I attempted a similar feat last year for my own wedding (although a bit later, August 1st). A book that I found extremely helpful was Fresh From the Field Wedding Flowers, I purchased the eBook on Amazon. She has an amazing section in the back with lists of flowers and what months they should be in bloom. June: Alchemilla/ Lady’s Mantle (Holland Bulb Farm has this on sale right now) Allium (would have had to plant in the fall I think) Ammi Majus/ Queen Anne’s Lace (good filler) Bachelor Buttons (comes in blue! cheap seed) Bells of Ireland (great filler) Bupleurum (great foliage/filler) Calendula (should be easy) Campanula/ Canterbury Bells (I believe this is a 2nd year flower) Cerinthe (beautiful!! Just purchased these seeds from selectseeds.com) Columbine (probably wouldn't be able to get enough flowers the first year to do any good) Delphinium (selectseeds.com has a beautiful soft romantic blue variety, Cliveden Beauty) Dianthus/ Sweet William (some pretty bright colors) Foxglove (no idea) Godetia (no idea) Grasses Larkspur (pretty blues available) Lilies (not sure if they'll bloom that soon from first year plantings in spring) Lupine (pretty!) Mint ** (** means fragrant) Nigella (flowers and pods) (these might just be perfect, plant in succession and have guaranteed blue flowers! Also called 'Love in a Mist' which is pretty cute for a wedding. Also white) Peonies (not sure if this would work from first year planting) Poppy Pods (might even have a few poppies left blooming... one of my favorite images from the book was a table arrangement with poppies.) Roses** (not sure if this would work from first year planting) Stock** (might be too warm in your climate for these by June 20th but I'm not certain) Sweet Peas** (might be too warm in your climate for these by June 20th but I'm not certain) Yarrow (not that pretty in my opinion..) Byczynski, Lynn; Benzakein, Erin (2014-03-12). Fresh from the Field Wedding Flowers: An Illustrated Guide to Using Local & Sustainable Flowers for Your Wedding (Kindle Locations 850-852). Fairplain Publications. Kindle Edition. Some things to keep in mind: seed catalogs may say zinnias will start blooming in 75 days but I have found that is not the case. Not if you're thinking 75 days for enough usable blooms for something like a wedding. Johnny's Seeds says 75-90 days to maturity, and I would err on the side of 90 days for full flushes. Transplanting puts them at least a week behind also. Cosmos are beautiful but my "bible" doesn't have them listed until August. I heeded Ken's advice and found an alternative flower source to supplement. I spent $200 on flowers at Trader Joe's (great prices, great experience, easy to order just need to be flexible on colors). You're a great Aunt =D Good luck!! So I made this response before realizing this wedding is long over. Opps -- hope it helps someone

Some brides are interested in growing their wedding flowers. Some purchase flowers from a flower farm and do their own arranging. Some prefer to have a flower farm do the arrangements. And, many purchase from a florist who is supplied by local flower farms. Wildflowers are perennial plants. Seeds for these are planted in the fall. Some of the wildflowers featured in the link to wildflowers in Upstate New York are either considered invasive or protected. One example: Loosetrife. Many are in bloom well before Labor Day. I'm going to assume you are interested in the wildflower look as opposed to actual wildflowers. Some brides feel zinnias, scabiosa, rudbeckia, daisies, larkspur and foxglove fall into this category. The seeds for these are available from Johnny Seeds in Maine. One can order online or from the catalog. The catalog contains helpful information as far as planting and spacing. If you need flowers to supplement yours, a flower farm sells blooms by the stem at the Dupont Square Market in Washington D.C. Wishing you all the best. Here is a link that might be useful: Wildflowers in Upstate New York

Here's a couple of websites that might help. There's a place west of Huntsville if you don't have any luck closer to home. I'm not sure of the name, but I can get it for you if you're interested. Good luck! http://www.pickyourown.org sorry, I couldn't figure out how to link both sites. Here is a link that might be useful: Local Harvest

Hi Natalie, How much experience do you have with gardening? Do you want to use the flowers you grow as cut flowers in arrangements or have them growing in the yard for an outdoor wedding? Or perhaps both in cut flower arrangements and growing in the yard? What is the back-up plan for wedding flowers if Mother Nature is mean and sends exceptional drought, hordes of grasshoppers or aphids, hail or severe thunderstorms or other plant-killing weather the week before the wedding and wipes out your flowers? I'm not saying that to be unkind or discouraging, but rather to ensure you understand that when you're growing plants outdoors, there are many factors beyond your control so you always have to have a backup plan. Growing flowers for one's own wedding sounds lovely in theory, but in reality it could be very stressful if the weather or the flowers don't cooperate. I assume you've given that part of the process a great deal of thought. Do you have a color scheme picked out yet so that we an suggest flowers that would go with your theme? Keep in mind that flowers that bloom in the fall often are those in autumn shades like gold, yellow, red, maroon and orange, but also there are some blue and purple shades. After you answer that handful of questions, I bet you'll get all kinds of responses. We have a lot of folks who with green thumbs who grow all kinds of flowers. Dawn