Laura and Glenn's wedding at Combe Bank School

I know I've said it before, but we are very lucky to meet some lovely people in our work, and I have to say that Laura, Glenn and their families fall at the top of the nice list.  It has been such a pleasure working with them for their special day, and I hope all was as they dreamed of throughout the day.  Laura and Glenn chose a pale pink and green theme (after Glenn was persuaded that green really did work with it by looking at the ceiling in the Adam Room in Combe Bank School!).  Laura wanted it to be soft, English, pretty and romantic and was very open about the flowers we chose.

Laura is such a pretty and gentle bride that we decided her bouquet should be a soft mix of roses, bouvardia, trachellium, chincherinchee, lisianthus, eucalyptus and rosemary.  We also added freesias (Honeymoon) for additional scent and because they were her Mum's favourite...Mum noticed the scent at Combe Bank straight away so choosing a really scented variety was definitely worth it. 

For her bridesmaids, we provided hand-tied bouquets all in ivory to contrast against their dresses.  We used roses, trachellium, freesias, chincherinchee, rosemary and eucalyptus.

For the boys, Glenn wore a pale pink Sweet Avalanche rose buttonhole with rosemary and eucalyptus to tie in with Laura's bouquet, and the remainder of the bridal party wore ivory Avalanche roses.  Mum had a corsage contianing freesias (of course), chincherinchee and foliage with ribbon to match her outfit and spriggy pearls.

For the ceremony in the very pretty chapel, Laura and Glenn chose bows of alternating colours for the pew ends, and then we added a long, low, pretty and full arrangement on the altar. 

For the drinks reception in the Adam Room, we added a long and low arrangement to the beautiful mantelpiece.  This just shows how well the colours went with the venue..it was definitely a perfect choice for the Adam Room!  Well chosen Glenn!

We added battery operated Smart Candles along the window ledges in the ante chapel for additional glow and flicker later in the evening, interspersed with rose petals.  A very simple, pretty and safe option.



For the reception, Laura and Glenn had quite a large number of tables, so we decided that providing wide and tall arrangements for every table may be too much.  We therefore used tall lily vases with soft arrangements on every other table, and then low tapered vases containing full hand-tied arrangements for the others.  It gave a lovely open look to the room, rather than being too packed.  The top table was dressed with a long and low arrangement to allow the guests to easily see Laura and Glenn and to frame them during the wedding breakfast.  All arrangements were designed to be given away at the end of the day to selected guests.

For the evening in the ballroom, Laura had made a sweet topiary tree for each table....they were fabulous.  Each was different and each had sweets at the base as well as the top.  What a fabulous job! 

Laura and Glenn had their cake made by a family friend and decided on a simple stacked cake with alternating ribbon which we dressed with a topper and a couple of wired arrangements.  Very pretty and yet not overdone.

We had such a lovely time working on Laura and Glenn's wedding...they are such a wonderful couple and every conversation has been a pleasure.  Laura was extremely trusting about the flowers and really left it all to us to decide on flowers, varieties and what best to do.  We know they loved the flowers and we hope they had the best day ever!

Lucy and Reece's wedding at Cooling Castle Barn

Lucy and Reece married at the weekend at the fabulous Cooling Castle Barn, and have been planning their wedding for over eighteen months now.  Despite having booked her flowers so long ago, Lucy has always known what she wanted in terms of colour and style and when you see her choices, you'll know why.  With hot pink and orange, gerberas and exotic proteas and celosia, it was a wedding to remember. 

Lucy was looking stunning on her wedding morning, and will have been a radiant bride.  Her hair and make up was stunning and her choice of a simple, yet striking and contemporary hand-tied bouquet of hot pink and orange gerberas along with simple grass loops would set off her dress perfectly.

For the bridesmaids, we decided to mirror Lucy's bouquet, but use the smaller germini.  We then scaled down bouquets from the older to the more junior bridesmaids, and then finally went for a single gerbera and shaved feathers in a "wand style" for the Flower Girl.

For Reece, we opted for the burnt orange germini and loops of grasses, with the hot pink germini used for the rest of the groom's party. The Mums decided they would like wrist corsages to match their outfits, and again we incorporated germini to match the focal flower.  We then provided lapel corsages for the Nans and sisters.

For the ceremony in Cooling Castle, we removed the artifiical arrangement at the front of the ceremony room and replaced it with a striking hot pink and orange arrangement using gerberas, germinis, celosia and proteas along with palms, grasses and other striking foliage.  We matched this arrangement with a long, low striking arrangement for the celebrant table.

Within the main barn for the wedding breakfast, we dressed the guest tables with central mirrors onto which was placed a large martini vase filled with hot pink sisal.  Into the top of each martini glass, we placed a striking hot pink and orange arrangement designed to give plenty of width and to give that "wow" factor.  As we had a larger number of tables, using such striking arrangements filled the barn with bright, summery flowers.   We also dressed the beams with fairy lights which framed the whole barn perfectly.

We finished the top table with a long and low arrangement placed over the front of table draping.  We then added a few small clusters of flowers into the stunning (and large) tower of cupcakes Lucy and Reece had chosen for their wedding cake.

We think the barn and the colour scheme looked lovely and lots of people commented on how summery and attractive it all looked on the day.  It was a lovely day and we're sure that everyone will have had a wonderful day....hard not to at Cooling Castle Barn!  We just hope it lived up to Lucy and Reece's expectations and to their long planning period.