Friday 17 December 2010




Sometimes two ingredients go so well you really dont need any more and what could be more romantic than that for winter wedding flowers!.Red Roses and Berries are a very happy couple for a very happy Christmas wedding.


The perfect flowers for a snowy white winter wedding-Eucharis a star shaped flower that looks like a giant snowdrop actually originates in the snowy Andes.I mixed these with the snowflake- shaped icy Sea Holly,Calla Lillies and a dusty grey Eucalyptus for scent.

Thursday 16 December 2010

Begining to feel pretty festive now! I think you really cant go wrong with Grand Prix Roses at Christmas they are so generous and velvety and always add a touch of glamour!Add some Ilex berries,Ivy and Cinamon for scent and you have a classic timeless arrangement which would look divine with candlelight...


Can you believe it-I have an iceskating rink right outside my studio!To celebrate I went for a riverside ramble with my dog and collected all these delicious ingredients for a Christmas wreath for my studio door. I found some great papery dried Hydrangeas,Juicy red berries and green bobbled Ivy.A foraged wreath-with some cinamon from my kitchen!Now im off for some mulled wine and a skate!

Monday 6 December 2010


Not strictly flowers but I had to rave about this book.I saw it in a shop in New York and was transfixed by the intricate pattern and beauty of the flakes.Looking at them just makes you wonder and marvel at the beauty in Nature which is always a good thing!
My favourite winter wedding I have done was lots of Pussy Willow and white Hyacinths for scent.The wedding was in the evening in a candlelit church.The pew ends where pussy willow and Hyacinth and filled the whole church with a dreamy scent.The pussy willow wreaths hung on the walls and where used later in the middle of the reception tables with a candle in a hurricane vase.Later they were given as gifts with the glass willow bowls which were also used to decorate the ceremony and reception.
You have to love mistletoe-a berry that invites kisses and grows all over the countryside in the UK.I would love to do a white winter wedding with balls of mistletoe everywhere.The bridesmaids could carry mistletoe pomanders and a giant ball could hang over the couple during the ceremony and reception.