If you're hosting a special event in Miami, Florida, finding the right florist is probably on your mind. Whether you're just looking for a few simple orchids for corsages, or you want to arrange centerpieces that could go on display at the Miami Art Museum, you'll need to find the Miami florists who can make your flower design dreams a reality.

If you've just gotten engaged, it's time to start brainstorming ideas for your wedding flowers. You may want to take a stroll around Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden and snap pictures of flowers you especially like. Experienced Miami florists can help you pick flower arrangements that echo the same shapes and colors. Don't be shy about planning wedding flowers around your budget, either; florists are used to working within constraints and can help you pick beautiful wedding flowers that are affordable, too.

Consider wedding flowers that are native to the Miami area. Not only will you save money and stimulate your local economy, but you'll also end up with wedding flowers that are fresher and more eco-friendly than flowers that have to be shipped from afar. Miami offers some gorgeous options for native blooms. Ask your florist about including vibrant golden butterflyweed, delicate pine-pink, sprigs of flamboyant fuchsia beautyberry, and long strands of exotic-looking seagrape.

You can set boutonnieres and wedding bouquets off with a few bunches of purple lovegrass interspersed with the flowers–with a name like lovegrass, what wedding flowers couldn't use some of this vibrant, purple-red filler?