Wedding @ The Palms Hotel, Miami Beach

Autumn & Travis 05.03.09

One of our favorite 2009 events.

Timeless peony bouquet in white. Modern green dendrobium orchid boutonniere.

Cool lavender satin ribbon accents.

Simple and chic.

Low glass cylinders with monoflora arrangements in whites and greens.

Love.

Wedding Planning by Jackie from http://www.jackieohhevents.com/

Photography by Amy Hill from http://www.amyhill.net/

Wedding @ The Ritz Carlton Hotel, Coconut Grove

Eileen & John 06.07.08

Featured in The Knot's Real Weddings National Edition

Hard work together with wedding planner extraordinaire, Jackie from Jackie Ohh Events' vision, Eileen and John's wedding came to life. Read all about the process and outcome on her blog:

http://jackieohhevents.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2009-07-22T19%3A32%3A00-07%3A00&max-results=7

For the full article visit

http://weddings.theknot.com/ODB/themes/galleries/view.aspx?STOPREDIRECTING=TRUE&id=47021&type=1&pageIndex=1&ODBTHEMENAME=Real-Weddings&MsdVisit=1

Photography by Martha and Jesus from http://www.udsphoto.com/

Wedding @ The Biltmore Hotel, Coral Gables

Amber & William 05.16.09Lighting is everything. Amber wanted a romantic evening and thanks to the hundreds of floating and votive candles and warm room lighting, romantic is exactly what she got. Clusters of cymbidium and nora orchids, mini callas, lilies, roses and spray roses all in whites and soft pinks, together with "floating" cymbidium orchids, set the stage perfectly for a magical evening at the Biltmore Hotel's Country Club Ballroom.

UDS Photo - http://www.udsphoto.com/uds-blogs/2-photo-albums/amber-william/

Wedding @ The Biltmore Hotel, Coral Gables

Marissa & Jesse 02.28.09

Red, black and white. Yes. Marisa new exactly what she wanted and after hours of testing colors for the perfect coral red branches, and playing with the display of the hundreds of silver pillar candle holders with candles, the results were incredible.

An elegantly rocking wedding.

Ambrosio photography - http://ambrosioblog.com/oldblog/?p=112

Ray Roman Films - http://rayromanblog.com/?s=marisa

Bridal Show at the Ritz - a Commitment to Elegance

On Sunday March 22nd, several of South Florida's top wedding/event industry vendors indulged brides with the best they had to offer. From video demos, to photo albums, exquisite fashion and jewelery, trendy furniture rentals, unbelievable cakes and pastries, flowers and decor, and to top it all off, the Ritz' famous chefs cooking up a storm.

Jackie Ohh Events & Anje Soirees invited brides to mini-seminars on bridal trends and event budgeting. DJ Peter Melchor kept us all moving to amazing music all afternoon. Great work everyone!

Patricia & Rick ~ Avant Gardens, Rosie ~ Elegant Temptations,

Jackie ~ Jackie ohh Events, and Martha ~ UDS Photos

We had a blast meeting brides and networking with good friends from the business.

Sharon Eliasi ~ Photographer, Roy Llera ~ Photographer, Sarah Paz ~ event coordinator & Veronica Serrano ~ Sharon Eliasi photography

*More photos available on our Facebook page ~ Avant Gardens

Wedding @ The Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Miami

Alexandra & Marcus 05.10.08

FIRST ONE TWIN, AND THE REST IS HISTORY...

This wedding was featured in Brides.com

and we couldn't be happier!

The first twin, Cristina Lima, celebrated her wedding in Naples in 2007.

Here are a couple of pictures:

Soon after, we were honored to participate yet again in

the Lima family weddings,

but this time for Alex at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Miami.

They were both entirely different, BUT, just as fun!

checkout more of the wedding at

www.brides.com/florida - real weddings

http://sharoneliasi.com/blog/ ~ Alex's Photographer

World Flower Expo ~ Miami

The Doubletree Miami Mart/Airport Hotel & Exhibition Center was the center of global attention for the world fresh flower industry during the 4th World Floral Expo in Miami, Florida held last week (March 4-6) in the heart of Miami's flower import & distribution area. 157 companies from 19 countries exhibited.

The Avant Gardens' design team, headed by Rick, enjoyed participating in the Expo by making magic with flowers for a local distributor's stand.

A bouquet to remember

This was fun to make

with everything from orchids to anthurium,
and fern curls to ornamental pineapples.

The bride loved it!

http://www.rodrigovarelaphotography.com/

Finally...

WAY past due... but we're finally blogging!

Loving every single event we work on, we'll try to share as many as possible with you and hope to delight you with every one of them.

While we get our photos together and look up to the stars for some creative comments, visit us on www.facebook.com and check out our page there: Avant Gardens. We've posted some recent weddings and events, featuring some of South Florida's best photographers.

Enjoy them and check back on us soon!