St Helen's Brant Broughton

Johanna and Rich were married on 17 Th September 2011 at St Helen's Church Brant Broughton.

A family friend arranged the bridal flowers and I was asked to provide the church and reception flowers.

We arrived early morning to set up the church, in between sun and showers. While the sun shone the church was flooded with light.

The theme of the day was lilies. A lovely variety that has a cream stripe in the centre of every petal.

The pews have all been taken out and replaced with chairs. Johanna had asked for 10 rows to be alternately dressed with lilies and roses and cream ribbon.
We had made sure that most of the lilies were open, so the church was filled with scent.
The chair bows.
Instead of two pedestals at the Altar the couple decided it would make a change to decorate the Rood screen. This was designed using open lilies and seasonal hops to add to the fragrance.

A pedestal also adorned the Altar. This consisted of lilies, roses, gladioli, and carnations all in white and creams.
Another pedestal was positioned by the entrance.
Each of the back four windowsills were also treated to a display of lilies and hops.


The lovely St Helen's all dressed and awaiting the bride and groom.
The entrance porch wasn't left out and had its own display of lilies.
The gate posts each had a posy of lilies and alstroemeria adorning the top.

The gateway, ready to greet the bride.

Red and White rose wedding

Stacey's wedding flowers from 3rd September.

The colour scheme was red and white and the flowers chosen were roses.

The brides hand-tie consisted of red roses with white spray roses and ruscus foliage. For added sparkle diamanté were added to most of the roses. The stems were bound with white satin ribbon.

The two bridesmaids each carried a hand-tie of white roses with red spray roses that complimented their dresses.

The grooms men each wore a single white rose buttonhole.
The ladies each wore a single white rose surrounded by gyp.

A matching red and white top table display was also provided. This consisted of red roses and spray roses, alstroemeria, white roses and stallion chrysants.

Thank you flowers were also provided.

The Orangery, Charlotte House Hotel

Jo's reception was also held at Charlotte house hotel.

Her cake was a lovely vision of chocolate, which she asked if we could decorate with the same calla lilies as the rest of the wedding.
The top tier was a corsage of 3 callas with bear grass and ivy leaves.
The other tiers each had a single calla with a bear grass bow.
The guest table centrepieces were three calla lilies with a mass of bear grass placed in a tall round lily vase that sat on a small mirror base.
The Orangery at Charlotte House is an airy room which is flooded with light from the large glass frontage.

The chairs had been placed in the library for the ceremony and would be brought back while the couple were having photos taken.
The top table design had been doubled up as the registrars table arrangement and would be brought back in after the service.
The Orangery, with tables set, awaiting the happy couple.

Charlotte House Hotel Civil Service

Jo's wedding was held at Charlotte House Hotel. The ceremony was in the Library.

The civil ceremony table arrangement, which was later to be moved to the top table, was a mixture of ivory and purple flowers. Included were 'picasso' calla lilies, eustoma, alstroemeria and roses.
The matching pedestals framed the ceremony table perfectly.

The view as you walk into the library at Charlotte House, all set up for the wedding ceremony.

Purple and ivory wedding flowers.

Now we are in to Septembers weddings.

Here we have Jo's wedding flowers. Jo found us through this blog, so it is only right to finally get around to posting her flowers.

The theme was purple and ivory with all the flowers being based around this lovely calla lily 'picasso'.

Jo's bouquet was a mass of 'picasso' callas tied together with the stems bound with ivory satin ribbon.
Her three adult bridesmaids each carried an overarm wand of three 'picasso' calla lilies again with ivory satin ribbon bound around parts of the stems.
A flower girl carried a rag doll dressed in suitable colours and we provided a small calla lily buttonhole to add to the outfit.

The grooms-men all wore a single 'picasso' calla lily with bear grass and a single ivy leaf.
The mums were provided with double calla lily buttonholes.

The Old Palace, Lincoln

It is always fabulous to hear from our lovely couples after the event, especially when they are as enthusiastic about our designs as Hailey and Keith were.

Thank you both for choosing RJ's Florist for your wedding flowers.

Hailey and Keith's wedding part 3.

The wedding reception was held at The Old Palace, a gorgeous venue with excellent and helpful staff.

The couple decided to keep the table centres low, so when guests entered the room nothing was blocking the surprising view over Lincoln.

The fish bowls used were 12" and were created with flowers that matched the rest of the wedding. Eustoma, roses, freesia,Veronica and lavender. A single candle was also included.
As the couple had chosen a round top table a similar but larger bowl was created for their table.
One of the guest tables.

The top table.
The view of the room, as seen by the bride and groom. That view from the window has to be seen, simply stunning.
The Old Palace, King's room from the fireplace.
From the entrance.

Harmston Church

Hailey and Keith were married at All Saints church Harmston. A lovely church with many opportunities to have flower displays.

This is one of the six displays inside the church. A mixture of flowers to tie in with the bridal flowers, eustoma, roses, lavender, veronica and hydrangea. All the arrangements also included candles.
These two displays were an alternative to pedestals and worked really well in the space provided.

One of the window sill arrangements with added agapanthus.
The view from the front of the aisle looking back.
Hailey wanted each pew end to be decorated, so with this in mind we alternated with flowers and organza bows. The flowers were again a mixture of the bridal bouquets with eucalyptus and lavender adding a lovely aroma for the guests and wedding party.

The aisle in its full glory.
This archway was just crying out to be decorated. We were asked not to overfill with flowers but to design something pretty. This is a mainly foliage garland with large headed avalanche roses. The two bay-trees either side seem to extend the archway further.

This is the view you have as you approach and enter the church yard. Stunning.

A bank holiday wedding

Having got waylaid over the last few months, I hope to now finish posting 2011 weddings.

This is Hailey and Keith's wedding from August bank holiday weekend. They were a fantastic couple who had great ideas about their flowers but who ultimately left it to me to fulfil their wishes.

The bridal bouquet was of a hand-tied design with lots of lovely summer flowers which included freesia, eustoma, veronica, roses, agapanthus, spray roses and lavender. These together with eucalyptus made for a very scented bouquet.

As the bridesmaids wore teal dresses it was decided to have an array of colours toning in from pinks to purples with added white.

The three bridesmaids all carried a similar bouquet to the bride but smaller in size.
The groom wore a white rose with freesia and agapanthus and eucalyptus leaves which unfortunately we didn't have time to photograph.

This is one of two buttonholes that the best man and father of the bride wore. A single rose with agapanthus florets.
The mum's each wore a corsage of a white rose and freesias with eucalyptus, tree fern and lavender foliage.
Other favoured guests were presented with a single white rose buttonhole.