Complete Reception Floral Design
The reception is where your design vision comes to life on the grandest scale. Beyond centerpieces, reception floral design encompasses every decorative element that transforms a dining space into an immersive celebration. At CHIC Flowers, we take a holistic approach to reception design, considering every surface, sightline, and guest touchpoint. From the moment guests arrive at cocktail hour through the last dance, our florals create a continuous visual narrative that reflects your style, your personality, and the emotion of the evening. Our team of over 25 trained floral artists handles every element of reception floral installation.
The head table or sweetheart table is the focal point of any reception and receives our most detailed attention. For long king's tables, we design sprawling floral runners that flow the full length of the table, combining garden roses, ranunculus, seasonal dahlias, and lush greenery with clusters of taper candles and votives. Sweetheart tables receive lavish treatment with abundant arrangements that frame the couple, often incorporating elevated pieces, trailing garlands, and a backdrop that sets them apart from the rest of the room. At venues like the Bel Air Bay Club, where the couple is seated against an ocean view, we design arrangements that enhance the natural beauty without competing with it.
Guest table centerpieces are just the beginning of a fully designed reception. We style cocktail hour with bud vases, petite arrangements, and botanical accents on lounge furniture, high-top tables, and food stations. Bar florals add elegance to beverage service with compact arrangements, greenery garlands, or single-stem accents in bud vases. Cake flowers are carefully selected and treated for food safety, with fresh blooms cascading down tiers or clustered at the base. Escort card displays and seating charts become design moments with floral frames, greenery walls, or botanical installations that double as guest photo opportunities.
We also design florals for specialty areas including gift tables, dessert stations, restroom vanities, and send-off areas. Every element is coordinated through a comprehensive design proposal that maps each arrangement to a specific location in your venue's floor plan. Our team arrives hours before the reception to install, adjust lighting angles, and ensure every arrangement is perfectly positioned. At the end of the evening, our crew handles complete breakdown so you and your family can simply enjoy the celebration.
What We Offer
- Head table floral runners and sweetheart table statement designs
- Cocktail hour styling for lounge areas, high-tops, and food stations
- Bar floral accents with greenery garlands and bud vase arrangements
- Food-safe cake flowers with cascading or clustered placements
- Escort card and seating chart floral installations
- Gift table, dessert station, and restroom vanity florals
- Comprehensive venue floor plan with mapped floral placements
- Full installation, on-site adjustments, and end-of-night breakdown
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Wedding Centerpieces
Centerpieces set the tone for your entire reception experience. They are the first thing guests notice when they walk into the dining space and serve as the visual anchor for every table throughout the evening. At CHIC Flowers, we approach centerpiece design as an extension of your overall wedding story, ensuring that each arrangement complements the venue architecture, lighting design, linen choices, and tableware. Our team of over 25 professionally trained floral artists works on-site to install and perfect every centerpiece, creating a seamless and breathtaking dining environment that feels both cohesive and effortlessly luxurious.
Learn more →Cocktail Hour & Lounge Flowers
The cocktail hour sets the tone for your entire reception, and thoughtful floral design in this transitional space signals to guests that every moment of your celebration has been curated with intention. At CHIC Flowers, we design cocktail hour and lounge florals that bridge the ceremony and reception, creating a seamless visual narrative that carries your color palette, botanical vocabulary, and design sensibility into this social, intimate phase of the evening. From the bar to the lounge furniture to the escort card display, every surface becomes an opportunity for beauty.
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Transform your reception into an unforgettable floral experience. Schedule a consultation with CHIC Flowers to plan every detail of your reception design.
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