Autumn Weddings in Vancouver: Your Fall Mood Board

When the heat of summer dies down, you’re left with a sea of golden foliage, bright green grass, crisp and clear skies, and a trail of nature’s textures and frost. Oh, how I love cozy season! For the bride and groom who dislike the hot heat of the summer, the fall wedding is the perfect time to get married. You can still enjoy sunshine and nature’s colours while embracing the cold as you party into the night.

If you have a fall wedding coming up in Vancouver or the Lower Mainland, this post will serve as autumnal flower inspiration, including colour palettes and different seasonal flowers and foliage to use.

Fall Wedding Colour Palettes

Pink and Peach

If you love the pastel look, having a pop of pink or peach mixed in with the traditional whites and greens is a great option. It still leans fall, while feeling soft and romantic.

Photo by Annika Knight

Yellow and Purple

Yellow and purple is a combination people don’t often think about, but I think it looks beautiful for a late summer or early fall wedding. It’s for the fun and colourful, especially for someone who loves sunflowers.

I’ve also seen a palette of plum and mauve, alongside cream and green. It makes for a moody, but unique fall colourscheme.

Pop of Red

Red is such a strong and powerful colour that it’s all you need to make a statement in your bouquet. This particular bouquet we used a complimentary blue to create a soft but beautiful contrast.

Photo by Eva Sophia Photography

Full Warm Tones

I love it when a wedding leans fully into the fall spirit, including all the warm, dark sultry tones. This arrangement uses deep reds, rusty oranges, soft pinks, olive greens, and a pop of white to create the quintessential fall palette. And yes, pumpkins were in attendance at this wedding too!

Fall Flowers and Foliage

We’re lucky in Vancouver that we incredible access to both local and imported flowers. Even in the dead of winter, you can have a lush, colourful bouquet. But I can’t deny the quality and beauty of what’s local and in season! Fall foliage holds a special place in my heart thanks to the warm tones and textures.

These flowers, foliage, grasses, and seed pods are all going to make your autumnal wedding flowers picture-perfect.

Fall Flowers for Bouquets

We must start with the most important ingredient for your bouquet and arrangements: flowers. You can find many of these flowers locally and in abundance in the fall because they’re still in season. And boy, are they beautiful!

• Dahlia
• Craspedia
• Echinacea
• Chrysanthemum
• Safflower
• Echinops
• Strawflower
• Sunflower
• Statice
• Veronica
• Zinnia
• Celosia
• Japanese anemone
• Aster
• Hydrangea
• Rudbeckia
• Lisianthus

Fall Grasses

The beginning of fall also marks the start of all kinds of different fall textures. Many arrangements feature colourful foliage and grasses, as well as dried selections from the summer garden.

Some favourite grasses include:

• Bunny tails
• Explosion grass
• Amaranth (upright and hanging)
• Fountain grass
• Pampas grass
• Wheat
• Silvergrass

Photo by Matt and Morgan McDonald

Ornamental Berries

Ornamental berries are also in abundance this time of year, as the trees fruit and change their leaves. Here are some of the most popular:

• Ilex
• Hypericum
• Rosehips
• Snowberry
• Beautyberry
• Celastrus

Fall Foliage and Seed Pods

Arguably the best part about fall is the changing colour of the leaves. While some plants say goodbye to their foliage, others deepen and become more spectacular or hold onto their leaves a little longer than others. And then there are the seed pods. Some are even better than the flowers that came before them.

Here’s the foliage and seed pods I love best this time of year:

• Ninebark
• Curly willow
• Fir
• Cedar
• Smokebush
• Eucalyptus
• Oregano
• Cress
• Jewels of Opar
• Love in a mist seed pods
• Poppy pods
• Scabiosa pods

Book Your Fall Wedding Florals

All the photos you’ve seen here are the work of Heirloom Florals. If you’re looking for fall wedding flowers, whether that’s this year or next, we’d love to work with you to create your dream wedding! Fill out the form on our contact page to receive your pricing guide or schedule a free 30-minute consultation with me.