The assignment was to design the wedding ceremony and reception flowers for a couple in Florence, Italy.

The challenge was to development the design theme long distance and three weeks prior to the wedding day finalize the designs, procure the flowers and materials, line up the design assistants, execute, install and attend the wedding!

The wedding was performed in a small Renaissance Chapel in the village of Settignano with the reception taking place in a Baroque villa and its gardens which overlooked the Old City.  Both the chapel and the couple's residence feature Della Robbia intaglio rondeles which provided the inspiration for the wedding flowers.  Casablanca lilies and lisianthus grown near the family's seaside home were the featured flowers as well as hybrid delphinium, magnolia and laurel foliage, lemons, limes and grapes.