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A Garden
Palette

Angeli Gardens · San Pedro Sula, Honduras
The wedding of Dylan & Swan · 27 March 2027

Proportion

White and ivory carry the room; live green foliage does the connective work. The olive anchors styled details, the black-olive adds depth, and citron appears only as a spark. Nothing sits in the muddy middle — that was the whole point.

The Four Colours
LAYER 01

Foundation

Ivory

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The base almost every table rests on — ivory linen, white wax and clear glass, often with the cloth puddling onto the floor. Pair with mixed white and cream florals; don't match the whites, layer them.

Use for
Floor-length draped tablecloths, ivory taper & pillar candles, clear glass bud vases, cylinders and hurricanes, draped fabric backdrops behind the tables.
Finish
Washed matte linen (let it pool on the ground), soft candle wax, clear glass.
Detail
Strands of pearls laid along the linen — a recurring soft-ivory accent.
LAYER 02

Primary Green · Anchor

Olive

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This green is an object you can hold, not a wash — olive taper candles, ribbon ties and green stationery. It's what makes a table read "green wedding" before a single flower does.

Use for
Olive taper candles, napkin ties & ribbon, place cards, menus and printed stationery, olive dinner or charger plates.
Finish
Matte cardstock, satin or silk ribbon, glazed ceramic.
LAYER 03

Depth

Black Olive

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The darkest tables lean on this — deep hanging foliage and shadowed moss against all the white. It's the shadow that keeps the white from going flat, and it reads crisp, never muddy.

Use for
Long hanging green amaranthus and deep moss, calligraphy ink on menus and place cards, the darkest foliage in every arrangement.
Finish
Matte ink, deep matte foliage.
LAYER 04

Accent · Use Sparingly

Citron

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The one pop of brightness — and it's almost always edible or living. Green grapes and limes spilling across the linen, chartreuse stems, hanging amaranthus catching the light. A little goes a long way.

Use for
Green grapes cascading in vessels and along the table, limes, the chartreuse of fresh calla stems and hanging amaranthus, a green-tinted glass.
Finish
Fresh fruit and living stems — natural gloss, nothing painted.

The Living Layer

Half the palette isn't a colour at all — it's plant material, candlelight and glass. This is what actually fills the tables, and where the greens come to life.

Florals — the stars

Almost entirely white: calla lilies, anthurium, hydrangea, ranunculus and anemones, with airy queen anne's lace. Layer the whites rather than matching them.

Greenery — moss first

This look is moss-forward, not garland-forward — moss as a base and table runner (a 2026–27 trend), plus long hanging amaranthus for movement. Skip eucalyptus garlands — they aren't the look here.

Vessels & candlelight

Clear glass throughout — tall bud vases, cylinders, hurricanes — with clustered ivory and olive tapers. A touch of brass appears, but glass and flame carry it.

Table details

Draped white fabric backdrops behind the tables, pearls along the linen, green place cards and menus, cross-back wood or clean white chairs.

Botanical Index

White & Cream Flowers

Calla lily

Zantedeschia

Sculptural white trumpets — the signature bloom of the whole palette.

Anthurium

Anthurium andraeanum

Glossy white hearts for a clean, modern focal point.

Hydrangea

Hydrangea macrophylla

Full white heads that give the arrangements their body.

Ranunculus

Ranunculus asiaticus

Layered, romantic whites for softness up close.

Anemone

Anemone coronaria

White petals with dark centres — a quiet nod to the depth colour.

Stock

Matthiola incana

Tall white spikes that add height and scent.

Ammi (Queen Anne's lace)

Ammi majus

Airy white filler that keeps everything light.

Green & Structural

Green viburnum (snowball)

Viburnum opulus

Chartreuse-green globes — a living source of the citron accent.

Hanging amaranthus

Amaranthus caudatus

Long trailing catkins for drama and movement.

Moss

Bryophyta

Bases and runners — the textural foundation, and the 2026–27 trend.

Fruit Accents

Green grapes

Vitis vinifera

Spilling across linen and vessels — the edible citron pop.

Limes

Citrus × latifolia

Halved and scattered for a fresh, zesty green.

Green apples

Malus domestica

Whole or halved, a crisp orchard-green accent.

Green pears

Pyrus communis

Soft-shouldered green — pairs naturally with the grapes and limes.