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Florists send in their favourite creations and top tips

With so many beautiful flowers available it can be difficult to decide on a colour scheme. To help, we’ve asked local florists to send in their favourite bouquet, venue arrangement and accessories to give you heaps of inspiration.

Bouquets

“I love this blush and ivory bouquet made using roses, freesias and gypsophilia.” – Annabel Grange from Butterflies and Bows.

www.butterfliesandbows.co.uk www.chaircoverdreams.co.uk and www.yananovaphotography.com

“We went with Easter colours of yellows and creams for this pre-covid wedding. The bouquet was simple with yellow roses and spray roses with no foliage and a little gypsophila.” – Maxine Cole from Chair Cover Dreams.

www.floward.co.uk and www.davidchristopher-photography.co.uk “Most couples have a budget for their wedding flowers, so prioritise which blooms are most important to you for the day. We recommend focusing on the flowers that will be most photographed, so we would advise not to scrimp on your bridal bouquet.” – Elaine Davis from Flowers by Elaine.

www.butterfliesandbows.co.uk

“For this wedding reception, we used tall martini vases with an abundance of pink and ivory summer flowers with delicate lace chair drops, table runners, mirrors and beautiful table crystals.” – Annabel from Butterflies and Bows.

www.chaircoverdreams.co.uk

“We wanted to make the chandelier in the middle of the room a feature, so we decided to dress it with wisteria.” – Maxine from Chair Cover Dreams.

www.floward.co.uk and www.davidchristopher-photography.co.uk “When working with a budget, there are often ways to reuse flowers throughout the day. Large arrangements can be moved to different areas, and there may be an option for using flowers from your ceremony as your table centrepieces afterwards. If you have a lot of bridesmaids, a great idea is to have vases on the top table to display their bouquets in to save spending money on extra flowers.” – Elaine from Flowers by Elaine.

www.flowersbyelaine.co.uk and www.hayleybray.com

“Roses and gypsophila are the perfect duo for a rustic wedding. This buttonhole combination worked very well and I finished the design by adding brown twine around the stems.” – Annabel from Butterflies and Bows.

www.butterfliesandbows.co.uk

“I love the simplicity of table centrepieces and mason jars never go out of fashion.” – Maxine from Chair Cover Dreams.

www.floward.co.uk and www.davidchristopher-photography.co.uk If you’re including your beloved pets in your big day, make sure they look the part with a beautiful floral necklace or crown.

CONTACT THE EXPERTS Chair Cover Dreams, www.chaircoverdreams.co.uk Butterflies and Bows, www.butterfliesandbows.co.uk Floward, www.floward.co.uk Flowers by Elaine, www.flowersbyelaine.co.uk