Hannah's Wedding Flowers, red roses-modern country style

For her wedding flowers, Hannah chose the stunningly beautiful Grand Prix rose and was anxious to give it a slight country look that would compliment her reception venue in the heart of the New Forest. And so here they are - Hannah's wedding flowers - red roses slightly country style

Buttonhole of Grand Prix rose and ivy leaves for the men.

Hannah's gorgeous wedding bouquet of Grand Prix roses, spray roses, ivy leaves with sprigs of myrtle

Bouquet of red Grand Prix roses, spray roses, ivy and myrtle

Corsages of double ivory rose with ivy leaves and myrtle for the mums.

The banqueting tables at the Bramble Hill Hotel, New Forest set out with mixed vases of red roses and foliage all ready for Hannah's wedding reception. The tables do not leave alot of room for flowers so the use of lots of small designs with a sprinkling of petals works really well

Table centre of Grand Prix roses, slight country style

Top table flowers - little vases of rose, berry and foliage, a sprinkling of fresh rose petals and a vase waiting for Hannah's bouquet.

Thank you bouquets for the mums, to carry on the country look I used these gorgeous oak leaves mixed with lilies, red roses, berries and deep red alstroemeria. 

That just leaves me to say, thank you so much Hannah for choosing me to design and create your wedding flowers for you, I hope you had a fabulous day and very many congratulations on your marriage.

Esther's English Garden Wedding Flowers, Chewton Glen

Esther and John came from New York to celebrate their wedding at the lovely Chewton Glen hotel. It's June and the perfect time for peonies, Esther's favourite flowers. Plans were made for a lovely english country garden theme, an outside ceremony and lots of gorgeous sweet smelling english flowers in natural mixed designs. We got 2 out 3, the weather wasn't kind !! Esther and I settled the scheme via email given the distance given the distance between New York and Southampton but I am also contactable by Skype, just ask me for the details. 

Esther's bouquet of roses, peonies, sweet peas and lavender in reds, pinks, creams and purples. I used English Garden roses to give the real english summer garden look and the most amazing perfume, the mix of these roses with peonies, lavender and sweet peas was divine. The bouquet was a stunning mix of all Esther's favourite flowers in her favoured colours. Sadly, I wasn't able to help with the weather but if you closed your eyes .... 

Esther's bouquet of english country garden flowers, this stunning shot is by Guy Collier.

To see more of Guy's work check out his web site , this link takes you to the blog entry for Esther's wedding. His photography is amazing so be warned - it's compulsive viewing. 

The bride and groom, just one of Guy's beautiful portraits.

Groom's buttonhole of spray roses, lavender and ivy leaves. 

Garden style petal basket for the little flower girl.

Circlet of spray roses, lisianthus, ivy leaves and myrtle for the flower girl's hair. 

Wedding flowers at the Chewton Glen Hotel. I created little groups of mixed vases of flowers for each table to keep the natural look. Each table and each design was a little different  but all kept to the theme so the look was natural but still co-ordinated. 

Table centres at the Chewton Glen, image by

www.guycollierphotography.com

  

Table centres of roses, peonies, sweet peas and lavender. Image by www.guycollierphotography.com

For the avoidance of any doubt, the following images are my own !

Table centre at the Chewton Glen Hotel - Mixed vases of peonies, roses and sweet peas in reds, purples and pinks.  

Grouped design of roses and peonies in pinks, reds and creams. 

The scent from the garden roses and the other flowers filled the room, I was sorry to leave !

That just leaves me to say thank you so much Esther for choosing me to design and create the flowers for your special day. I really loved putting the look together for you and I hope the flowers helped bring a touch of english summer to your day for you. 

Faith's Wedding Flowers, Romantic Purples and Ivory, Elmers Court

The beautiful Elmers Court Hotel in Lymington all set up ready for Faith and Alex's wedding. The date - August bank holiday saturday and just look at the weather !! This was our first outside wedding ceremony and we were so happy to see Faith and Alex have the most perfect summers day. Even more so as some of Alex's family had travelled all the way from Barbados to attend and the days leading up to the big day were distinctly worrying on the weather front. Remember the black skies and all that rain- we do !

The ceremony table flowers- a trailing design of roses, purple stocks and pink gypsophila.

Alex's buttonhole of rose, pink gyp and ruscus leaves.

Faith's very romantic shower bouquet of ivory roses, delicate purple feather butterflies and purple diamante.

A modern long and narrow shape with trails of mixed grasses.

The bridesmaids' posies of roses, butterflies and pink gypsophila with ruscus and asparagus fern. Very soft , very natural and very romantic.

This gorgeous image has kindly been donated to us by Faith's photographer Jan of Essential Images in Lymington. An absolutely lovely lady and very talented with it. She works with the natural light and the results are fantastic.

The bridesmaids - image courtesy of Essential Images.

The beautiful Faith. Image - Jan of Essential Images.

Ceremony flowers - Image courtesy of Essential Images.

Image - Jan of Essential Images

The vases all set up for the wedding reception ready to take the bridesmaids' posies which doubled as low table centres. Placed on a mirror plate with tea lights and fresh rose petals.

The table centres named after the beaches of Barbados.
Image - Jan of Essential Images

The finished result - Image Kate Truepenny.

A detail shot by Kate Truepenny.

The tall tablecentres, a coordinating design of large ivory roses, purple stocks, pink gyp and trails of asparagus fern and ivy.

Image Kate Truepenny.

Image - Essential Images.

A detail shot by Kate Truepenny.

The ceremony table flowers doubled as the flowers for the top table. Little purple butterflies and tea lights surrunded by fresh rose petals completed the look.

Image Jan of Essential Images

The favours, little purple organza bags, this one for the brand new Mrs Hoyos.

Image Kate Truepenny.

Very many congraulations Faith and Alex on your marriage and thank you very much for choosing us to design and create the flowers for your day. We loved every minute.

Botleigh Grange Wedding Fayre

Many thanks to everyone who came to see me at the Fayre on Sunday, I hope you enjoyed the show. Here are some of the designs I created for the day.

My favourite, a blend of Akito roses, freesia and double lisianthus with little sprays of diamante to catch the light. Perfect for many of todays bridal gowns, it manages to be both timeless and modern and as an added bonus, it smells gorgeous too.

A coordinating buttonhole of lisianthus and ruscus leaves.


Flowergirls posy of double white lisianthus with leaf collar. Very lightweight so good for the little ones.

Little pots of flowers are a gorgeous alternative to a traditional tablecentre and the silver pots used here with the silver candelabra create an extremely elegant look whilst still being very of the moment. The flowers are little posies of double lisianthus, not done justice in the photo.

This design uses a chunky candle with white hydrangea, green lisianthus and myrtle. Lovely for an evening receptions or anywhere where the light is low and you want to create a cosy, intimate atmosphere.

Rich autumnal bouquet of roses, Apricot, Savita and Avalanche peach with viburnum berry and foliage surround.

Posy of Avalanche peach roses with looped grass, ivy berry, berried myrtle and ruscus.

Coordinating tall table centre with ivy trails. At the fayre we added tea lights and sprays of berries to the table at the base of the design.

A detail shot of the flowers by Kate Truepenny.

Sadly, the photo does not in any way do this bouquet justice but it is a nice idea and I thought you might like to see it. The rose is a fabulous one, very velvety and a stunning deep burgandy colour. It's called black bacarra and it has been combined with individual flowers from white nerine lily.

Georgia's Wedding Flowers,Hayfever free

For Georgia's wedding, we were asked to recommend flowers that could be carried by a bride that suffers from hayfever -very badly. Georgia loves flowers and loved the natural, almost country look and having chosen bridesmaids' dresses in purple was keen on an ivory and lilac colour scheme. To get the look and to keep Georgia looking and feeling her best for her wedding, we recommended hydrangea, which being sterile is safe for hayfever sufferers, orchids, which being completely pollen free are also safe and a few roses. Commercially grown roses should be absolutely fine but not to take any chances we kept their use in Georgia's bouquet to a minimum. Here are the results.

The groom's buttonhole, a gorgeous lightly scented lilac rose called Pacific Blue with singapore orchids.

Buttonholes of rose with ruscus leaves for the remaining men.

The mums wore corsages of singapore orchids with grasses and ruscus leaves.

The bridesmaids' bouquets of hydrangea with loops of variegated ivy and sprays of delicate iridescent beads, boxed and ready to go.

Georgia's wedding bouquet, detail shot. White hydrangeas hand tied with a few lilac roses, trails of jasmine and individual singapore orchids woven in.

Georgia's trailing bouquet.

Thank you Georgia for asking us to design and create your wedding flowers for you, we hope you enjoyed them as much as we enjoyed creating them for you.