Simon and Vanessa's Wedding Reception Flower Arrangements
I recently had the opportunity to design centerpieces for a beautiful wedding reception. The bride and groom requested for white or off-white flowers and the color theme for the wedding was sage green. As for the primary flowers, it was a toss up between roses and hydrangeas.
The young couple was very flexible when it came to flower choices. The primary flower was determined two weeks before the reception due to the unavailability of white roses. White roses were difficult to obtain at the Los Angeles Flower Mart. It would require at least 18 roses to make a nice arrangement in the container used. Also, depending on the type of roses available, not all rose buds will bloom and requires more filler materials.
Hydrangeas were selected as the primary flowers and were readily available during the month of June. Hydrangeas are large flowers which provided more coverage for less flowers. I also incorporated off white lisianthis and an airy fern was used for greenery.
The following materials were used in the beautiful hydrangea arrangements:
Hydrangeas four or five stems
Lisianthis three or four stems
Fern three stems
8 inch tall cylinder container
Sage green ribbons – a small amount of the container was braided with the ribbon and a hand tied bow was attached
handful of gems
Congratulations to the bride and groom.
- Patty
Well done,
And thanks for sharing the info on the flower arrangement.
Regards from Ireland
Thank you for posting this article! I was looking for something similar and it was helpful to read thru it!
You are welcome. Arranging flowers is my passion and in addition I enjoy writing articles on flowers. I am glad that I can share the information with everyone.
I love that you used hydrangeas! They’re a really great flower and are so versatile to any type of arrangement.
Orchids are one of the most viable cut flower crops – due to their beauty and also their long shelf life.
Phalaenopsis orchids have been popular house plants since the Victorian times, when the opening up of the ‘new world’ meant that botanists were bringing home many rare species of plants. Orchids were rare then because the long journey home to other continents meant that many died on the way.
The popularity of potted plants waned somewhat in the early 20th century – as a direct result, the cut flower trade improved. In recent years there is once again a shift towards the potted plant in many parts of the world with China leading the world in the production of potted cymbidium orchids. Cut flower imports however is still a healthy market – with Japan leading the field followed by Italy, France and Germany.
Phalaenopsis orchids, being easy to grow and flower in the home environment, are the most widely cultivated orchid today, accounting for around 66% of the world market. Wide scale potted production takes place in China, Netherlands, Germany, Taiwan, USA and Japan. The world export /import trade of orchids – both cut flower and potted – exceeded $150million in the year 2000, approximately 20percent of this was for potted orchids the balance being the cut flower trade.
Hydrangeas are excellent wedding flowers. I also would have chosen hydrangeas over the white roses. More coverage with less stems. Something about round tufts of white petals that make a centerpiece more appealing than roses.
Flowers can be so beautiful…no matter what the occasion.
Hi! Great blog!