Spring Union Station Wedding

Bride and groom in dramatic and architectural Union Station

Photo by Eli Turner

The magnificent, Beaux Arts building was the perfect modern backdrop for Sarah and Adam’s spring Union Station wedding. Sarah’s lush bouquet of stunning green lady slipper orchids, green-white parrot tulips, white mini-calla lilies, and white ranunculus was accented with whimsical ferns. The bridesmaids carried green bouquets of maidenhair fern, camelia, umbrella fern, and green-white parrot tulips. Adam’s boutonniere took a mini-calla lily from Sarah’s bouquet, while the groomsmen’s boutonnieres were a clutch of greens mimicking the bridesmaids’ bouquets.

Bridal bouquet of stunning lady slipper orchids, parrot tulips, and ranunculus, accented with whimsical ferns.

Photo by Eli Turner

Bridal portrait with bouquet of lady slipper orchids and parrot tulips

Photo by Eli Turner

Groom kisses the bride as they show off the bridal bouquet of Lady slipper orchids and parrot tulips

Photo by Eli Turner

Bridesmaids in blue carry maidenhair fern, camelia, umbrella fern, green-white parrot tulips, and green ranunculus.

Photo by Eli Turner

Lady slipper orchids and parrot tulips make a statement in this stunning bridal bouquet. Bridesmaids carried maidenhair fern, camelia, umbrella fern, green-white parrot tulips, and green ranunculus.

Photo by Eli Turner

Photo by Eli Turner

For the spring Union Staton wedding ceremony, Sarah and Adam got married amidst a romantic chuppah of curly willow branches tucked in salal, camellia, and umbrella fern foliages accented with green dendrobium orchids and green roses.

Chuppah of curly willow branches tucked in salal, camelia, and umbrella fern foliages accented with green dendrobium orchids and green roses.

Photo by Eli Turner

With it’s elevated ceiling and grand space, the architecture of East Hall lent itself to dramatic table arrangements. Greeting guests at the escort card table was a design dripping with white phalaenopsis orchids. A trio of designs distinguished the spring Union Station wedding. Tall, fluted vase arrangements of deep green foliage complemented low of lush greenery and modern orchid arrangements, while tall gladiolas provided an unexpected flair.

A tall, fluted glass vase of green monstera leaves, boxwood, camelia, philodendron leaves, Israeli ruscus, umbrella fern, and variegated aspidistra foliage accented with white phalaenopsis orchids

Photo by Eli Turner

Tall, white glass vase of green monstera leaves, boxwood, camelia, philodendron leaves, Israeli ruscus, umbrella fern, and variegated aspidistra foliage

Photo by Eli Turner

Varied tall centerpieces of lush greenery alternated with dramatic centerpieces of gladiola

Photo by Eli Turner

Low centerpieces of lush greenery and modern orchids

Photo by Eli Turner

Dramatic gladiola centerpiece arrangements

Photo by Eli Turner

Ceremony and Reception: Union Station

Catering: Design Cuisine

Photography: Eli Turner

Floral: Petal’s Edge

Planning: Sara Muchnick Events

September, we’ve missed you…

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💐 @petalsedgedc
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Woodend. One of our favorite venues!

Branches, berries, grasses, pods. The best of summer and fall all in one.

Peek-a-boo! 🦊

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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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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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📷 @kthompsonphotography
💐 @petalsedgedc
📋 @smevents

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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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