed GTA wedding rental company, with everything from furniture and tabletop décor to candles and floral rentals.

And honestly, there's something to be said for having fewer rental companies involved.

If your florist/rental company can handle your centrepieces, candles, ceremony décor and other rentals, that's one less delivery, pickup and coordination headache to worry about.

Their floral rentals include larger arrangements, with large table centrepieces around $95 and elaborate faux floral arches starting around $675. They also offer fresh flowers, so this could be a good company to talk to if you're considering mixing fresh and artificial flowers.

The Silk Gardener

Best for: realistic flowers + DIY-friendly rentals

The Silk Gardener is personally one of my favourites on this list. I really like her style, and her faux flowers look very realistic, especially in photographs.

She offers both purchased custom/pre-made silk wedding bouquets and rental décor, so you can use her for personal flowers or larger wedding installations.

Some current rental examples include:

• Pedestal arrangement — $90

• Grounded floor arrangement — $60

• 10-foot straight arch flowers — $200

• Two-piece arch flowers — $150

• Three-piece arch flowers — $200

• Standard centrepieces — $30

Her DIY rental collection is particularly interesting for couples who don't necessarily need a florist to stay on-site and install every little arrangement. The flowers are prepared ahead of time so couples can set up their own décor.

And if you want to purchase your bouquet instead of rent it, she currently has custom faux bridal bouquets starting around $150.

Peachwood Events

Best for: full-service floral design + lots of rental décor

Peachwood Events is another option if you want more than just a few bouquets.

Their customizable silk floral pricing starts around:

• Short centrepieces — $80+

• Tall centrepieces — $200+

• Altar arrangement — $250+

• Bar/welcome sign arrangements — $150+

• Floor floral bush — $150–$200

• Floral arches — $1,500–$3,000

They also offer a large selection of other wedding rentals, including candles, arches, pedestals and centrepieces.

The floral arch pricing is considerably higher than some DIY-style rental options, but these are the kinds of installations where you're paying for a much larger, more elaborate floral design rather than simply renting a few bunches of flowers.

Rent a Rose

Best for: lots of wedding pieces in one style

Rent a Rose has an extensive wedding collection, which makes it worth browsing if you want to keep your flowers and décor cohesive.

Some sample prices include:

• Bridal bouquet — $88

• Bridesmaid bouquet — $59

• Boutonnieres and other personal flowers

• Centrepieces

• Candles

• Arch rentals

I particularly like the idea of using a company like this if you want your bouquets, table flowers and ceremony flowers to all feel like they belong together rather than sourcing each piece from somewhere different.

Enchanted Atelier

Best for: colour-coordinated wedding collections

Enchanted Atelier is another interesting option for Toronto-area couples because their flowers are organized around wedding colour palettes and collections.

Some sample prices:

• Bridal bouquet — $115

• Bridesmaid bouquet — $65

• Boutonniere — $11.50

• Centrepiece — $78

• Arch installation — around $1,000

The arch price is higher than some of the simple DIY rental options, but their more elaborate installations are designed to make a much bigger visual impact.

Maleila Decor

Best for: large-scale floral décor and flower walls

Maleila Decor is worth a look if you're thinking beyond traditional bouquets and centrepieces.

They also offer flower walls and larger floral collections. One example is a baby's-breath collection priced around $3,000 that includes a full wedding package.

This is more of a "let's make the room look completely different" option than a simple affordable bouquet rental, so I'd put them on the list for couples planning a larger, highly styled wedding.

Artificial Wedding Flower Rental Price Comparison

Here's a quick comparison of some of the sample prices I found. Remember that a $200 arch from one vendor isn't necessarily comparable to a $1,500 arch from another—the amount of coverage, installation, design complexity and labour can be completely different.

Vendor	Bridal Bouquet	Bridesmaid Bouquet	Boutonniere	Centrepiece	Arch / Ceremony
Bushel & Bloom	$80+	$45+	$9+	Varies	Custom
VintageBASH	—	—	—	~$95	$675+
The Silk Gardener	Purchase from ~$150	From ~$75	—	From $30	From $150
Peachwood Events	Custom	Custom	Custom	$80+	$1,500–$3,000
Rent a Rose	$88	$59	—	Varies	Available
Enchanted Atelier	$115	$65	$11.50	$78	~$1,000
Maleila Decor	Custom	Custom	Custom	Custom	Large installations

The big takeaway: don't assume artificial wedding flowers automatically mean cheap. You can absolutely spend several thousand dollars on elaborate faux floral installations. The savings become much more significant when you're comparing a rental arrangement with an equivalent fresh floral installation, especially for large arches and ceremony pieces.

How Much Can You Actually Save With Artificial Wedding Flowers?

This is where things get interesting.

Fresh wedding flowers aren't just the cost of the flowers themselves. You're also paying for sourcing, processing, refrigeration, floral design, delivery, setup, labour and sometimes teardown.

And Toronto weddings can be particularly expensive when you're asking for flowers that aren't naturally in season in Ontario.

Here's a very rough example of how a wedding floral budget can compare:

Wedding Flowers	Fresh Flowers	Artificial Rental
Bridal bouquet	$250+	$80
5 bridesmaid bouquets	$400+	$225
7 boutonnieres	$140+	~$63
2 corsages	$70+	~$50
10 centrepieces	$1,000+	~$300
Ceremony/arch flowers	$400+	~$200
Approx. total	$2,260+	~$918

This is not a universal wedding quote—floral design varies enormously—but it shows why rental flowers can make sense.

For example, a very simple DIY-style artificial wedding might be dramatically cheaper than fresh flowers, while a luxury faux floral installation with a giant custom arch could actually approach or exceed the price of a modest fresh floral package.

For context, Toronto wedding flower pricing can easily reach several thousand dollars once you're talking about bouquets, centrepieces and ceremony flowers together.

Why Are Toronto Couples Choosing Artificial Flower Rentals?

1. Fresh flowers are expensive

This one is obvious—but there's a reason wedding flowers can feel so shockingly expensive.

Flowers are perishable. They're grown somewhere (usually South America), harvested, processed, transported, stored and eventually delivered to your wedding. Many popular wedding flowers sold in Toronto are imported, particularly outside Ontario's growing season.

Add in floral design labour, refrigeration, delivery and setup and the price climbs quickly.

2. You can save the money for the places guests actually notice

This is one of my favourite ways to use artificial wedding flowers.

You don't necessarily have to choose all fresh or all artificial.

You could have:

• A large artificial ceremony arch

• Artificial reception centrepieces

• Fresh bridal and bridesmaid bouquets

• Fresh boutonnieres

• Fresh flowers at the sweetheart table

Or reverse it.

If flowers are important to you personally, put the fresh flowers where you're going to hold them, photograph them and really enjoy them. Use artificial rentals for the enormous installations that would otherwise eat up half your floral budget.

3. Artificial flowers don't wilt in Toronto heat

Anyone who has worked a summer wedding knows this.

Fresh flowers + 32°C Toronto weather + outdoor ceremony + hours of setup = 😬

Artificial flowers aren't going to wilt because your ceremony ran 45 minutes late.

They're also much easier to transport and don't require refrigeration.

4. You can see exactly what you're getting

This is a huge benefit that doesn't get talked about enough.

With artificial flowers, your arrangements can be designed weeks or months ahead of the wedding. You can see the actual flowers rather than choosing from an inspiration photo and hoping everything looks right on the wedding day. As a "controlling bride" myself, I actually used artificial flowers for my own wedding too (even though I live, breath, and love real and dried flowers!)

5. You can reuse them

This is the part I find especially interesting from an environmental perspective.

Fresh flowers are beautiful, but they're inherently a one-event product. A rental arrangement can go from your wedding to another couple's wedding the following weekend.

That doesn't make artificial flowers impact-free. They are manufactured and will eventually wear out. But reusing the same flowers dozens of times is certainly preferable to purchasing a disposable arrangement for one day and throwing it away afterwards.

Artificial Flowers Are Much Better Now

I feel like this deserves its own section because I remember the faux flowers of years ago.

They could look... well... very fake.

Today's high-quality silk and artificial flowers are a different story.

Some have realistic petal variation, colour gradients, natural-looking foliage and even different stages of bloom. When they're arranged properly, they're especially convincing from a normal guest's viewing distance.

And wedding photography helps too. A beautifully designed artificial bouquet can photograph incredibly well in good lighting.

You Don't Have to Tell Your Guests They're Fake

Okay, I wouldn't actually recommend lying about it if someone asks.

But I do think couples sometimes worry about this way more than they need to.

If you choose a reputable rental company and high-quality faux flowers, your guests are unlikely to be standing beside your centrepiece thinking, "Hmm... that rose looks suspicious."

Most people are looking at the overall arrangement, the room, the bride, the food and the dance floor.

And frankly, if your florist does a good job, most guests will never realize they're looking at artificial flowers.

Another Option: Mix Artificial and Fresh Flowers

This is probably my favourite compromise.

You can use artificial flowers where they make the most financial and logistical sense and fresh flowers where you really want that natural experience.

For example:

Fresh

• Bridal bouquet

• Bridesmaid bouquets

• Boutonnieres

• Corsages

Artificial

• Ceremony arch

• Aisle flowers

• Centrepieces

• Welcome sign

• Bar flowers

You get the scent and texture of fresh flowers where you're holding them, while saving money on the big installations.

Just make sure your venue allows multiple floral vendors if you're using one company for fresh flowers and another for artificial rentals. Some venues have clauses requiring you to use their preferred florist or restricting outside vendors.

What About DIY Artificial Wedding Flowers?

You can absolutely DIY this too.

In fact, artificial flowers are considerably easier to DIY than fresh flowers.

You don't have to worry about:

• Keeping everything refrigerated

• Flowers wilting

• Water buckets tipping over

• Conditioning hundreds of stems

• Transporting water-filled arrangements

• Designing everything the night before

• Finding a cool place to store your flowers

You can buy silk flowers from places like Michaels, make your arrangements ahead of time and pack everything into boxes for the wedding.

The downside is that DIY doesn't automatically mean easy.

You still need to learn how to make arrangements look intentional rather than like a handful of craft-store flowers stuck into a vase.

My advice? Make one arrangement months before your wedding. Don't wait until the week before to discover that making 20 centrepieces takes you four hours each.

Other Alternatives to Traditional Wedding Flowers

Artificial flower rentals aren't your only option.

Local flower farms

If you love a loose, wildflower or garden-inspired look, talk to a local flower farm.

Ontario-grown flowers can be absolutely gorgeous, particularly for summer and early fall weddings.

The downside is that you're working with the growing season and whatever the farmer has available—which is also part of the charm.

DIY buckets from a flower farm

Some flower farms offer buckets of flowers for couples who want to arrange their own wedding flowers.

This can be a great middle ground between hiring a florist and growing everything yourself.

But please, get help.

DIY wedding flowers are a much bigger undertaking than Pinterest makes them look.

You need to think about harvesting, conditioning, water, refrigeration or cool storage, arranging, transportation and getting everything to the venue.

Don't make your wedding party spend the entire morning fighting with hydrangeas.

Dried wedding flowers

And obviously, this is one I'm personally partial to. At Harvest Hill Flower Farm, I grow and air-dry flowers here on the farm just outside Toronto, and dried wedding flowers are now my specialty.

Dried flowers give you the natural look and texture of real flowers, but without the refrigeration and wedding-day perishability of fresh flowers. They're particularly lovely for couples who like an earthy, meadowy or slightly wild style.

Dried bridal bouquets are fragile and the arrangements have less volume than fresh flowers. However, you can see your flowers well in advance and there are specialty flower varieties that I grow that hold their colour once dried. I find dried flowers are popular for elopements, winter weddings, or rustic-themed weddings.

FAQ: Artificial Wedding Flower Rentals in Toronto

Are artificial wedding flowers cheaper than fresh flowers?

Usually, yes—particularly for large installations and arrangements that would require a lot of fresh flowers.

But it depends on what you're comparing. A simple DIY artificial rental can be dramatically less expensive than fresh flowers, while a luxury faux floral arch with installation can still cost thousands.

Do artificial wedding flowers look real?

High-quality ones can look extremely realistic. The quality of the flowers and the skill of the designer make a huge difference.

Cheap artificial flowers can still look cheap. I'd always look closely at a vendor's real wedding photos before booking.

Can I mix fresh and artificial wedding flowers?

Absolutely—and I'd actually recommend considering it.

You can use fresh flowers for your bouquets and artificial flowers for your arch, centrepieces or other large installations.

Do artificial flowers wilt?

No. That's one of their biggest advantages for outdoor Toronto weddings.

They won't wilt in summer heat or freeze during a chilly outdoor ceremony.

How far in advance should I book artificial wedding flowers?

I'd still book early, especially if you want a custom design or large installation.

Artificial flowers don't have the same seasonal limitations as fresh flowers, but rental companies only have a finite inventory and may have multiple weddings on the same weekend.

Can I set up rental flowers myself?

Often, yes.

Some companies specifically offer DIY-friendly rental collections. This can save money on setup and delivery, and artificial flowers are much easier to transport than fresh arrangements.

Just make sure you understand exactly what the rental includes before assuming it's a DIY pickup.

Are artificial flowers environmentally friendly?

I'd call them more reusable, rather than automatically eco-friendly.

Artificial flowers are manufactured products, so there is an environmental cost to making and eventually disposing of them.

The advantage of renting is that the same flowers can be used repeatedly for many weddings instead of being purchased for one event. If sustainability is your priority, ask the rental company how long their inventory typically stays in circulation and what happens to flowers when they are retired.

Can my guests tell that my wedding flowers are fake?

With high-quality artificial flowers and good floral design, probably not from normal guest distance.

If someone picks up your bouquet and closely examines every flower, that's a different story. But for ceremony arches, centrepieces and larger installations, realistic faux flowers can be remarkably convincing.

Final Thoughts: Are Artificial Wedding Flower Rentals Worth It?

If flowers aren't the single most important part of your wedding, I think they're absolutely worth investigating.

I'd especially consider them if you're:

• Planning a Toronto or GTA wedding on a tighter floral budget

• Having a large ceremony arch or installation

• Getting married outdoors

• Getting married outside the main Ontario growing season

• Worried about flowers wilting

• Interested in DIY

• Trying to reduce the number of wedding vendors

• Planning to mix fresh and artificial flowers

And don't feel like you have to choose one option for every single flower.

Your wedding can have a fresh bouquet in your hands, a giant artificial arch behind you and dried flowers on the reception tables. There are no wedding-flower police coming to check.

The best choice is the one that gives you the look you love without spending your entire wedding budget on flowers that disappear after one day.