Mallory and Patrick’s Love for Greenery at their Sodo Park Wedding

Mallory and Patrick’s wedding at Herban Feast’s SoDo Park was as soft and romantic and gardeny as they get! The bride loves greenery so we brought the garden indoors by installing greenery and climbing vines throughout the event space.

And did you see Mallory’s bouquet? Isn’t it quite the showstopper? We love when brides let us create an oversized bouquets, and Mallory’s sure was gorgeous.

A Green Wedding Ceremony

For their ceremony we created a lush, green environment by installing smilax all across the ceiling. The vines also climbed up the antique doors that served as a romantic backdrop for the ceremony.  More greenery graced the aisle, interspersed with hurricane candles.  Fresh summer blooms were incorporated everywhere: cafe au lait dahlias, fairy roses, sweet scabiosa, local snapdragons, false spirea, mixed with hosta leaves, raspberry foliage, and olive.

A Wedding Reception Filled with Greenery

For Mallory and Patrick’s dinner reception we designed centerpieces of various sizes and styles. We designed a mix of lush garden arrangements in gold compote vases, tall sprays of greenery and blooms on top of gold stands, and groupings of gold candles and buddy vases. They sure “popped” atop peacock blue velvet linens.  Swoon!

We hope you enjoyed this wedding. If you’d like to see other weddings we designed at Sodo Park, then click any of the following links:

• Shelly and Dave – Elegance at Sodo Park Seattle
• Jane and Kenny – Organic Sodo Park Wedding
• Kristin and Matt – Luxury Sodo Park Wedding

Vendor Team:

Venue: SoDo Park

Floral Design: Flora Nova Design

Planner: Megan with Clutch Events

Photographer:  Carina Skrobecki

Specialty Rentals: Vintage Ambiance

Cake: Cake Lady Custom Cakes

—– Content updated, January 17, 2020 ——

Kerry and Joe’s Elegant White and Green Wedding

Kerry and Joe’s special day is a perfect example of just how elegant a white and green wedding can be. The church and reception space were decked in white flowers mixed with lush garden greenery, and was, oh, so pretty!

White and Green Wedding Flowers

Kerry and Joe chose a clean white and green color palette for their elegant wedding. Kerry wanted us to design a lush cascading bouquet of white garden roses, peonies, gardenia, stephanotis, and orchids accented by delicate iron vine.  Such a pretty mix!

A Wedding Ceremony Decked in Flowers

Blooming trees and understated tall floral arrangements graced the front altar for the traditional Catholic ceremony, while trailing greenery and dendrobium orchids adorned each pew. 

An Outdoor Cocktail Reception in Style

Arriving at the Club, guests enjoyed an outdoor cocktail hour in the warm afternoon sun: an eclectic mix of white lounge furniture was spread across the lawn. Potted orchids decorated the bars, and small floral arrangements adorned each table.

In front of the ballroom, the modern, clear lucite seating chart was attached to a tall boxwood greenery wall, which we decorated with stems of white phaleanopsis orchids.

A Reception of Modern Elegance

Then guests were invited to the fully draped ballroom for dinner and dancing.  A mixed floor plan of round and long dinner tables created interest: covered in various light grey specialty linens and paired with clear lucite ghost chairs this reception was an uber-elegant affair with a modern touch. We created table designs of various styles and shapes: white phalaenopsis and dendrobium orchids accented the low white and dark green floral centerpieces. And crystal candlesticks and silver vases helped to create luxurious layers of texture across each table. 

The Decorated Stage for the Live Band – A Fun Focal Point

We placed a clean boxwood greenery backdrop behind the band which featured the bride and groom’s own personalized neon sign! And a long lush floral planter blooming with white hydrangea in front of the stage created the perfect setting to dance the night away.

You might also enjoy these weddings we recently designed:

• Ina and Ned’s Overlake Country Club Wedding
• Jane and Kenny’s Organic White and Green Wedding at Sodo Park

Vendor Team:

Ceremony Venue: Sacred Heart Parish

Reception Venue:  Overlake Country and Golf Club

Planner:  Chambers and Company

Photography: O’Malley Photography

Linens: La Tavola Fine Linen Rental

Rentals and Draping: Cort Party Rental

Lighting and Band Backdrop: LightSmiths

Cake: Honey Crumb Cake Studio

Melissa and Andy Altig’s Elegant Wedding at their Family’s Private Estate

Mama mia, was this a gorgeous wedding!  Last August, the Flora Nova team had the privilege of working with the ever-fabulous Katy of Vows Wedding and Event Planning to design this fairytale white wedding on the groom’s family’s private estate for 300 guests.  This was a family affair on a grand scale with the ceremony at the family church followed by the reception in a grand tent at their family farm in Kirkland.

We designed all floral accents in an overall classic, neutral color palette in white and cream with lush greenery accents. The bouquets featured mostly white roses in various styles and sizes: garden roses, garden spray roses, and sweet heart roses.

An Elegant Church Ceremony in Green and White

For the ceremony at their family church in Kirkland we designed grand greenery floral walls flanking the grand altar area on both sides and in the front. The aisle was covered in a custom aisle carpet, then covered in thousands of rose petals. Each pew was dripping with greenery vines and white rose blooms.

And Now To The Elegant Private Estate Wedding Reception

After an intimate ceremony at the family’s Catholic parish, the guests heads back to the family manse for cocktails by the pool. Check out those floating lily pads in the turquoise water!

After cocktails, the lucky guests strolled through the gardens down to a custom-built tent on the back lawn (constructed by the amazing team at Cort Party Rental) for dinner and dancing.  This family has a love affair with the gardenia and just had to have them, so we obliged:  500 fresh cut gardenias were flown in for the occasion.  As you can imagine, the scent when guests walked into the tent was heavenly! Each place setting was graced with a stemmed gardenia, and more gardenias were tucked into the abundant floral arrangements that lined the long dinner tables. For centerpieces we designed a mix of elevated and low arrangements, each stuffed with garden roses, fairy roses, dahlias, vintage hydrangea, and dripping with a mix of garden greenery.

As the evening wore on, Andy, Melissa, and their attendants had the perfect view of the festivities from their 32′ head table loaded with flowers and fully framed by a lush floral backdrop.  Dense greenery swags graced the ceiling and called attention to the drool-worthy (and enormous!) crystal chandeliers.  Tall taper candles and glittering gold mercury glass votives created a romantic glow as the sun set, and the revelers danced long into the night.  What a perfect day!

What did you think of this wedding? Let us know if we can help you design your summer tent wedding.

And if you liked this wedding you might also enjoy looking at these large tent weddings:

• The Gorgeous Wedding of Brita and Richie Altig (Richie is Andy’s brother)
• Anne and Ryan – An Elegant Backyard Wedding
• Ashley and Jordan’s Luxe Garden Wedding

—– Content updated on January 14, 2020 ——

Vendor Team:

Floral and Design: Flora Nova Design

Ceremony Venue: Holy Family Catholic Parish

Reception Venue: Private Estate

Wedding Planner: Vows Wedding and Event Planning

Photographer: J Garner Photography

Tent & Rentals: Cort Party Rental

Cake: The SweetSide