2014 - what a year!

Well what can I say, 2014 passed me by without a single blog, shocking!
My little florist fingers have been so busy that there was just no extra time, or energy, to type and share any of the beautiful weddings that I have been working on.

It was a rather epic year on the flower front. So rather than waffle on, I'm going to leave you with some of the beautiful pics that I have kindly been allowed to share from photographers and couples.



Eddie Judd Photography

Jacqui McSweeney

Brett Symes Photography

Brett Symes Photography

Tori Hancock Photography

Dasha Caffrey Photography

Dasha Caffrey Photography

Dottie Photography

Dottie Photography
Sylvia's Kitchen



Jackson & Co Photgraphy

Blink Photography

Blink Photography

Helen Cawte Photography

Helen Cawte Photography

Kris Piotrowski

Fiona Kelly Photography

Ditch Green Photography

Wild Weddings

Wild Weddings

Karla Gowlett Photography

Karla Gowlett Photography

So there you go, and breathe! And this is only a taster of what I got up to!
2014 was all about saying yes, it was amazing but also exhausting and if I'm honest not a sustainable work level. So 2015 will see us focusing on fewer weddings and boy are they going to be beauties. Hopefully this may give me a little more time to share some of them with you before the year is up! But I'm not making any promises x

In the nick of time

So I was little anxious with the threat of snow looming, as I had the small matter of wedding flowers to deliver! Checking the BBC weather every few minutes was becoming slightly annoying to everyone around me but I needed to be sure I wasn't going to get caught out.

Anyway, it all went smoothly and the flowers were delivered with the odd flurry of snow. The splash of orange certainly brought a flash of colour to the pics and warmed up the room at The Spa (not that it needed it, it was very snug in there), apparently orange socks were also worn by the groom, can't wait for the pics of those!

And then the snow came, perfect for a Sunday off.

So that was 2011...

I found myself getting slightly distracted whilst looking through photos for inspiration for 2012 brides. Nostalgia kicked in for what was a busy but exciting year, so I thought i'd share some of what went on in a quick round up of 2011.

It started with beautiful spring flowers for Mother's Day

Combined with the start of the homegrown flowers

Early summer brought us parties filled with peonies, dill and larkspur

Beautiful summer urns dressed marquees

June meant the beginning of the market season with plenty of homegrown flowers, sweet peas, cornflower, dill, scabious and nigella all in abundance mixed with scented herbs

The wedding season got in to full swing

Classic whites with a touch of yellow

The bridesmaids brightened up this rainy summers day and encouraged the sun to make an appearance for the reception

Excited to be able to produce completely homegrown beautiful wedding flowers

Eridge Park Farm Shop opened offering plenty of locally grown produce

Autumn introduced us to lots of lovely textures, berries and seedheads

Froufrou Bridal Boutique opened its doors to lots of lovely brides to be

Beautiful shop with a stunning selection of vintage inspired dresses

And then of course there was Christmas, what can I say, busier than ever with  lots of markets and orders.  And then a chance to put our feet up for a couple of days!

So a taster for what we got up to in 2011. 2012 looks to be an even more exciting year with ideas and projects in the pipeline and already lots of lovely couples booked in for their big day!

Happy New Year

It was a rather hectic lead up to Christmas so I was ready for a well earned break. Time out from flowers, emails, blogs and twitter, a chance to put my feet up with a good book, enjoy some delicious food and  quality time with family - bliss.

Refreshed, I now feel ready for a new year. 2012 is to be an exciting year as I am now fully self employed!!

All change and I can't wait!

Happy New Year to you all.

It's all in the details...

We had such fun planning all the little details that made our day personal to us!

Of course the flowers were a big focus for me, some of which were even home grown.

I spent ages collecting vintage glass celery vases for the tables, each one was different and grouped with smaller vases of roses, scabious and sweet peas.

And more collecting, this time vintage tea cups and saucers, I became totally obsessed with collecting these, only the prettiest will do!

Images by Victoria Fordham.