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The 2024 Season: Staff Favorites
As the 2025 wedding season is winding up, everyone at team Stoneblossom is reminiscing on the past season, which was filled with many memorable moments and a plethora of one-of-a-kind celebrations. We wanted to take this opportunity to highlight our staff member’s favorite weddings from the 2024 season, sharing with you what caught our designer’s attention. Each event had its own unique design plan and vision, personalized to each couple, and truly told their story through the natural artform of florals. While it was hard for our team members to each pick just one favorite wedding, the 11 highlighted events are just a sample of the gorgeous weddings we produced week after week all over New England.
Venue Spotlight: Gardiner House
When it comes to enchanting wedding venues, the Gardiner House in Newport, Rhode Island, stands out as a gem. This new boutique hotel & event venue boasts waterfront views and a stylish banquet room. The unique blend of bohemian charm and modern elegance provides a captivating backdrop for your celebration. We’ve had the privilege of working at this magnificent venue since they opened their doors in 2023. Whether you’re dreaming of a grand celebration or an intimate gathering, the Gardiner House offers the perfect setting.
Venue Spotlight: The Chanler
The Chanler Hotel, nestled along the stunning coastline of Newport, is a truly magical venue for weddings, and we are blessed with the opportunity to frequently flower at this remarkable location. With its stunning architecture, breathtaking views, and commitment to creating unforgettable experiences, The Chanler provides the perfect space for couples to celebrate their love.
Venue Spotlight: Belle Mer
Situated on Goat Island in Newport, surrounded by serene seaside views is a glamorous wedding venue called Belle Mer. Boasting two unique ballroom spaces Belle Mer acts as the perfect backdrop for an elegant wedding of any style. The crisp clean event space allows us as designers to take creative control, and truly transform the space to bring to life any vision.
A Fresh Twist at Castle Hill
When it comes to unforgettable weddings, the citrus-filled celebration of C+B at Castle Hill was undoubtedly a star from last season. From the moment guests arrived, the air was infused with a sense of joy, perfectly capturing the couple’s unique vision for their special day. Our team collaborated with the couple and Heather Drummond of Capital Blackbook Events to bring to life a vibrant and bold design plan perfect for this late September wedding.
Love in Bloom at Belle Mer
At the end of August, Team Stoneblossom had the pleasure of creating a vibrant, unforgettable event at Belle Mer to celebrate the wedding of J+R. The venue, known for its stunning coastal views, provided the perfect backdrop for a classic white ceremony, followed by a vibrant reception full of striking deep reds and bold pinks. Working closely with the couple, and Lisa at Infinite Events, our designers brought to life a one-of-a-kind vision that made a lasting impact on guests.
Venue Spotlight: Rosecliff
Imagine your wedding guests being transported to a breathtaking Gilded Age Manor by the sea, filled with fragrant blooms and soft candlelight. This dream can become a reality at Rosecliff Mansion, where the opulence of the Gilded Age blends effortlessly with the coastal allure of New England. At Stoneblossom, we delight in collaborating with clients to showcase the stunning architectural features of the mansion while crafting elegant designs that will leave your guests mesmerized.
Curated Candlelight at Rosecliff
In late September, team Stoneblossom spent the afternoon at Rosecliff Mansion in Newport, adorning the lawn with stark white blooms, and flooding the ballroom with warm candlelight. The Gilded Age Manor was the perfect venue for the James Bond inspired feel of the wedding. The design plan celebrated sexy, sleek silhouettes and abundant candlelight throughout the mansion. Our designers worked closely with the couple to evoke a romantic, modern feel from start to finish.
Venue Spotlight: Castle Hill
Stoneblossom is a Rhode Island based floral design house that has the privilege to flower all along the East Coast and beyond. While we love the opportunity to travel, we are also blessed to have wonderful venues right in our backyard in Newport! We love the opportunity to work at the infamous Castle Hill Inn on a regular basis.
A Quintessential Coastal Wedding
On a sunny July Day, A+I joined together in matrimony in true New England style at Castle Hill Inn. The event vision was conceived in tandem with the couple and Lia Bancroft, to create a quintessential coastal ambience, perfectly suited for this sea-side soiree. The color palette was composed of soft whites, creams, and blues with accents of darker blue blossoms for a pop of contrast. Lush July blossoms were the star of the floral designs, including blue hydrangea, garden roses, and lysimachia. Vintage blue & white chinoiserie vases played host to the abundant, layered floral arrangements adding a touch of charm to the overall design.
Contemporary Elegance at Belle Mer
In Early September, on Goat Island, at the immaculate Belle Mer Salon, C+M became man and wife surrounded by their loved ones and a plethora of ethereal, cascading white blooms. In true “White Wedding Fashion” we worked with our friend Ashlie Fastino of Infinite Events, and the couple to draw up a design plan that was truly heavenly. The overall feel was contemporary elegance meets modern luxury, and was full of white florals including orchids, roses, hydrangea, and delphinium.
An Enchanting Seaside Affair
On an enchanting August eve in 2023, K+J shared their vows in a sweet sea-side chapel ceremony, before celebrating in a glorious tented wedding with their closest friends and family. The vision for this ocean side soiree was lush, and organic, marrying together the quintessential coastal elegance of Newport with the whimsical, romantic style of an English Garden. We worked closely with Stasia and the planning team at Exquisite Events to thoughtfully conceptualize the perfect color palette and design plan for this al fresco celebration. The floral selection embraced the best of the season, including dahlia, garden roses, french lavender, thistle, and delphinium, creating a truly immersive floral story within the space.
A Picture Perfect Day in Newport
When you picture the “perfect” wedding, what do you see? Do you see an intimate ceremony in a historic stone chapel, followed by dinner and dancing in the grand ballroom of a Gilded Age estate? For S+R, that is exactly what they pictured! The couple exchanged their vows at the gorgeous Emmanuel church in Newport, then made their way to the famous Rosecliff mansion to dance the night away with their closest friends and family. The talented Erica Trombetti collaborated with the couple and team Stoneblossom to curate the overall event vision and design plan. To truly bring together the vision of their picture perfect wedding, S+R chose a delicate palette of white, cream, peach, blush, lavender and soft blue blooms.
A Coastal Garden Wedding
In the beautiful month of June, J+J celebrated their wedding day in style at the famous Chanler Hotel situated at the beginning of the historic Cliff Walk in Newport, Rhode Island. Working closely with the couple, and Erica Trombetti of Infinite events, we created a design plan that leaned into the gorgeous local flora of the Ocean State, while celebrating the freshness of spring blooms. Using coastal blues, whites, and greens, the overall design of the wedding was textural, yet lush leaning into garden-style design moments.
An Artful Celebration of Love
Romance is an artform in itself, and many artists throughout the years have drawn inspiration from the theme of love. In Mid-July, team Stoneblossom created romantic, sculptural florals at the Gardiner House, using the wedding of S+W as our muse. The design plan was meticulously & artfully curated with the couple and Stasia Anthony of Exquisite Events. It was important to the couple to incorporate red roses, and a sculptural, gestural design approach, as it reflects the art the groom makes as a sculptor. The designs were composed of unique blooms in a color palette of reds, burgundy, and hot pink creating a bold and impactful impression on guests.
Evolving Designs at Rosecliff
In mid-July of 2024, E+M tied the knot in style at Newport’s historic Rosecliff Mansion. Team Stoneblossom worked closely with the couple, and Lisa at Infinite Events, to curate a design plan that married together a quintessential white wedding with a celebration of color at cocktail hour, transitioning back to a softer, muted palette once the guests entered the ballroom for dinner. At Stoneblossom, we love to incorporate different color palettes and design styles in separate event spaces during the wedding day. Our designers were more than delighted to bring this vision to life!
Moody Moments from Dawn-Dusk
On a dew-drop morning in May of 2023, Team Stoneblossom got an early start to honor the love of L+I, as they tied the knot at dawn, underneath the rising sun at the beautiful Chanler just off the Cliff Walk in Newport. The sun-rise ceremony took place under the branches of an elegant, aged tree, where L+I were surrounded by fragrant rose petals and wondrous, gleaming candlelight. To highlight the natural, organic beauty of the tree, we added romantic, spilling greenery from the base and the branches. Tucked throughout the lush foliage were creamy spring blossoms of white iris, roses, delphinium, and phlox. The rising sun and warm candlelight cast a golden glow on the ceremony site as the couple said their vows, and had their first kiss.
A Summer Sorbet Celebration
In late August of 2023, at Castle Hill Inn, our team crafted a celebration of citrus colors for S+J’s special day. In collaboration with Kerri at Always Yours Events, our designers dreamt up a design plan that was a bright composition of color and blended seamlessly to create a show-stopping palette of sun-kissed summer blooms. The striking sorbet blossoms popped against the natural coastal landscape, creating a bright and lasting impression from the ceremony throughout the reception.
A culturally rich & colorful celebration
In early June, at the charming Chanler off the Cliff Walk in Newport, team Stoneblossom brought to life the vibrant vision of C+A’s wedding day. In collaboration with Ashlie of Infinite Events, our team curated a design plan that completely encapsulated the couple and left a lasting impression on guests. An elegant array of blooms in peach, coral, apricot, mauve, and soft yellow made up the palette for our designs, to truly encompass this fusion of culture and two individuals coming together as one.
Designs of Grandeur at Rosecliff
In early September of last year, Stoneblossom had the pleasure of teaming up with Infinite Events to bring the timeless, ethereal, and elegant vision of C+J to Newport’s Rosecliff Mansion. The Gilded Age manor and the surrounding grounds overlooking the ocean were the perfect host to the celebration of pastel petals that created the lush and lavish design of the wedding. An ethereal and intentional color palette of pinks and lavenders with hints of cream and white popped against the stark marble of the Rosecliff facade.