National Press Club Wedding

It was a great pleasure working with Adrianne and Mitch, and the always wonderful Michelle Taylor, of Michelle Taylor Events for this lovely October evening wedding at the National Press Club in downtown DC.

The details were perfectly aligned with the gorgeous purple, lavender and green flowers! Adrianne carried a bouquet of lavender roses and spray roses, purple lisianthus, stock, and tulips, finished with those gorgeous bi-colored Picasso calla lilies. The bridesmaids bouquets added touches of green cymbidium orchids and hypericum berries for a bight pop of color. Those green orchids made perfect boutonnieres for the guys as well!

The ceremony took place under our elegant silk crepe de chine chuppah, with the tall table centerpieces of spraying dendrobium orchids in purple, lavender and green set upon pillars along the aisle.

The table centerpieces were a mix of high and low designs, with the low centerpieces featuring flowers in shades of purple, lavender and green set in glass square or cylinder vases. For the dramatic escort card table arrangement, a orchid-covered manzanita branch was set in a moss covered base filled with a mound of wedding flowers. It was a gorgeous night!

The Photo Gallery DC

Ceremony & Reception: National Press Club

Photography: The Photo Gallery DC

Florist: Petal’s Edge Floral Design

Wedding Planner: Michelle Taylor Events

In a city known for grand beaux arts mansions and classic ballroom weddings, there’s something so refreshing about the industrial architecture of Ritz-Carlton Georgetown.⁣
The exposed brick, steel details, and warm textures create a completely different kind of romance. It feels moodier, more intimate, and unexpectedly modern while still feeling unmistakably DC.⁣
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We love the design opportunities a venue like this presents. Soft, garden inspired flowers against raw architectural elements will always be one of our favorite contrasts.⁣
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How did we get these lemon arrangements from Point A to Point B with everything still attached? 🍋

Plastic wrap.

Floral design is equal parts beauty, engineering, and MacGyvering. Making it pretty is one thing. Figuring out how to transport it safely is a whole other skill.

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A moongate arch dressed in nothing but lush greenery - lemon leaf, ruscus, eucalyptus - and that was just the beginning. 🌿 Sometimes the most stunning designs are the ones that let the natural beauty do the talking. Lindsay and Matt`s classic Woodlawn ceremony is proof that simple, done really well, is always enough. 🤍⁣
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This bouquet lives rent free in my head, but not for the reason you think.⁣
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Our bride, Ana, had chosen stunning fuchsia cattleya orchids for her bouquet, so, as we always do, we ordered them well in advance. When our flowers arrived, I opened the box to find... white cattleya orchids. Beautiful, but not what our bride wanted. We immediately called our wholesaler and arranged for another shipment.⁣
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Two days later, I opened the second box. White orchids. Again.⁣
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This is the kind of moment that tries a florist`s soul.⁣
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We arranged for a third shipment to arrive Saturday morning while preparing backup plans we hoped we`d never need. We debated telling Ana what was happening, but ultimately decided our job wasn`t to hand her our problem. Our job was to solve it.⁣
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The correct orchids arrived Saturday morning. Ana walked down the aisle carrying the bouquet she`d dreamed of. She never knew any of this had happened.⁣
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The flowers are only part of what you`re hiring when you chose a florist. You`re also hiring someone who will fight for your vision. Who will MacGyver like their life depends on it. Because substitutions aren`t made casually; they`re made only after every reasonable option has been exhausted.⁣
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There`s an ethical dilemma at the heart of this story. As the bride, would you have wanted to know? As the florist, what would you have done?⁣
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