She said she wasn’t afraid of color. She said she wanted candlesticks. And, just to seal the deal, she asked for a floral story that felt unmistakably hers.

In other words? She came to the right place.

Katie and Andrew’s Cape Cod wedding at New Seabury Country Club unfolded exactly the way every garden-style, Cape Cod florist hopes it might: with trust, vision, and a wholehearted celebration of season. Their day leaned bright and modern but never sterile, staying right in that Rumphius Farms sweet spot of refined yet wild, structured yet untamed.

Set against the club’s rolling greens and distant ocean, their ceremony felt cinematic but grounded. Each bloom caught the coastal light, each color played with the horizon’s blue.

I can tell you this much: when a bride brings both clarity and curiosity to the table, you can feel it in the work.

Photographer: Nicole Rae Photography

When Modern Design Meets Coastal Color

Katie came to me with priorities: Color. Candles. Trust. Not a checklist, but an invitation.

Her inspiration leaned modern: white pedestals, structured height, and color-blocked meadows that felt more like living sculptures than décor. We built the floral story around those ideas, translating her mood board into something grounded in the season.

Each choice found its own balance as I designed from my kitchen island— refined shapes softened by movement, vivid color hues lifted straight from nature’s palette (aka, the best source out there).

Three bouquets carried the color story through the day and meadows moved with the celebration as if they, too, were guests.

Yes, Katie wanted modernity, but her kind of modern didn’t come at the expense of something that felt rooted in the natural world. She left room for life to spill out a little, for clean design and uninhibited movement to coexist.

Cape Cod Ceremony Flowers That Coexist with the Coast at New Seabury Country Club

Perched high above the shoreline, New Seabury Country Club gives you just the right amount of drama for something as momentous as getting married—Cape wind, green fairways, and horizon light.

The ceremony meadows rose from white pedestals in varying heights, like color climbing its way toward the sun as ‘I do’s’ were said and eyes were dabbed. Hints of lilac and lemon met coral and gold; petals opened in tandem with the breeze. 

Every stem played its part—some arching, some swaying, some standing tall as if reaching for the ocean. All ready for their closeups with Nicole Rae Photography.

Peonies glowed warm against the coastal light. Clematis trailed through the air like brushstrokes. Ranunculus flickered in between, small bursts of movement that caught the wind and refused to sit still. Even the celosia—those sculptural curls that mimic coral—added their own quiet surprise, catching sunlight and shadow in equal measure.

There’s something about bold color on the Cape and how it holds its own against all that open sky. It’s never competing with the view, just joining the conversation.

A Modern Wedding Bouquet Made for the Ultimate Color Lover

Katie’s modern wedding bouquet felt like a living extension of her— colorful and confident. 

Peonies soft as silk, clematis trailing like a sentence unfinished, lavender sweet peas curling through the air, and garden roses in pink and golden hues. I tucked in a flash of agrostemma from my own garden and a single pink allium that caught the light just right—tiny choices that changed everything with every turn of the stem.

Every flower had a purpose, resulting in that rare bouquet that looks effortless only because every element is exactly where it belongs. Her bridesmaids carried smaller echoes of hers, together forming their own color study. Even the ribbon tails, not to be left behind, caught the Cape wind.

Modern wedding bouquets like these aren’t carried. They fall into step with you.

How We Repurposed Ceremony Flowers for the Reception at New Seabury Country Club

Floral design, at its best, finds its rhythm in reuse—pieces shifting shape as the day turns, carrying the story forward.

At New Seabury Country Club, the ceremony meadows came indoors—two framing the head table, others lining the DJ booth and cocktail bars. The result: continuity without repetition. The colors that once faced the ocean now warmed the glow of candlelight, bridging afternoon to evening without missing a beat.

Reception tables kept to the same philosophy. Katie had opted for sculptural lamps provided by the venue, and we scattered bud vases of clematis, sweet peas, and ranunculus around each one. Three candles per table, no more, no less. 

It was a masterclass in editing: every detail intentional, every surface breathing.

Cape Cod weddings have their own kind of luminosity. In this case, the flicker of candlelight mirrored the sunset outside, blurring the line between natural and designed light. You couldn’t tell where the natural ended and the designed began. Which, to me, is the whole point.

Seasonal Flowers, Local Sourcing, and a Whole Lot of Trust

June gave us everything we needed and more: peonies in full show, gladiolus just opening, clematis curling through the air with a mind of its own. Every stem came from somewhere intentional: some grown in my own garden, others coaxed from the soil by local Cape and Providence growers.

But what made this wedding memorable wasn’t the palette or the product; it was the partnership. Katie’s clarity (“color and candlesticks, please”) met creative freedom (“do what you do”). That’s the kind of exchange where real design happens.

When couples trust both the season and their Cape Cod florist, design becomes unbounded. A stem from the ceremony becomes a moment at the bar. Color travels from aisle to table, from daylight to candlelight. And trust becomes a kind of luxury I wouldn’t trade.

Designing a Modern Wedding Made for the Cape?

The Cape has a rhythm all its own—steady, sun-washed, slightly windblown.

If you’re planning your celebration at New Seabury Country Club, let the landscape lead. Choose flowers that live in the horizon’s light, colors that frame the ocean view, and textures that feel alive in motion. Design isn’t about matching what’s been done before—it’s about creating something that could only exist here, in this very place and in this very moment. 

Whether your vision leans modern, garden-style, or somewhere in-between, the flowers will meet you there. And so will I.