36 Ideas for Using Succulents at Your Wedding

The succulent trend is as durable as the plant itself, so why not embrace its popularity streak? Incorporating succulents into your wedding décor and flower arrangements is just as cool as it was when the fad first began. Succulents are easy to maintain and add a striking element to any ceremony or reception. Whether in an arrangement, on a table, or sitting pretty on their own, succulents are sure to shine no matter how they're used in your celebration. With so many varieties and pretty color options, there are endless ways to style succulents for your big day. So go ahead and be the trendiest bride ever carrying a bouquet of succulents down the aisle—or, using them a different way. Need inspiration for something unique? Look no further than these succulent wedding ideas. 

Succulent Chair Décor

Colorful, summery garlands filled with succulents designated this couple's chairs. They're a unique alternative to more traditional bride and groom chair signs or floral garlands.

At this wedding, succulents placed in old tins made shabby-chic centerpieces for the outdoor seating area. 

These little succulents looked surprisingly formal when paired with white and gold tableware.  

If you aren't down for a full-blown flower crown, try a headpiece like this bride did.  

This succulent art installation looked totally one-of-a-kind. Consider something similar for a photograph backdrop or just to spruce up your venue walls.  

How pretty was this single succulent clipped into an updo? Have your bridesmaids wear the style if it doesn't fit your look. 

This boho-chic bride wore a DIY flower crown featuring a green succulent tucked behind that statement-making red ranunculus. Sure, the succulent may not be the main attraction here, but its supporting role helps make this flower crown unique and exciting.

Succulents are typically green, by why cut your color options short? These boutonnieres were refreshingly pink and totally eye-catching. 

Bridesmaids at this woodsy wedding carried succulent clutches instead of traditional floral bouquets.

For this centerpiece, succulents, lotus pods, air plants, and moss created a foundation of green, purple, and gray shades. Lighter hellebore, fritillaries, and lady-slipper orchids punctuated it.

"I wanted something not too sweet," said the bride of her wedding cake. So the couple went with a lemon-thyme cake made in-house at The Four Seasons and covered with gold fondant and desert flowers. 

The guys' boutonnieres, from Bare Root Flora, at this winter wedding consisted of brunia, seeded eucalyptus, thistle, dusty miller, spray roses, privet berries, and dry pods.
 

The outdoor aisle at this desert wedding was lined with succulents, coral peonies, and ranunculus from Mindy Rice Floral and Event Design that matched the event's peach-and-green color palette.

This decorative wreath combined succulents, branches, air plants, vines, and fresh blooms.

This large arrangement of succulents, Queen Anne's lace, and dusty miller anchored the bar at a California wedding.

The corners of this couple's ceremony arch were adorned with clusters of succulents, peonies, protea, rice flowers, and blush grevillea from Mindy Rice Floral & Event Design.

This cake from Sweet and Saucy Shop featured sugar succulents on a snowy fondant canvas.

Succulents, craspedia, and vintage metal numbers from Etsy vendor Junk Genius sat atop wood blocks to create a rustic centerpiece at a wedding in the southern California desert.

"We both love greenery," said a groom, who made these wreaths of succulents, umbrella ferns, asparagus ferns, passion vine, and tillandsia to grace the doors of the church in Upstate New York, where he was getting married. "It suited us more than the usual flowers." 

To enliven a wedding space in Palm Springs, glass jars stenciled with the couple's initials and filled with succulents were placed on tables. Metal jars potted with greenery and flowering plants also added a special touch.

These long tables were decorated with bright arrangements of coral amaryllis, succulents, orange parrot tulips, roses, white freesia, tangerine ranunculus, and blush grevillea, all kept on the shorter side so guests could see each other across the table. 

Window-box-like centerpieces from Mindy Rice at a ranch wedding in California brimmed with prickly pear cactus, echeveria, Aeoniums, garden roses, and Spanish moss.

These take-home escort cards were made from empty dog-food cans that held various succulents. Small tags with table numbers and guests' names were attached with miniature clothespins.

Succulents, an abundance of eucalyptus, and glowing mercury glass votives decorated long wooden reception tables at a San Francisco wedding.

These mini terrariums were assembled weeks in advance of the ceremony by nesting succulents and air plants in white sand within bud vases.

A chocolate cake from BabyCakes topped with and surrounded by mini succulents was one of two cakes served at this desert wedding.

Matthew Robbins designed the tables using an embroidered fabric sourced from a shop in Guatemala City and topped the tables with mercury­ glass votives and glazed ceramic vases that were filled to the brim with lisianthus, native succulents, fuchsia orchids, and hydrangeas.

These small and simple centerpieces from Cabo Flowers were arranged to look natural and to resemble something you might find in your own home. 

Silver-painted antlers and boxes filled with blooms and succulents from Bare Root Flora topped the tables at this boho-themed welcome party in Aspen. 

This three-tiered cake, made in-house at The Club at Kukui'ula, was decorated with bold florals, succulents, and custom kokeshi dolls of the couple and their pup, in honor of the bride's Japanese heritage.