Bundle airy baby's breath into a wreath-dotted swag and delicate table spray.

The secret ingredients behind this jaw-dropping backdrop (that also happens to be jaw-droppingly simple to make) are foam wreath forms and basic rope.

Mokuba New York 50mm silk taffeta ribbon #20000, color 23 (212-869-8900).

Miniature daisies, doily-shaped Queen Anne's lace, and baby's breath come together in a beautiful balancing act atop a tall, graceful candlestick.

Abigails "Bonaparte" glass candlestick (abigails.net for stores). Wedgwood "Signet Platinum" dinnerware (macys.com). Waterford "Lismore" wine glasses (na.wwrd.com). Wolf Home jacquard fabric for tablecloth (wolfhome-ny.com).

Layer cuttings of filler flowers, such as goldenrod and mimosa, with herbs and fruit to make boutonnieres. Carry the look to your reception by turning a trio of bowls into a matching centerpiece.

Anyone can ace these adornments. "Cut each flower down to about 4 inches," says florist and contributing editor Livia Cetti of the Green Vase in New York City. "Then stagger the clippings at different heights, and bind the stems together with floral tape. Cover with ribbon, and snip the ends to even them out." 

Here's what she used in each arrangement (clockwise from top left): Goldenrod and olive leaf; lavender and miniature daisies; craspedia, scabiosa, and rosemary; chamomile and lemon leaf; kumquats and button mums

To replicate this tiered tower, fill three nesting bowls with wet floral foam, stack them on top of one another, and add dense tufts of goldenrod, fuzzy clusters of mimosa, and globelike craspedia balls. Punctuate with olive leaves, kumquats, lemons, and sprigs of fresh lavender.

Vera Wang Wedgwood Naturals "Leaf" dipping bowl, soup bowl, and serving bowl (bloomingdales.com).

Arrange lone stems -- a mix of full plumes and reedy stalks such as caspia and agapanthus -- in vessels of various heights and shapes. Keep colors consistent for maximum impact.

To make a random assortment of flowers look anything but, "map the vases out first," says Cetti. Place the tallest shapes in the center, anchor the outer edges with medium-size pieces, and fill them in with small containers. When you're done, add a stem or two to each. 

From left: Cetti placed lilac-colored caspia in an Ikea cylinder vase (ikea.com), trumpets of blue delphinium in a CB2 "Joyce" vase (cb2.com), sea holly in a Chive "Euro Sphere" bud vase (origincrafts.com), long-stemmed agapanthus in a KleinReid "L'Arsenale" vase (kleinreid.com), feathery astilbe in ABC Carpet & Home's "Moonstone" bottle (abchome.com), caspia and agapanthus in another CB2 "Joyce" vase, star-shaped tweedia and hardenbergia vine in a Two's Company "Menage A Trois" vase (shopatron.com), and more caspia in a second Ikea cylinder vase.

Creative Candles Elegant Taper candles (creativecandles.com). The Conran Shop "Goa" flatware (conranusa.com).

Create an enchanting ceremony path by adding untamed posies to a wooden flower frame. Echo the look with an equally abundant bouquet. At the reception, recycle your makeshift garden into an escort-card display.

Thanks to a pair of ingenious wooden panels, you can walk toward your groom flanked by hundreds of wildflowers. "These structures are incorporated into European floral design all the time, and they're so easy to use -- all you do is fill the framework with stems," says Cetti. She added larkspur, lisianthus, bridal wreath spirea, and lepidium to two pine birch panels from Dutch Flower Line (212-727-8600).

Chamomile, heather, white daisies, scabiosa, gooseneck loosestrife, raspberries, and wild sweetpeas mingle in a fresh-picked arrangement tied with a yellow bow.

Mokuba New York 100mm silk georgette ribbon #70000, color 15 (212-869-8900). She is wearing a J.Crew "Arabelle" gown (jcrew.com).

After the ceremony, have friends place the aisle runners on a table for cocktail hour, where they can serve as a blooming backdrop for your name cards. And at the end of the night, take them home: "Use them in your backyard as trellises," says Cetti.