Choosing Your Elopement Flowers: Romantic Colour Palettes for an Okanagan Ceremony

Some couples picture a cloud of white flowers against the lake. Others imagine soft blush, a little lavender, or the richness of burgundy. Your elopement flowers help set the feeling of the day long before you say your vows.

At Pickadilly’s, choosing a palette begins with the mood you love. Shannon brings your preferences into the planning, helping your flowers feel connected to your intimate Okanagan ceremony.

Fresh personal flowers and Real Touch ceremony styling

These are two distinct parts of the package. Your fresh bouquet and boutonnière are inspired by your preferred palette, using seasonal flowers selected by the florist. Specific blooms and designs cannot be guaranteed. The Intimate package includes a personal flower palette choice; Signature packages carry your colours through the fuller Real Touch ceremony styling.

The current Signature inclusions name ceremony installations, aisle flowers and signing-table florals in your chosen colours. Those larger installations are separate from your fresh personal flowers. Confirm your selected design with Shannon rather than assuming every arrangement pictured is included.

Explore the current elopement packages and floral palettes.

Seven romantic palette directions

The following palettes are currently shown on the elopements page. These mood descriptions are suggestions to help you choose, rather than promises of particular flower varieties.

Classic White

Quiet, luminous and timeless. White flowers let texture do the talking, with the lake and mountains becoming part of the composition. It is a lovely starting point if you want your vows and setting to lead.

White & Green

Fresh and garden-inspired. The contrast between white flowers and green tones brings definition without a strong colour accent. Consider this if you love the feeling of a garden carried into your ceremony.

Soft Blush

Gentle warmth and a tender, romantic mood. Blush can soften the overall look while keeping it light. Think about how it sits beside your outfit and the colours already present in the venue.

Pastels

A softer mix of colour for couples who want a joyful, layered feeling. Keep the overall mood in mind rather than asking every individual flower to match an exact shade.

White & Blue

An airy combination that can echo the feeling of an Okanagan lake view. Blue introduces a clear colour note while white keeps the ceremony feeling open and light.

White & Lavender

Soft purple tones bring a gentle sense of colour to a white base. A romantic choice if you want something delicate with a little more personality.

Green & Burgundy

Deeper contrast for a rich, expressive mood. Burgundy offers a focal colour against green tones; consider it if you are drawn to warmth and depth rather than an entirely pale palette.

Let your venue help you decide

At Sanctuary Gardens, imagine your flowers within the timber pavilion and garden setting, with Okanagan Lake beyond. At The Gallery Winery, think about your ceremony flowers against the winery setting and lake views. You do not need to match the scenery: choose colours that feel beautiful to you within it.

The Sanctuary Gardens chair and signing-table photographs are by Lisa Leo Photography, credited beneath each image. The additional floral examples come from Pickadilly’s ceremony-flower collection and are labelled by design. They illustrate colour and styling inspiration, rather than guaranteeing a particular installation within an elopement package. Not every palette currently has a matching example shown.

How to give Shannon a useful floral brief

Start with one feeling: airy, softly romantic, fresh and natural, or rich and dramatic. Then choose the palette that comes closest. Bring a few reference images and explain what you love about them—perhaps their softness or contrast—rather than relying on a long list of exact flower names.

Consider your clothing, guest outfits if relevant, and the ceremony setting together. Your complimentary site visit is a useful opportunity to picture the flowers in place. If you have a different colour idea, mention it in your inquiry so availability, design and any additional cost can be confirmed.

Choose the package around your celebration

Sanctuary Gardens offers the Intimate Elopement at $3,815 + GST and Signature Elopement at $4,700 + GST, each for the couple plus up to 12 guests. The Gallery Winery offers its Intimate Elopement at $5,360 + GST for the couple plus up to 12 guests, and Signature Micro Ceremony at $6,395 + GST for the couple plus up to 30 guests.

Both venues include 90 minutes. Packages include planning and ceremony coordination, an officiant, fresh personal flowers, guest seating and signing furniture, your playlist through a speaker, a complimentary site visit, and one hour of photography with 80 edited colour and black-and-white images. Venue time and photography coverage are different allotments. Prices and floral wording were checked November 11, 2026; your confirmed package and agreement determine the final arrangements.

A small ceremony, thoughtfully brought together

Flowers do not need to compete with the reason you are there. They can frame the moment, soften the aisle, and connect the photographs you will keep. Choose the mood that feels like the two of you, then let Shannon help bring the details together.

Explore the current elopement packages and floral palettes.

Continue with our Sanctuary Gardens guide, Gallery Winery guide or 2027 package cost guide.