Patricia Vaks Integrates Tropical Foliage into a Parque Lage Wedding
Designing with Parque Lage
For Bernardo and Eduardo's wedding, the couple wanted the decoration to integrate with the historic palace and its green surroundings rather than compete with them.
Photography: Landerson Viana / Constance Zahn.
Foliage-Led Composition
Patricia Vaks used predominantly tropical foliage and discreet exotic flowers, with white flowers reserved for the ceremony. The result emphasized the existing garden and architecture.
Photography: Landerson Viana / Constance Zahn.
Warm Neutral Materials
Wood furniture and neutral rugs helped make the environment feel more intimate and connected to the site.
Photography: Landerson Viana / Constance Zahn.
Credits
Decoration: Patricia Vaks. Flowers: Orlando Ambrosio and Silvia Coimbra. Venue: Parque Lage. Furniture and structures: Basee Eventos, Lonarte Eventos and River Toldos.
Photography: Landerson Viana / Constance Zahn.
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Photography: Landerson Viana / Constance Zahn.
Photography: Landerson Viana / Constance Zahn.
Design Analysis: Responding to the Architecture of Parque Lage
At Rio de Janeiro's Parque Lage, Patricia Vaks approached the wedding of Bernardo Marques Bordallo Rangel and Eduardo Bruno Corrêa with a clear objective: allow the historic building and its extensive vegetation to remain visible. The requested palette was deliberately understated, based on green and white rather than saturated floral colors. Tropical foliage was to feel like an extension of the park, not decoration placed on top of it.
Photography: Landerson Viana / Constance Zahn.
The ceremony incorporated white flowers while other arrangements combined leaves with more discreet exotic botanical forms. This controlled approach was particularly appropriate to the venue's palatial architecture, where an overly intrusive display could compete with the building's proportions and the surrounding landscape.
Photography: Landerson Viana / Constance Zahn.
The design showed that luxury does not always require visual excess. By treating the existing greenery as part of the event's composition, the floral work created continuity between formal interiors, the courtyard and the outdoors. The use of restrained color helped preserve the atmosphere of the site and allowed individual arrangements to remain legible.
Photography: Landerson Viana / Constance Zahn.
Patricia Vaks is credited with the decoration and Orlando Ambrósio and Silvia Coimbra with floral work. The photographs are attributed to Landerson Viana. This is a strong example of site-responsive wedding design, in which botanical choices support architectural heritage and natural surroundings rather than attempting to erase or overpower them.
Photography: Landerson Viana / Constance Zahn.
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