Laura and Andrew's wedding at Weald of Kent Golf Club

Another recent wedding was the lovely Laura and Andrew's big day at Weald of Kent Golf Club.  The sun was shining, the goslings were wandering around outside the windows as though pre-ordered! and the staff at the Golf Club as ever had everything under control.  Laura and Andrew's wedding was a very striking black and white theme, and Laura wanted her flowers to be very simple, contemporary and yet stylish.  Black eyed gerberas were central to the theme, with roses added for the main bridal flowers.  Black bear grass and striking black-tie leaves brought in additional colour and we used black sisal in the Weald of Kent's small martini vases.  All very crisp, simple yet striking.

For Laura's bouquet, we used large headed ivory roses alongside the gerberas and added a few black feathers and some sparkly diamantes for extra effect.  Black bear grass completed the look and the stems mirrored the simple look being dressed in black ribbon with additional sparkles.

Laura had a range of ages for her bridesmaids, with one chief bridesmaid, two junior bridesmaids and two flower girls.  We thus designed slightly differently sized bouquets for each and wrapped the stems differently.  For the eldest bridesmaid, we provided a hand-tied bouquet of ivory ivory gerberas, black bear grass and black feathers, with the stems wrapped in ivory ribbon, with a narrower black ribbon crossed over the top.

For the younger bridesmaids, we provided smaller bouquets of gerberas, feathers and grasses and wrapped the stems in black ribbon, with narrow ivory ribbon crossed over the top. 

And for the flower girls, it had to be gerbera "wands" surrounded in ivory feathers and diamante crystals, and with the stems wrapped in ivory, with narrow ivory ribbon crossed over.  All very similar in design but with subtle differences.

Buttonholes and corsages were a mixture of roses, gerberas and spray roses to tie in, all with additional sprigs of black bear grass and / or black tie loops.

For the reception flowers, we used the Weald of Kent's martini glass vases and added black sisal into the bowls, before placing a hidden dish arrangement of ivory roses, gerberas and a few lilies along with black bear grass and black tie leaves.  As the vases are quite low at Weald of Kent, the arrangements were sized to give maximum "talking" space for guests.  The cake was also dressed with a topper of roses, gerberas and lilies, with diamantes, feathers and grasses (no photo I'm afraid as it wasn't possible to finish it at the time we set up the vases).

All in all, the elegant simplicity worked  with the striking black and white theme.  We hope Laura and Andrew had a wonderful day and that it was everything Laura had planned and hoped for...we think they deserved the very best.

A weekend of weddings....Turkey Mill, Chilston Park, Weald of Kent, The Hengist....

Rather than post all last weekends weddings seperately, I've decided to put them all together in one blog entry.  Some weddings were similar and some very different in style, so the blog will have a range of different photos which hopefully means that they suit a number of people.

Starting with Annabelle and Lee's wedding at Turkey Mill, this was a simple and stylish wedding using only Vendella roses to tone in with the warm creamy ivory of Annabelle's spectacular dress.....given the detail on the dress, we kept the flowers really simple.  We followed the Vendella rose theme through the bridesmaids' bouquets, buttonholes and for the table centres.  The celebrant table in the fabulous new Garden Room at Turkey Mill was dressed with two simple fishbowls, with a hand-tied rose bouquet sitting in each.  The main guest tables were then dressed with a linear arrangement of roses in a lily vase....simple, but striking and all tied with offcuts of the bridesmaids' dress fabric courtesy of Bridal Gowns of Jodi (http://www.weddingdressesuk.com/).  We think they were really effective and worked so well with the contemporary but unfussy look that Annabelle wanted.

Then onto Chilston Park for Louiza and Tom's wedding.   This was a softer and more textured look with a slightly more vintage feel.  The colours were pink and ivory and we used the lovely Sweet Avalanche rose along with the ivory Avalanche rose and with Sarah Bernhardt peonies for the bridal bouquet and Duchesse de Nemours peonies for the bridesmaids.  Corsages and buttonholes tied in with the bridal flowers using roses, spray roses and a few chincherinchee.  The celebrant and subsequent top table arrangement was a large and full arrangement using all the flowers used elsewhere.

Moving onto Emma and Martin's wedding, we again used peonies and roses with the peonies all being in shades of light to dark pink.  The bridal bouquet was a hand-tied bouquet with additional sparkles added and the bridesmaids wore wrist corsages of roses and spray roses.  The tables at the Weald of Kent were dressed alternatively with birdcages and low martini glass vases (provided by the venue) filled with arrangements of roses and peonies.  And as for the cake....it looked yummy...very pretty cupcakes in a tower, all with flowers piped onto the top, and with a top cutting layer, for which we provided a simple, compact topper of roses and peonies.

Finally onto Emma and John's wedding at Rochester Cathedral and afterwards at The Hengist, we followed a purple and ivory theme and provided elegant and contemporary Picasso calla lilies along with trachellium, eryngium (blue and white) and rolled Black Tie Leaves.  Emma carried an overarm bouquet and her Flower Girl, Grace, had a small "wand" to tie in with the flowers, and we attached a calla lily to her alice band.  Picasso calla lily buttonholes were provided for all the male guests, with female guests having corsages of white eryngium and chincherinchee.  Flowers for the tables in The Hengist were striking, lower height lily vases (given the beam height in The Hengist) filled with purple water and with a striking structural arrangement of lilies, trachellium, eryngium, black tie leaves and grasses.

As ever, all our brides were lovely and there were some beautiful and elaborate hairstyles being arranged when we delivered the flowers.....such an art getting hair to do what the stylists were doing at the weekend...think I'll stick to the day job!