When it comes to wedding florals, few things bring more joy than a table bursting with colour, creativity, and personality. For our Dopamine Issue, we’re thrilled to feature Christina from Grumpy Flowers, who knows exactly how to make your wedding centrepieces feel fun, happy, and full of life. From bold colour palettes to playful touches like fruit and seasonal blooms, Christina shares how to design fun and happy floral centrepieces for your wedding day!
Photography: James Rose Photography
Your big day is finally coming up – you’ve probably found your dream venue, started on your dresses or suits, and now you get to decide all the amazing details. Let’s help you find your style by showing you some of the more memorable, creative, and modern centrepieces in floral design for 2025!
2025 is all about bright and bold colours
Nothing says fun and happiness like a burst of vibrant colours. Whether you do a bold colour scheme of pinks and reds, or opposing colours like purple and yellow, or a complete mix – find the best colour schemes to bring out the best in the floral designs at your wedding.
Photography: Encore Collective
Fruit and veg to style your tables
Last year fruit and vegetables in floral centrepieces had a huge resurgence – think citrus fruits like lemons and oranges, pears, grapes and even eggplants! Add a bow, some candles and *chefs kiss* you have an incredible addition to your flowers.
Photography: Grumpy Flowers
Embrace the seasonal flowers
We are all about using local grown, seasonal florals. My own wedding was in the middle of Winter, and we had so many colourful flowers. So, be assured that you can have your dream colour palette at any time of the year. In support of Australian grown florals, here’s a small list of the amazing flowers you can have in each season.
- Ranunculus
- Delphinium
- Roses
- Stocks
- Amaranthus
- Freesia
- Asters
- Flannel Flower
- Peonies (late Spring/early Summer)
Photography: Grumpy Flowers
- Cosmos
- Dahlia
- Roses
- Zinnia
- Flowering Gum
- Lisianthus
Photography: James Rose Photography
- Local Chrysanthemums
- Snapdragons
- Paper Daisies
- Maple Leaves
- Tulips
- Poppies
- Delphinium
Photography: Grumpy Flowers
Winter
- Ornamental Kale
- Sweet Pea
- Hellebore
- Stocks
- Anemone
- Proteas
- Banksias
Photography: Niche Photographics
Note that this list is just highlighting each season. Certain flowers are available across multiple seasons.
By using seasonal florals, you’re not only celebrating nature but we’re also sourcing the flowers at their peak vibrancy for your special day!
Photography: Bren Makasih
Add your own personal touch
Your wedding is all about you and your partner, so why not let your centrepieces tell your story? Use floral arrangements to reflect your shared hobbies, favourite places, or even something sentimental. If a particular flower isn’t in season, or doesn’t hold well out of water, we can still incorporate it by using a silk version instead.
Photography: Grumpy Flowers
Peek into the bridal bouquet – can you tell that the magnolia flower is silk?
Mix and match your table arrangements
This style works with both round tables and long tables – mix and match between arrangement styles. Alternate bud vases with lower table arrangements to mix heights, colours and textures. This can also work if you’re incorporating fruit styling and candles.
Photography: The Storytellers Wedding Co
Repurpose your ceremony arrangements to your reception tables
Almost all your ceremony florals can be repurposed, and we love nothing more than for you to enjoy your flowers all night long! Whether it’s an arbour arrangement to head table, plinths to guest tables, we have you covered! The images below show how you can repurpose an arbour to the bridal table.
Photography: Grumpy Flowers
I absolutely love working within a colour scheme and choosing the right flowers at the markets for couples to create everything for their big day. You and your guests will spend the most amount of time in your reception space.
I hope this has sparked some creative ideas for fun and joyful centrepieces that will bring your wedding tables to life! Wishing you all the best as you plan the perfect floral arrangements for your big day.
A huge thank you to Christina from Grumpy Flowers! We hope this has given you the inspiration and the dopamine hit you need to start dreaming up the perfect flowers for your wedding day.
About the author: Hey! It’s Christina here, the lead florist of Grumpy Flowers. I create dreamy wedding florals all over Sydney and the Blue Mountains. With 5 years of floristry and a decade of events in my tool belt you can trust us to plan and deliver the perfect day for you. Our services include bespoke wedding floral design, venue styling, speciality hire items and custom signage. Whether you’ve just started on your wedding journey or you know exactly what you’re after, I can’t wait to work with you to create the wedding flowers of your dreams.
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