Red rose and white lily hand-tie

A gorgeous hand-tie simply of red roses and white oriental lilies with gyp and foliage. A collar of Black tie and bear grass surround the flowers with a loose wrapping of rose tinted cellophane, finished off with a deep red satin bow. The flowers are placed in a bubble of water and displayed in a ceramic pot.

Small modern arrangement

A small but modern arrangement we delivered for a get well present.

Alstromeria gives some height to the display while gerberas, carnations and hypericum fill out the base. All arranged in a complimentary pink pot. Cordyline foliage and pink pins add a modern twist.

County Assembly Rooms

For a ladies evening at the Lincoln County Assembly Rooms we were asked to provide table centres that were round and could stand the lamps they use in the centre. We were given the colour scheme of white and green but the flowers we used was left up to us.

We used foam rings so the lamps could stand easily in the centre. For the foliage we used pistachio, leather leaf and cuppress and flowers of akito roses, astilbe, freesias, gypsophila and hydrangeas.

After a last minute adjustment to table numbers we provided 15 arrangements.

Lincoln Civic Party

We were contacted by the Lincoln Civic Party with regards to donating a raffle prize for the 'Elizabethan Evening' being held at the Cathedral. As we regularly make arrangements for them for various occasions, we were delighted to donate this design.

We received the letter a few days later and thank them for letting us know how much was raised.

Funeral Tributes

We arranged these funeral tributes for the family and friends of Gareth last week.

He was a keen Liverpool supporter and red and white were the basis for many of the tributes.

The top pictures are a bowling skittle with the team name added, a poker chip, an ace of hearts playing card.

Three letter tributes with personalised ribbons.

A 3ft coffin spray.

Crosses, hearts, cushions, posy pads, and wreaths.

Our condolences go to all the family.

Skellingthorpe Methodist Chapel

For the wedding of Becky, see below, we were asked to provide flowers for the service being held in Skellingthorpe Methodist Chapel. Becky wanted a pedestal either side of the altar table and then an arrangement to sit on the table, plus arrangements in the windows. They all wanted to be fairly simple with the colour theme important.

The window displays consist of akito roses, eryngium, cyclamen, eucalyptus and delianne displayed in a container that has been covered in navy blue material tied with ivory ribbon. This stood out well on the all white widow ledges of the chapel.

The pedestals had a variety of foliage, white carnations, ivory germini,delianne,white chrysants, eryngium and aconitum. These had more white in so as to balance the dark blue out.

The table display had the same flowers and also included some akito roses to tie in with the bridal flowers.

The window displays also doubled up for table centres for the reception at the White Hart Hotel and the Altar table doubled up for the top table. We provided boxes to the wedding party and some-one was put on flower duty to be in charge of transporting them to the reception.

Cream and (Navy) Blue wedding Flowers

These are the wedding flowers from Becky's wedding last Saturday. The theme was cream and (navy) blue.

The bride wanted a small compact bouquet in keeping with the colour scheme and for her bridesmaids to be of a similar style. She liked the small roses and the blue of the eryngium (Thistle) and eucalyptus.

From this we decided on a compact hand-tie design to include the small akito rose, blue eryngium, white cyclamen and foliage of eucalyptus and pistachio bound together with ivory satin ribbon pinned with dark blue pins for the brides bouquet.

For the adult bridesmaids a similar but smaller bouquet was made but without the cyclamen and for the flower girl a smaller one still.

Buttonholes were also required- single akito roses with eucalyptus leaves for ladies and gentlemen of the bridal party and for the groom a couple of eryngium heads were added so he matched in with the bride.

For a November wedding they had a lovely sunny day and apparently everything went perfectly.

Wedding flowers 2010

As we draw to the end of the wedding season 2009, we start to prepare for 2010.
If you, or some-one you know, would like us to be part of your/their wedding day please make an appointment for a FREE, no obligation appointment to discuss your requirements.
We are happy to discuss everything to do with your flowers, whether you know EXACTLY which flowers and bouquet etc you want right down to the last minute detail, to those brides which don't know a rose from a carnation and have no clue as to what will go with what from a design point of view. There is NO such thing as a stupid question, if you don't ask you won't know and if you don't know we want you to ask. That is what we are here for, and it's all part of the process of deciding what is best for YOU and YOUR wedding. We will NEVER tell you NOT to have something you want but if we can see a better alternative or can see it wouldn't work as well as you probably think we will advise you as such, give you other ideas, but it will be your decision to which you have. We can still be proved wrong, and as long as your happy then so are we.
We have an ever growing portfolio of brides/bridesmaids bouquets, church arrangements, and venue arrangements, which are all designs that I, Sandra, have made. We also have many wedding flower magazines and brochures if you need any further inspiration. We also strongly encourage you to bring any pictures you have seen in magazines and photos/brochure and colour swatches of your dress and your bridesmaids. This all helps us to get a feel for your personality and 'theme' that you want for your day.
When you make an appointment for a consultation it is extremely helpful, although not essential, to have various items bought or arranged before you come. These include:
The wedding date - so I can check I am available to be part of your day
The Venue - especially if you would like arrangements displayed there by us, to check it is in our area and we are available to travel there on the wedding morning.
The Dress - helps in deciding the style of the bouquet you will be carrying.
The bridesmaids dress and/or colour - This usually is the accent colour for the whole wedding and as such can determine the colour and flowers available for you to choose from.

You may bring anyone with you who will be helpful to you in deciding what to have including the Groom but please be aware we do discuss your dress and many different parts of the day and so if you don't want him to know various points please leave him at home for at least the initial consultation as I have had many banished outside and it can be quite cold!
We have delivered/arranged flowers in most of the venues in Lincoln and many around Lincolnshire and have photos of many of them set up. If your venue is one we haven't been to I will happily meet you there to discuss your options.
For churches, if you would like us to provide flower arrangements please ask the Vicar/Priest first as some DO NOT allow us to do this and if you want flowers you have to use the church ladies.

We have a record number of bookings at this time of year for the next year and as such some dates are already unavailable. We do not do weddings/consultations on 13/14th Feb (Valentines) 13/14 March (Mothering Sunday) or on any Bank holiday Mondays.In the first instance please ring/e-mail to check availability, and ask for a wedding brochure and price list (2010). Then make an appointment, we try and accommodate you as best we can, we open 6 days a week 8-5pm (8-4pm Sat) but can open later if necessary. The appointment usually lasts an hour. Usually from this I can give you a verbal quote based on your requirements and then it is up to you whether you book with us. I do not give written quotes until a booking is confirmed and a deposit paid. At this stage designs can still be altered and added or removed so don't feel you have to make your mind up there and then to what you have, unless your wedding is less than a month away.
We take bookings from as little as a week away to 2 years away.

If you would like us, Bob and Sandra, to be part of your wedding day call us and see what we can do to make your day extra special.

Lincoln Security

This weeks arrangement for Lincoln Security.

Arranged in an ivory pot it contains a stem of Cotinus, 3 bronze bloom chrysants, red gerberas, orange carnations, rosemary, and salal. As a finishing touch a small butterfly has been added to one of the red gerberas.

Tea-pot Table Arrangements

Here we have quirky teapots brought in by a customer to see if we could utilise them in flower arrangements. They were to be used as table centres for a family party at Washingborough Hall Hotel.

After a discussion with the customer it was decided to keep in with the brown and green colours of most of the tea pots and use orange roses, orange celosia and various foliage, fountain grass and rosemary, and to add some colour blue iris and statice.

If you have any odd or quirky containers you would like us to use, be it a single item for a gift or multiples for table settings, please get in touch and where possible bring them in to the shop and we will give you a quote.