Jewish Wedding Flowers at Wilshire Boulevard Temple

A chuppah in the historic sanctuary

The sanctuary is a large, vertical, richly decorated room, so the chuppah has to hold its own without competing with the architecture. We design a chuppah with clean lines and generous height, florals concentrated at the corners and the canopy edge, and a palette drawn from the room — warm ivory, gold, and deep greens — so the dome and the sanctuary's detailing stay the backdrop. Sightlines matter in a room this deep: we keep the posts slender and the canopy open so guests in the back rows see the couple, not the structure.

Sanctuary florals follow the congregation's guidelines for the bimah and the ark. We confirm placement, candle rules, and the installation window with the temple's events staff, use flameless candles where open flame is not permitted, and design everything to go in and come out within the window we are given.

Receptions in the Audrey Irmas Pavilion

The Pavilion is a contemporary building — a sculptural, tilted form whose rental spaces include a Grand Ballroom, the open-air Irmas Family Courtyard, terraces, and a rooftop garden. Florals here can be more modern than in the sanctuary: monochrome massing, sculptural installations, suspended pieces where rigging is approved, and low, architectural centerpieces that do not fight the room's lines. Cocktail hour often moves to the courtyard or a terrace, and we design those spaces lightly so the architecture and the view carry them.

Chuppah pieces move from the sanctuary to the Pavilion as a sweetheart-table or stage backdrop, which keeps the two rooms connected and makes the most of the ceremony florals.

Logistics on the campus

Ceremony and reception are a short walk apart, so one timeline covers two installs. Load-in is scheduled with the temple's events team; we plan the sanctuary install around services and the Pavilion install around the caterer. Practice varies from couple to couple here; we design around whatever the couple and their clergy decide, including Saturday-evening ceremonies after sundown, and coordinate with a mashgiach where the wedding uses a kosher caterer.

How to start

Share your date, whether you are holding the sanctuary, the Pavilion, or both, and your guest count, and we'll outline a floral scope and budget range. Alona reviews every inquiry personally and responds within one business day.