The bride's bouquet
- Why green?
- Stylistics of color in wedding floristry
- What flowers are suitable for creating a green bouquet?
- Greenery for the bride's wedding bouquet
Recently, there has been a trend in decorating a wedding ceremony in green tones. This color symbolizes life and positive energy , while it is not striking, but it is also impossible not to notice it. Green is an unusual color for both the wedding celebration itself and the wedding bouquet.
Floral arrangements in green tones are this year's trend in wedding fashion
Color meaning
White is considered traditional for a wedding and is interpreted as the beginning of something new, bright and clean. This is a shade of innocence, noble thoughts, selfless eternal love. Snow White speaks of the sincerity of the newlyweds’ feelings, their desire to link two destinies together. Important! For Christian believers, white is a divine, blessing color.
Green is a shade of life, calm gradual growth, peaceful happiness, harmony, development. This is a very calm color, but unlike blue, it is not cold, but is tuned to positive perception. No wonder psychologists talk about the amazing benefits of shades of green for the eyes and human psyche. They don’t get boring, go well with other colors, and also change the mood depending on the undertone.
The combination of green and white in floristry can be read as a readiness to build calm, bright, harmonious relationships together. This range is perfect for an optimistic couple who looks confidently into the future and values the strength of their union.
What kind of brides is it suitable for?
Many shades of green allow you to choose the perfect combination for any bride’s color type:
- The contrasting bright “Winter” will be wonderfully emphasized by a mint shade, with also a bluish pine undertone;
- “Spring” is better to pay attention to the warm part of the spectrum - lime or light green;
- Blooming “Summer” looks organic in herbal flowers, as if scorched by the sun;
- “Autumn” will sparkle interestingly when juxtaposed with khaki and rich pistachio.
The white and green color scheme is universal. It is suitable for both very young girls, emphasizing their tenderness and revealing femininity, and older women, adding blooming sensuality to their appearance. Unless very pale girls should carefully and carefully select the shade.
To create a truly cohesive ensemble, be sure to add another tone-matching accessory to your look - emerald eyeshadow, necklace, belt, shoes.
The white and green accessory looks wonderful both at a classic celebration and at themed weddings in rustic, eco, and vintage styles.
How to arrange a bouquet in green tones?
Green bridal bouquet.
You can easily decorate the bride's wedding accessory in an emerald shade using greenery. These can be simple twigs, sticks, or whole leaves. Everything will depend on the composition you want.
Most often, professionals use:
- Bergrass is a plant that will fit perfectly into a wedding bouquet. It has the main advantage, namely its durability. With such a sprout, the appearance of your flower arrangement will remain blooming and fragrant for a long time.
- Ruscus allows you to add a special sense of taste and style to any color.
- Gypsophila is a greenery that is most often used to create a harmonious flower arrangement. It has a bright and rich shade and unique shapes.
When decorating a bouquet in green tones, you can also use a white shade. This is the option with which you will be able to get the most fresh and light look. If you decide to make a composition from only one tone, then at least 3 different varieties of plants must be used in it.
Choice of colors
There are many white and green buds in nature, to suit any, even the most demanding taste. A very elegant solution is to select specific plants depending on the time of year for which the wedding is planned.
In spring, especially at a rustic-style celebration, sprigs of white lilac and apple blossoms look great. Seasonal lilies of the valley, daisies, hyacinths and daffodils also complement the fresh green picture. And in the case of tulips, the bouquet can even consist of one plant, since the native leaves of the flower can easily create the desired design. The interesting appearance of the composition is emphasized by the fluffy willow branches.
At an autumn celebration, exotic alstroemerias, chrysanthemums and dahlias, covered with predatory spots, look magical in a bouquet. White berries, ears of corn, and other decor reminiscent of the harvest will add an interesting effect.
You can, on the contrary, choose a very lush and sunny, almost summer composition, but make it a couple of tones darker. Idea! An extremely original mono-bouquet of unusual green roses.
A bouquet for a summer holiday is usually more lush. Hydrangeas, peonies, chrysanthemums, carnations, gerberas, both snow-white and deep green, gather in an elegant sphere or fall in a sensual cascade. It is permissible to use a variety of leaves, for example, figured fern, dried flowers, as well as aristocratic roses, lilies, and callas.
At a winter wedding, rich green colors are quite acceptable, and severe frosts are not a hindrance to this - spruce branches, moss, and succulents will come to the rescue. You should choose the most frost-resistant flowers - carnations, ranunculus, freesias, gerberas, callas, tulips, and some varieties of roses. But remember that even the hardiest plants should not be kept in the cold for too long.
Features of green bouquets
The green tone is good because it fits perfectly with the image of any young lady. It will perfectly complement the bride's appearance, creating a particularly fresh look.
Please note that green has several shades. In fact, this is the tone that is rich in its color palette. It can be as rich and fresh as possible, deep and dark, muted olive and delicate pistachio.
All of these shades are considered green-based. You should choose which option is best to focus on based on the time of year.
Autumn is characterized by withering, so a calm olive and delicate pistachio tone will look harmonious. Summer weddings are characterized by maximum freshness.
Any celebration will be complemented by a bright and rich green shade. During the winter season, choose darker tones that are deep and rich in their palette. Spring marks the arrival of warmth and sun, at this time you can play with contrast by adding several shades of green to one green bridal bouquet.
Decorators claim that the green tint has a positive effect on a person. When you stay in a fresh room for a long time, a person will not get tired or tired. Therefore, very often a similar tone in light shades is used to decorate rooms.
It is worth noting the seasonality of plants. A green bouquet always looks original and special.
Despite this, there is no need to look for exclusive flowers. They will be available on store shelves in any season. In addition, the stems of the plants themselves, with a characteristic shade, are ideal for a rich wedding.
Ideas
Most often, the dominant color in the duet is white. In this case, green plants or inflorescences are placed along the edges, framing the white solo petals. However, this rule can be broken - but only with light, sunny shades, such as mint, light green, lime. Dominant green is possible in spring or summer compositions - if desired, it is also permissible to use not one, but two shades, but more would be too much.
Viburnum and sweet pea
A bouquet with viburnum and sweet peas seems to be specially created for a rustic wedding - both plants look natural, fresh and add a slight carelessness to the composition. This bouquet is incredibly durable, and will happily delight you with its fresh look for at least another week and a half.
The green inflorescences of viburnum create an airy, spring, joyful mood, lying in the hands of the bride like a fluffy cloud, and the white graceful petals of sweet peas look like frozen butterflies against this background.
This bouquet looks best in a disheveled, asymmetrical or cascading form. No additional decoration for the stem is required, as it will destroy the modest charm of the bouquet. The stems can be tied with simple twine or placed in a small wicker basket.
Chrysanthemums and freesias
White freesias are a symbol of tenderness, purity, and endless loyalty to each other. Chrysanthemums are traditionally interpreted as nobility of thoughts and actions. The union of these plants creates a magical composition on both symbolic and aesthetic levels.
Important! Freesias, like chrysanthemums, are hardy plants and therefore perfect for winter celebrations. Such a bouquet can stand in a vase for three whole weeks after the celebration.
It is not at all necessary to choose a solo flower, because freesias and chrysanthemums will perfectly divide the space without coming into conflict. Round bouquets look charming, but a cascade is also possible.
Lilies and roses with greenery
The combination of lilies and roses is truly royal. A bride with such an accessory attracts the admiring glances of all those present and looks incredibly touching and elegant.
You can pick up snow-white buds and dilute them with fluffy greenery, or combine white lilies with green roses to create an exquisite duet.
Another option is white roses and greenish lily buds. This picture amazes with its tenderness and airiness.
Before choosing such a bouquet, it is worth considering the features of royal flowers. Lilies and roses do not sit well together in a vase with any plants , including each other - they emit toxic substances. Therefore, it is better to separate the flowers before placing them in a vase. Remember that lilies have an extremely powerful smell, which means girls with allergies should be careful.
Another problem with lilies is that their stamens are filled with brightly colored pollen. In order not to stain the dress, you need to either remove this part of the flowers, or hold the bouquet very carefully, without leaning it against the fabric.
Mono bouquet of orchids
For exotic lovers, there is an option consisting exclusively of green orchids. The sensual flower is presented in a variety of shades of the spectrum: from emerald to light green, so you can choose the perfect accessory for any image and color type. Choose orchids with different colored centers - orange, yellow, pink or white - to add a zesty twist to your bouquet.
Various shapes are possible - a cascade, a circle, a sphere, attached to the hand with a white satin ribbon - the so-called pomander.
Orchids are not too fond of neighbors in a vase, so a solo composition becomes a real salvation for them. If you place the thin roots of a flower in a floral sponge and hide it with decor, the bouquet will delight you much longer.
Summary
The bride's green wedding bouquet can be different. There are quite a lot of options. Any girl with the most daring requests will choose a composition to suit herself. He can be modest and discreet, elegant and graceful, creative and extravagant. All you need is your imagination! In addition, green color calms and pacifies. Therefore, if you are tired during the day, take a look at the bouquet and your strength will quickly return.
Andrey Andreev
Wedding planner and wedding photography guru
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Decor
The design of the bouquet depends on the theme of the wedding and what kind of final picture you want to get.
Due to the fact that the white and green palette is associated with nature, you can do without any additional decorations at all - lush stems and foliage in combination with delicate petals themselves create a festive mood.
If you want more sophistication, then it is not forbidden to use satin ribbons, lace, and strings of beads. Small pearls are often attached directly to the petals or stamens of flowers, iridescent rhinestones are often attached to the leaves, depicting dew drops.
Florists suggest boldly experimenting with small white or green flowers, berries, and fruits, diluting them with larger main inflorescences.
Idea! Artificial butterflies, hearts, and rings look interesting.
Photo
A green bouquet combined with white plant inserts is suitable for any bride's dress. It symbolizes youth, freshness and the opening of a new page in life - so desirable, beautiful and bright.
