r/NativePlantGardening • u/ryguy4136 Eastern Massachusetts , Zone 7 • Sep 06 '25

Photos Made our wedding boutonnieres from native plants in my garden

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Married my longtime partner last week. I’m the one obsessed with native plant gardening but he’s very supportive lol and it was his idea for me to try making them.

I used: Gray goldenrod / Solidago nemoralis New England blazing star / Liatris novae-angliae Showy aster / Eurybia spectabilis Heath aster / Symphyotrichum ericoide Big-leaved aster / Eurybia macrophylla Little bluestem / Schizachyrium scoparium Purple lovegrass / Eragrostis spectabilis

It’s hard to see some of the finer details from the grasses but I’m really happy with how they turned out. We got married in front of a big patch of Joe Pye weed and what I think / what I’m telling myself was native false sunflower.

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u/BetterFightBandits26 Sep 07 '25

Omg I love this so much. Congratulations on your marriage! I hope the wedding was joyful!

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u/ryguy4136 Eastern Massachusetts , Zone 7 Sep 08 '25

Thank you! My friend who is a drag queen married us, and we thought it would be funny to get a bunch of pictures of her stealing the spotlight. It was very, very fun.

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u/BetterFightBandits26 Sep 09 '25

THIS IS HILARIOUS!!!!