Enchanting Hanging Greenery Designs for Your Wedding
Bring the outdoors in – whatever the weather- by adding some gorgeous greenery to the décor for your wedding ceremony and reception. Simple but lush hanging garlands of greenery are a quick and very effective way to elevate the look of your wedding venue and to create a romantic and whimsical ambiance for your guests to enjoy and remember. We bring you some clever ideas on how to use hanging greenery with great success…
The BloomsArt mixed greenery lush garland measures 1.2 m metres (4 feet) in length and is light, flexible and very versatile to use. The ceiling is often a neglected part of a room, yet is like a large blank canvas that can be easily transformed by suspending a gorgeous greenery garland or two! The garlands are comprised of beautifully detailed leaves in different sizes, shapes, tones and textures that look amazingly real. They can easily be fixed in place using florists’ wire or tape – here’s how to get creative!
Add greenery to your ceremony
A lush greenery garland can completely transform the backdrop to your wedding ceremony. The ceiling may be a little too high to reach, but the wall behind where the celebrant will stand can be speedily decorated by fixing a trailing greenery garland horizontally about two metres from the ground. This will make a beautiful – and memorial- backdrop to the ceremony.
And for the Wedding Reception-
● Decorate the ceiling
The greenery garlands can be easily attached to existing features in the room such as wooden ceiling beams, rafters and crystal chandeliers. As well as looking good, the garlands help make a high ceiling feel lower and more intimate. You will be surprised and delighted how much space the garlands cover.
● Bring interest to a dull corner
If the room has a dull and uninteresting corner, it can be quickly given a beautiful uplift by bunching the evergreen garland into a cluster and attaching it at the point where the wall meets the ceiling and letting the trailing leaves cascade down the wall.
● Add sophisticated elegance to the tables
A clever way to do this is to complement the classic choice of beautiful white table linens and sparkling glasses with gorgeous table arrangements with white flowers. The ‘wow’ factor is added by attaching dripping garlands of greenery above the tables or along the tops of windows at the side of the tables. Not only does this look beautiful, it gives the room a light and airy feel.
Create some trending wreaths to suspend on blank walls. A new and exciting idea for decorating the wall behind the ‘Top Table’ or elsewhere in the Reception area is to make door wreaths using sections of the greenery garlands. A section of garland is carefully attached to a wire circle which is attached to a fine chain and suspended from the top of the wall. A group of wreaths suspended at different heights looks really good. Alternatively, the wreaths can be suspended from the ceiling above the guest tables at regular intervals.
● Emphasise the greenery!
If you have chosen to suspend lush greenery garlands with trailing leaves from the ceiling, to develop this simple but effective theme, why not drape some more garlands along the length of each table? They will be really eye-catching and can be complemented by arrangements of fresh white flowers or large white candles placed in the centre of each table.
● Decorate the chandeliers
Another popular and trending idea is to decorate the chandelier in the room with a beautiful trailing greenery garland. The garland will totally transform even the most stunning chandelier into a true statement piece that will create a very special ambiance to be enjoyed by all who dine under it.
● Encourage the dancing!
By suspending a large leafy garland above the dance floor you will be making it look very inviting and less nerve-wracking so that everyone will be happy to dance! A clever way to do this is to wrap a greenery garland around a child’s plastic hoop (available from toy shops) and to suspend this from a chain attached to the ceiling.
Other great idea are to use additional garlands to make a focus point of a beautiful fireplace by draping the greenery garland along its top or adding glamour to a staircase by threading greenery garlands through the handrail. Framing the entrance doorway with lush greenery to warmly welcome your guests is a lovely idea too.
Choosing lush artificial greenery garlands for your wedding day is ideal as they will stay looking perfect all day through without any attention. It makes good economic sense too as the greenery garlands are durable and long-lasting so they can be gifted after the day to mothers, bridesmaids and special guests as a lovely reminder of your wedding day and one kept to display in your own home is a great idea too!
