Big and bold wedding urns

In celebration of the launch of our latest online class WEDDING URNS we’ve been revisiting some our favourite urn arrangements created in the studio over the years…

SWEET PEA VINES | Midsummer wedding urns with the freshest, scented garden ingredients - lime beech branches, heavenly perfumed ‘Rambling Rector’ roses, spires of delphinium ‘Misty Lavender’ and cascades tumbling of sweet pea vines.

SHAPE & FORM | We loved filling this modern ceramic urn with shapeley September materials for our online class Shape & Form, exploring the use of curves and spires in the Macleaya cordata, texture in the Pennisetum grasses and a mixture of ‘focal’ forms in the hollyhocks and rudbeckia flowers.

PAINTED ANGELS | We are very lucky to create flower designs in incredible buildings - dressing these autumnal urns for a special wedding in the parish church of St Mary the Virgin in Huntingfield, Suffolk was a particular highlight and privilege. The exquisitely ornate ceiling was painted over 23 years by the wife of a Victorian rector.

TEXTURE | Proof that smaller urns can still pack a punch! This antique vessel on a tall plinth was filled with dried grasses, rusty rudbeckia, dahlias and chrysanthemums for an intimate ceremony in 2020.

Would you like to learn how to create beautiful, big and bold wedding urn designs?

Our latest online class is dedicated solely to the design and creation of urn arrangements - from antique pedestals to minimal modern vessels…

June's finest

Stipa gigantea or ‘golden oats’ has been flowering now for a fortnight or so. The seedheads rise above the other plants, shimmering and swaying. Despite their great height they are still overshadowed by patches of towering Thalictrum ‘Elin’ and Cephalaria gigantea nearby.

Our first year of growing Eremurus himalaicus the ‘foxtail lily’. After such a relentlessly cold winter and given their shallow planting depth, we were unconvinced we would see these this year, but they have shot up and flowered beautifully.

The plan for the perennial beds has been to make the most of every bit of space, growing something for each season. Here the alliums and Eremurus rise up out of the clumps of grass and Aster foliage, which will be harvested later in the summer.

We’ve sadly lost several peonies this year, but the Itoh varieties seem happy and full of life. This lemon yellow ‘Canary Brilliants’ variety has a bright red eye in the centre - we arranged it with buttery Sisyrinchium spires for a photoshoot.

Bouquets for brides

In celebration of the launch of our latest online class BRIDAL FLOWERS (and excitement at summer weddings now going ahead!), we’ve been revisiting some our favourite bridal bouquets over the years…

SPRING MEETS SUMMER | A moment in time that sings of hope - the first sweet peas blooming as the tulips come to an end. This allows for the creation of effortlessly feminine and romantic bouquets; blowsy petals, ruffles, tendrils and all.

MASSED | Sometimes simple is best - a combination of three ingredients really allows each to stand out - pale intricate Omphalodes linifolia, impossibly fluffy Pennisetum villosum and opium poppy heads make for a textural summer bouquet.

A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME | There is a subtle dark to light gradation in this bouquet, but really all the attention is taken by the honey-centred ‘Julia’s Rose’ in the middle. Around the edges are sprinkled sprigs of scented calamint and hydrangea.

CHOCOLATE & LEMONADE | This bouquet doesn’t contain any ‘focal’ flowers, more a mass of ‘small faces’ - from pom pom dahlias to China asters and lots of pretty cosmos - ‘Apricot Lemonade’ and 'Chocolate’.

Interested in learning how to create beautiful, garden-gathered bridal bouquets?

Our latest online class is dedicated solely to the design and creation of bridal flowers - from elegant bouquets and massed bridesmaid posies to intricate floral accessories…