Bouquets & Boutonnières
Suggest bouquets and bouts made entirely of green blooms, leaves or berries. Encourage the use of locally grown flowers and plants by offering a bouquet of foraged greenery and botanical finds such as berries, acorns and twigs.
Wearables
Suggest forgoing the traditional veil for a flower crown of woven grasses studded with succulents or a botanical necklace or wrist cuff of succulents which the bride can plant in her first garden after the wedding.
Mt. Lebanon Floral | Kaela Speicher Photography
Passionflower | A Girl in Love Photography
Ceremony Decor
Create a striking ceremony altar with a greenery garland or salvaged frames filled with moss, ferns and a few stylish blooms. The simplicity of a single color used en masse can provide a striking backdrop in photographs.
Kim Starr Wise Floral Events | G. Chapin Studios
Krista Jon for Archive | Brandon Kidd Photography
Centerpieces & Reception Decor
Consider centerpieces of green flowers and foliages with a few added textural elements. For a modern aesthetic, try simple glass vessels filled with leaves and grasses for architectural interest. If your bride prefers a more rustic look, try designing centerpieces in pottery, vintage bottles or wooden boxes. Suspend an arrangement of greens above the head table to designate it as a special place. Add interest to centerpiece vignettes using branches, moss or found botanical pieces from a nature walk.
Ashley Fox Designs | Jody Savage Photography
Urban Earth Design Studios | VUE Photography
Wedding Cake
Creating a chic cake display can be as simple as adding a few succulents or a delicately trailing vine to a cake resting on a silver platter, woodsy base or Lucite table.
Honey of a Thousand Flowers | Whitney Heard Photography
Bar
Green up the bar area with potted boxwoods or small trees. Design a tall bar arrangement of branches and berries. Make the space memorable by creating a green wall behind the bar or adding botanical panels to the bar front using moss or succulents.
Michael Daigian Design | Jen Huang Photography
Venue
For the couple desiring a monochromatic green palette, suggest they find a venue with an outdoor area rich with natural greenery. A good alternative would be finding a venue with a neutral palette making it easy to accessorize with greens. Trying to compete with colorful surroundings would surely create a frustrating (and expensive) situation for both the designer and the wedding party.
You are the best, Amy. Thanks for the inspiration!!
Thanks, Kei! So glad to hear from you!
This might be my favorite post ever. And I am not even a green girl. Maybe after a season of weddings, it’s nice to see a little less more and a little more less. Stunning!!
Thanks, Danni! So glad you enjoyed the post. I agree…simplicity reigns at my house after being completely engaged all day long with incredible floral design images. Our brains need a little break every once in a while 🙂