Alison and Matt's wedding - The Swan, West Malling

When we first met Ali, we knew that we'd have fun planning her wedding.  As a professional dancer, Ali is lively, bubbly and quite theatrical in style.  She had chosen cobalt blue for her bridesmaids and decided that she wanted a gorgeous bright red as a contrast.  Ali and Matt's style is contemporary and clean lined, and hence we decided to keep the flower varieties to a minimum and to use striking exotic anthuriums as the main flower.

Ali is petite and had chosen a gorgeous fitted gown which required a simple, yet striking bouquet.  We thus chose an overarm bouquet of anthuriums, gentiana and folded leaves to show off the gown to best effect.  We used a simple lace tie studded with transluscent crystals to finish.

For the bridesmaids, we used a striking white anthurium overarm bouquet along with folded leaves and grasses, and for the Flower Girl we designed a red anthurium "wand" surrounded with folded leaves and crystals.  Each of the adult bridesmaids also wore a single red anthurium in their hair to complete the striking look.

We followed the theme with a white anthurium buttonhole for Matt finished with blue gentiana and a red spray rose.  For the remainder of the groom's party we used red anthuriums and folded leaves for buttonholes.  For the ladies, we decided to continue the exotic theme using dendrobrium orchids along with spray roses again matching the colour scheme.

At the Swan, Ali and Matt chose the attached marquee to have their wedding breakfast on one of the hottest days of the year so far.  The shade given by the marquee meant that the flowers really stood out.  Ali and Matt had spent time choosing and writing name pebbles for each guest so we followed the theme by adding pebbles to the outer rim of the umbrella vases (some were real pebbles and some were oasis foam pebbles to assist with the weight in the glass).  To the centre of the umbrella vase we added a hand-tied arrangement of gentiana, anthuriums, grasses and folded leaves.  We added a final touch of blue using gel pearls in the stem of the vase.

For the top table, we designed a contemporary low arrangement of anthuriums, gentiana, folded leaves, palms and grasses along with foam "pebbles". At either end of the top table, we added a mini umbrella vase filled with gel pearls and pebbles, which the bridesmaids used for their bouquets during the reception.

We loved the exotic simplicity of the colours, the flower choice and the little added extras.  Ali and Matt are extremely stylish and had planned a wonderful wedding.  We knew that they would have a fabulous day, and hope that the little surprises (e.g. first dance) went well.  We loved the choice of colours and styles and hope it inspires others.