{"id":293263,"date":"2026-09-24T20:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T20:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/293263\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T20:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T20:56:09","slug":"7-gorgeous-wedding-floral-ideas-from-phillys-flower-experts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/293263\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Gorgeous Wedding Floral Ideas From Philly\u2019s Flower Experts"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Photography by Courtney Apple \/ Styling by Natalie Norman-Kehe \/ Shot at Location 215<\/a> in Callowhill<\/p>\n

From a floral purse to a petal-strewn chandelier, these designs are anything but garden-variety.<\/p>\n

Dress in Blooms.<\/p>\n

Waverly Flower Co.<\/a>
It\u2019s a bold move, but donning a gown made of flowers guarantees that your look is one of a kind. Owner Alanna Messner-Scholl spent 16 hours assembling this creation (above), using hellebores, ranunculus, curly willows, woodland hyacinths, tulips, muscari, and moss sourced from her own garden as well as from Rising Hill Farm<\/a> in Quakertown and Liberty Plants<\/a> in Trappe. A tip: A style like this is best worn just for your first look and ceremony, to ensure that you don\u2019t start to wilt by your reception.<\/p>\n

Rethink the Bouquet.<\/p>\n

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Sebesta Design<\/a>
Why carry a simple bouquet when you (and your attendants) can carry a floral purse? This design, by owner Corinne Sebesta, is fashion-forward, flirty, and fun: A bamboo purse overflows with ranunculus, lisianthus, mini cymbidium orchid blossoms, muscari, butterfly ranunculus, and nerine lilies, plus textural moss and lacy alchemella. No, it\u2019s not the most practical of accessories \u2014 but it\u2019s your Big Day. You do you.<\/p>\n

Say \u201cI Do\u201d Under a Floral Chandelier.<\/p>\n

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Devon & Pinkett<\/a>
Elevate your decor with an organic hanging installation. \u201cIt creates a moment,\u201d says founder Kate McManus, who used real and faux florals (like delphiniums, azaleas, roses, peonies, wisteria, poppies, mums, and smilax) to build out her chandelier. \u201cWe mainly use faux florals in hanging installations because they are safer and lighter,\u201d she says. As for the lampshades? She found those at At Home<\/a> in Cherry Hill.<\/p>\n

Dine Amid a \u201cGarden.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Margaux St. Ledger Luxury Floral Design<\/a>
Outfit your head table with a lush, immersive floral runner. \u201cThe part I really love is how it breaks off the table and cascades down,\u201d says Margaux St. Ledger, who used ranunculus, stock, hellebores, parrot tulips, poppies, and delphiniums (150 stems for the whole arrangement) to create her design. \u201cI wanted it to feel like the flowers don\u2019t just sit on the table, they kind of\u00a0spill into the space.\u201d It\u2019s almost like you\u2019ve just stumbled upon a wild garden \u2014 at your dinner table.<\/p>\n

Make Your Bar a (Flower!) Focal Point.<\/p>\n

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Seven Blooms<\/a>
This still-life-worthy arrangement makes an elegant statement on your bar, particularly when paired with a pretty cocktail menu or signature drink, plus some loose petals for a romantic feel. Owner Melissa Parker \u2014 who believes in using flowers as art \u2014 and her team incorporated plenty of texture and depth stemming from the mix of bleeding hearts, calla lilies, double tulips, frill tulips, fritillaria, orchids, begonia foliage, delphiniums, bearded iris, and scabiosas.<\/p>\n

Preserve Your Petals.<\/p>\n

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Everflorals<\/a>
Turn your bouquet \u2014 or boutonniere, or slices of citrus from your tablescape \u2014 into a treasured piece of home decor thanks to Everflorals. Owner Jenny Goodman, a former kindergarten teacher, has always loved pressing and drying flowers. She made pressed floral frames for her pals \u2014 and eventually whole bouquets for friends who were just married \u2014 and then started her business in 2020. Couples typically reach out two weeks before their celebrations; the process takes about three to five months once your arrangements are in Goodman\u2019s hands. While the colors will fade over the years (due to natural aging) they will hold their texture, and your memories will last a lifetime.<\/p>\n

Brighten Someone Else\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n

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Forget Me Knot Flowers<\/a>
It\u2019s been a decade since Leona Perletta Davis founded Forget Me Knot, her blooms-with-heart business that couples throughout the Philly area use to repurpose their arrangements post-wedding. (She works with 90 couples a year.) Here\u2019s how it works: Davis and her team will come to your event at the end of the night, pick up the blooms, and rearrange them the next morning into smaller bouquets that can be shared with people at local hospitals and nursing homes. (Forget Me Knot partners with more than 36 organizations.) \u201cGiving a couple\u2019s wedding florals a second time to be adored is a lovely way to spread hope,\u201d says Davis. \u201cWhat better way to start your marriage than with an act of kindness?\u201d<\/p>\n

Published as \u201cA Pinch of Flower\u201d in the Summer\/Fall 2026 issue of Philadelphia Wedding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photography by Courtney Apple \/ Styling by Natalie Norman-Kehe \/ Shot at Location 215 in Callowhill From a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293264,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[69,71,70],"class_list":["post-293263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}