Chuppah Hire Sydney: Chuppah Flowers & Where to Hire the Frame

What Is a Chuppah? Its Meaning in a Jewish Wedding

A chuppah (also spelled huppah, chupah or chuppa, and said "KHOO-pah" or "HOO-pah") is the canopy the couple stand under for the Jewish wedding ceremony. The marriage takes place beneath it, so it's the heart of the day rather than a decoration.

• A home. The canopy stands for the home the couple will build together.
• Open on every side. Many couples learn it recalls Abraham and Sarah's tent, open on all sides to welcome guests, so the walls stay open.
• The roof. Often a tallit (prayer shawl), sometimes one from a parent or grandparent, or a plain or embroidered cloth.
• Under the sky. In many communities the chuppah stands outdoors or under an open sky, which is one reason Sydney couples love a garden or harbour lawn.
• Four poles. The frame can be freestanding, or held up by four family members or close friends, which is an honour in itself.

Under the chuppah you'll usually find the couple, the rabbi or celebrant, and often parents. The ceremony there can include the blessings, the exchange of rings, the reading of the ketubah and, at the very end, the breaking of a glass, followed by everyone calling out "Mazel tov!" Traditions differ between families and communities, so your rabbi or celebrant is the best guide for your own ceremony.

Chuppah Flowers: How We Dress Them

Most chuppahs we work on are four timber posts with a fabric roof. We fix the flowers on in clusters, on a top corner or down a post, so the canopy stays open and your guests can still see you both. The three looks couples ask for most:

• One corner cluster. A single generous cluster on a top corner, trailing down the post. Light and modern, and the frame still shows.
• Two clusters. Opposite corners, one high and one lower, so the canopy feels framed from every angle.
• Fuller. Clusters on more posts, flowers at the base, and arrangements at the start of the aisle to match.

Two clusters in deep purple, plum and cream, with a tallit tied on as the roof, for Lara and Chris at the Royal Botanic Garden, March 2022 (photos: Folk & Follow).

A fuller look: blue hydrangea, delphinium, thistle, yellow tulips and orchids on two posts for Sophie and Alex at Bendooley Estate, March 2025 (photos: our team).

Two single corner clusters: coral and peach roses and dahlias in Centennial Park, March 2024 (photo: Samantha Heather), and blush, pink and blue for Sami and George at Athol Hall, March 2025 (photo: Alex Carlyle Photography).

Colour follows the rest of your day: moody purple with cream, bright blue with yellow, soft coral and peach, or blush and blue. At Athol Hall, Sami and George's cluster came off the chuppah after the ceremony and went onto the gazebo for drinks.

Chuppah Styles and Ideas

The frame sets the tone before a single flower goes on. The styles we see most in Sydney:

• Four-post timber. The most common. Square, sturdy and freestanding, in natural or dark timber, with a tallit or white fabric roof. Takes clusters well.
• White or painted frame. Cleaner and more formal, and lovely with all-white or green flowers.
• Birch or branch poles. Rustic and light, suited to gardens and country venues like Bendooley.
• Hand-held poles. Four people hold the poles with the tallit stretched across. Very traditional, and flowers go at the base or on the aisle instead.
• Draped fabric. Chiffon or linen swagged from the roof and posts, for a softer, romantic look.
• Floral roof. Flowers and greenery across the top as well as down the posts. The most dramatic, and it needs a frame strong enough to carry the weight.

Chuppah Hire in Sydney: Who We'd Call

We don't hire out chuppah frames, so these are the Sydney companies we've worked with, had quotes from, or that list a chuppah for hire. When you book, ask whether delivery, set-up and pack-down are included, and let them know your florist will be adding flowers so the frame goes up first.

Event Hire Services

We've worked with them at two Jewish weddings

Their range includes the Saloon canopy, made from recycled Australian fencing timber and listed on their site as a chuppah. They quote the hire together with delivery, labour and collection, and they also hire the benches, aisle runners and chairs that go with a ceremony.

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Ahava Designs

We've worked with them at two weddings, including both single-cluster chuppahs above

A Sydney business that specialises in chuppah design and hire. Their range runs from a classic design with slim poles and white chiffon to rustic and floral styles, and they can add a personal roof or use one you bring.

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Simply Seated

Botany

One of Sydney's biggest event hire companies. Their range includes a 4 Post Arbour and timber arbours in brown and white, and they've quoted chuppahs for our couples before. Handy if you're also hiring furniture, linen or tableware.

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Timbermill

Sydney

Furniture and ceremony pieces made in their own Sydney workshop from recycled hardwood, including the Marry Me archway. They've quoted a timber chuppah for one of our couples; it isn't listed on their site right now, so ask.

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Lovesick Weddings

Hornsby

Wooden and white arbours sold as a chuppah or mandap, both about two metres wide and deep. Flowers and chiffon aren't included, which suits couples who want their florist to style it.

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Tumbleweed Events

Kirrawee

The Modmaple chuppah is a four-post frame made by hand from rock maple timber, with white steel sleeves at the base. Flowers aren't included.

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Bennelong Event Hire

Auburn

A larger event hire company with a chuppah canopy of about 2.6 metres each way, alongside marquees, linen and tableware.

Visit Bennelong Event Hire

Nobody paid to be listed here. Details are from each company's own website in October 2026, so check the current range when you enquire.

Chuppah Size, Setup and Weather: What We've Learned

• Size. Most hire chuppahs are about 2 to 2.6 metres wide and deep, with room for the couple, the rabbi and parents. Check the height clears the tallit and the flowers, and that the frame fits the space you've chosen.
• Order of setup. The hire company puts the frame up first, then we fix the roof and the flowers. On a park lawn that means planning access: at the Royal Botanic Garden, suppliers need a ranger escort onto the lawn.
• Your own tallit. Bring it to us or the venue before the day. We tie it on securely so it sits flat and doesn't lift in the wind.
• Wind. Harbour and clifftop lawns get gusty. Ask your hire company about weights or sandbags for the posts, and keep clusters compact on exposed sites.
• Rain plan. Book a covered or indoor backup with your venue and check the chuppah fits inside. For one Botanic Garden wedding the backup was the reception venue's ballroom, timed so we could move everything in.
• After the ceremony. The frame usually gets packed down while guests move on, and the flowers can come with them to the reception.

Flowers for the Rest of a Jewish Wedding

The chuppah is the centrepiece, but couples usually want the whole ceremony and reception to feel like one design. Pieces we're often asked for:

• The aisle: arrangements at the start of the aisle, flowers on bench ends, or a runner leading up to the chuppah.
• The ketubah signing: a small arrangement for the signing table.
• Personal flowers: bouquets and buttonholes ready before the bedeken, if you're having one.
• The reception: long tables, tall arrangements or hanging installations, kept clear of the dance floor so the hora has room.

A jute runner and timber benches leading to the chuppah, Royal Botanic Garden, March 2022 (photo: Folk & Follow), and Sophie and Alex’s long table in The Stables at Bendooley, March 2025 (photo: Nadine Saacks Photography).

Chuppah clusters don't have to finish with the ceremony. We can lift them off the frame and set them on the bridal table, the bar or the entrance. Our guide to reusing ceremony flowers at the reception shows how.

Venues where we've designed chuppah flowers

• Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, on the Australian Rockery Lawn
• Centennial Park
• Athol Hall, Mosman
• Bendooley Estate, Southern Highlands
• Dunbar House, Watsons Bay