Carly and Dave's striking Rowhill Grange Wedding

 

Today it's time to bring you Carly and Dave's lovely wedding at Rowhill Grange.  Whilst we love all the soft, pale English style flowers we are using at the moment, it is so nice to take a step back sometimes and use more contemporary flowers in a striking colour palette.  Back in the days when we had the shop, there was never an order of flowers into the shop that didn't contain calla lilies or anthuriums...our logo is even a stylistic set of anthuriums, but we don't get to use them much these days.  We were therefore thrilled with the stylish requirements of Carly and Dave whose colour scheme was aubergine, white and lime green.  Fab.

Carly looked absolutely stunning (great hair and make-up and fab dress).  She decided that she wanted a shower bouquet, but in the European style which tends to be more stylised.  We used Schwarzwalder and Picasso Calla lilies, whtie anthuriums, Greentrick and Black Tie leaves with China and Bear Grass.  So contemporary and stylish.

For the bridesmaids, we designed hand-tied bouquets of Picasso Calla Lilies along with Greentrick and Black Tie Leaves with grasses and then scaled this down for the junior bridesmaids.

The boys wore Calla lilies buttonholes, with Dave wearing the Schwarzwalder Calla with Greetrick, Black tie and grasses and the rest of the Groom's Party wearing Picasso Calla buttonholes with Black Tie and grasses.  We used mini calla lilies for the Mums with crystals and details to match outfits, and also provided one for Samantha.

For the celebrant table (to go in the gazebo), and then for the top table, we provided a long and low arrangement of calla lilies, anthuriums, celosia, greentrick and shamrock blooms along with palms, leaves and grasses.

 

We then decided to use mirrored cubes for the guest tables placed on mirrors.  In each of the cubes we used Calla lilies, Anthuriums, Celosia, Shamrocks, Kermit and foliage to match the day.  We hand-tied each of them and wrapped them in an aqua pack which we hid inside the cubes.  This kept them fresh all day, and then ideal to give to selected guests, whose names were hidden on tags attached.  We added the really cool tablenames to each arrangement.  We then added a variety of sprinkles provided by Carly and Dave to finish the table.  Beautiful.

And finally for the lovely cake made by Carly's Mum.  Beautifully made and finished with a simple yet structural topper of flowers....and a lego couple!  A fantastic wedding for a fabulous couple and their lovely families....would love to do it all over again.

Rachel and Nick's wedding - The Red Barn, Blindley Heath

 

Rachel and Nick are a lovely unassuming couple who wanted nothing more than a wedding that matched their own styles and personalities.  No over the top bling and nothing that felt too formal for them and I have to say with everything they arranged, they couldn't have done it better.  They both wanted soft, romantic and pretty flowers in shades of pale green, soft pinks and ivory to work with sage green bridesmaids' dresses. 

Rachel chose a beautiful soft v-neck gown in ivory with soft draping across the bodice and a deep v back with covered buttons running right to the bottom of the train.  It had a chiffon overlay that flowed fabulously and Rachel kept most of her long hair down with a slight wave and finished with a floral comb that we designed centre back.

For Rachel's bouquet, we kept it soft and scented with Amnesia and Vendella roses, sweet peas, bouvardia, freesias, trachellium, astrantia, lavender along with eucalyptus and cinerarea foliage.  We wrapped them stems in ivory and then added a narrow sage green bow to bring in the bridesmaids' dress colour.

For the four adult bridesmaids, we provided smaller versions of the bridal bouquet and then a smaller one again for the Flower Girl.

For the buttonholes and corsages, Rachel's Aunt bought some flowers from ourselves to match and took it upon herself to make them all for the bridal party...she was last seen cursing my suggestion to wire astrantia on the morning on the wedding but they were already looking lovely!  Well worth the hassle.

We hadn't been to The Red Barn at Blindley Heath before, and I have to say it is a wonderful venue...so good we stayed for lunch after delivering!  The barn itself where the wedding reception was held has a lovely cosy and welcoming feel and it had been dressed beautifully with bunting and floral table runners by Rachel, Nick, friends and family...we loved the wedding rock as well!  We therefore simply added enamel pitchers of flowers to each table using all the flowers used elsewhere in the wedding. 

We also added a larger arrangement to the front of the top table and dressed the gorgeous chocolate Creative Cakes cake as a finishing touch.

I loved everything about Rachel and Nick's wedding, from delivering to Rachel's Mum's lovely house in the morning (and saying hello to horses, kitten, cat, various dogs...my kind of heaven) to the outfits chosen, the relaxed styling, the lovely venue and pretty finishing touches.  A lovely wedding for a really lovely couple.  We were honoured to be involved!

Nicole and Daniel's wedding at The Barn, Tunbridge Wells

Nicole and Daniel married in July on a lovely warm day at The Barn, Tunbridge WElls and chose a very striking puprle and ivory colour scheme for their wedding.  They wanted their flowers to be simple, yet striking and hence chose structural and noticeable flowers such as calla lilies and vanda orchids along with some softer hydrangeas, sweet peas and lisianthus.  A striking combination all around.

Nicole had chosen an ivory gown with embellishment at the top and a lovely sweetheart neckline.  It was gathered and fitted into the waist with quite a bit of detailing before flowing out into a full skirt.  We therefore decided to stick with the contemporary feeling of the flowers and design an overarm bouquet filled with Picasso calla lilies, purple vanda orchids, purple lisianthus, purple sweet peas along with curled aspidistra leaves, china, bear and steel grass to add a sense of "sprigginess".  We finished the stems with ivory ribbon, a purple bow and a crystal.  Just to show how versatile these bouquets can be, we photographed it as an overarm bouquet of turned around to trail downwards.  Nicole wasn't sure which way she wanted to carry her bouquet, but on the day opted for the striking overarm style.

For the bridesmaids, we used ivory calla lilies in a hand-tied style with sprigs of grass throughout.  We added a purple bow to the ivory ribbon on the stem to match Nicole's bouquet.  For the junior bridesmaids, we used a single calla lily surrounded with crystals and grasses and wrapped to match the others.

For the boys, we matched Daniel's buttonhole to Nicole's bouquet using a Picasso calla lily and a vanda orchid.  For the rest of the groomsmen, we used an ivory calla lily to tie in with the bridesmaids and a lisianthus at the front for a touch of colour.  We provided pretty corsages for the Mums and contemporary front facing thank-you bouquets.

At The Barn, we worked with the differing sizes and shapes of the tables by providing a range of oblong tablecentres designed in a contemporary packed and boxy style using the hydrangeas, lisianthus, orchids and carnations with folded black tie leaves at the base.  We spread them out along the tables and "joined" them by using hydrangea florets and sweet peas as table sprinkles.  It was so striking, and yet designed not to get in the way of the guests at the rectangular tables.  We added extras to the top table as we couldn't leave Nicole and Daniel just with her bouquet on the table could we!

For the celebrant table, we used another boxy arrangement and hydrangea florets and then decorated the windowledges with hydrangea florets as it was really too warm in the conservatory for the thirsty hydrangeas in the arrangements.

We thought it was  lovely set of flowers for a lovely couple.  We liked their style and LOVED the cake topper (photo taken from Facebook) with a wonderful replica of Nicole's bouquet.  We hope they had the best day and that these photos bring back happy memories.