Becca and Matt's wedding at Boughton Monchelsea church and after at Cooling Castle Barn

When we first met Becca and Matt, they weren't too sure about their colour scheme, although they thought that they may choose a striking pink for their bridesmaids' dresses.  Having seen one of our wedding exhibitions, they fell in love with the fabulous purple vanda orchid and the colour scheme and overall look and feel of the wedding was set.  We decided upon hot pink, purple and lime green to give a striking, contemporary yet elegant feel to the wedding and it worked fabulously at Cooling Castle Barn.

For Becca's bouquet, we decided upon a hand-tied bouquet using unusual Celosia, Greentrick and Anigozanthus (kangaroo paw) along with the purple Vanda orchids and hot pink gerberas along with simple loops of china grass.  Despite being a striking and unusual bouquet, we kept it a sensible size to ensure that it didn't overwhelm Becca and allowed her dress to remain centre stage.  We wrapped the stems in ivory ribbon, but added the purple and pink colours in a small bow at the top.  We can't wait to see photos of Becca with her bouquet, as we only saw her hair and make-up complete on the wedding morning.  She looked wonderful even in her dressing gown (how do people do that!) and was very calm and composed.  With her lovely dress, she was definitely going to take Matt's breath away!

For the bridesmaids, we decided to focus on lime green and purple to contrast against their dresses.   We used lisianthus, orchids, mini alliums, greentrick and kangaroo paw, along with loops and sprigs of grasses. We wrapped the stems again in ivory ribbon and added a pink bow to the top of the stems to tie in with their dresses...and we managed a perfect match with the dress colour.

For Matt, we used the purple Vanda orchid along with a pink germini and some greentrick.  He looked very handsome on the wedding morning, although a teeny bit nervous and I think the buttonhole will have worked perfectly for him.  For the rest of the boys, we used the pink germini and greentrick with grasses which will have looked lovely against their suits.  Mums had dendrobrium orchid and chincherinchee corsages and each was personalised to match their outfits.   They were also given thank-you bouquets to match the wedding flowers.

At Cooling Castle Barn, we used tall lily vases filled with strong pink water, with a full and striking top level arrangement of gerberas, anthuriums, alliums, greentrick, palms and aspidistras.  We also added some additional splashes of colour with purple and pink sisal buried deeply between the flowers.  We placed each on a central mirror to reflect the light.

A long and low, exotic arrangement  of anthuriums, orchids, alliums, celosia, gerberas, kangaroo paw, aspidistras, palms, grasses and sisal was provided for the top table, and we finished the whole look with germinis placed on each place setting on the top table.  The final touch of sparkle was provided by the fairy lights we wrapped around each beam.

Despite not being too sure about the initial colour scheme, I think the colours finally chosen were perfect and we hope that Becca and Matt had a truly perfect day.