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It was a spectacular day for a wedding on June 3 in the Hudson Valley! This bride had a beautiful vintage wedding dress that looked stunning against her romantic bouquet of anemones, poppies, peonies, cream roses, stock bupleurum and other local greenery. The groom wore a peony boutonniere. The bridesmaid dresses were a very soft pale pink color, so the bride chose to enhance some of the pink tones to make them pop against the creamy pink background. The ceremony took place at the Howland Cultural Center. To decorate the site for this wedding, the bride chose 2 wreaths to adorn the pillars in front of the center. The wreaths will preserve nicely as well! Inside, the ceremony area was marked by a set of ceremony arrangements on our white pedestal rentals inside the room. At the Bear Mountain Overlook Lodge, the tables displayed a natural soft arrangement of peonies, garden roses, hydrangea, tulips, and local greenery. On each cocktail table was a single pale pink floating peony. And on ...

Engaging Floral Designs was proud to be a part of a beautifully designed wedding featuring a soft color pallet of pinks, whites and greens for a summer wedding in the Westchester area. The bride's bouquet was an absolute jaw dropper - a hand picked bouquet feel...everything from astilbe, ranunculus, wax flower, veronica, peonies, spray roses and bupleurum fit into this cascading piece. Very romantic! The reception was held at the Coveleigh Club in Rye, NY - one of our favorite clubs to work at!

A September Wedding at The Grandview in Poughkeepsie, NY Flowers by Engaging Floral Designs Many photos in this blog post are courtesy of Nick Carter Photography The day started with a 10am delivery of all the personal flowers to the Poughkeepsie Grand Hotel where the bridal party was getting ready. The bridesmaid bouquets were a combination of orange and peachy/pink roses with green hypericum berry accents and pittosporum leaves to complement their sage colored dresses. Photo by Nick Carter Photography The bridal bouquet was a combination of hydrangeas, cream roses and spray roses with crystals accenting the handle. At the ceremony site, the wind was really picking up due to a tornado watch in the area albeit a beautiful September day. The ceremony backdrop was a gorgeous view of the Hudson River and two pale pink and cream arrangements adorned each side of the area where the bride and groom would stand for the ceremony. Hand tied aisle markers lined the way for the bridal party...

A Backyard Tented Wedding at a Country Inn - June 2010 Ceremony and Reception: The Bykenhulle House , Hopewell Junction, NY All Photography in this post by Christopher Duggan of Threshold Visions Engaging Floral Designs designed an elegant, vintage soft pink and white pallet of flowers for this backyard wedding. It was elegant yet not overly pompous - just the right mix for this country setting. Photos provided below courtesy of Christopher Duggan of Threshold Visions Wedding Planner Sarah Lusardi and team at NY Engagements, LLC . provided day of coordination services for this happy couple's wedding in June 2010. The NY Engagements team displayed her escort cards by pinning them with clothespins onto decorative ribbon hung between two wrought iron stands. It was a whimsical and sweet idea. Customized matchbooks were placed at the bars. At the ceremony, fans were placed on each chair for guests to cool themselves in the heat. The bride decided on a hanging arrangement over...