A civil ceremony takes place in a room at the town hall (Comune) or at a venue the council has authorised, such as a villa or a castle. Town hall rooms often have strict rules: short gaps between one wedding and the next, no nails or sticky tape, sometimes no petals. So the flowers tend to be more restrained and quick to set up.
A clutch bouquet, two arrangements on the registrar's table and a few vases on the floor work well. Many flowers can then go on to the reception. The guide on flowers for a civil wedding at the town hall tells you what to ask; the one on getting married in Italy as a foreigner compares civil, religious and symbolic ceremonies; the guides to Rome and Venice describe two very popular wedding rooms.
What to ask the town hall: access times, what can be placed where, and who removes the flowers.
