This bouquet was seriously heavy, once it was bound and tied with the elegant silk and willow ribbon I panicked for 5 minutes “essshhhh it’s too big” then I remembered that generally all my brides request a massive explosion of flowers, which is what always wants aim to create.
“The inspiration for this bouquet was to show case the beautiful blooms in season and include many leaf and honey favourites…
“Seasonal flowers are at the heart of all of my designs. Being a flower grower I always want to reflect what is happening in the field. Autumn has to be one of my favourite seasons, the last hurrah before the bite of winter sets in. The garden puts on its final display, with cooler days … Read more
“I absolutely LOVE autumn. This bouquet is my little celebration of this seasons best.
I have been growing zinnias in the garden this year, with the intention of using them as pretty details in my bridal bouquets. But once they were in full bloom, thriving and showing off in the garden I had an extremely hard time cutting them, which resulted in me still ordering bunches as I loved … Read more
If you know of me and my business, you’d know that I’m obsessed with Autumn. I think it’s because it’s a season we florists don’t get to utilise that much. Blame it on the weather.
I love the nuances of garden and outdoor grown flowers. Their subtle colour differences, tones and individual shape sing out above the very ordered more commercial grown flowers.
I wanted to create a simple bouquet only using a few flowers. Limonium is such an underrated flower, and a great modern substitute for gypsophila. It’s inexpensive, looks great en masse and can work with pastel colours well.
Being the texture junkie that I am I thoroughly enjoyed sourcing the ‘ingredients’ for this bouquet, most of which were local.
These opium poppies are killer! They’re a really premium type of poppy. Known around the world for… other purposes… but you can’t deny their flamboyant, striking beauty!
This bouquet is the epitome of spring waking up. I imagine a spring garden wedding where everything is fresh and looks like it has just been picked!
