Sarah and Graham's wedding in Frittenden

On a beautiful sunny, autumn day in the heart of the Kent countryside, what better colour to see than a profusion of golds and burnt oranges to tone in with navy dresses and military dress uniforms. We were so looking forward to Sarah and Graham's wedding, having provided flowers for Joanna, Graham's sister, earlier in the year. We were familiar with the setting and whilst the marquee layout was different, we were quite comfortable with what would work. Whilst Sarah was initially unsure about the colour scheme given the navy and ivory elsewhere, she did want a more contemporary feel to her day and wanted something a little different. She fell in love with the High and Magic rose and hence it featured heavily in her wedding flowers along with the stunning Mango Calla Lily.

The bride and groom have since shared some of their family photographs with us, so we have been lucky enough to include them as part of the blog, just so that you can see how well the colours looked together, and how beautiful the happy couple looked. Can't wait to see Graham's photos though....there are evidently quite a few!

For Sarah's bouquet, we used an exotic gold cymbidium orchid alongside the High and Magic rose and Mango calla lilies. We added the navy sash and brooch to tie in with detailing on the dress and kept the foliage really simple to show off the flowers at their best. Against Sarah's stunning dress, we think it looked great.

For Sarah's bridesmaids, we chose simple yet striking overarm bouquets of Mango Calla Lilies along with grasses. We started with larger bouquets for the eldest bridesmaids and scaled down in size right down to a "wand" for the flower girl edged in navy feathers to tie in with the theme.

For the rest of the bridal party, we kept to the burnt orange colour scheme for buttonholes, but used the orchids in ivory along with ribbon detailing to match individual outfits for the ladies.

For the witches hat marquee entrance area, we dressed the table with two gift boxes packed with flowers to match Sarah's bouquet and finished them with ribbon to match the bridesmaids dresses. They were placed beside the post box and doubled up as beautiful thank-you gifts later in the day.

Within the marquee, Sarah had fallen in love with the stylish and simple fishbowls and we used the Mango Calla Lilies to their best effect along with gold bear grass to tie in with the marquee dressing. We finished each table with just a sprinkling of the High and Magic rose petals to bring the roses into each table.

For the top table, we agreed upon a striking central arrangement showcasing the orchids along with the other flowers and it was a very strong focal point for the whole marquee. To balance the visual weight of the centrepiece, we used two additional fishbowls at each end which brought everything in the marquee together.

And finally, to welcome guests and the happy couple to the marquee, we dressed the baytrees provided with individual orchid heads and roses in hidden water phials and finished each with a trailing bow in ivory and navy to tie in with the theme....we thought they were the perfect finishing touch and set the marquee off beautifully.