Rachel and Mark's wedding at Cooling Castle Barn

Our most recent trip to Cooling Castle Barn involved three seperate vehicles, thanks to the size of the tablecentres for Rachel and Mark's wedding.  We think the logistical issues were worth it though as everyone seemed to love the final set-up..."fabulous statement flowers" was a phrase we liked that we heard on the day.   See what you think.

Rachel and Mark decided on an aubergine / deep purple and ivory theme with hints of gold and flashes of lime green.  Rachel had chosen the most exquisite dress in a pale gold colour with a bolero jacket to match.  It was perfect for her and we can't wait to see a picture of her wearing the dress...although it's nice to see the dress hanging up, they look so much better when on.  Rachel was looking gorgeous even with her make up only half done when we saw her and we know that the whole wedding party was going to be so glamorous and elegant in a contemporary style.

For Rachel's bouquet, we designed a teardrop bouquet of calla lilies, longiflora lilies, oriental lilies, lily of the valley and Maroussia roses along with grasses, rolled leaves and crystals.  The bouquet smelt lovely which is always a bonus and the very delicate lily of the valley really worked well against the larger more contemporary flowers.

For the Maid of Honour, we provided a hand-tied bouquet of oriental lilies, roses and germini with gold bear grass.  And for the remaining bridesmaids, wrist corsages were designed using smaller spray roses along with germinis and grasses, all on a dull gold ribbon.

For the boys (who we pinned down for quick photos when they arrived - very handsome they looked too!), we provided a Picasso Calla lily buttonhole for Mark and roses for the remainder of the bridal party, each with aspidistra leaves and gold bear grass.  For the Mums we provided corsages with spray roses, chincherinchee and the lovely and highly scented lily of the valley.

The celebrant table was dressed with a structural and more contemporary long and low arrangement of lilies (calla, oriental and longiflora), anthuriums, germinis and Shamrock style blooms along with a selection of folded leaves and grasses.  Additional purple colouring was added via the use of mitsumata branches.

In the main barn, the top table was dressed with a long and low contemporary arrangement and we then added Honeymoon tulips to each place setting.

The guest tables had central mirrors onto which was placed tall glass vases filled with fairy lights.  We added full and striking arrangements to the top of each vase using tulips, longiflora lilies, roses, germinis, anthuriums, blooms and mitsumata branches along with pandamues, palms, rolled aspidistra leaves and grasses. 

Finally, we added a few additional sections of flowers to the cake to reflect the structural tablecentres. 

Rachel and Mark are a lovely couple and were both really excited and looking forward to their special day.  I couldn't believe how calm Rachel was on the morning as she looked forward to the day ahead.  I think the rest of us made up for her calmness by running backwards and forwards trying to get everything ready in time, but I think you will agree it was worth it!.  I hope their day was as perfect as they'd dreamed of.