Ideas for Floral Wedding Canopies

"The mandap is the most well-known element of Hindu weddings," says Preeti Moberg, founder of The Big Fat Indian Wedding. "It's a four-pillared canopy structure where the wedding and all rituals take place." For this wedding, Vivah Decoration in Fremont, California, adorned a large silver mandap with a garland of ombre pink roses.

Prime Party Rentals in Hayward, California, arranged roses, anthuriums and lilies in rainbow shapes for this mandap, with love-lies-bleeding amaranthus to look like tassels.

This mandap mirrors the outdoors with its free-flowing style. Peonies, phalaenopsis orchids, red garden rose vines, hydrangeas, bay leaves and garden roses by Cherries Flowers in San Francisco, California, brought the structure to life.

For this wedding, San Jose, California-based florist Nicole Ha used hydrangeas, roses, tulips, snapdragons and stock to create a mandap that complemented the vibrant color of the bride's sari.