Gayle & Olie

A beautiful wedding we did in october 2009. Our bride, Gayle, wanted a vintage themed bouquet in warmer colours, so we chose a variety of vintage roses, astilbe and hypericum berries to reflect the season, and dusky pink lisianthus to soften.

We introduced some slightly deeper shades in the table centrepieces so they would show up nicely across the room.

A lovely themed wedding and Gayle was really pleased with the result, heres the lovely comments she gave us ....' thankyou so much for such superb flowers. The colours coordinated perfectly and i loved the vintage feel of the amnesia roses. The table arrangements were also perfect. You were a pleasure to work with and very reliable. I had no worried throughout the whole process and you understood my requirements very well' . Everyones happy ! :)

Happy New Year!!

After a lovely christmas break, we are raring to go and look foward to an exciting 2010.
Not one to be sentimental, a new year, new start...can't wait! xx

Oh how i do love everything vintage!

We have almost come to the end of the wedding season, and by far, Vintage was the most popular theme.

Here is one of our favourite images xxx

Every wondered where your flowers came from?

Earlier in the year, i went on a buying trip to the wetlands of Holland . Holland to a florist, is what Las Vegas is to a gambler, pure pleasure!

If you have never been to Holland before (and I dont mean just Amsterdam) , it really is a beautiful and serene country. The dutch are the friendliest and also heathiest people around - they cycle everywhere! The flower industry is truly thriving, and it is wonderful to see a culture that doesnt rely on supermarkets for its flowers. Florists are considered artists, and flowers and plants are a part of everyday lifestyle and living.

A really important part of our trip was to visit some of the growers that supply to me. Every single flower and plant is treated with TLC so that right from the start of the supply chain, we can provide you with best quality, long lasting flowers.

Many flowers are grown in huge temperature controlled greenhouses, every flower is given exactly the amount of water it needs, whenever it needs it. To be environmentally friendly any waste water is recycled, filtered and used again.

The flowers are all handpicked and hand packaged ( yes really!)

Here are a few pictures to show you, enjoy!

Phalenopsis Orchids, every plant has its individual watering system, and is supported from the pullies above.

Every orchid, cut and packaged by hand, in its own individual testtube to make sure it doesnt get thirsty !

A greenhouse full of gerberas, all grown in colour sections

They are picked and then placed onto an overhead system delivering them into the sorting area, ready to be quality checked, placed into boxes and loaded up ready to deliver to florists all over the world...

A weekend of Wedding Shows!

Last weekend we went on a wedding show road trip, visiting both the Designer Wedding Show in Battersea, London and the National Wedding Show at the NEC in Birmingham.
It was great fun being on the other side for once ( and pretending to be a bride! oops sorry guys, a few white lies told!;) . Our main mission was to have a look around in view of perhaps exhibiting next year, but it was great seeing other florists work and getting new ideas for our brides .
The Designer Wedding Show was amazing, with the most luxury products and services in every area of the wedding industry so was great for inspiration, not to mention the pink champagne! The National Wedding Show was an abundance of regional wedding suppliers with every service possible. Very tiring on the legs but a fabulous day out never the less!
The verdict: see you at the NEC next autumn!

The Pavillion Wedding Fayre -7th Oct 2009

What a busy wedding fayre it was! As it was held on an weekday evening we werent sure how successful it would be, but what a great job The Pavillion did to promote this event. Our vintage range was very popular. with brides loving the muted coloured rose varieties such as 'amnesia' and 'hypnose' . The vintage crockery and fairy cakes were kindly on loan to us by Vintage and Cake , who hire out these treasures for teaparties, weddings etc .

The next day we had 5 consultations booked so were very happy with initial interest!

Upcoming Wedding Fayres

We will be exhibiting our wedding work at the below wedding fayres:

The Pavillion, Branston Golf Club - Oct 7th 6-9pm
Donington Manor Hotel, Castle Donington - Oct 25th 12-4pm
Newton Park Hotel, Newton Solney, Burton on Trent - November 1st 12-4pm

Come along and say hi, whether it be for inspiration, to chat about ideas, or to book a consultation, we'd love to see you!