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.