Monday 11 April 2011

Seasonal Wedding Flowers

One of the most common questions I get asked by brides is about the seasonality of wedding flowers.

As a professional wedding florist I always recommend using seasonal wedding flowers as out of season flowers can be very expensive and poor quality.

In the photo here you can see the Autumn / fall wedding theme flowers we created for Amy's October wedding.

Many of winter brides worry that they wont have any pretty flowers available at their time of year. This simply isn’t the case, winter flowers can be equally as stunning. Some of the most popular winter flowers include orchids, tulips, amaryllis, ranunculus, ilex and mistletoe.

I worked on many winter weddings last year, we battled through some of the heaviest snowstorms I’ve ever seen, to deliver wedding flowers to brides. One winter wedding that I featured on my U.K website is the flowers we supplied to Lisa and Alex’s winter wedding at Wroxall Abbey, Warwickshire. The main wedding flower was the stunning white phalaenopsis orchids.

Whatever time of the year you are getting married in find out more about the types of wedding flowers available at your time of year.

Friday 1 April 2011

Tropical Wedding Centerpiece

Are you having a having a wedding with a tropical or beach wedding theme? If you are you might just want to check out my website to find out how to create these stunning tropical centerpieces. They are really easy to make so they are perfect for a DIY wedding project.

These tall wedding centerpieces feature gloriosa flowers in cerise pink, I love these flowers, so much so that they featured in my wedding flowers. I even wore them in my hair.

Gloriosa flowers are such an interesting and unique shape, which means they work perfectly on their own. If you want to add more of a beach theme to this centerpiece you could add interesting shells in the bottom of the vases.

For more DIY wedding projects, check out my step-by-step tutorials.