Jo's Spring Wedding Flowers, Wardour Castle

You hear alot about "journeys" these days and seemingly we all need to go on one. So when I got the chance to prepare a floral scheme for Jo's wedding at the very beautiful Wardour Castle, I couldn't resist it. A little out of my normal area though it is, it took nearly three hours to get there !! Over the tank crossings of Salisbury plain I went, past Stonehenge ( don't mention the roadworks !!) through tiny villages, narrow roads, via Jo's mums and then seemingly into the middle of nowhere after a little "are you sure exchange" with the sat nav. Then, just like in the films the castle appeared. In no time we had it all set up for Jo's wedding and the "journey" was all so very worth it. 

Green and white spring bouquet of roses, paperwhites and ivy trails for Jo's Bridesmaid. Perfect for the natural, english spring time look we settled on in our discussions. The paerwhites are gorgeous little flowers and have a beautiful scent, winter brides might like to know they become available in December.

Jo's  Spring wedding bouquet. Roses, paperwhites, and a surround of mixed green foliages including asparagus fern for a really lovely natural look perfect for a wedding in the stunning setting that is Wardour Castle. It looked just beautiful with Jo's gorgeous lace dress.   

Buttonhole of scented paperwhites and ruscus leaves.

Wardour Castle, such a fabulous place for a wedding. The observant will notice it has no roof so there were many prayers and crossed fingers for a fine day. Thankfully, we were lucky.

The pavillion by the lake where the wedding ceremony takes place, decorated with 2 free standing designs of roses, paperwhites, double lisianthus and mixed green foliages. 

Wardour castle,well wedding flowers, a floral tree. 

The courtyard (open air) was used for the drinks reception. In the centre is a well which Jo was keen to make a feature of. In keeping with natural, english spring time theme and with the courtyard I suggested a floral tree. Large roses, paperwhites and double lisianthus with mixed green foliages and ivy trails were used to make it and around the rim of the well I placed co-ordinating designs in flower pots. 

Spring wedding flowers at Wardour castle, the well. This time taken from up the stone stairs. 

The floral tree, another view because at this venue there were so many beautiful shots I couldn't choose !

Jo's flower pot designs, used here to decorate the well and later moved and used as table centres for the reception. 

The flower pots, now table centres at the Langton Arms. 

Jo's wedding cake flowers, I used roses, paperwhites and lisianthus with fern to create the look. 

I hope you like the photos.

 It just leaves me to say thank you so much Jo for choosing me to design and create these flowers for you. I really loved working on this scheme for you and putting it all together at the Castle. And very many congratulations on your marriage, you looked completely gorgeous.

Kelly's Wedding Flowers,Princess Caroline

Kelly's contemporary wedding flowers. Roses and calla lilies with a touch of sparkle for the bride and masses of roses and petals for the reception aboard the Princess Caroline. 

Calla lily,rose and diamante wedding bouquet for Kelly.

Bouquets of Vendella roses with burgundy diamante for her bridesmaid and flower girl.

Co-ordinating corsage for the mums

The Princess Caroline in Ocean Village,Southampton. A little cruise, what a lovely idea for a wedding reception.

 The boat all decorated up with masses of roses and petals for Kelly's Wedding reception. I have to say little pictures don't really do this justice, click the image and you get a much bigger version with a much better idea as to just how lovely this venue looked.

Contemporary low table centres of red roses set out in lines down the long  tables and finished off with masses of scattered petals look lovely in this setting. A boat going out to sea calls for low and stable designs for fairly obvious reasons and all that gorgeous  wood means candles are not permitted so we used a lovely cream roses in a tea light holder in their place. We could have used battery operated ones but went for the natural look instead. The boat has such a lovely warm, cosy feel anyway and the roses are prettier. 

This lovely 1/2 circle table ( there is a nautical name I am sure, sadly I don't know it ) is used for the cake table. I am not sure who the chap is but he is sat where the cake is supposed to be. The cake was yet to arrive but we decorated the area around with the tea light holders of cream roses and a generous scattering of red rose petals. We have to imagine the cake but I am sure it looked lovely. 

Thank you Kelly for choosing me to design and create these flowers for your special day, I loved doing them for you and very many congratulations on your marriage. 

Zoe's Wedding Flowers, Marriott Meon Valley Hotel

Another Spring wedding featuring iris, this time in bright contemporary designs which just goes to show how versatile this flower can be. Impossibly glamorous, classic, contemporary or country, the iris can do it all. Available all year round and brilliant value for money too.

Buttonholes of ivory rose finished with purple ribbon for the men.

Corsage for the mum's of hand made silver wire mesh leaves, ivory rose and purple diamante.

Our bride's rather stunning wedding bouquet of purple iris, nerine and gloriosa lily with a little ivory rose. 

 Zoe loved the ruffled look of sweet peas but we were just a little to early in the year for them, she also loved bright, vibrant colours and the groom particularly wanted white roses. So we used a wonderful mix of purple iris, pink nerine and cerise gloriosa lily with a touch of white rose to create her very unique wedding bouquet. The photos don't really do it justice. 

 White iris, pink nerine and gloriosa lily posies for the younger bridesmaids.

For the ceremony table we created a long and low design using the same vibrant purple and pink flowers and 3 church candles. This was later transferred to the long table used for the reception with a smaller co-ordinating design either side and a scattering of pink rose petals and loose iris. 

Thank you Zoe for choosing me to design and create your wedding flowers for you, I loved working with these wonderful flowers and all those gorgeous bright colours. And very many congratulations on your marriage.

Wedding Flowers Spring, Tove and Tim, Balmer Lawn

A lovely sunny spring wedding in the New Forest for which I was asked to create flowers in a natural country style and with a strong Spring in the Forest theme

Tulip buttonhole. This is a gorgeous frilled edge variety called "Honeymoon" and here we have combined it with a little evergreen jasmine to give it the natural country look Tove was looking for.

Tove's wedding bouquet of spring flowers in whites and yellows, a natural country look and a trailing style perfect for a spring wedding in the New Forest. To create it I combined  tulips, iris, lily of the valley, freesia, ornithogalum and trails of evergreen jasmine and it smelt absolutely gorgeous. I have to say I was sad to part with it !

I really love these close up pictures of Tove's wedding bouquet kindly sent by her New Forest based photographer, the lovely  Barry Whitcher of www.photosbybw.co.uk. Photographing flowers is a real art in itself and I thought these shots were absolutely stunning so thank you Barry.

My photo of Tove's wedding bouquet  all boxed and ready to go.

Our lovely bride with her bouquet.

For the ceremony table we created this long and low trailing design of tulips, iris and freesia with natural country style foliages. A design also very suitable for top tables and fireplaces/mantlepieces.

A close up by Barry Whitcher. 

Basket of spring flowers in whites and yellows for the tables. The dark chocolate of the salim basket shows off the flowers perfectly and was just the thing to help give the table centres the natural, country style, Spring in the Forest look the bride and groom wanted for their wedding.I placed them on the tables used for the drinks reception and they were then moved to the tables for the sit down meal.

 

For another wedding featuring spring wedding flowers have a look at these pages on my main web site.http://www.fioribylynne.co.uk/featured-wedding-flowers_spring01.html

That just leaves me to say thank you so much Tove and Tim for choosing me to design and create your wedding flowers for you, I loved this working with all those beautiful Spring flowers to create this naturally sunny Spring look and very many congratulations on your marriage.   

Kim's Wedding Flowers, Red Gerberas, New Place

Sadly Kim's wedding day was not exactly the nicest day we have had on the weather front this month but it was soon clear a little rain was not going to in any way dampen this couple's day. You will often see it said that flowers really can help create a mood or atmosphere and if you want to raise a smile on your wedding day Kim's flower of choice, the gerbera will be very hard to beat. A perfect choice to help brighten up a somewhat less than bright March day or any day in fact. Available all year round 

Modern buttonhole of red gerbera with loops and spires of grass for the groom

Modern bouquet of red gerberas with grass loops and spires for our bride.

The Bristol room at New Place decorated for the wedding ceremony with a modern design of red gerberas for the fireplace and a co-ordinating free standing design either side. 

Close up of the mantlepiece design of red gerberas. This was used after the ceremony to decorate the buffet table in the Arden Suite.

  

A simple but stunning design for the table centres. Big red gerberas in a vase lined with aspidistra leaf and on a mirror plate scattered with table crystals. Perfect for the Arden suite at New Place. I used 2 of these designs to decorate the ceremony table for the wedding to get maximum use out of them.

For more gerbera wedding flowers  see http://www.fioribylynne.co.uk/featured-wedding-flowers_gerberas01.html

Many thanks Kim for choosing me to design and create your wedding flowers, I loved working with these bright and cheerful flowers and very many congratulations on your marriage.

Hayley's wedding flowers, Ivory and pale pink

Well it's only March and already I am behind on my blog. Today was a gorgeous Spring day and I spent it in the New Forest working on a stunning natural Spring themed wedding in whites, lemons and yellows. Just sorting through the photos now and I'll post them as soon as I can. Meanwhile here a few photos of a wedding I did a couple of weeks ago.

Groom's buttonhole of calla lily, singapore orchid, grass and foliage. 

Teardrop bouquet of pale pink roses, calla lilies and singapore orchids. Classic but modern too. The shape is narrow so as not to hide the detailing on Hayley's stunning dress but the length is kept to give a really elegant look. Perfect for all those more fitted gowns that are so popular now and all these flowers are available all year round. 

Buttonholes and corsages all ready and waiting to go. The ushers and the dads wore simple but oh so elegant plain calla lily buttonholes while the mum's wore a more detailed design of roses and orchids. The bridesmaids carried posies of roses and calla lilies. 

Many thanks Hayley for choosing me to design and create your wedding flowers for you, I loved working on these designs and very many congratulations on your marriage.

Charlotte's Wedding Flowers, Classic green and white

Charlotte's wedding bouquet of ivory and pale green roses, white freesia, pale green lisianthus and a touch of myrtle. A timeless, classic and scented design made with flowers that are available all year round and I love the colours, just gorgeous for an early Spring wedding. 

Mum's corsage of double lisianthus and myrtle. A perfect little flower for corsages being light and good out of water.

Classic wedding bouquet of pale green and ivory roses, freesias, lisianthus and a touch of myrtle for our gorgeous bride.

Bridesmaids' posies of roses, freesias and lisianthus. Here we used all ivory roses with the pale green provided by the lisianthus. so the bouquets co-ordinated beautifully but did not match Charlotte's exactly.

Charlotte's flower girl carried this lovely little silver wire petal basket with added pale green lisianthus. 

Silver candelabra surrounded by little silver pots of roses for the reception at New Place. These little pots of flowers are proving extremely popular, here they provide the flowers on the table for guests to enjoy while the candelabra provide the impact. With all the candles lit, the effect is magical and it's an absolutely lovely look for a February wedding. 

The Arden Suite at New Place with all the table centres complete. The top table was decorated with the Bride's and bridesmaids' bouquets, tea lights and little silver pots of roses.

I loved this shot, the party might be over and the tables cleared but how gorgeous does it look with all those candles lit ?

That just leaves me to say thank you so much Charlotte for choosing me to design and create your wedding flowers for you and for sharing your photos, it was an absolute pleasure working with you. And very many congratulations on your marriage.