Unique Ways to Use Flowers in Every Element of Your Wedding

Decorate your wedding with blooms and blossom-inspired details that go beyond bouquets and table arrangements.

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We already know that centerpieces don't have a monopoly on wedding blossoms. In traditional celebrations, there are bouquets to carry, boutonnières to fasten, and petals to be thrown by the flower girl. But blooms aren't confined to those nuptial categories, either. While the wedding world puts a big emphasis on the above, other options abound. If you're wild about buds and stems, it's time to think outside of table arrangements, clutches, lapel accessories, and tosses.

For ceremonies, spruce up your aisle and the space around it with blooming details. For receptions, almost anything can be blossom-inspired, including the menu items, the dance floor, and all non-centerpiece décor. If you're more into the style side of things, go floral with your fashion—there are bridal gowns and statement accessories that draw inspiration from flowers everywhere. Other possibilities include floral stationery, floral seating displays, and so much more. Flower walls, flower arches, flower crowns—you name it, and a bride, groom, or planner has pulled it off with ease.

We've rounded up some of our favorite ideas for using flowers creatively in your wedding. Not only are these concepts genius, but they're all beautiful, too. Whether you want to wear blooms, hang them from your venue's ceiling, or embrace them in another way, there's an example on this list to get your wheels turning. In fact, this already-been-done inspiration might just help you dream up something new. Surprise your guests with unexpected flowers, and they're certain to remember your big day forever.

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Floating Flowers

Wendy Laurel Photography

Floating blooms or petals look lovely, whether you put them in your venue's pool, or in a smaller vessel of water, like this one.

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Floral Dress

Kyle John Photography

Go Inside This Fashionable Wedding

Instead of carrying bouquets, this bride and her bridesmaids wore floral gowns by Maria Korovilas.

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Flower Escort Cards

Tec Petaja Photography

25 Ideas for the Prettiest Calligraphed Escort Cards

Incorporate blossoms into your wedding with a trellis-inspired display. Here, leaves served as escort cards, and were placed beside red flowers.

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Flower Wall

Sposto Photography

Get More Ideas For a Wedding Backdrop

At this affair, a modern, faux-flower wall offered a cool backdrop. We recommend placing something similar at the end of your aisle, to act as a background to your vow exchange.

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Floral Cocktails

Erich McVey

See More Cocktails That Feature Floral Alcohol

These brides served cocktails made of Champagne and elderflower liqueur. The drinks were adorned with wildflowers.

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Floral Garland

Gianny Campos

Get More Ideas for Wedding Garlands

Lush garlands can be centerpieces, but they can also be wrapped around railings or employed to line your aisle.

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Hanging Flowers

Jeremiah and Rachel Photography

At this outdoor ceremony, peach-hued carnations appeared to be floating beneath the trees.

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Flower-Covered Veil

Kristin Sweeting

Attach blossoms to your veil for a stunning effect.

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Petal-Covered Aisle

Patrick Moyer

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This bride and groom had their aisle coated with red rose petals, which looked so romantic.

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Flower Arch

Mariel Hannah Photography

Go Inside This Jane Austen-Inspired Wedding

Floral ceremony structures are ever popular, thanks to the beauty they bring.

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Flower-Decorated Cake

Carrie Patterson

See More from This Airy Wedding

This chocolate, cardamom, and hazelnut dessert by Jackson Cake Company was topped with flowers that matched those used throughout the wedding.

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Floral Display

Lindsay Madden Photography

See More Creative Seating Cards and Displays

Use walls like these two for your seating displays. Here, paper flowers served as escort cards.

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Floral Projections

Liz Banfield

Learn More About Projection Mapping at Weddings

Cocoa & Fig created this video-mapped cake, which was decorated with Playatta projections.

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Flower-Filled Venue

Optical Amusements

Go Inside This Unique Wedding

This couple had the unique opportunity to wed at a house that was turned into a temporary art installation. The home was filled with an incredible array of blooms—ask your florist about recreating the look.

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Floral Dance Floor

KT Merry

See More from This Personalized Wedding

Revolution Event Design and Production created this amazing dance floor, which featured the wedding's floral pattern on printed vinyl.

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Floral Installation

Rachel Meagan Photography

Go Inside This Rainy Wedding

Overhead installations are having a moment, and the possibilities are nearly endless. Pick the blooms you want and let your creative team go to work.

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Flower-Adorned Capelet

Steve Cowell Photography

See More from This Moody Wedding

Petals and Pop pinned straw flowers and pampas grass to this bride's capelet.

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Floral Menswear

Ben Christensen Photography

Go Inside This Chic Wedding

The groom on the right looked dapper in an Alexander McQueen suit, which was finished with a fabric flower by Lanvin on his lapel.

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Flower Canopy

Britt Chudleigh - Chudleigh Weddings

Sayles Livingston Design used 20,000 stems of flowers to achieve this masterpiece. There were snapdragons, cherry blossoms, and more all suspended from the venue's ceiling.

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Floral Bar Décor

Sophie Epton Photography

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These creative, flower-covered rings were attached to this Wild Sky Events wedding's bar.

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Floral Crescent

Michele Beckwith

Ceremony crescents are used to draw attention to the bride and groom as they tie the knot. The more blooms, the better.

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Floral Bridesmaids' Dresses

Steve Steinhardt

Go Inside This Fun Wedding

These bridesmaids wore different Reformation gowns, each of which was inspired by their individual bouquets.

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Flower Crown

Get More Ideas for Wedding Flower Crowns

Wear a lush headpiece made from fresh flowers for a dreamy look.

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Floral Stationery

Laura Gordon Photography

Wildfield Paper Co. designed the stationery for this wedding, which was inspired by the celebration's blossoms.

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Floral Gifts

Elizabeth Messina Photography

See More from This Super-Stylish Wedding

Rather than having flower girls, this bride designated friends as "flower women," and gave them gold lily-of-the-valley haircombs. Additionally, antique lily-of-the-valley brooches were given to three family members.

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Paper Flowers

Shannen Natasha of The Wedding Artists Collective

Go Inside This Modern Wedding

For this wedding, Ashley Norton made multiple panda anemones out of paper—these ones decorated the bride and groom's chairs.

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Floral Dress

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Flower Escort Cards

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Flower Wall

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Floral Cocktails

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Floral Garland

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Hanging Flowers

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Flower-Covered Veil

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Petal-Covered Aisle

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Flower Arch

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Flower-Decorated Cake

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Floral Display

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Floral Projections

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Flower-Filled Venue

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Floral Dance Floor

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Floral Installation

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Flower-Adorned Capelet

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Floral Menswear

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Flower Canopy

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Floral Bar Décor

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Floral Crescent

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Floral Bridesmaids' Dresses

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Flower Crown

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Floral Stationery

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Floral Gifts

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