A wedding florist in Asbury Park for oceanfront weddings with editorial, modern-luxe energy.
Asbury Park has an unmistakable pulse. A revived boardwalk, oceanfront hotels with vintage-cool bones, music spilling from the clubs, and a design scene that reads modern and a little rebellious. Weddings here feel current and confident, and the florals want to keep that same editorial edge.
Melissa-May Designs is a luxury floral and event design studio serving Asbury Park and the Jersey Shore. Under creative director Melissa-May Tarlton, the studio has designed weddings across the tri-state since 2010, bringing bespoke arrangements and full-service styling to couples who want something polished, personal, and unmistakably now.
As a wedding florist in Asbury Park, Melissa works by appointment and takes a limited number of events each weekend, so your day gets a fully considered, gallery-worthy treatment. Elevated over ordinary, connection over perfection, the florals are built to photograph beautifully and to feel like you.
Oceanfront, boardwalk-cool wedding settings
Asbury Park's venue landscape is refreshingly unconventional. Restored grand hotels and rooftop terraces overlooking the water, historic music halls and event spaces with real character, gallery-style rooms and boardwalk-adjacent settings that trade tradition for atmosphere. These are spaces with attitude, and they call for florals with a point of view.
Melissa answers that energy with clean lines and bold, considered choices. Sculptural installations, confident color or a striking monochrome, arrangements that hold their own against concrete, glass, and an open ocean backdrop. Season and setting guide the palette, and an Asbury Park wedding lands somewhere between editorial shoot and unforgettable party.
Bespoke floral and full-service design
The studio offers bespoke floral design and full-service wedding and event styling, from bridal bouquets and centerpieces to large-scale installations that command a room. The artistic details, including hand calligraphy, engraving, heat foiling, and painting, add a custom, magazine-ready layer to signage, menus, and keepsakes.
Melissa-May Designs is a floral and design studio, not a planning service, so the whole focus stays on the look and feel of your celebration. For couples who want full-service planning, Melissa is happy to recommend trusted planners and then partner closely with them on the florals and design.
Curated florals and celebration styling
Sophisticated Events & Weddings
Full-service design for weddings and elevated celebrations. End-to-end wedding florals, styling, and the thousand small details that make a day feel unmistakably yours.
Artistic decor and direction
Exquisite Florals & Design
Bespoke floral artistry and custom decor, from elegant bridal bouquets and centerpieces to large-scale floral installations, composed with an eye for movement, color, and quiet drama.
Custom calligraphy, engraving, foiling & painting
Elevated Design
Hand calligraphy, custom engraving, heat foiling, and artistic painting. The finishing touches, made by hand, that turn a celebration into an heirloom.
Hourly advice for couples & special events
Design Discussions
Prefer to lead the way yourself? Book Melissa's eye by the hour for direction, sourcing, and styling counsel for couples and special events.
Weddings in Asbury Park
Do you serve weddings in Asbury Park, NJ?
Yes. Asbury Park and the Jersey Shore are part of the studio's tri-state service area. Melissa is glad to travel to your chosen hotel, rooftop, music hall, or oceanfront setting.
Can you create a modern, editorial look?
Definitely. Modern-luxe, editorial design is right at home here, from sculptural installations to bold or monochrome palettes. Melissa loves building florals that feel current and photograph like a spread in a magazine.
How far in advance should we book an Asbury Park wedding florist?
Shore dates go fast, and the studio takes a limited number of events each weekend, so twelve to eighteen months ahead is ideal. Reach out early and begin with a private, by-appointment consultation.
Nearby wedding florist service areas
Moments made to last.
Now booking weddings and events in Asbury Park and throughout New Jersey. Tell us about your day and we will be in touch.