Meridian House Wedding with Succulents

There are times when you meet a couple, and you just immediately click on developing the design. You understand their ideas, and they response excitedly to yours. It’s a dynamic process, and this was definitely the case with Chris and Debbie. The only thing we looked forward to as much as the wedding was seeing the photographic evidence afterwards!

They planned their wedding for last August with a vision for an organic Meridian House wedding. The design followed suit with Debbie’s stunning bouquet of succulents and air plants. I still swoon when I see photos of the bouquet. Succulents continued as an accent in the maid of honor’s bouquet, as well as in the boutonnieres.

The ceremony in the garden was simple but lush and green. Chairs on both sides of the aisle held posies with an eclectic mix of foliage – tropical aspidistra leaves, magnolia, variegated boxwood, looped bear grasses, and seeded eucalyptus. Continuing the green motif, simple designs of boxwood in mint julep cups were placed on the cocktail tables.

Greenery lined aisle for meridian house wedding ceremony

When guests arrived at the site, they were greeted with elegant and sculptural moss orbs finished with a beehive design of ivy. These were places on the two sideboard tables in the front foyer. The most striking element of the wedding was a tablescape of moss, succulents, brunea pods, pillar candles, and moss animal topiaries – a dog, a cat, and a rabbit. Andrea and Chris provided us with wood disks that served as a platform for the escort cards. The table was anchored on one side with a hand-made card box fashioned to look like a tree trunk.

Photo courtesy Petal’s Edge

Escort card table at Meridian House with moss and succulents

The guest tables had a mix of two centerpieces. Half the tables received a low bowl with a textured and organic design of succulents, aloe plant, brunea pods, berzillia berries, boxwood, and seeded eucalyptus finished with touches of lotus pods and air plant. For the remainder of the tables, a collection of glass vases help different green elements – a floating aquatic plant, a submerged stem of green orchids topped with a floating candle, and a terrarium holding a miniature white orchid. Even the cake was finished with organic succulent and air plant details!

Photo by Rodney Bailey Photography

Submerged centerpiece for Meridian House wedding

Site: Meridian House

Photographer: Rodney Bailey

Caterer: Main Event

Cake: Amphora Bakery

Flowers: Petal’s Edge

Oh how we love a room shot…

Don’t get us wrong! Give us all the delicious little flower close-ups. We want to see every ruffly petal and perfect place setting.

But then BACK UP!

Because this is the moment we’ve been thinking about all along. How do those centerpieces fill the room? Where does your eye go first? Do the tall pieces actually feel tall beneath a 20-foot ceiling?

Does the whole thing have rhythm?

Seeing all of those individual pieces finally come together into one beautiful room never, ever gets old.

Twenty-plus years in and we still get a little giddy about it.

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Oh how we love a room shot.

Don’t get us wrong, give us all the delicious little flower close-ups. We want to see every ruffly petal and perfect place setting.

But then BACK UP.

Because this is the moment we’ve been thinking about all along. How do those centerpieces fill the room? Where does your eye go first? Do the tall pieces actually feel tall beneath a 20-foot ceiling? Does the whole thing have rhythm?

Seeing all of those individual pieces finally come together into one beautiful room never, ever gets old.

Twenty-plus years in and we still get a little giddy about it.

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Oh how we love a room shot!

Don’t get us wrong, give us all the delicious little flower close-ups. We want to see every ruffly petal and perfect place setting.

But then BACK UP!

Because this is the moment we’ve been thinking about all along. How do those centerpieces fill the room? Where does your eye go first? Do the tall pieces actually feel tall beneath a 20-foot ceiling? Does the whole thing have rhythm?

Seeing all of those individual pieces finally come together into one beautiful room never, ever gets old.

Twenty-plus years in and we still get a little giddy about it.

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Consider this your weekly pep talk. 💐

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Some venues need flowers that make a statement. Ritz-Carlton Georgetown is all about atmosphere.⁣
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The exposed brick, warm lighting, and intimate scale already bring so much character to the space, so we leaned into layered candlelight, soft movement, and garden inspired flowers that felt romantic without overpowering the architecture.⁣
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One of our favorite DC venues for couples who want their wedding to feel elegant, warm, and completely immersive.⁣
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September, we’ve missed you!

September weddings get to have it both way: Summer flowers are still hanging around. Dahlias are at their absolute BEST. And little hints of fall start making their way into our buckets.

This is the month we start getting excited about foliage again. Berries, branches, grasses, pods, vines - all those slightly weird botanical things that make an arrangement more interesting!

Hello again, September!!

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