On what has to be the hottest day of the year (certainly it felt like it in the Herb Garden at Chapeldown), we were really glad to be using gorgeous exotic flowers for the lovely Yingying and Sam's wedding. Alpinias and Anthuriums were centre stage in a vibrant wedding theme.
Despite the herb garden being such a traditional English Garden, the vibrancy of the colours and flowers used really added the exotic touch and yet we added clusters of lavender to the garland to bring in that small touch of the garden.
The fabulous Richard Phillips at Chapeldown restaurant was the setting for the reception, and we followed the contemporary style of the restaurant through to the tablecentres. The exotic blooms were again centre stage, but we added gorgeous rose petals and lavender to the outer rim of the vases and added a sprig of lavender to each napkin to tie the theme together. Cones of rose petals were provided for the guests to shower Yingying and Sam. We also provided a structural cake topper and additional flowers to dot between the tower of individual cakes that were being provided, but as they included cream on such a hot day, we didn't get to see the cake set up. Thanks to Yinying sending us a photo, you can see how fabulous the cake looked...makes your mouth water just looking at it!
With such exotic flowers, and in order to ensure Yingying's dress was going to be shown to the full, we designed an overarm bouquet for both her and her bridesmaid. Her bouquet included the Alpinias, Safari and Tropical Anthuriums along with Black Tie Leaves and grasses and we also provided a small throw bouquet of a single Alpinia, leaves and grasses so that she could follow tradition, yet keep her bouquet herself.
Sam wore a Safari anthurium buttonhole, whilst his groomsmen matched the bridesmaid with a Tropical anthurium buttonhole.
Whilst it was definitely going to be a scorching day for a wedding, we hope that for Yingying and Sam, it brought together all their ideas and their lovely sense of style.
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