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Chadwick Wedding Reception

Here’s a peek at the reception flowers from Keely and Edward’s recent wedding, held at the Chadwick in Wexford.

Welcome sign with ranunculus, roses and calla lilies.

Welcome sign with ranunculus, roses and calla lilies.

Tall pedestal centerpiece with roses, hydrangea, calla lilies and stock.

Tall pedestal centerpiece with roses, hydrangea, calla lilies and stock.

Low centerpiece with roses, spray roses and floating candles.

Low centerpiece with roses, spray roses and floating candles.

The Chadwick, wedding reception flowers

The Chadwick, wedding reception flowers

October wedding

During the height of the busy wedding season, we often find that there is just not enough time to add to our blog. Looking back on some of the photos we took over the past months, we thought that these flowers were particularly lovely for an October wedding.

BW-174 Bride's bouquet

The bride's bouquet was an organic gathering of white hydrangea, Amnesia and ivory roses, and dark purple dahlias with a mix of various eucalyptus varieties.

Low centerpiece

Centerpieces for the reception at Longue Vue Club were in 6" cylinder vases. Flowers used were white hydrangea, Amnesia and ivory roses, dark purple cushion pomps and mixed eucalyptus. Note that by using cushion pomps over the purple dahlias that were in the bride's bouquet, we were able to duplicate the look of the bridal bouquet in the centerpieces, with a significant savings in the final price. This is one example of ideas that we can suggest to keep your wedding flowers within your budget.

A September Pittsburgh wedding

For her recent wedding to William, Hollynn chose to carry a hand-tied bouquet of white and ivory flowers, which included hydrangea, roses, lisianthus, stock and astilbe. The flowers were accented with seeded and silver dollar eucalyptus.Bride's BouquetHollyn and William's reception was held at the Renaissance Hotel. Centerpieces alternated between tall and low arrangements. The tall arrangements contained mostly greenery with some white and ivory flower accents. The foliage included seeded eucalyptus, silver dollar eucalyptus and Italian ruscus.Renaissance Hotel flowers

The low centerpieces consisted of groupings of glass cylinders containing floating candles, white hydrangea and ivory roses.

Wedding centerpieces 

08-18-18 Wedding

Their wedding date is a palindrome (reads the same way backwards and forward!) Parva and Anastasia's wedding at the Hyatt Regency Airport was a vision of purple and lavender. Featured flowers include lavender roses, purple stock, purple hydrangea and misty blue limonium.Trellis flowers

Ceremony archway

Chair flowers

Chair decorations

Table centerpiece

Low table centerpiece

Tall centerpiece

Tall table centerpiece

 

Wedding floral trends

As a wedding trend for 2018, we are seeing a number of brides choosing bouquets which primarily feature a lush assortment of foliage. This was the case in one of our weddings last weekend, with the bride's attendants carrying bouquets consisting of mixed varieties of eucalyptus with an accent of baby's breath. The bride's bouquet harmonized with the organic attendant bouquets, but included white and ivory flowers. Here roses, spray roses, ranunculus, lisianthus and baby's breath are added to the greens. The foliage in the bouquet includes two varieties of eucalyptus.Bride's bouquet As a contrast, another bride this weekend chose a classically sleek and elegant bouquet with little foliage. The flowers featured are roses and mini calla lilies.Bride's bouquet  

Wedding reception photos

Below are two photos from recent wedding receptions. The first reception at the George Washington Hotel in Washington, PA featured tall centerpieces of hydrangea, stargazer lilies, roses and pom pom mums.Tall centerpiece with Stargazer lilies and hydrangea This sweetheart table features an arrangement of blue hydrangea, yellow roses and white spray roses.Sweetheart table arrangement  

Here's to another Ludwig wedding!

Dan and Sarah were recently wed in St. Paul's Cathedral and enjoyed a fabulous reception at the Duquesne Club. Of course, if it was a Ludwig wedding, the flowers had to be exquisite!St Pauls Cathedral flowers

White flowers adorned the sanctuary of St. Paul's Cathedral, with white hydrangea marking the front pews.

BW-189 Bride bouquet

Here's a close up of the flowers carried by the bride. Sarah's bouquet featured White O'hara garden roses, white ranunculus, White Majolica spray roses and silver dollar eucalyptus. The flower stems were wrapped with tulle from Sarah's Mom's wedding veil.

Tall centerpieces, Duquesne Club

Half of the table centerpieces were tall, and contained white hydrangea, White Chocolate roses, spray roses and silver dollar eucalyptus. Eucalyptus lined the table.

Low wedding centerpiece

Low table centerpieces were clear glass cylinders filled with white hydrangea, White O'hara garden roses, spray roses and seeded and silver dollar eucalyptus.

Welcome wedding season, 2018!

The 2018 wedding season has begun, and each weekend gets a bit busier with weddings as we move further into Spring. We are thrilled to feature photos from Gina and Alex's recent wedding. Photo credits to Michael Will Photographers.Wedding, Carnegie Museum Hall of SculptureThe wedding ceremony was held in the Carnegie Museum Hall of Sculpture in Oakland.Bridal BouquetThe bride's bouquet featured white and blush roses, white carnations, blush spray roses, white lisianthus and silver dollar eucalyptus.Tall centerpieces at the Carnegie Music Hall Foyer were comprised of white hydrangea, blush roses, white carnations, blush spray roses and silver dollar eucalyptus.Centerpiece, Carnegie Music Hall Foyer

Two October weddings
BW-184 Bride's Bouquet

BW-184 Bride's Bouquet

BW-183 Bride's bouquet

BW-183 Bride's bouquet

Our wedding season is winding down! This weekend we have only two weddings on our calendar, with two entirely different looks. Our Friday wedding features a bride's bouquet that is lush and organic. It contains red and ivory roses, blush spray roses, blush astilbe, pink ranunculus, burgundy hypericum and seeded eucalyptus.Saturday's wedding features a bride's bouquet that is sophisticated and elegant. It contains ivory roses and white hydrangea, and is accented with metallic silver and gold foliage and curly ting.Two entirely different looks, but both beautiful!

Just peachy!
BW-182 Bride's bouquet

BW-182 Bride's bouquet

Wedding centerpiece

Wedding centerpiece

Right now in Pennsylvania the peaches are in season. This wedding palette of peach colored blooms is a stunning choice for late July. The bride's hand-tied bouquet included peach Juliet garden roses, peach dahlias, pink carnations, white ranunculus, peach hypericum, pink carnations and silver dollar eucalyptus. The bride wanted to incorporate white anemones into the bouquet, so we used silk flowers for the best show and value.Centerpieces for the reception followed the same color theme with white and light peach hydrangea, peach spray roses, peach hypericum, pink carnations and silver dollar eucalyptus.

A lush, organic wedding bouquet
BW-180 Bride's bouquet

BW-180 Bride's bouquet

Our bride last weekend wanted a bouquet that was lush, organic and very romantic. This exquisite bouquet captured the feeling exactly! Included in the bouquet were red dahlias, red mini calla lilies, blue eryngium, peach hypericum, pink ranunculus, brilliant cherry brandy roses, green sunflowers, purple wax flowers and seeded eucalyptus, with a touch of curly willow.

A Pittsburgh summer wedding
BW-179 Bridal Bouquet

BW-179 Bridal Bouquet

One of our recent weddings featured this bride's bouquet with a very organic, "fresh picked from the garden" look. It is composed of medium pink roses, dark pink spray roses, light pink carnations, pink sweet pea, light blue delphinium, green hypericum and seeded eucalyptus.

Winter wedding flowers
BW-167 Bridal bouquet

BW-167 Bridal bouquet

It's been a whirlwind wedding season here at the Blumengarten! Frankly, what with attending to multiple weddings each weekend, there never seems to be enough time to take photos and write blog posts.In November the wedding season quiets down a bit. The cooler weather brings out looks for our brides that are quite different from the lush garden flowers of summer.This bridal bouquet is a fabulous choice for the winter months. It features white hydrangea, roses, limmonium and star of Bethlehem.  Frosty, glittery accents are added with the addition of silver seeded eucalyptus and frosted pine cones. Beautiful!