What a beautiful spring wedding this was set in the magical grounds of Great Fosters, a Grade One listed venue with some 50 acres of stunning gardens. I was introduced to Angela and Chris by the indomitable wedding planner Inspired By Susie Evans. Susie knew that the flowers were central to the wedding theme and that she needed a a florist who could interpret the ‘Bright Spring Blooms’ brief and create natural seasonal wedding flowers with heaps of contrasting colours and textures.
From our meeting, Angela and I just hit it off. She was such a sweetheart to work with and luckily for me knew so much about flowers. She definitely wanted to include Peonies, Garden Roses, Ranunculus and Lily of the Valley and together we finalised the selection based on colour, shape and texture. The wedding flowers were perfectly captured by the very talented Paul Read Photography and I want to personally thank him for letting me use these images on my blog.
The reception drinks were held in the Painted Hall where guests could look at the fabulous ‘planted’ table plan using my vintage apple crates. Each of the tables was named after one of the featured flowers and Angela cleverly made all the table cards herself including the meaning of the flowers too. Such a sweet idea and it smelt divine!
After champagne and canapes, guests then moved into the Tithe Barn for the wedding reception. Here I used a combination of high and low centrepieces to create the wow factor. The beautiful gold chiavari chairs were hired from Coordination Catering Hire and the fantastic lighting system was created by Creative Spark.
Angela’s attention to detail was exemplary and she wanted the wedding cake to feature complimentary flowers so I liased direct with the amazingly talented Emma at Wicky Woo Woo Cakes. All the flowers were sugar crafted and handmade to perfection using the reference pictures I supplied. I just loved how Emma incorporated figures of Angela, Chris and their beloved terrier Frank too!
Thank you so much Angela and Chris for being such a fabulous couple. It was my absolute pleasure to be part of your perfect day. Katherine x
