Claire's Vintage Wedding Flowers, Botleigh Grange

For her wedding at the Botleigh Grange, Claire was looking for a classic look with a touch of vintage. The beautiful roses Vendela and Memory Lane were chosen for their gorgeous colours, a simple look for the bouquets and more mixed designs for the table centres to suit the garden setting and decor of the reception venue. And so here they are, Claire's wedding flowers

Classic bridal bouquet of champagne Vendela roses with rosemary finished off with ivory ribbon bow and trails.

Rose and rosemary bouquet in classic champagne and green.

Buttonhole of Vendela rose with a touch of rosemary,  perfect for the men.

Corsage of pink mini cymbidium orchids for the bride's mum. Toning beautifully with her outfit and the venue flowers.

For the bridesmaid, a co-ordinating bouquet of Vendela roses, white lisianthus and rosemary.

Memory Lane and Vendela roses with freesia make a gorgeous vintage themed table centre that works perfectly in the dining room of the Botleigh Grange with it's garden setting. I love the way the flowers and the garden are reflected in the mirror. 

Wedding Flowers at the Botleigh Grange, Botley - vintage themed.

The dining room at the Botleigh Grange set up for Claire's wedding. I love the way these flowers work with the gardens behind.

Vintage themed, trailing table centre in mauve, pink and champagne using Memory Lane and Vendela roses with freesias and lisianthus .

The top table was decorated with these little bud vases of flowers, one for each  place setting.

Top table vases with the wedding cake behind.

Rose wedding cake surrounded at the base with fresh Memory Lane roses and petals. 

That just leaves me to say thank you so much Claire for choosing me to design and create your wedding flowers for you. It was an absolute pleasure working with you on this gorgeous scheme. And very many congratulations on your marriage.

Botleigh Grange Wedding Fayre

Many thanks to everyone who came to see me at the Fayre on Sunday, I hope you enjoyed the show. Here are some of the designs I created for the day.

My favourite, a blend of Akito roses, freesia and double lisianthus with little sprays of diamante to catch the light. Perfect for many of todays bridal gowns, it manages to be both timeless and modern and as an added bonus, it smells gorgeous too.

A coordinating buttonhole of lisianthus and ruscus leaves.


Flowergirls posy of double white lisianthus with leaf collar. Very lightweight so good for the little ones.

Little pots of flowers are a gorgeous alternative to a traditional tablecentre and the silver pots used here with the silver candelabra create an extremely elegant look whilst still being very of the moment. The flowers are little posies of double lisianthus, not done justice in the photo.

This design uses a chunky candle with white hydrangea, green lisianthus and myrtle. Lovely for an evening receptions or anywhere where the light is low and you want to create a cosy, intimate atmosphere.

Rich autumnal bouquet of roses, Apricot, Savita and Avalanche peach with viburnum berry and foliage surround.

Posy of Avalanche peach roses with looped grass, ivy berry, berried myrtle and ruscus.

Coordinating tall table centre with ivy trails. At the fayre we added tea lights and sprays of berries to the table at the base of the design.

A detail shot of the flowers by Kate Truepenny.

Sadly, the photo does not in any way do this bouquet justice but it is a nice idea and I thought you might like to see it. The rose is a fabulous one, very velvety and a stunning deep burgandy colour. It's called black bacarra and it has been combined with individual flowers from white nerine lily.