Decorating Banquet Tables With Roses

Whether used to serve large spreads of food or to seat a big group of people, as a party host, you can dress up a banquet table through various rose displays and arrangements. Pick the color of roses to use based on the occasion, season and time of day. For instance, while pink or yellow roses satisfy an afternoon springtime tea party, an evening anniversary party calls for red roses. To save on money, simply cut roses from your own garden.

Containers

Place the roses in unusual holders like rustic tin containers and painted tin cans. Insert roses in kitchenware like mason jars, wine bottles, glass canisters and colorful pitchers. Depart from standard circular vases by putting the roses in a square-shaped vase. Fill the bottom of a glass vase with marbles and stones for an added bit of color.

Disassembled Roses

Scatter rose petals directly on the table, hugging the displays of food. Place bowls of potpourri, made primarily with rose petals, on both ends of the banquet table. For an added bit of presentation, put the potpourri in crystal bowls. String a garland of roses across the edge of the banquet table, or make your own shabby chic garland craft by inserting a host of roses throughout a line of rope.

Roses and Candles

Illuminate the banquet table using a mixture of roses and candles. For instance, place rose buds in a bowl floating alongside rose-shaped candles. Many florists offer rose arrangements outfitted with built-in candles. You can also decide to simply surround a bouquet of roses with candles in complementary colors.

Non-Floral Roses

In lieu of roses, use rose-shaped items to decorate the banquet table. Place long stem chocolate roses, dyed or wrapped in red foil to resemble the flowers, in a crystal vase. Scatter multiple platters across the table featuring a wide array of edible rose-shaped items, like cupcakes topped with colorful and oversized roses made of icing and various desserts made in rose-shaped baking pans such as mini-tarts, brownies and muffins. Paper or plastic roses found at most arts and crafts stores cater to guests with allergies.