Media flocked to photograph the beautiful florals at a White House state dinner with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
When the White House hosted the Canadian Prime Minister and his wife last week for the first State Dinner honoring U.S.-Canada relations in 20 years, flowers made a big and lasting impression.
Orchids, hydrangeas and amaranth in shades of green and white decorated the main floor of the White House, as well as the East Room last week when about 200 guests traveled to a State Dinner in honor of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Green is a favorite color of Trudeau’s wife, Sophie Gregoire, who accompanied him on the trip, according to the Toronto Sun.
The floral designs were meant to give dinner guests “a feeling of walking through a garden in springtime when all the flowers are starting to bloom,” Hedieh Ghaffarian, the White House’s chief floral designer, said at a media preview of the dinner. Read more.
