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Our pledge
Every wedding or event is unique, but our goal is always the same: to leave your guests raving about the look and you delighted by our service. 
Vicki Sanders, Owner
Summer Wedding Reception by the Pool
WOW! What a busy Labor Day weekend here in Nashville for Branching Out Floral and Event Design. These shots are from a very chic wedding reception held at a private home in Brentwood, TN.
The bride and groom wanted to entertain their friends by the pool, and the groom loves water, so tropicals were the logical choice here. These photos are of course during daylight, but when the sun set, these designs were uplit from the base and the “lamps” are battery operated. So cool!
Lavender & Celedon Wedding on a Late Summer’s Night
This weekend, August 23rd, we again worked with one of Nashville’s top wedding planners, Alice Hendry, to design a wedding reception for such a nice bride, Joann Pulles.
The weather was cooler than normal for August and the first winds from a tropical storm in the Gulf were just reaching the Middle Tennessee area. Great for the comfort level of guests, not too great for keeping candles lit outdoors! Joann chose lavender and celedon green for her main colors.
The event was held The Governor’s Club, Pleasant Hill Mansion. In keeping with the mansion, the florals inside the venue had a rather old garden, antique look. The green Depression glass containers are a new find here at Branching Out. I love the look.
The outside was a different story ,with the lounge furniture, tables, chairs and linens from our friends at Music City Tents & Events…definitely a more modern, contemporary look.
I can’t wait to see the photos from Shannon Jenkins Photography
Hot Colors Contemporary Wedding Reception
This past Saturday, Aug.18th the design team at Branching Out had so much fun working with our bridal couple, Dana and Josh! What a good looking, fun couple they are, which is reflected in the decor colors they chose. The wedding itself was very traditional at Woodmont Christian Church in Green Hills (Nashville), with the bridesmaids dressed in hot coral satin gowns. Floral bouquets were green hydrangea, hot coral roses and green hypericum berries. But boy oh boy did the “traditional” fly out the window when guests arrived at the Musicians’ Hall of Fame, one of the unique venues Nashville has to offer. Below is a sneak peek at the reception decor, with the large display that greeted guests as they walked into the outside courtyard. Dana gave me full reign to do whatever I would like in that space….so for height we went with orange and yellow gladiolas…and the rest just fell into place. (We had a great time going through our extensive supply of containers, etc. trying out different looks to get that WOW factor). The other photo is one of the guest tables with the battery operated “lamps”. Some tables floral designs were uplit from the base, some were yellow wispy oncinium orchids, etc. FUN FUN FUN. The food display was scrumptious (bet it tasted good too), as the catering was supplied by Chef’s Market, who always do a fantastic job. Can’t wait for the photos from Dana and Josh’s photographer…Paul Wharton
Preview of Hansen wedding in Nashville
This past Friday night Branching Out had the pleasure of working with a lovely bride, Ashley Hansen to design the floral decor for her wedding. I just took a few shots of the setup as we were working. This event was held at Radius 10, a great hot new restaurant in Nashville in the “Gulch” area. The reception was not only inside the entire restaurant, but a tent was added to the patio area as well. A great deal of planning and coordination by Alice Hendry, Ashley’s wedding planner.
One photo is of the cocktail area as the guest arrived…note that this photo was taken in daylight..and as it turned dark and the house lights were down, these cylinders are uplit from the base with battery operated halogen spotlights.
On the guest tables, we used various glass containers (beakers, bulb vases, squares, rounds,etc) with stems of purple denrobium orchids, green cymbidium orchids, purple freesia…for a clean, cool, refreshing look.
In the center of the tent, a “chandelier” of hand strung orchids, each with lavender or green crystals.(Thanks to Jodi & Christine..my design team) The weather was delightful, not hot at all..and a nice breeze was blowing, so this slowly turned..as if by magic!
Can’t wait to see the real pro’s photo…David Wright Photography..we’ll let you know when those are up!
Toast of Music City Awards
Wow! Are we excited at Branching Out or what?
Thanks to all the brides, planners, venues, friends and anyone else who loves our wedding and event florals and decorations and voted us 2nd Place in Best Florist in Nashville category. So, OK, we’ll try harder for that first place spot next year. These awards were the Readers’ Choice Awards sponsored by The Tennessean, as you may have seen in the newspaper, on billboards, etc.
Thanks Nashville!!
Moving 101
Wow! We’ve been moving the workshop all weekend, just to the phase of getting the majority of vases
INSIDE the building. Look forward to getting it “all together” LOL. Gotta move quick with weddings next weekend.
Great Things Are Blooming at Branching Out
The summer is hot, hot, hot and so is Branching Out!
Welcome to our new website. I hope you like it.
We have added galleries to delight you and will keep them updated with every new event we do. That means you better check back often if you want to keep current on all the latest trend in floral and decor. The easiest way to do that is to just go on and subscribe to the RSS feed now.
The new site isn’t all that is blooming at Branching Out.
WE’RE MOVING!
Our little workshop in Green Hills worked well for years but we just out grew it. Right now I am in the process of moving the whole shebang to our wonderful new location on Highway 100 in the heart of the Belle Meade antique district. I’ll keep you posted on the details.
Until then I am off to pack up the hundreds of containers and pedestals and candelabrum that it takes to make your events so gorgeous.