Fall Botanicals for Decorating at Your Events

One of the things our event design team emphasizes is that some great event ideas, including decorating ideas, can be adapted from weddings.

Case in point: Botanicals for your event decor.  We use the term "botanicals" loosely to mean ferns, fronds, leaves, harvest fruits, etc.

For fall parties and gatherings, here are several ideas for using botanicals to decorate your event space and make your gathering pop:

Use foliage
Ferns or "foliage" can vary from feathery sprays to large single blades or leaves.  We don't care for the typical "fall foliage" fallen types of leaves because if they're real they'll fall apart/crumble when you try to use them to decorate with.  Instead, we like foliage that is more green and younger so it won't crumble as dry foliage can.  You can also tie bunches of ferns or single blades with ribbon in fall colors to decorate and/or to make the foliage look a little more fall-themed.

Fern Centerpieces
You can use ferns with just a few flowers to make a centerpiece if you use enough ferns (a lot) interspersed with just a few flowers, perhaps in fall colors.  Ferns are much less expensive than flowers.

Fruits of the Woods
Try mixing feathery-type ferns on tables with acorns, small Seckel pears, tiny apples, walnuts, or other "fruits of the woods."  This looks best if centered on a buffet table or as separate centerpieces on one or more dining tables.

Dried Herbs/Flower Trumpets
Wedding designers use tall trumpet-shaped vases with dried lavendar or other dried herbs or flowers.  The trick to avoid this looking like something from Granny's living room is to use TALL trumpet vases and TALL dried herb arrangements.  These tall dried herb trumpets can be used as a single centerpiece on a buffet or again, on one or more dining tables.  The trumpet(s) should be tall enough that seated guests, if that's the case, can see each other as the trumpets are tall enough to be over their eyeline when seated.

Fern Napkins
You can fold napkins into the type of fold in which you put a small menu and in that fold put a frond of fern or a single blade fern (with or without the menu tucked inside also, or the menu on top of the folded napkin and fern tucked in the fold of the napkin.

Enjoy!

Kristina

Fandango Catering and Events
(713) 522-0077
www.fandango-catering.com