The Two Days After the Last Dance

The bouquet a Beverly Hills bride carries down the aisle has about two days left once the reception ends. In that time it goes one of two ways: to a professional preserver, or into the couple's own hands to be kept at home. The flowers will not wait out a honeymoon departure, so the choice belongs to the weeks before the wedding, not the morning after. Next to everything else the day holds, it is a small question of timing, and it decides whether the flowers outlast the day.

With reporting from Green Wedding Shoes.