Venue Spotlight: Chevy Chase Club

The Chevy Chase Club in Maryland, just over the Washington, DC border, is a truly beautiful and historic venue. Though it looks unassuming from the road, the venue features rolling lawns and stunning classic architecture, the Chevy Chase Club is a beautiful setting for a wedding – indoors and out. The ballroom’s traditional neutral décor allows for enhancement in your own personal style.

Chevy Chase Club bridal portrait with flower girls

Jen Cody

About

The Chevy Chase Club was founded in fall of 1892. The founding members, original members of the Metropolitan Club of Washington, DC, sought to create a country club focused on sports and recreation outside the turmoil of a growing city. A historic social institution that prides itself on traditions, the Chevy Chase Club’s picturesque grounds, remarkable sporting venues, and elegant clubhouse facilities have provided generations of members with year round recreation and leisure.

Location

6100 Connecticut Avenue, Chevy Chase, Maryland

Capacity

The Ballroom – a light filled, large space with windows on three sides and two expensive balconies. The space features two working fireplaces, hardwood floors and mirrored mantels. Up to 300 with balconies.

Club Room –

Jen Cody

Jen Cody

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Chevy Chase Club wedding reception flowers

Jen Cody

Pro Tips

First impressions are lasting ones. Greet guests at the door with a grand design on the escort card table.

The reception space features lots of light and an airy feel. Go classic with whites and green – but don’t be afraid to bring in color if that’s your jam! Both approaches are equally at home.

We love a wow moment. Make a statement with a long head table or King’s Tables in the reception space. For a more intimate feel, pair low centerpieces with lots and lots of candles. Having a band? A lush band front of flowers make the festivities that much more extra! Wondering how to make that work? An aisle treatment from the ceremony can serve dual purpose in front of the band.

Ready to really go big? Look at the ceiling! There’s much potential here from dream suspended installations to other inventive elements.

Lastly, don’t forget the fireplace mantels! Decorating these built in architectural features is an easy way to bring your own personality into the space.

Looking for someone to help you bring your vision to life for your Chevy Chase Club wedding! Contact us today!

Before the installations. Before the ballroom glow. There’s this - buckets, stems, the quiet rhythm of preparation.

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Before the installations. Before the ballroom glow. There’s this - buckets, stems, the quiet rhythm of preparation.

#weddingfloral #dcweddingflorist #weddingfloraldesign #dcwedding #floristlife #behindtheblooms #studiodays

With a palette of orange, burgundy, and white, Kerry & Brendan’s wedding at the Woodrow Wilson House was a study in contrast: cassic in form, but unexpected in color. Kerry carried a classic bouquet of white garden roses, ranunculus, and lisianthus with ruscus and eucalyptus foliage, while her bridesmaids’ bouquets brought color with orange and burgundy blooms that popped against their gowns. The reception brought old world charm with tall cathedral candlestick centerpieces draped in amaranthus while lush, low garden urns held flowers in classic but textured greens and whites. The result was warm, textural, and timeless, a celebration that felt both refined and joyfully vibrant.⁣
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📍@wwilsonhouse⁣
🍽️ @rsvpcateringdc
📷 @astridphoto⁣
💐@petalsedgedc

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With a palette of orange, burgundy, and white, Kerry & Brendan’s wedding at the Woodrow Wilson House was a study in contrast: cassic in form, but unexpected in color. Kerry carried a classic bouquet of white garden roses, ranunculus, and lisianthus with ruscus and eucalyptus foliage, while her bridesmaids’ bouquets brought color with orange and burgundy blooms that popped against their gowns. The reception brought old world charm with tall cathedral candlestick centerpieces draped in amaranthus while lush, low garden urns held flowers in classic but textured greens and whites. The result was warm, textural, and timeless, a celebration that felt both refined and joyfully vibrant.⁣
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📍@wwilsonhouse⁣
🍽️ @rsvpcateringdc
📷 @astridphoto⁣
💐@petalsedgedc

𝙋𝙪𝙢𝙥𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙨... 𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙘.⁣
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Caroline & Corey`s ceremony embraced fall in the best way: an aisle lined with heirloom pumpkins in soft neutrals and washed-out oranges, surrounded by florals that felt gathered from the season itself. Paired with candlelight, the look was more harvest elegance than Halloween. Texture, repetition, and color did the storytelling. It is proof that seasonal details can feel sophisticated when they are thoughtfully chosen and placed with intention.⁣
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📍Mount Vernon Inn⁣
📷 @adealeweddings⁣
💐 @petalsedgedc

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𝙋𝙪𝙢𝙥𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙨... 𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙘.⁣
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Caroline & Corey's ceremony embraced fall in the best way: an aisle lined with heirloom pumpkins in soft neutrals and washed-out oranges, surrounded by florals that felt gathered from the season itself. Paired with candlelight, the look was more harvest elegance than Halloween. Texture, repetition, and color did the storytelling. It is proof that seasonal details can feel sophisticated when they are thoughtfully chosen and placed with intention.⁣
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📍Mount Vernon Inn⁣
📷 @adealeweddings⁣
💐 @petalsedgedc

Amanda & Jack’s Woodend wedding drew its inspiration from a William Morris print - lush, romantic, and rooted in nature. The florals carried that spirit through every detail: moss runners lined the tables, dotted with petite brown bottles of chamomile, blush spray roses, and wisps of greenery that felt as if they had grown there overnight. Cloche domes held tiny blooms like keepsakes. Brass animals cradled florals as though part of the garden itself, a perfect nod to the nature sanctuary venue. (Which ones can you find?) Even the greenery-lined staircase framing the cake echoed the same story. Every bloom was chosen for texture and movement, bringing that painterly, botanical world to life in three dimensions.

📍 @woodendsanctuary⁣
📷 @amypaperbird⁣
🍽 @purpleonioncatering⁣
💐@petalsedgedc⁣
📋@lotusevent_co

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Amanda & Jack’s Woodend wedding drew its inspiration from a William Morris print - lush, romantic, and rooted in nature. The florals carried that spirit through every detail: moss runners lined the tables, dotted with petite brown bottles of chamomile, blush spray roses, and wisps of greenery that felt as if they had grown there overnight. Cloche domes held tiny blooms like keepsakes. Brass animals cradled florals as though part of the garden itself, a perfect nod to the nature sanctuary venue. (Which ones can you find?) Even the greenery-lined staircase framing the cake echoed the same story. Every bloom was chosen for texture and movement, bringing that painterly, botanical world to life in three dimensions.

📍 @woodendsanctuary⁣
📷 @amypaperbird⁣
🍽 @purpleonioncatering⁣
💐@petalsedgedc⁣
📋@lotusevent_co

When Mother Nature takes her cues from the tablescape. 😉⁣
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At River Farm, the serpentine table looked as though it had grown right out of the landscape. Florals in plum, blush, taupe, and eggplant wound between wood candle holders and fruit, creating a rhythm that felt perfectly in step with the surrounding gardens. The palette was moody but soft, a study in texture and tone rather than contrast. It is our favorite kind of designs: one that blurs the line between what is arranged and what simply belongs.⁣
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📍 @riverfarm_va⁣
📷 @ashleewilcoxphoto⁣
💐 @petalsedgedc⁣
🪑 @curatedeventsdmv
📜 @thestationeryarchitect⁣
📋@simplybold_events

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When Mother Nature takes her cues from the tablescape. 😉⁣
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At River Farm, the serpentine table looked as though it had grown right out of the landscape. Florals in plum, blush, taupe, and eggplant wound between wood candle holders and fruit, creating a rhythm that felt perfectly in step with the surrounding gardens. The palette was moody but soft, a study in texture and tone rather than contrast. It is our favorite kind of designs: one that blurs the line between what is arranged and what simply belongs.⁣
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📍 @riverfarm_va⁣
📷 @ashleewilcoxphoto⁣
💐 @petalsedgedc⁣
🪑 @curatedeventsdmv
📜 @thestationeryarchitect⁣
📋@simplybold_events

We call it the creep…

Everyone talks about the rising cost of flowers, but there’s another story behind the numbers: time. Over the years, wedding timelines have stretched. First looks, detail shots, getting-ready portraits, ceremony and reception setups starting hours earlier than before, and more complex with event breakdowns. Florists are often still paid by the piece, not by the hour, yet the hours have multiplied.

What was once a 2 to 4 hour delivery day has quietly turned into a 12 to 16 hour production days with setup, standby, and late-night breakdowns. And flowers are still perishable, so they cannot sit out waiting for the photography timeline to catch up.

When couples ask why flowers cost more now, this is part of the answer. It is not just about stems or supply chains. It is the labor, the logistics, and the reality that perfection takes time, often a lot more than it used to.

Cover @masonphotography

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