AS PRETTY AS A FLOWER

As pretty as a flower FLOWERS

Beautiful blooms from real weddings

To help inspire you, we’ve rounded up some of our favourite real weddings and asked couples more about their flowers.

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“We chose pink and ivory flowers from Simply Luscious (www.facebook.com/eventmanagementandsetup) that we also used as centrepieces.” – Zoe and Dan got married at Hensol Castle

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“We hired our family friend to do the flowers. She did an amazing job with the bouquets and decorating the church and marquee. The blooms matched our colour scheme perfectly, and we particularly loved the floral arch outside the church.”

– Jess and Jamie tied the knot at St. Mary Magdalene Church followed by a reception at Court Colman Manor (www.court-colman-manor.com)

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“I’ve always loved the colour green, and it’s Jed’s favourite colour too, so we chose it for our colour scheme. When I went for a floral consultation at Hilary’s Floral Design (www.hilarysflowers.co.uk) in Abergavenny, we discussed what pieces I could use at different times on the day, and that’s when we came up with the idea of a floral arch. We used it as décor for our ceremony and then at the reception as a selfie backdrop. To add to an already emotional time, we decided to use the flowers from the arch the next day to take to the cemetery. It was a beautiful way to include those who couldn’t be there in person.”

– Zoë and Jed got married at Tall John’s House (www.talljohnshouse.com)

“I’ve always loved purple, so I knew that was going to be our colour scheme. I gave our wonderful florist, Misselthwaite Flowers Ltd (www.misselthwaiteflowersltd.co.uk), an idea of what we wanted and left her to work wonders. The finished result was stunning!”

– Melissa and Matthew celebrated their day at Fairyhill (www.fairyhill.co.uk)

www.judithcookephotography.uk “We booked our wedding during the pandemic to keep it small and intimate. We originally booked a meal for 30 people at The Bessemer Hotel, but since lockdown caused the venue to close we had a small ceremony elsewhere instead.”

– Beth and Lee tied the knot at Merthyr Tydfil Register Office (www.merthyr.gov.uk)

“My bouquet was made by About Flowers (www.aboutflowers.co.uk) and included roses, celosias and petrol berries.” – Christina and James

celebrated their day at The Coal Exchange (www.coalexchangecardiff.co.uk)

“For our centrepieces, we had a trail of flowers from Best Buds by Samara (www.bestbudsbysamara.co.uk) in gold antique style goblet vases with intertwining candles.”

– Sara and Ibrahim got married at Gileston Manor Estate (www.gilestonmanor.co.uk)

“For the centrepieces, we chose wooden tree slices, jars, pine cones, tea lights and blooms from The Flower Shed (www.theflowershedundy.co.uk).”

– Sara and Ollie celebrated their wedding at Usk Castle (www.uskcastle.com)

“The flowers were pussy willows, berries and gerberas from Precious Petals Florist (www.preciouspetalsflorist.co.uk).”

– Siôned and Jason celebrated their day at St Mary’s Church (www.cnb-parish.org.uk) with a reception at Pencoed House Estate (www.pencoedhouseestate.co.uk)

“I used artificial hydrangeas, gypsophila, roses and eucalyptus from Artificial Floral Suppliers (www.artificialfloralsupplies.co.uk) to create the centrepieces, my bouquet and Dan’s buttonhole.” – Greta and Daniel tied the knot

at Caldicot Castle (www.caldicotcastle.co.uk) followed by a reception at The Barn at Brynich (www.brynich.co.uk)

“We chose blue and white flowers from Wedding-Flowers Wales (www.facebook.com/wedding-flowers-wales-465465106903890) for the bouquets, centrepieces and the arch that we were married under.” – Lyndsey and Paul got married at Llwyn

Country House (www.llwyncountryhouse.co.uk)

52 “The flowers were created by a local florist who we gave free rein. She has known me since I was a little girl, so I knew it would be stunning. She produced all the bouquets, buttonholes and centrepieces.” – Rhian

and Rory tied the knot at St Peter’s (www.broystumanner.com) followed by a reception at Neuadd Dyfi (www.neuadddyfi.org)

“The talented Andrea’s Flower Boutique (www.andreasflowerboutique.co.uk) provided the flowers for the bridal party and the centrepieces were tall pieces embellished with lots of greenery.” – Sam and Rhys

celebrated their wedding at Pencoed House Estate (www.pencoedhouseestate.co.uk)

“Catherine Gray Flowers (www.catherinegrayflowers.co.uk) was super helpful. I took a swatch of the bridesmaids’ dresses to her workshop and some vague colour ideas. She then designed idea boards and produced something absolutely perfect. I knew I wanted colourful blooms, and we were so happy with them. She also accommodated our last minute order increase.” – Annabel

and Gavin got married at St Tewdrics House (www.sttewdricshouse.co.uk)

“The centrepieces were large martini glasses filled with blush pink roses from the talented Ledville-Smith Florist (www.facebook.com/flowersbyledvillesmith).”

– Catherine and Matthew celebrated their day at Canada Lodge and Lake (www.canadalodgeandlake.co.uk)

“As something a bit different we created a booze bath. I bought the bath on eBay a few years ago and had it spray painted gold. We then asked Catherine

Gray Flowers (www.catherinegrayflowers.co.uk) to add some flowers and

Lumi Event Design (www.lumieventdesign.com) to create a sign.”

– Verity and Oliver tied the knot at St Tewdrics House

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“Our flowers were wreaths with winter foliage, acorns and white roses from Best Buds by Samara (www.bestbudsbysamara.co.uk). For our place names, we chose glass hanging hearts that our guests could hang from their Christmas trees.” – Chelsea and Huw got married

at Llanerch Vineyard (www.llanerch.co.uk)

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