How to Pick the Best Fruit Arrangement for a Wedding

When you’re planning a wedding you want all the details to be right. Even things as small as place setting can make a difference in the overall success or failure of the wedding reception. Using a fruit arrangement for a centerpiece, or as part of a dessert or beverage service, can add a lot of elegance and class to the wedding decor. Using a fruit assortment also is a great way to save money and make sure that everyone at the reception will be able to enjoy delicious fresh fruit as well as cake and other treats. But how can you find the perfect citrus fruit arrangement for your wedding? Here are some tips from expert wedding planners that will help you find the perfect fruit arrangement for your wedding.

Choose fruit that is in season – Fruit that is naturally in season at the time of the reception will have brighter colors and a sweeter taste than fruit that is flown in from somewhere else and isn’t in season. You can use a fruit arrangement of seasonal or local fruits to highlight the area that you’re from, or choose seasonal fruit from the place where you grew up as a nod to your past. If you’re planning a winter holiday wedding Honeybells, which are shaped like both wedding bells and Christmas bells, are in season during Christmas time and are perfect in a fruit arrangement that will be used as a centerpiece at a wedding reception.

Choose fruit that enhances the theme of the wedding – If your wedding is a beach wedding or if the wedding is in the summer using tropical fruit is a great way to enhance the decor of the reception. Tropical fruit baskets, along with mixed citrus fruit baskets, provide a lot of vibrant color. You can place the fruit in a customized basket or make your own fruit arrangement in a container that is meaningful to you and your fianc?.

Choose fruit that is easily portable – At the wedding reception people will be getting up and talking, dancing, and moving around. Kids will be running around, and the chances for disaster are high if the fruit you choose for a fruit arrangement aren’t easily transportable and fairly mess free. Oranges and other citrus fruits that are protected by a thick peel, but are also easy for children to peel and eat by themselves, are the perfect choice for wedding receptions.

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