The Coach House, Doddington Hall

Johanna and Rich held their wedding breakfast at the gorgeous Coach House at Doddington Hall. It is a lovely light room which can be opened up into a courtyard garden to give more space.

We continued the lily theme through all the designs. As there were eleven tables including a round top table it was agreed that two styles of displays would break up the room.

The first was a cylinder vase filled with oriental lilies and bear grass. These were in high and low groupings so guests could still talk to each other.

The next was a design Johanna had seen at a function and asked if I could recreate in her flowers. These were in a glass cube with white curcuma, calla lilies, oriental lilies and roses.
In the arrival area we placed a modern pedestal in yellows and creams. Gladioli, roses, carnations, lilies and alstoemeria.
There is a seating area with a couple of coffee tables in here and not to be left out these had their own cube arrangements, in matching flowers.

The door way to the garden was treated to a pair of bay trees adorned with ivory roses.
The arrival area and dance floor.
The fabulous Coach House at Doddington Hall, ready and dressed to greet the bride and groom.

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Turquoise and white wedding flowers

Sam's wedding flowers from 25th September.

As turquoise was the colour chosen for the bridesmaids dresses, it was decided to keep the flowers white. Sam chose calla lilies for her bouquet with roses to tie in with the bridesmaids. Turquoise feathers were added to add a splash of colour and 'lift' the bouquet against her dress. White satin ribbon was bound around the stems with turquoise pins.
Her two maids carried a white rose hand-tie again with turquoise feathers.
The grooms buttonhole was a calla lily with a white rose , feather and ivy foliage.
The ladies wore a corsage of a calla lily, white roses and stallion chrysants with ivy foliage.
The rest of the men wore a single white rose buttonhole.

Calla lily and rose wedding

The wedding of Rachel and Mark from Saturday.

The brides bouquet was a loose tear-drop design with white akito roses and picasso calla lily. These have a gorgeous deep purple throat with a white outer edge. The foliage was eucalyptus baby blue, a particular favourite of the bride.
The four bridesmaids all carried a hand-tie of white crystal blush calla lilies with aspidistra leaves folded to form a collar. The stems were also wrapped with a leaf and held with pearl headed pins.
The groom wore a matching picasso calla lily to his bride with strips of aspidistra leaf and bear grass.
The rest of the bridal party wore a single crystal blush calla lily and foliage.

Red, White and Ivory roses

This is Kelly's wedding from Jocastas on Friday. We were recommended to her by one of our previous brides.

For the brides bouquet Kelly had found a picture on the internet of a bouquet she particularly liked and asked me to recreate, although not entirely of the same flowers the style is the same. She chose crystal blush calla lily, akito, maroussia and freedom roses with no foliage. It is a hand-tie design but slightly different to the domed effect I usually create, so you can see more of individual blooms. The stems were covered in ecru satin ribbon to tie in with the bridesmaid dresses.
The three bridesmaids carried a single stem of the gorgeous maroussia rose with a few strands of bear grass. Stems covered in ecru satin ribbon.
Th flower girl carried a single freedom rose with looped strands of bear grass.
The males of the bridal party all wore a single akito rose buttonhole.
The ladies also wore a single akito rose but with a sprig of gyp.

Lincoln Security

Lincoln Securities arrangement for this week:-
is a 40cm martini vase. Glass stones are in the base of the vase with 3 calla lily and 3 oriental lily. Various curled foliage compliment the calla lily stems and add dimension to the design.

A Classic White Wedding

A classic white wedding theme was chosen by Louise for her wedding on Saturday.
After much thought a traditional tear-drop design was chosen for the bridal bouquet with white avalanche roses, white crystal blush calla lily and ivory Asiatic lily. Soft ruscus and tree fern provided a dark green background for the flowers.The butterflies were provided by the bride to be included in her bouquet as they were being used throughout the wedding.
The Maid of Honour had a hand-tie posy of 3 avalanche roses and 3 heads of ivory oriental lily with a few sprigs of tree fern. All bound together with ivory satin ribbon finished off with a small bow.
The two other bridesmaids carried a simple posy of 3 avalanche roses with sprigs of tree fern. Finished off as above.
The two Mothers had a very simple yet elegant spray of freesia with silver ting ting and a silver bow to complement their outfits.
The groom wore a single white crystal blush calla lily with ruscus and tree fern to match the bridal bouquet.
The rest of the men from the bridal party wore a single avalanche rose buttonhole with tree fern.

Joan Stam Designer

We enjoyed a fabulous night last night at a floristry demonstration. The designer was Joan Stam and the designs he showed us were gorgeous. It was based on summer weddings but there was plenty of designs that could be used for any occasions along with bridal work and table centres.

The basis was for showcasing the wonderful David Austin roses, which we can now order (dependant on availability).

This is one of those rare occasions where the photos are not pictures of my own work but if you love what you see please call in and see how we can recreate these pieces and make them unique for you.

Blue and white wedding flowers

The ceremony took place at St Oswalds church Blankney. We were asked to arrange 2 pedestals, 2 displays for the tables, and an archway for the Lyche gate. As the budget was finalised it became clear a full flower garland was out of the question and so an alternative was put forward of white gerberas and blue bows for the archway and a baytree either side the gate decorated in colours to match which could then be transported to the reception.

These are the flowers from Natascha and Matt's wedding last Saturday.

The brides hand-tie bouquet consists of crystal blush calla lily, lily grass and bear grass threaded with crystal beads, finished with white satin ribbon.

The bridesmaids hand-tie bouquets were of crystal blush calla lily, blue delphiniums, bear grass with beaded crystals and they had white ribbon around the stems (photo taken before finished off).

The flower girl had a silver wand, with crystals attached, with a white carnation and finished off with blue ribbon.