Flowers for an amphitheater wedding?

Question

I'm at a total loss. I have no clue what to do in terms of floral design for an amphitheater wedding. The site is outdoor and all stone. I like simplistic elegance, but I don't even know where to start. I don't want anything gawdy, but I have to do something, right?

Answer 1

One suggestion I have is to place a floor arrangement at the beginning of each row of seating (or, if on a budget, maybe the first three or so rows), and then have one main floor arrangement behind your officiant. Or lay a small bouquet of pretty wildflowers on each row.
A website that helped me with flowers for my wedding was http://weddings.about.com/od/weddingflowers/a/Season.htm - gives you an idea of what flowers are associated with which month, and also which ones are available at your time of year, if I remember correctly.

Answer 2

I helped with doing the flowers at an outdoor wedding, an ampitheatre setting as well, but with a scenic backdrop so the flowers were between the couple and the guests, low bouquets.

Unfortunately the weather was with temps and humidity in the upper 90s, so whatever we did had to be rearranged once it arrived, and even then some things wilted badly---not enough oasis water holders in the baskets.

Is the backgroup stone? To soften that up sometimes you can use ivy (real or fake) coming from urns or pedestal of varying heights. Also you will want to know the approximate time of year, what flowers wilt easily, what fillers will survive.

One wedding I helped set up, they had planned on using the creeping myrtle around the garden, and that wilted horribly, so we quickly got sprays of Oregon Grape from the yard and substituted it around the tent used, and along the aisle created on the lawn.

For my daughters wedding in early April, I bought hundreds of white tulips in glass vases for the serving tables, but it was too cold that day and tulips did not open up till 2-3 days later.

A wholesale floral place is a great help if someone has a business license to help you get the bulk flowers, and have a friend designated to do the set up. Some wedding places will rent you pillars, pedestals, urns, baskets, etc. Or you can buy at a craft place, line baskets, buy oasis, and get a crew to do the flowers. Lilies stand up well, and the flowers will open if done the day before. I did lilies for the ladies bouquets once and for the huge sprays for the platform--did it in the morning, and even tho an 80+ degree day, they had been well preserved in the cool house and church and did not open well that day for the evening wedding.

For the bouquets, I had the brides mother save canning jars in a large box, with something like foam or air pillows between each jar, and then they could be transported to the service and the reception without cracking off the petals of the next one!

Go to a florist first to get ideas from their book as to what they have available. For my daughters wedding, I had the florist make the boutonierres and corsages, and did the bouquets myself with matching colors: just bundled a dozen roses together (white with pink edges for hers and pink for the ladies) and did a criss cross tie down and then up again, and tied more ribbon trailers on each. Leave 1 inch at the bottom not tied with ribbon, for the roses to drink up after they are tied.

There are craft books that can tell you where to begin, and what to do first. Get an idea of color and you can slowly start getting the favors, the table decor, the invites, the flowers and other stuff ready. Having tulle rolls handy for the tables is an easy way to embellish, with candles, mirrors, sparkles, confetti, etc.

Have a lovely wedding, and it can be simple and elegant.

Answer 3

This kind of space lends itself well to things with some height. I'm thinking forsythia, maybe an arch, hibiscus trees. Perhaps even draping, flowing fabric. If the shell is to your back you could do colored lights... how cool would the sun rising be for a pattern? All it would take is a piece of colored glass slowly turning into place. I'd ask a professional.

Answer 4

Some arrangemtns in roses and carnations, and maybe some hydranges in your wedding colors. If there are some arrangments around the place keep it simple and try to blend in with your surroundings.

Answer 5

Maybe not flowers, but instead plants? Maybe a big fern with a big bow in your wedding colors around the pot.

Answer 6

Use light blue hydrangeas and white roses, it's a beautiful, sophisticated combo.