Hanging Floral Centre pieces and Ceremony Back Drops add instant drama, visual impact and most certainly a WOW factor to the wedding reception.
Pinterest addicts might recognise this as today’s hot wedding trend that has been building among the wedding blogs and magazines over the past year! Read below for inspiration and advice on the latest trend that could turn instantly bring your venue to life!
Get ready to be blown away by these blooms…
Flower Curtain
From simply hanging stems of a beautiful array of fresh flowers in the venue to create a curtain of colour to add a romantic twist to the decor and fill large open spaces. It is certainly a perfect backdrop for ‘that’ shot.
Chandeliers and Hanging Centre pieces
To suspending ladders, chandeliers, rings and jam jars from the ceiling draped in luscious floral blooms to bring the venue to life. A great alternative to table centrepieces as it will free up space for your guests for dining and chatting with other guests.
If you love flowers, and want to transform and add visual impact to your venue, this is most certainly the way forward. The view from below, looking up to a sea of flowers and flowers is simply breathtaking (and also smells amazing!).
Top Tips:
- Make sure you know the venue. Not every venue suits this kind of decor – does it have high ceilings and structures? If your venue is a barn, restaurant or even a blank canvas marquee with beams and chandeliers already in place, this is ideal.
- Communicate with the venue. To avoid any disappointment, make sure you make it clear what type of arrangements you would like to create and if it is possible.
- Consider time. Make sure you factor into your time schedule the amount of time it will take to organise, prepare and create the arrangements. It is important you liaise with the venue to allow you and/or your florist to access and adequate time to build the floral arrangements in the venue before the wedding or event.
- Another important factor is flowers. Yes, depending on the type of arrangement you are looking to create, you will need flowers and lots of them, so make sure you choose wisely! Are you looking to use fresh or silk, artificial blooms?
- Choose local, in-season blooms to keep the costs under control.
- If you opt for fresh flowers, choose local, in-season and cheaper, durable blooms that will not only keep the costs under control, but last longer. For example, carnations, chrysanthemums, thistles (eryngium).
- Think about the conditions, the room will need to be kept cool or air-conditioned ahead of the guests arriving to stop the flowers from wilting.
For foliage back drop inspiration and advise on the best foliage to use, head over to our blog.