This really is a wedding we've been looking forward to for a while. It's always nice to be able to provide flowers for church as well as the reception venue as the whole theme is carried through from start to finish. it is especially nice when the flowers chosen are so beautiful and where our lovely bride trusts us to decide what flowers to use where. Nicola and Daniel wanted a very soft, romantic, pretty and natural look to their wedding to reflect the gorgeous surroundings of the church. Nicola loves roses, English flowers, scent and a slightly vintage edge to the overall look, and hence we chose a variety of roses (Carousel Illusion, Amnesia, Maroussia, plus some English garden roses - David Austin style) along with sweet peas, hydrangeas, peonies, astrantia, freesias and eucalyptus. The colour palette was a wonderful faded pale pink and ivory and looks so soft.
Nicola had chosen the most stunning Pronovias dress (Fauna) which is both pretty and extremely glamorous. So, for Nicola's bouquet, we wanted a textured, full, blowsy hand-tied bouquet using all the flowers mentioned above. It smelt divine with the English roses, sweet peas, peonies and freesias....if ever a bouquet was designed for scent as well as sight, this was it!
For the bridesmaids, who were wearing soft chiffon aubergine coloured dresses, we decided smaller versions of Nicola's bouquet (minus the peonies) would work well. Slightly larger than the average bridesmaid bouquet, these looked (and once again smelt) gorgeous. Nicola also had a little Flower Girl, for whom we provided a small posy to resemble the older girls' flowers but omitting some of the larger blooms so that it was manageable.
The boys chose simple Maroussia rose buttonholes finished with eucalyptus parvifolia, and we added a couple of ivory Sweet Peas to Daniel's.
For the church, we provided two large pedestal arrangements for the front of the church, plus an arrangement for the window ledge, and soft trailing pew ends for a selection of the pews. We also provided a wire stand of confetti cones made from recycled paper, some overlaid with lacey doilies, all filled with rose petals.
For Leeds Castle's Fairfax Hall, we had c. 90 minutes to transform the Hall from a tearoom to an elegant wedding reception! The team there are amazing to watch and change the whole set up including all the tables with minimum fuss, and lots of laughter!
We used tall elegant silver candelabra for each of the tables, with a soft natural arrangement on the top, and small votives of flowers around the base of each.
For the circular top table, we provided a fuller version of the floral arrangement, and provided vintage vases around the base filled with flowers.
We dressed the beams with garlands twisted with fairy lights and provided two large pedestal arrangements to frame the doorway into the Terrace room. On the terrace itself, we hung arrangements on the railings, with bows in between.....looking at that view, we could have stayed there all night! Especially as we were being wonderfully seranaded by "Might be Buble", one of the best singers we've had the pleasure to work alongside at a wedding. He's such a nice guy too! (
http://www.sugartown.co.uk/) We finished off the cake table and card / present table with small votives of flowers to bring the whole theme together.
As a long lasting thank-you for the Mums, we potted David Austin rosebushes (Princess Alexandra of Kent) into lovely terracotta pots, and wrapped them to match the theme. Each time they bloom, they will bring back memories of a wonderful day.
All the little room dressing accents (glass chargers, damask tablecloths, vintage books etc) were provided by
http://www.jennifersueweddings.co.uk/
All in all, we think it was the nicest we've seen Leeds Castle look for ages...very elegant yet pretty and soft at the same time. Perfect for the elegant, yet truly lovely Nicola and Daniel. We know they had a wonderful day and that they loved their flowers, so hope you do too!
