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Late March Wedding

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March is a great month for a wedding in Tasmania. The days are still warm but the autumn rains have usually begun meaning that the tired summer grass is refreshed and the landscape starts to green up again. In March 2016, I provided flowers for a wedding in Northern Tasmania. March is great for native flowers too. The flowers that are blooming have a fresh, autumn glow the combinations of colours and textures can be so beautiful.

Wanting soft pinks, greens and creams, I was able to use one of my favourite late summer flowers, the Banksia Baxterii. It is a creamy white banksia also called the Birdsnest Banksia because of its shape. I teamed it with a Protea White Ice, a gorgeous creamy white protea that in autumn has a purplish tinge to its centre.

Flowering Brunia Albiflora, with the "berries" completely covered by their flowers was also one of the focal flowers, with 2 Protea Compacta in clear pink either side. I love the leaves of the Banksia Baxterii which you can see in this photo. They are a striking zig zag shape which add to the structure of the the design.

Flowering lemon-scented tea tree foliage, blue Eucalyptus Risdonii foliage and the purplish silver swirls of Leucadendron Galpinii were some of the foliages used. A few early green leucadendrons and some silvery grey gum nuts were the final ingredients.

For the groom, I used a Banksia Baxterii leaf with its strong zig zag shape. It was softened with more blue eucalyptus foliage, some flowering tea tree and a fine, yellow-green leucadendron. A gum nut and some Brunia Albiflora 'berries' in flower were also used.

Boutonnieres look great all lined up! I loved using these special little gum nuts.

I really enjoyed using the super-fresh autumn natives to create this bouquet - its a pleasure to work with blooms that are looking their best.

April wedding at Frogmore Creek Winery

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Picture by Kristy L Photography

Autumn in Tasmania is so pretty! I might go so far as to say its my favourite season… The autumn showers bring green to the sun-tired landscape and the colours of the autumn leaves are so beautiful. I think its a great time for a wedding. And I think you'd have to agree that the gorgeous pictures by Kristy L Photography capture an Autumn wedding so perfectly. In April, I was lucky to be involved in this beautiful Autumn wedding at Frogmore Creek Winery

Burgundy was the colour theme of the wedding, so I used some new season Silvan Red Leucadendrons, which are a lovely rich deep-red colour in April.

The bride loved the King Proteas so they became the focal flower.

The Red King Proteas were teamed up with some pink Protea Repens and Brunia Albiflora in flower. I also used gum buds, white flowering tea tree, and some fine leucadendrons in green with a bronze blush on the tips.

The bouquets were bound with a rustic chocolate coloured twine, which I think really enhanced the burgundy colouring.

Cootamundra Wattle in bud was the foliage I used mostly. It is a beautiful wattle foliage that comes in both a silvery blue green and a purple. The frilly fern-like leaves of the green variety shown here, are covered in a silvery bloom which gives that blue-green, eucalyptus look. And those buds, frilly and wonderful, create a cloud of soft texture around the bouquets.

Boutonnieres made a feature of the new season Silvan Red leucos. They were teamed up with white flowering tea tree, Cootamundra Wattle, deconstructed Brunia, and the fine bronze-green leucos.

I loved using the flowering Brunia. Brunia Albiflora (meaning "white flower") grow a cluster of balls which are covered in tiny flower heads. By deconstructing them, I've been able to use the individual balls in these boutonniere.

The beautiful bride wanted a floral crown. I used plenty of foliage and texture, for a rustic look. The tea tree, gum buds, eucalyptus, and Cootamundra wattle all make an appearance. But the richly coloured Silvan Red Leucos were the focal point.

There were a number of little wrist corsages too, continuing with the overall theme.

They look so cute, all in a row!

Picture by Kristy L Photography

I just love this beautiful photo by Kristy L Photography. Stunning! So happy to be involved in such a gorgeous wedding.

Sundrenched March Wedding at Port Arthur

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Photography by Fred and Hannah

On a beautiful warm Tuesday in March, this lovely couple tied the knot at Port Arthur Historic Site on the Tasman Peninsula. The world heritage listed site is a really special place for a wedding. The ceremony was held in the ruins of the old church and then photographs were taken in the wonderful gardens that cover the site.

Photography by Fred and Hannah

Photography by Fred and Hannah really captures the day so fabulously! That golden sun drenched glow perfectly highlights the playful yellow touches that the couple chose for their day.

Photography by Fred and Hannah

I made the bride a simple bouquet with plenty of lush foliage and texture.

Main flowers used were Protea Pink Ice, and Brunia Albiflora in flower. A Leucadendron Silver Tree cone peeps through in the centre of the bouquet, surrounded by a fine-flowered white hydrangea.

The small touches of red are the variegated Leucadendron Jester. Yellow touches were added with Leucadenron Inca Gold, Leucadendron Pisa and a fine leafed hybrid Leucadendron. Eucalyptus Risdonii, a lovely lemon scented Leptospermum, and a blue green cyprus are the foliages used. For some added texture I used some pittosporum berries which are a great creamy colour and for a finishing touch, some gum nuts from Corymbia Ficifolia.

Photography by Fred and Hannah

The grooms boutonniere combined all of the foliages with the yellow Leucadendrons and a gum nut as the focal point. I love it with that yellow tie!

Fresh and Australian!

Photography by Fred and Hannah

The lovely bride wanted a floral crown to match her bouquet.

I used more of the Eucalyptus Risdonii, and wove in some of the flowering Tea Tree. The fine leafed yellow Leucadendron added warm touches. I also added some of the Leucadendron Pisa to the front of the crown.

You can also see some deconstructed Brunia and some flowering gum woven into the crown.

Photography by Fred and Hannah

The bride wore it well!

Photography by Fred and Hannah

The amazing photography by Fred and Hannah captured the day so well. The golden glow of the early autumn light was just magic.

Photography by Fred and Hannah

It was, as always, a pleasure to be involved!

Simple Summer Wedding

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Simple Summer Wedding

"I'm looking for something small and simple, and I love the idea of natives" was the brief for a January wedding held locally on the Tasman Peninsula at the beautiful Tigerbay Retreat. Greens and whites with a pop of pink and purple were the brides instructions, keeping the bouquets simple.

Bride's bouquet

Beautiful silvery green Silver Tree and some lovely Pincushion foliage were the basis of my inspiration for the bouquets. A few Proteas had braved the dry summer heat to bloom during their usual few weeks of scarcity, so they provided some of the pink. Local native tea tree flowering en masse provided the white.

Leucadendron Jubilee Crown with its rosy cones added some darker tones. There are also some Leucadendron Galpinii with their silvery cones surround by purplish whirls of leaves. Purple was added by the addition of some Hebe.

Leucadendron Lemon Spice is a leuco that in late spring and summer has creamy pink tinged bracts. I used the last few of these for the season in the bouquets and they added a warmth to the colouring that I loved.

This picture shows how the L. Silver Tree really catches the light in a bouquet. Its such a beautiful silky addition to a design.

This simple January wedding called for lots of boutonnieres. More tea tree and Hebe teamed with some Pincushion foliage surrounding a L. Jubilee Crown cone.

Simple, fresh, summery for a simple January wedding.

DIY Bush Wedding in March

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In March this year, I supplied flowers for a wedding held on a local property here on the beautiful Tasman Peninsula. When I delivered the flowers on the morning of the wedding, I could see why the couple were keen to have their wedding here. A gorgeous bush property right next to the water on Norfolk Bay - a great place for a memorable wedding.

The colour scheme was pink and pretty, with native blooms, and the idea was for the bride and groom to do their own decorating and possibly the bouquets.

In the end, I supplied the brides bouquet, and what fun it was to play with such gorgeous colours and textures. Corymbia Ficifolia is the name of the gum that produces those spectacular pick blossoms. The same tree also produces the silvery grey gum nuts. Protea Pink Ice were perfect in the mix, with pink Kangaroo Paw called Bush Pearl. A locally occurring grey-leafed tea tree which was in flower, and the gorgeous pink tinged silvery jade of the Eucalyptus Crenulata were the main foliage used.

I also used Brunia Albiflora, at its peak in March in Tasmania. Silver Tree cones were used too, and a sprinkling of various leucadendrons including Jester a variegated pinky one.

To save time, I made the boutonnieres too. The E. Crenulata was the main foliage again, with added wax flower.

The grooms boutonniere also had a Corymbia Ficiolia nut, and some blossom from the same tree - this years and last years blooms. Pink Kangaroo Paw, and a silvery cone from the Leucadendron Galpinii which has lovely purple foliage throughout the year and makes these silvery cones in late summer and autumn.

The smaller boutonniere had a little touch of the feathery foliage from the Brunia Albiflora. I also love the little pink buds from the gum blossom that hasn't yet flowered. So pretty!

A floral crown for the bride was a late addition. It was to be quite large, with a loose fit and a spray of flowers of the left side of the face.

The body of the crown was made with the blue-grey tea tree. E. Crenulata softened the addition of more pink Kangaroo Paw, Corymbia Ficifolia blossom and nuts, and more of those buds that were yet to flower.

Such a pretty combination of colours and textures!

The DIY element of the wedding required a fair bit of planning. The unstructured look of multiple vases looks effortless but really requires some thought.