Minimalist Meets Maximalist Wedding at The White Poplar
Lindsay came to me requesting monochromatic, minimalist meets maximalist vibes with spotlight floral features. Over time, things shifted a bit into a luxurious, modern European direction and I can’t wait to tell you all about it.
I always love to start my blog posts for the new calendar year with some of my favourite weddings from the previous year. Lindsay and Michael’s wedding was absolutely a highlight of 2025!
Photos by Michael & Melanie
Planning and Design by Melanie Parent Events
The Bridal Bouquet
Lindsay’s vision for the wedding design shifted and flowed throughout their engagement, but one thing that remained the entire time was my suggestion for her bridal bouquet: smaller, scaled back, slightly floaty, and with absolutely no focal flowers. I wanted the overall feel of her bouquet to be refined, and definitely as an accent to her dress isntead of taking centre stage on its own.
Bridal Bouquet Ingredients: hydrangea (as a base), phlox, corn cockle, and lisianthus.
The Ceremony
With the overarching design goal to feature maximalist moments, we decided that the ceremony chuppah and aisle would be the primary floral feature. This was one of the areas where the design fluctuated a lot! We weren’t originally planning to have anything down the aisle, and the ceremony focal point was originally planned to be a ground-based arch.
Chuppah: we designed with full coverage on the front of the chuppah, with grouped floral placements to create a lot of visual interest. The colour pockets allowed both the green and the white to stand out more, instead of creating a polka dotted effect (which would have been the DEATH of me).
Aisle: I was pumped after Lindsay saw an image of another wedding with a beautiful aisle and asked if we could incorporate floral pieces. While a full aisle is not necessary to create a beautiful space, it really makes a visual impact! I focused on longer stems and lots of texture, to create a fluttery path that felt organic and modern.
The draping textures were gorgeous, but one unexpected, hilarious moment happened at the beginning the ceremony: Michael stood at the chuppah, and decided he didn’t care for the draping green amaranthus bits that Lindsay loved…so he ripped them down 😂 We were all standing inside the venue just quietly killing ourselves laughing.
Memory Bouquets: A few beloved family members had passed and we wanted to find a simple, thoughtful way to honour them during the ceremony. We decided on a handtied bouquet placed at each chair. Each bridesmaid and Lindsay carried a single white rose that was tucked into the back of their bouquets, and placed on the memory chairs as they walked down the aisle.
The Reception
Florals on the tables were not a design priority for Lindsay. She wanted a twinkling candlelit evening, and Reveal Event Decor absolutely LOADED the tables with candles. I was so glad it wasn’t us that needed to light everything (though we did pitch in — you wouldn’t believe how long it took ha!) and even more glad that we weren’t responsible for cleaning the wax out of all the holders afterwards!
We repurposed all of the aisle florals to the ends of the tables and around the base of the cake table, allowing the sweetheart table to be the second major focal point.
The Floral Waterfalls
From the sweetheart table to the bar, we incorporated these cascading waterfall moments to create a major impact.
These babies are gorgeous but sure aren’t a design to underestimate. These are time-intensive, full of product, and tricky to get properly weighted. But the end result? Total magic!
Luxurious moments were added to cocktail hour on the patio, with floral touches cascading out of the fountain, floral urns on either side of the bar, and a gorgeous seating chart.
It can be really hard to sift through all of this inspiration that’s available out there, and figure out what you want to do for your own wedding — especially when your engagement is long. Lindsay’s design ideas were generally within the same vein, but we tossed around a brighter green with some more modern styling choices, or possibly incorporating some deep burgundy, and we also considered waterfall floral features cascading off the ends of each table. All of these would have been gorgeous choices and led to a great design and ambiance.
Sometimes, my advice to couples is to take your time and not put pressure on making every single decision. Save images, and see what your thoughts keep coming back to.
And sometimes, my advice is to hire a planner (technically, my advice is always to hire a planner because a good planner is truly invaluable). Melanie Parent came on board and really helped Lindsay to refine her vision and ease the worries.
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