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I'm not sure if this will be helpful, but I had similar centerpieces at my wedding and I chose low circular containers at my florist and told them to grow the grass in them - they didn't have any problem and it looked great. I also had small discreet bud vases (more like the tips that they put on long stem roses to keep them fresh) with spring flowers like crocus interspersed in the grass - they were pushed down into the dirt so that you couldn't see the vase part. Several guests took the grass home and planted it in their yards as a momento. The florist was Edwards Florist in Winnetka.

Definitely wheat grass--see if you can order large "flats" of it. Then you will basically cut it (the tangled root mass part of it) apart at the roots to fit your containers.

What ValHalla said.

Valhalla's right for sure. Wheat grass typically has a 1 week lifespan in planters.

www.plantparenting.com

I use this service for my Showroom, and he makes beautiful arrangements if budget isnt as much of a concern.

Good Luck

awesome selection of pots, shallow long, cube, metal, wood, etc. at jamali garden supply:

http://www.jamaligarden.com/

here's some cool self watering pots you can grow anything in...

http://grobalworld.com

I grow oat grass for my cat to nibble on. I got some small little pots from Ikea. It takes approx. 5 days to get to a significant height and stays nice looking for about two weeks.

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So weird I just read your question then I saw this!

You might want to make sure that you won't have anyone at the wedding that is allergic to wheat (or someone who is autistic-including someone with Asperger's Syndrome-or who is a Celiac). We have an incredibly high sensitivity to wheat and I don't think you all want someone sick at the wedding. I would recommend something other than wheat, barley, oats or rye (all contain gluten). And no, you don't necessarily have to eat a bite of the grass to get sick. If I were to touch the grass or a piece break off and land on my plate and even the tiniest protein were ingested-I'd be sick for a week.

Go to Petsmart.

Buy live "cat grass" (they sell it in small squarish containers, already sprouted).

Either remove from plastic Petsmart container and place in your own container, or place grass and plastic container both in a larger container.

You're done.

You can buy the wheat grass in flats at true nature in Edgewater, or they also sell individual, squared containers of cat grass.You can also try Alice's Garden on Halsted.
Good luck!

Thanks so much to everyone for their suggestions! I never knew it was so easy to do ourselves! Tobermory--we love the flower idea. Jeffnyc--that online store is so tasteful and affordable. And Jamielynnhollis, we never thought to consider those with wheat allergies--so that's a good point.

Thanks again!

My sister used this for the kids table and use a large section of wheat grass. She then stuck oversized round and tube lollipops inside. So cute!

JessG--that's so funny because we were already thinking of doing that for my best friend's wedding! She's having a 50's theme so she bought a variety of retro candy, including large lollipops, which she thought to stick in the grass planters. Cute indeed.