When it comes to planning a wedding in the Washington, DC metro area, your choice of venue sets the stage for everything else. From the flow of the day to the guest experience and finally how your flowers can transform the space. Over the past two decades and more than 2,500 weddings, Petal’s Edge has had the honor of designing flowers in nearly every type of setting our fair city offers: historic landmarks, elegant hotels, modern rooftops, private clubs, in tents and trending industrial spaces.
While location and capacity are important considerations in choosing the right venue, it also often comes down to more than that. It’s about finding the space that complements your vision. Do you imagine soaring ceilings that can accommodate suspended floral installations? A mansion for candlelit dining? Or a site with a garden or rooftop view for a sleek urban celebration? With the right florist, the venue and the flowers should work together seamlessly, creating a celebration that feels both beautiful and true to you.
Here are some of our most beloved DC-area wedding venues, organized by type.
Luxury Hotel Wedding Venues
Like any urban location, Washington, DC is filled with many stately hotels. DC’s hotels offer timeless elegance, polished service, and ballrooms that feel instantly celebratory. Styles range tremendously, from a modern vibe at the Conrad to old world elegance at the St. Regis Hotel to everything in between, as does capacity, which some ideal for large guest counts than others. Couples who choose these venues often want a refined, all-in-one experience where guests can easily transition from ceremony to reception, to overnight accommodations. Floral designs in these settings tend to highlight scale: tall centerpieces that echo grand ceilings, lots of candlelight that takes advantage of the lighting control of the ballrooms, lush ceremony structures that frame gilded interiors, or delicate accents that soften formal spaces. Venues we’ve loved:
Riggs Hotel
Watergate
Willard Intercontinental Hotel
Outdoor & Rooftop Wedding Venues
Who doesn’t love a venue with a view? From gardens to a skyline view, DC and the surroundings area in Maryland and Northern Virginia offer an array of gardens and estates. These venues are most alive in spring and fall, when flowers and foliage are at their peak. In these settings, florals should feel like an extension of the natural landscape, whether that’s a delicate bouquet that mirrors the blooms in the garden or a ceremony arch that frames a view with seasonal branches. Weddings we’ve loved designing here:
Historic House Wedding Venues
For couples drawn to history and architecture, DC’s historic houses offer intimacy and character. With Beaux Arts facades, paneled rooms, ornate staircases, and elegant gardens, these venues invite florals that highlight their heritage: greenery on stair rails, fireplace mantel arrangements, and seasonal urn designs that echo the gardens outside. Some of our favorite historic spaces include:
Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)
Industrial & Modern Wedding Venues
DC’s contemporary venues offer clean lines, glass walls, and skyline views, perfect backdrops for bold floral statements. These spaces are true blank canvases, where flowers bring color, texture, and warmth. Suspended greenery, crisp monochromatic palettes, or vibrant blooms against city views are just some of the ways we’ve transformed modern venues. Some favorites:
Ronald Reagan International Trade Building
Museums & Cultural Institution Wedding Venues
Couples looking for something distinctive often choose DC’s museums, galleries, and performing arts spaces. These venues provide a striking blank canvas for design: dramatic lighting, soaring atriums, and architectural lines that lend themselves to stunning floral statements. Here, flowers are often used as contrast: softening industrial elements, bringing warmth to minimalist rooms, or amplifying color against white walls. Some of our most memorable work has been at:
National Museum of Women in the Arts
Private Clubs & Country Clubs for Weddings
Clubs provide an air of tradition and exclusivity, with refined interiors and impeccable grounds. They’re perfect for large gatherings where guests can flow between formal dining rooms, terraces, and ballrooms. Flowers in these venues often play up symmetry and scale: Aisle arrangements that line marble steps, or dining tables dressed in long, low runners. Favorites include:
Army and Navy Club (Washington DC)
Army Navy Golf & Country Club (Arlington, VA)
Sulgrave Club
Restaurant Wedding Venues
Restaurants are an unusual and yet also a great choice for a wedding. For one, catering is on-site and a known quantity. Love dining at a particular restaurant? That removes any guesswork on the wedding day menu. Feeding crowds is something weddings have down pat. Love a restaurants decor and vibe? Restaurants invest a lot in making their place of business hospitable. Some popular options that you might not have considered include:
Unique & Unconventional Wedding Venues
Not every couple wants a traditional ballroom or mansion. For some, the perfect space is one that feels completely unexpected, a place tied to their passions or their story in DC. Flowers here play the role of transformation, turning the unconventional into something deeply personal. We’ve worked at:
Culture House
Mellon Auditorium
Intimate Wedding Venues
For some couples, their dreams is not of a 200-person celebration, but rather one with a guest count of 50 or less, where every detail feels personal. These smaller settings allow for creative, thoughtful floral design. A single table dressed in lush blooms, a mantelpiece installation that doubles as a ceremony backdrop, or petite centerpieces that don’t overwhelm a room become the primary design inspiration. Venues ideal for intimate weddings include:
Final Thoughts
Every couple has a vision – from an intimate dinner party to a grand ballroom celebration, and your venue is the canvas on which that vision unfolds. Our role is to design flowers that not only enhance your venue but truly belong to it – from ceremonies to centerpieces to installations. The result is a celebration where every detail feels intentional, and every flower tells part of your story.
If you’re planning your wedding at one of these DC venues, we’d love to bring your floral vision to life! Get in touch with us here to start designing a celebration that feels entirely your own.
