WEDDING FLOWERS: Lily of the Valley
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Lily of the Valley

With tiny bell-shape florets dangling from a thin stem, the lily of the valley is sometimes called "the ladder to heaven." The fresh, perfumed scent from its petite flowers is unmistakable. In Norse mythology, the flower is linked to Ostara, the goddess of springtime—but you likely remember it from Kate Middleton's royal wedding bouquet in 2011.



 And while most plentiful during the spring, it remains available—though quite pricey—most of the year. So while a fistful of lily of the valley might be your dream, a more affordable alternative may be to use just a few stems to infuse a bouquet or centerpiece with its wonderful fragrance and delicate texture. Most people know of the white variety, but lily of the valley also comes in a very rare rosy-pink.

Spring wedding flowers

Today we are looking at spring weddings. This is an excellent time of year to be married with lots of gorgeous spring flowers around. 
For budgets, I would say be careful of higher prices around St Valentines Day (14th Feb) and Mothering Sunday (11th March 2018, 31st March 2019, 22nd March 2020).

To the flowers; These gorgeous daffodil bouquets for your bridesmaids will make for a bright and cheerful wedding. If yellow is your colour, or accent (these would look fab with navy dresses). Just make sure the stems are fully wrapped so as the sap doesn't stain any dresses.



For the bride, a traditional shower shaped bouquet with lots of narcissus, small daffodils and roses. This was a highly scented bouquet and smelt divine.


In spring we can also get the beautiful cyclamen as a cut flower. Again these make excellent small posies for your maids. Coming in a range of colours from white, pink, purple and reds. Another highly scented bouquet.


Classic spring white and green (Greenery is colour of the year), this is a lovely fresh colour scheme with gorgeous germini, freesia, viburnum, bupleurum and foliage


and the maids posy too.


For something more vibrant, blue hydrangea, cappuccino roses and pink tulips


Another hand tie design of roses, double tulips, hyacinths, and foliage.


Or how about anemone? An all anemone bouquet brings lovely jewel colours together, or stick with one shade. These come in reds, purple, deep pink, blue, and white.


A blue colour scheme needn't miss out. The beautiful blue muscari are delicate and highly scented and make cute posies for your ladies.




The wonderful lily of the valley. This is available all year round now but beware, it is pricey for such a small flower. It is best (and cheapest) in it's natural season.


A beautiful all white/ivory bouquet. Filled with roses, spray roses, eustoma, ranunculus, and freesia with added sparkle to catch those early rays of sunshine.


Tulips!! What's not to love? These all tulip bouquets are so simple yet so pretty. Tulips come in a vast colour range, size of head and single, double and parrot varieties, there is bound to be something for your colour scheme.

Bridesmaid bouquet


Brides bouquet of single tulips


Brides bouquet of double tulips with a lovely silver collar.


Pink tulips



On to the men;

Buttonholes, should we feel, mirror the bridal bouquet. The groom and best man traditionally had a double flower from the bridal bouquet, but anything goes today.
A daffodil buttonhole wil certainly brighten up a dark suit.



For the groom a design of mixed narcissus


Page boy? How about two tiny sol d'or flower heads and fern


Tulips make great buttonholes, double or single


or teamed with another flower.




For the ladies don't forget we can create traditional lapel corsages, wrist corsages or a bespoke design  for their hand bag.


To decorate your ceremony we can create archways. This one is filled with a mix of narcissus and cuscus foliage, the scent just filled the room. 



For the guest tables we can provide these lovely nest designs, perfect for spring, filed with daffodils,


a mix of seasonal flowers, maybe in vibrant colours




or a more neutral theme.


Love fish bowls for your guest tables? These were filed with yellow stones and floating daisy heads






Wanting tulips? A tulip display in your colours with fern and ginista make a perfect spring display your guests can take home with them.


And don't forget the top table, mirror your guest table flowers in a larger display for you.


Are you getting wed in the spring time? We have many ideas and can source any spring flower. We are also working closely with British growers and this should work fantastic as we are a nation of lovers of spring blooms and Lincolnshire are where many grow. 
Get in touch today to start planning your springtime wedding flowers

Sandra x

A beautiful blue, pink and white summer wedding

These gorgeous wedding flowers are from Laura's wedding who married in June. A lovely mix of summer blooms in blue, pink and white.
The bridal bouquet was a mix of delphiniums, nigella, pink roses, white eustoma, chrysants and a few stems of Lily of the Valley nestled in amongst the main blooms. The foliage is Thalaspi and tree fern. The outline was messy and style nothing too formed or placed.



Beautiful summer mix of flowers


The four bridesmaids carried a similar style bouquet with pink roses, nigella, eustoma and chrysants and foliage.



All stems had ivory satin ribbon bound around them.

The flower girl posy was a smaller  version of above. She was so cute on delivery wanting to show everyone her flowers.


One of the bridesmaid bouquets with the flower girl posy


The  brides bouquet with bridesmaid and flower girl


All bouquets together.


The groom and best man wore matching buttonholes of eustoma, lily of the valley, chrysant flower and delphinium florets with thalaspi foliage.


Stems had ivory ribbon detail


The cute page boy wore a single eustoma flower with buds and sprig thalaspi. This is mounted on a small safety pin.



The rest of the groomsmen wore a buttonhole of white eustoma and thalspi.



The ladies all had a traditional corsage of a pale pink rose, eustoma, lily of the valley and gyp


All our buttonholes are presented to the bridal party of a board, all having pins.




The bouquets are delivered in a box with lots of cushioning and wrapping to protect the blooms.


These are packed last for delivery, kept in water right up to the last minute, ensuring freshness for their job ahead.

If you love this style of bouquet, the colours or the flowers and would like to incorporate them into your wedding day then please get in touch to book a consultation today!

We can talk through your ideas, colours and style and come up with magical designs for your special day. Looking forward to speaking with you soon.

Sandra x

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