Pomegranates likely aren't on couples' Valentine's Day shopping list.

Unless they're getting married.

A hand-stitched chuppah, or Jewish wedding canopy, made by members of the Greater Boston chapter of the Pomegranate Guild of Judaic Needlework includes needlework by Sharon resident Laura Rosenspan.

The group rents out the chuppah for weddings for $290, which includes delivery and set-up, Rosenspan says.

The chuppah "stands for the bride and groom's first home," she says.

And pomegranates "symbolize fertility," she says.

"There's supposedly 613 seeds in a pomegranate. That's equal to the number of mitzvot (good deeds) that a Jew is supposed to do," Rosenspan says.

The Pomegranate Guild's chuppah dates back to the mid-1990s.

Members spent about a year designing it and 18 months stitching it, she says.

"What's interesting about it is we all had different parts to play," Rosenspan says.

"One person found a piece of upholstery, it's actually a black background with pomegranates on it, which was the jumping off point that gave the spark to the design."

This chuppah was first used by a member's son, she says.

"We would like to be used more often," Rosenspan says.