With her father Antony, Nicole Kidman arrives for her wedding clutching that bouquet.
Photo: AP Photo/Greg Wood

The guest who caught Nicole Kidman's wedding bouquet says she gave the flowers away because they couldn't be taken to New Zealand.

New Zealander Evelyn White, a friend of groom Keith Urban's parents, said the bouquet landed near her after Kidman's traditional toss from a balcony missed a group of women waiting to catch it.

"What can a girl do when it falls at her feet?" White told the New Zealand Herald.

White, a retirement village manager, said she was delighted to grab the cluster of peonies, gardenias and roses at the wedding last month in Sydney but did not think it was a sign.

"I'd love to get married again, but there was no wedding bell in front of that bouquet."

White denied speculation she had fended off other women, including actor Naomi Watts, to win the bouquet.

Knowing New Zealand's biosecurity laws would make it difficult to take the prize home, White said she offered individual flowers to other guests.

The bouquet was given to Urban's parents, Bob and Marienne.