WEDDING FLOWERS: Pincushion

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Natives for a Beach Wedding in March

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Tasmania's beaches are some of the most beautiful in the world. We are surrounded by sea so our coastline is vast. There are so many beautiful beaches we are spoilt for choice and when we do visit, we often find that we have the beach to ourselves. So it's no surprise that beach weddings are popular during the warmer months.

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March is early autumn here in Tassie, and can be a brilliant time for weddings.

This March was warmer than usual and there was plenty of variety to play with to create some native bouquets.

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The lovely bride wanted green, orange and cream with gum nuts. Her attendant was her mum, wearing a salmon coloured dress.

For the bride I used a late flowering Pincushion variety called "Fountain", Protea Pink Ice, and Protea Repens in a rich salmony pink.

Beautiful Birdsnest Banksia or Banksia Baxterii in creamy yellow, and Brunia Albiflora which had started flowering were the other large flowers used. You can also see some smaller creamy Banksia Marginata, a locally occurring Banksia.

Flowering Eucalyptus Cordata, a gorgeous Tasmanian blue leafed gum which is usually used as a foliage plant, was budding and blossoming at just the right time to be used as a detail flower. You can also see Grevillea foliage, Leucadendron Silver Tree foliage, Inca Gold Leucadendrons at their rich bronzy green stage, sprigs of lemon-scented Leptospermum or Tea Tree, and of course the gum nuts that the bride requested. They are Corymbia Ficifolia nuts, beautiful urn shaped woody fruits that really make a statement in an Australian Native bouquet.

Mum's bouquet was slightly smaller, leaving out the salmon pink Protea Repens.

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I love the orange tones against that blue suit! Great colours for the beach-scape.

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Beautiful! They look so happy, and thats what it's all about isn't it! Such a treat to be involved!

Vibrant Summery Natives for a Vineyard Wedding

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Summer weddings call for gorgeous outdoor settings, and what could be more gorgeous than a summery vineyard?! This January wedding was held at Frogmore Creek Winery in the beautiful Coal River Valley near Hobart. The Coal River Valley is home to many beautiful vineyards and definitely worth a visit if you're in Tasmania.

The bride loved proteas, and the combination of red, orange and pink with green. Colour! What fun to play with these vibrant warm colours that sing "summer"!

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It was a joy to use the fresh, seasonal blooms in her chosen colours to create the bouquet. I used a small red King Protea for the focal flower and surrounded it with different varieties of orange and red pincushions. I also used some banksias, the intense orange Ericifolia and the rich wine coloured Praemorsa.

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Pink was added using Kangaroo Paw called Bush Pearl. Some rich burgundy Leucadendron Safari Sunsets provided contrast. For the green, I used some gorgeous spent Hebe flowers - the texture and colour was fresh and lively. I also used my favourite glossy green Tasmanian Myrtle Beech. You can also see fresh poppy pods in matte blue-green.

For the groom, a poppy pod, some myrtle and some Hebe flowers in white, and to add colour, more Bush Pearl K.Paw and some stunning rich red flowering gum - Corymbia Ficifolia. The darker binding really set off the colours.

The bride wanted a floral crown to match the colourful theme of the wedding so more green with the Myrtle and Hebe, and a sprinkling of wax flower. Gum blossom just bursting with colour, and more Kangaroo Paw provided the rich colour accents.

It was a wild, fresh, summery crown.

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And thanks to the amazing photography of Looks Like This I got to see it in action.

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Beautiful!

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A great photo of the couple enjoying their day - it's such a treat to see photos of the flowers in action.

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There were 3 wedding cake toppers, a great idea using a collection of cakes, rather than tiered.

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For the venue decoration the bride used some wooden hexagonal display shelves for which I provided some wholesale flowers.

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I love the rich colour teamed with the dark stained wood in the rustic style venue. It really works.

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Large arrangements in ceramic pots sat on wine barrels to decorate the focal point of the ceremony.

Smaller versions of the same pots bursting with an explosion of colour were used to decorate the reception tables.

I love creating these little pots of colour!

Two different varieties of pincushions teamed with pink Kangaroo Paw, Poppy Pods, Flowering Gum buds, Myrtle, Agonis Flexuosa in flower, Hebe, and Safari Sunset Leucadendron.

Summery colour and texture.

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I think the photos speak for themselves! A beautiful day.

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Eclectic Summer Natives for a New Years Wedding

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Photography by Rosie Hastie

The first wedding of the New Year called for seasonal natives, with a colour scheme of navy blue for the bridesmaids and grey suits with navy ties for the men. I love navy! Its a stunning, flattering colour that provides a great backdrop for a great variety of colours in the floral design.

And there are plenty of seasonal summer natives to use around the New Year. It made designing the bouquets for this lovely wedding a real pleasure. The focal flowers used were some mini Red King Proteas. Other proteas used were Protea Compacta in Red and Protea Pink Mink. I also used Pincushions called Leucospermum Fountain, in apricot/orange.

Pink Kangaroo Paw called Bush Pearl was sprinkled through adding a unifying splash of rich pink. I also used the first pick of Brunia Albiflora for the season. There are some fresh poppy pods in the mix too. I really love them!

Plenty of textural foliage added to the eclectic feel of the bouquets. There's some Tasmanian Myrtle Beech, with its new seasons growth looking fresh and lush, some Grevillea foliage, and some flowering Agonis Flexuosa. There's also a sprinkling of Risdon Peppermint Gum foliage giving silvery blue highlights.

Photography by Rosie Hastie

I just love navy! It really makes those colours sing. Thanks so much to the bride for allowing me to use some of the stunning photographs by Photographer, Rosie Hastie. It is such a thrill to see the flowers on the big day!

You can also see some Corymbia Ficifolia buds. Corymbia Ficifolia is commonly known as Red Gum or Flowering Gum and flowers in a range of intense colours in big showy gum blossoms. It also produces brilliant Gum Nuts which I love to use in floral design as well. But the buds are equally lovely. They colour up quite a bit and the texture they provide is beautiful. The cream Leucadendrons are some L. Discolour which in late spring and early summer changes from green to this lovely clear cream with pink tinges.