A wedding in Santa Barbara made me rethink how we use filler greens

I was at a friend's wedding in Santa Barbara over the weekend, and the florals were stunning, but something really stuck with me. The main arrangements had almost no salal or leather leaf fern, which I use a ton of. Instead, they used these long, trailing vines of jasmine and tiny sprigs of rosemary from the garden. It made the whole thing smell amazing and looked so much lighter and less dense than my usual work. I asked the florist after, and she said she's been trying to move away from the 'green cloud' look for a year now, using more herbs and scented greens as both filler and a feature. It got me thinking about my own orders and how much filler I buy out of habit. Has anyone else tried cutting back on traditional greens and using more aromatic stuff instead? I'm worried about cost and wilt time, but the effect was really pretty.

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mason2833d ago

My last wedding used mint, lasted all day.

nathan_patel3d ago

Yeah, @mason283, a good mint really does the trick.