West Horsley Place
In the renovated barn at West Horsley Place we created textural tablescape designs down the long dining tables using a mix of clear glass vases and bottles, with ice blue and ginger tapered candles. We used lots of tendrils, seedheads and fruits to add interest on the tables…
For the bride’s bouquet, a mixture of soft and pretty ‘Cornelia’ roses with pale blue and yellow scabious flowers, creamy Nandina spires and hydrangea.
St Mary’s is a beautiful old church in West Horsley, Surrey - with foundations dating back to 1030! We decorated the dark wooden rood screen with a ramble of roses, mixed perennials, branches and clematis.
In the renovated barn at West Horsley Place we created textural tablescape designs down the long dining tables using a mix of clear glass vases and bottles, with ice blue and ginger tapered candles.
We used lots of tendrils, seedheads and fruits to add interest on the tables - wild clematis and ‘cup-and-saucer’ vines, sweet pea pods, alliums and ripening blackberries.
Farnham Castle
The brief for this wedding at Farnham Castle was ‘whimsical garden style’ with lots of autumnal foliage.
The brief for this wedding at Farnham Castle was ‘whimsical garden style’ with lots of autumnal foliage.
For the ceremony, two large urns with tall leafy branches and creamy dahlias were arranged at the end of an aisle of asters and perennial grasses.
At the centre of the reception tables stood a footed centrepiece with garden flowers and foliage in caramel, rusty orange and white.
The bride’s bouquet included rudbeckia, zinnias, dahlias and garden roses with tiny aster and hydrangea flowers for added texture.
Sri Lankan heritage
The bride’s bouquet was made up of softer tones in cream, peach and coffee with tiny pops of pale blue and mustard.
The brief for this wedding was ‘fun and colourful’, to reflect the bride and groom’s Sri Lankan heritage.
The bride’s bouquet was made up of softer tones in cream, peach and coffee with tiny pops of pale blue and mustard.
We used lots of peppery scented marigolds, dahlias in shades of deep orange and spicy red and hot pink chrysanthemums.
The aisle was lined with grouped vessels in varying sizes and colour blocks for a bright, modern look.
Seasonal wedding flowers
We’ve been lucky to experience some beautiful misty June mornings at the garden this year.
On arriving early one morning we were greeted by a sea of Dutch iris and their statuesque bearded neighbours rising from the bed in the centre of the garden. The air was swirling with moisture, dripping spiders’ webs trailing between each pale blue, mustard and mauve petalled head.
We’ve been lucky to experience some beautiful misty June mornings at the garden this year.
On arriving early one morning we were greeted by a sea of Dutch iris and their statuesque bearded neighbours rising from the bed in the centre of the garden. The air was swirling with moisture, dripping spiders’ webs trailing between each pale blue, mustard and mauve petalled head.
As fortune would have it that very week the studio had been asked to create the flower decorations for Vanessa and Reuben’s wedding. Vanessa’s initial reference image was of a poppy-strewn wildflower meadow with pops of scarlet red and cornflower blue. As we gathered buckets of cheery red geums, pale blue sweet peas, flax flowers and wild grasses, the timing of the moment wasn’t lost on the pickers and several days later an ecstatic bride messaged her thanks.
Seasonal synchronicity at its best!
Bouquets for brides
SPRING MEETS SUMMER | A moment in time that sings of hope - the first sweet peas blooming as the tulips come to an end. This allows for the creation of effortlessly feminine and romantic bouquets; blowsy petals, ruffles, tendrils and all.
SPRING MEETS SUMMER | A moment in time that sings of hope - the first sweet peas blooming as the tulips come to an end. This allows for the creation of effortlessly feminine and romantic bouquets; blowsy petals, ruffles, tendrils and all.
MASSED | Sometimes simple is best - a combination of three ingredients really allows each to stand out - pale intricate Omphalodes linifolia, impossibly fluffy Pennisetum villosum and opium poppy heads make for a textural summer bouquet.
A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME | There is a subtle dark to light gradation in this bouquet, but really all the attention is taken by the honey-centred ‘Julia’s Rose’ in the middle. Around the edges are sprinkled sprigs of scented calamint and hydrangea.
CHOCOLATE & LEMONADE | This bouquet doesn’t contain any ‘focal’ flowers, more a mass of ‘small faces’ - from pom pom dahlias to China asters and lots of pretty cosmos - ‘Apricot Lemonade’ and 'Chocolate’.