# Ikebana Maldives > Ikebana Maldives (legal name Ikebana Wedding and Events, Ikebana Pvt Ltd) is a wedding planning, event production and floral design company in Malé, Republic of Maldives, working on resort islands, local islands and yachts across the country. Founded in 2014; 800+ destination events produced; 150+ resort partners across 35 resort brands; 200+ international planners and agencies affiliated. There are no fixed packages: every event is designed and quoted on its own, with a proposal and full cost breakdown within five days of an enquiry, held for five days, and a 50 % deposit to confirm production. Reply within 24 hours. Telephone +960 300 6002; email hello@ikebanamaldives.com. Guest counts run from 2 to 500+. Bookings are taken from one month to two to five years ahead; December is peak season. Foreign couples cannot register a legal marriage in the Maldives, so resort weddings are symbolic ceremonies or vow renewals; Maldivian couples marry through the Family Court and the walimah and reception are designed around it. Photographers, videographers, musicians and other vendors are commissioned at cost from 20+ kept local suppliers. British English throughout. ## Services - [Weddings](https://home.ikebanamaldives.com/weddings): Destination, Maldivian & elopement. You are getting married in the Maldives and want one planner to design, plan and run the whole day. - [Styling & florals](https://home.ikebanamaldives.com/styling): Ikebana-inspired design & florals. You have a venue and a date, and you want the ceremony, the table and the room designed with restraint. - [Celebrations](https://home.ikebanamaldives.com/celebrations): Birthdays, anniversaries & beach parties. You are marking something, a birthday, an anniversary, a reunion, and want it hosted properly without hosting it yourself. - [Corporate events](https://home.ikebanamaldives.com/events): Retreats, conferences, galas & incentives. You are running a retreat, an incentive trip, a conference or a launch, and need a Maldivian team that has produced it on a resort island before. Kinds of wedding (each has its own page): - [Destination wedding](https://home.ikebanamaldives.com/weddings/destination-wedding): The full wedding on a resort island: venue, ceremony, florals, dinner and the day after, planned from your first call to the last guest's seaplane. - [Maldivian wedding](https://home.ikebanamaldives.com/weddings/maldivian-wedding): The walimah and the reception in Malé, Hulhumalé or the islands, designed with local flowers and produced end to end by a Malé team. - [Elopement](https://home.ikebanamaldives.com/weddings/elopement): Just the two of you, a celebrant, a sandbank and a bouquet, arranged with the resort from one month ahead. - [Vow renewal](https://home.ikebanamaldives.com/weddings/vow-renewal): A blessing on the beach, a bodu beru welcome and dinner on the sand: the ceremony you never had, or the one worth repeating. - [Proposal](https://home.ikebanamaldives.com/weddings/proposal): Planned quietly with the resort: the spot, the flowers, the photographer down the beach, so the only surprise is the answer. - [Pre-wedding & engagement](https://home.ikebanamaldives.com/weddings/pre-wedding): Engagement dinners, mehndi evenings and the welcome party the night before, on the beach or the sandbank, styled to match the wedding to come. - [Honeymoon surprises](https://home.ikebanamaldives.com/weddings/honeymoon): Villa décor, a floating breakfast, a sandbank dinner and a photographer for the hour of golden light, arranged before you land. ## The collection - [Portfolio](https://home.ikebanamaldives.com/portfolio): 15 published projects, filterable by resort, atoll, occasion and nakaiy season. - [Jaanu ki Ankitham at Hard Rock Hotel Maldives](https://home.ikebanamaldives.com/portfolio/jaanu-ki-ankitham-hard-rock-hotel-maldives): Hard Rock Hotel Maldives, Kaafu Atoll, May 2023. An Indian wedding is several events, and this one was the dance night. - [Suse President's Club retreat at LUX* South Ari Atoll](https://home.ikebanamaldives.com/portfolio/suse-presidents-club-retreat-lux-south-ari-atoll): LUX* South Ari Atoll, Alifu Dhaalu Atoll, February 2023. A President's Club trip is how a company thanks its best people, and Suse chose LUX* South Ari Atoll in Alifu Dhaalu for theirs. - [A Marrigic wedding at SAii Lagoon](https://home.ikebanamaldives.com/portfolio/marrigic-wedding-saii-lagoon): SAii Lagoon Maldives, Curio Collection by Hilton, Kaafu Atoll, February 2023. A second wedding with Marrigic, this time at SAii Lagoon Maldives in Kaafu Atoll, part of the CROSSROADS islands 45 minutes by speedboat from the airport. - [Ritz Carlton Festive](https://home.ikebanamaldives.com/portfolio/ritz-carlton-festive-281): The Ritz-Carlton Maldives, Fari Islands, Kaafu Atoll, December 2022. The Festive Island Aesthetic Tropical Floral Artistry: Instead of traditional winter greenery, the festive look leans into vibrant, lush blooms. - [Validus Diamond Club retreat at Heritance Aarah](https://home.ikebanamaldives.com/portfolio/validus-diamond-club-retreat-heritance-aarah): Heritance Aarah, Raa Atoll, November 2022. Validus, a multinational company, brought more than 80 of its Diamond Club members to Heritance Aarah in Raa Atoll for a five-day retreat. - [J & S at Patina Maldives](https://home.ikebanamaldives.com/portfolio/j-and-s-patina-maldives): Patina Maldives, Fari Islands, Kaafu Atoll, September 2022. J and S married at Patina Maldives on the Fari Islands in Kaafu Atoll, a resort of Marcio Kogan villas and James Turrell light, 45 minutes by speedboat from the airport. - [Kate & Tom at Emerald Maldives](https://home.ikebanamaldives.com/portfolio/kate-and-tom-emerald-maldives): Emerald Maldives Resort & Spa Fasmendho, Raa Atoll, September 2022. Kate and Tom married on 6 September 2022 at Emerald Maldives Resort & Spa in Raa Atoll, a private island with a kilometre and a half of beach, 45 minutes by seaplane from Malé. - [Katie & Jonny at LUX* South Ari Atoll](https://home.ikebanamaldives.com/portfolio/katie-and-jonny-lux-south-ari-atoll): LUX* South Ari Atoll, Alifu Dhaalu Atoll, January 2022. Katie and Jonny, a British couple, married at LUX* South Ari Atoll in Alifu Dhaalu, an island with four kilometres of beach and whale sharks in the water all year. - [Stella & Jasni at Four Seasons Kuda Huraa](https://home.ikebanamaldives.com/portfolio/stella-and-jasni-four-seasons-kuda-huraa): Four Seasons Resort Maldives at Kuda Huraa, Kaafu Atoll, December 2021. Stella and Jasni married at Four Seasons Resort Maldives at Kuda Huraa, a garden island in Kaafu Atoll 25 minutes by speedboat from Malé. - [Andrea & Matt at Seaside Finolhu](https://home.ikebanamaldives.com/portfolio/andrea-and-matt-seaside-finolhu): Seaside Finolhu Baa Atoll Maldives, Baa Atoll, August 2019. Andrea and Matt married at Seaside Finolhu in Baa Atoll, the UNESCO biosphere reserve, on an island with a 1.3-kilometre sandbank and Hanifaru Bay's manta rays a short boat ride away. - [Marie & Marcel at COMO Cocoa Island](https://home.ikebanamaldives.com/portfolio/marie-and-marcel-como-cocoa-island): COMO Cocoa Island, Kaafu Atoll, January 2018. Marie and Marcel celebrated at COMO Cocoa Island in Kaafu Atoll, 40 minutes by speedboat from the airport, over five days rather than one. - [Splendid Maldives retreat at Seaside Finolhu](https://home.ikebanamaldives.com/portfolio/splendid-maldives-retreat-seaside-finolhu): Seaside Finolhu Baa Atoll Maldives, Baa Atoll. In 2018 Splendid Maldives brought a group to Seaside Finolhu in Baa Atoll for a retreat that ran over several days, each with its own theme. - [Megan & Jordan's proposal at Amilla Maldives](https://home.ikebanamaldives.com/portfolio/megan-and-jordan-proposal-amilla-maldives): Amilla Maldives Resort & Residences, Baa Atoll. Megan and Jordan's proposal took place at Amilla Maldives in Baa Atoll, a lush island of coconut palms and 400-year-old banyans inside the UNESCO biosphere reserve. - [A Marrigic wedding at Constance Moofushi](https://home.ikebanamaldives.com/portfolio/marrigic-wedding-constance-moofushi): Constance Moofushi Maldives, Alifu Dhaalu Atoll. This wedding came to Constance Moofushi in Alifu Dhaalu through Marrigic, a wedding company we work alongside. - [Shannon & Kasey's proposal at LUX* South Ari Atoll](https://home.ikebanamaldives.com/portfolio/shannon-and-kasey-proposal-lux-south-ari-atoll): LUX* South Ari Atoll, Alifu Dhaalu Atoll. Shannon and Kasey were on a family holiday at LUX* South Ari Atoll in Alifu Dhaalu, with their children, when Kasey planned the question. ## Places - [Resorts](https://home.ikebanamaldives.com/resorts): 216 resort islands, one page each with transfer, villa count, our published work there and the resort's policy on outside planners. Published projects at 12 of them so far. - [Atolls](https://home.ikebanamaldives.com/atolls): 20 atolls, each listing its resorts, guest-house islands and our work in the atoll. - [Islands](https://home.ikebanamaldives.com/islands): 77 inhabited islands with guest houses, for weddings and celebrations off the resort circuit. - [Seasons](https://home.ikebanamaldives.com/seasons): the 27 nakaiy of the Maldivian calendar across the Iruvai (dry) and Hulhangu (wet) monsoons, with what each does to the weather and the light. ## Journal - [When it rains on the island.](https://home.ikebanamaldives.com/journal/rain-plan-maldives-wedding): The two Maldivian monsoons, when showers are likely, and the weather plan we build into every wedding so rain changes the venue, not the day. - [Golden hour on the equator.](https://home.ikebanamaldives.com/journal/golden-hour-maldives): Why golden hour in the Maldives is shorter than you think, when it falls, and how to plan a ceremony, proposal or portrait session around it. - [Why hire a local planner.](https://home.ikebanamaldives.com/journal/why-a-local-planner): Island logistics, resort access, customs, culture and the law. What a Malé-based planner brings to a Maldives wedding that an overseas planner cannot. - [Choosing a wedding colour palette.](https://home.ikebanamaldives.com/journal/wedding-colour-palettes): Four palettes that work on a Maldivian beach, white, terracotta, sand and red, and the florals, lighting and materials that carry each one. ## Company - [About](https://home.ikebanamaldives.com/about): the Malé team, 800+ events since 2014, 150+ resort partners and the planners and agencies we work with. - [How we charge](https://home.ikebanamaldives.com/investment): no fixed packages; our fee on its own line, vendors at cost, taxes shown, one proposal within five days, 50 % deposit confirms production. - [Enquire](https://home.ikebanamaldives.com/enquire): send the date, the island and what you are marking; a planner replies within 24 hours. Frequently asked questions are on the same page. - [Reviews](https://home.ikebanamaldives.com/reviews): client reviews. - [Films](https://home.ikebanamaldives.com/films): short films from our events (7 published). - [Licensing](https://home.ikebanamaldives.com/licensing): how the photographs and films on this site may be used and credited. ## Contact - Telephone and WhatsApp: +960 300 6002 - Email: hello@ikebanamaldives.com - Office: Ikebana Pvt Ltd, H. Elliot Villa, K. Malé, Republic of Maldives - Hours: 09:00–21:00 Maldives time (UTC+5) - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ikebanamaldives - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ikebanamaldives - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ikebanamaldives - Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/IkebanaMaldives/ - TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ikebanamaldives ## Optional - [llms-full.txt](https://home.ikebanamaldives.com/llms-full.txt): the full text of the site in one file — services, terms, team, every project, every journal post and every place. - [Sitemap](https://home.ikebanamaldives.com/sitemap.xml)