7 Absolutely Gorgeous Wedding Floral Ideas From Philly’s Flower Experts

From a floral purse to a petal-strewn chandelier, these designs are anything but garden-variety.

Dress in Blooms.

Waverly Flower Co.
It’s 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 in Quakertown and Liberty Plants in Trappe. A tip: A style like this is best worn just for your first look and ceremony, to ensure that you don’t start to wilt by your reception.

Rethink the Bouquet.

Sebesta Design
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’s not the most practical of accessories — but it’s your Big Day. You do you.

Say “I Do” Under a Floral Chandelier.

Devon & Pinkett
Elevate your decor with an organic hanging installation. “It creates a moment,” 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. “We mainly use faux florals in hanging installations because they are safer and lighter,” she says. As for the lampshades? She found those at At Home in Cherry Hill.

Dine Amid a “Garden.”

Margaux St. Ledger Luxury Floral Design
Outfit your head table with a lush, immersive floral runner. “The part I really love is how it breaks off the table and cascades down,” says Margaux St. Ledger, who used ranunculus, stock, hellebores, parrot tulips, poppies, and delphiniums (150 stems for the whole arrangement) to create her design. “I wanted it to feel like the flowers don’t just sit on the table, they kind of spill into the space.” It’s almost like you’ve just stumbled upon a wild garden — at your dinner table.

Make Your Bar a (Flower!) Focal Point.

Seven Blooms
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 — who believes in using flowers as art — 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.

Preserve Your Petals.

Everflorals
Turn your bouquet — or boutonniere, or slices of citrus from your tablescape — 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 — and eventually whole bouquets for friends who were just married — 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’s 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.

Brighten Someone Else’s Day.

Forget Me Knot Flowers
It’s 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’s 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.) “Giving a couple’s wedding florals a second time to be adored is a lovely way to spread hope,” says Davis. “What better way to start your marriage than with an act of kindness?”

Published as “A Pinch of Flower” in the Summer/Fall 2026 issue of Philadelphia Wedding.