Trending Now: Wedding Ceremony Aisles Lined with Potted Plants

By Sarah Schreiber
June 29, 2018
Natalie Bray

Lush and verdant, these florals will dress up your service space.

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Natalie Bray

Our experts called it: Potted plants along ceremony aisles is officially one of the most predominant wedding trends of 2018. And for good reason. Large or small, greenery-centric or completely floral, potted aisle displays can transform a service space into a verdant garden, whether or not you're exchanging vows in one. Like the rest of your big day's floral (or nonfloral!) décor, these arrangements bring a touch of color and seasonality to your fête—and look good doing it.

The following flora and fauna arrangements, which were spotted at real couple's weddings, prove just that. Some brides and grooms took "potted" literally and displayed dainty, pretty pieces (like house plants and succulents!) in ceramic and terracotta bowls. Others enlisted the help of their floral designers to craft lusher, larger-than-life centerpiece-style creations that didn't just decorate their aisles—they defined the space entirely. As for the most elaborate ideas? One couple opted for eucalyptus and peony displays that looked more like voluminous garlands than potted arrangements (a clever optical illusion!). Another used fall-time foliage, including tons of pampas grass, to give an otherwise simple pink display major verticality.

Some couples turned to their venues when designing these ceremony aisle florals. For a twosome marrying in a grassy grove with the view of Wyoming's mountains in the distance, they chose delphinium arrangements that looked like they sprung out of the overgrown landscape. Ready to see all of these inspired, on-trend ideas? Click through to discover the prettiest new way to decorate your ceremony space.

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Exotic

Sarah Carpenter
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Gather Design Company used bowl of exotic blooms in the most tropical of colorways to bring a piece of the lush outdoors to an indoor ceremony space.

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Mostly Greens

Jose Villa

A sea of mixed greens—punctuated by white blooms, like peonies—accounted for the majority of this half-circle arrangement, which flanked the ceremony aisle.

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Blue and White

Heather Hawkins Photography

These Bows and Arrows delphinium displays might have been floor décor, but their impressive stems made them chair-high.

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Ivy

Kelly Sweet Photography

Boxes of ivy complemented the surrounding ceremony space's greenery—a fitting "floral" aesthetic for a greenhouse venue.

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Over the Top

Sylvie Gil Photography
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At this ceremony, planters literally overflowed with hydrangea, spray roses, garden roses, carnations, and fern, thanks to Nancy Liu Chin Designs.

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Blush and Jade

Natalie Bray

Bushels of blush roses, white daisies, and dark greens (all by Native Poppy) in all different sizes were placed in a zig-zag formation throughout the aisle.

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Fern

Heather Waraksa

Matthew Robbins Design filled moss-covered planters with simple, rustic bunches of fern at this outdoor celebration.

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Trees

Kevin Chin

Kathleen Deery Design dressed planted topiary trees up in wedding white with plenty of hydrangea and roses.

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Late-Summer Dream

Elisa Bricker
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This moody aisle arrangement by Isha Foss Design featured protea, dahlias, orchids, and thistles. It was the perfect assortment for a late-summer fête.

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Pastels

Austin Gros

Big Events Wedding used dainty blooms in the faintest pastels—lilac, blush, and cream—to offset the masculine oak ceremony benches.

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Fall Modern

Megan Clouse

Dramatic sprays of pampas grass infused an otherwise simple pink rose aisle display by Jaclyn K. Nesbitt with fall-ready glamour.

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Pink Bells

Erich McVey

We're not sure what we loved more about this garden ceremony—the gauzy linen-covered chairs or the sprawling pots of pink buds, grounded by sporadic greenery arrangements.

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Pew Posies

Sarah Ingram
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A "garland" of greens and white blooms by Amy Osaba lined a unique seating arrangement—pews separated by wooden chairs.

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Winding

Stefano Santucci

This unique, winding aisle needed just-as-unique floral embellishments. La Rose Canina used overflowing leafy displays in jewel tones to construct a simple, but statement-making ceremony space.

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Continuous

Ryan Ray Photography

These wide, abundant sprays by Bows and Arrows created the illusion that individual pots were actually an endless row of blooms and greens.

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Autumnal Motifs

Heather Waraksa

Potted leaves in a quintessential fall color palette (rust and burgundy) supported beribboned birch branches that defined the aisle.

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Mountain Blooms

Carrie Patterson
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It was a testament to Fleur de V's work that guests focused in on the wild larkspur, delphinium, eucalyptus, and olive branch aisle and altar décor before looking outward to the ceremony space's pièce de résistance: The view of the mountains in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

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Cacti

Ace & Whim

This aisle's two sky-high cacti were as tall as several as the guests, which made for quite the dramatic entry.

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Natural

Erich McVey

Sarah Winward packed the aisle with spirea, dogwood, and foxglove, creating arrangements that felt as if they were naturally growing from the ground. The aisle blooms matched those placed in brass vessels on the antique table altar, too.

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Trees

Lacie Hansen Photography

At this Palm Springs wedding, two tree-style plants in modern round pots marked the bride's entry point.

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House Plants

Chelsea Rene Photography

Verdant house plants in terracotta pots added greenhouse vibes to this indoor venue.

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