Category real weddings

I met these guys about 18 months before their wedding at a bridal exhibition in Southampton, and didn’t actually see them again till the big day itself. It didn’t seem to matter too much though, as after sending a few pictures over of the sort of things they liked, Emily and Chris just gave me free reign (within their budget of course). And it turned out wonderfully… proof if ever it was needed that you just need to find the right florist for you and then let them do their thing.

I LOVED this wedding…

The bridal bouquet was a multi-textured mix of roses, peonies, asiatic lilies, astilbe and limonium with a scattering of grey eucalyptus and lamb’s ear foliage (yay lambs ears!). It set the scheme for the whole day, and I was glad to see that Emily didn’t put it down for almost the entire ceremony!

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Claire and Simon brought a bit of continental sophistication to Wimborne for their mid-May wedding. There was a Tour de France themed seating plan, vintage bicycles, french-numbered tables, crepes cooked to order, and the most exquisite colour scheme and informal blooms. I had no doubt that this big day à la française would be a super-stylish one.

To complement a palette of greys, greens and neutral tones, we went for blousey ivory flowers like roses and peonies, with juicy succulent plants, silvery eucalyptus, lambs ears and ranunculus. A few ‘Quicksand’ roses, with their nude/buff colouring, added a bit of depth.

At the reception, in Deans Court’s beautiful lake-side marquee, we dressed the tables with a collection of jugs, bottles and jars, each with an ‘unarranged’ bundle of flowers. Set on thick slices of oak and hessian cloth runners, these gave an informal effect. We also added some buckets with living succulents and fresh artichokes (LOVED these!).

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It’s always really amazing to be part of a wedding, and this one was no exception as I know the lovely couple personally… Clare has been cutting my hair for a few years now (she is responsible for the now-signature Jen Poynter fringe), and we’ve become good friends along the way. In fact, while Clare was busy making my barnet look brilliant for my own big day, we were actually chatting about her and Andy’s burgeoning relationship… the previous night they’d gone out on their second ever date!

Soooo, fast forward just over two and a half years, it was their wedding day, and I was frantically readying the ceremony room at Christchurch Harbour Hotel for Clare’s big entrance. And what an entrance it was- poised, polished (she’s always polished) and beautiful in a lace tea-length dress and birdcage veil.

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Zoe and Ollie managed to plan all of their beautiful wedding at Ollie’s parent’s house in Wimborne from Wimbledon… and they did a cracking job rather!

Most of the flowery planning was done on the phone. That can be a little tricky when flowers are such a visual thing, but Zoe described perfectly the look she was after, and we went for a gorgoeus combo of coral peonies (my new fave), peach David Austin garden roses and other complementing Englishy-type flowers and variegated foliage. Twas lush!

The bouquets were not-too-neat but not-too-messy…

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One of the first things Nikki said to me when we first met, was that flowers were a really important part of the day for her. That, as they say, was all I needed to hear.

We really went for it, with piles of roses, peonies, hydrangeas, scented stocks, lisianthus and a splash of gypsophila. Over 1200 individual flowers were used in total and it was a complete joy to create… I can’t really describe the wonderful smell in the workshop as we were putting everything together!

The bridal bouquet was a big, fat (and quite heavy!) mound of super-petally blooms and looked great with her lace topped, classic dress. The bridesmaids carried Nikki’s favourite, pink peonies.

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I’m really excited to share this one with you today! Hannah was full of great ideas for this colourful wedding reception, and I was more than happy to facilitate (I should have known it was going to be a quirky, cool and stylish wedding from the off really, since I knew the photographer for the day was to be the inimitable Mister Phill).

The setting for the wedding breakfast, in beautiful Lulworth Castle, included so many awesome details. From the handmade driftwood table numbers in vintage copper pots, to the gorgeous coloured wine glasses, everything was chosen with the overall look in mind. Even the cake stand was an epic piece of driftwood engineering (not my doing, though I did pretty it up with a few more flowers!).

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It started out with a normal consultation, discussing flowers for this as yet unknown couple’s big day, and somehow finished with me joining in their band (when I’m not working with flowers, I moonlight as a singer in a big band, and Hannah and Alex play trumpet and sax in one that needed more vocals). Funny the things that come from random conversations…

So, the day itself was the first wedding where I provided the flowers and sung at the reception later- and boy was I tired the next morning! Couldn’t have been a lovelier day at The Victorian Barn near Blandford though, and these beautiful shots by Sophie Bowdler prove it:

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I really loved working with Charlie and her mum on plans for this wedding. They were just good people with nice ideas, and some refreshing, unconventional ideas for the day.

It was all a bit cloak-and-dagger at times too, with lovely mum ordering extra flowers to surprise the couple with on the day. It was all rather exciting really!

We went for a mix of flowers in colours to complement the season, as well as both venues; Southampton Art Gallery and The Cromwell Arms in Romsey. Now, Southampton Art Gallery was a new one for me, and I really think more people should get married here. It’s so light and airy and beautiful; a hidden gem tucked away in the back of the civic centre.

The bridal flowers had a fabulous combination of colours and textures, including sunflowers, one of Charlie’s favourites…

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