Trends for Wedding Flowers- Autumn

Hydrangea Flowers

 he Clinton’s daughter used them at her wedding, so follow the trend and use Hydrangeas for your special day

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The perfect flower for late summer and autumn weddings! They are the most beautiful flower and come in some fabulous  colours from pastel shades through to strong vibrant blue and deep pink. Now  available from the Dutch growers throughout the year but I like to keep to their natural season and use them in late summer and early autumn.

Because the flowers are so large and full, like a ball of small flowers, they are perfect to use to make beautiful hand tied  bouquets. I use them alone, or combined with roses or peonies in similar colours.

Hydrangea is available in a wide range of interesting colours, perfect to match with your wedding colour scheme not only for bouquets but continued into the table decorations for your reception.

Colour choices:

-       Blue: pastel baby blue to rich deep sky blue

-       White: bright white and creamy white.

-       Pink: pale pink, wine, mauve and burgundy.

-       Purple: from delicate mauve and  lilac to a bold, rich violet.

-       Green. Most colours start green when in bud.

 Delicate muted dusky shades…as the flowers age in autumn the colours become more muted, perfect for the vintage theme.

For the final finishing touch individual hydrangea florets can be used as petal confetti by flower girls.

 They are also perfect when used individually or in small bunches to make a delicate flower circle for the head of your younger bridesmaids or flower girls.



Green Flowers and Being Green

Here at Design in Flowers we love green flowers, but we also want to be green.We want to minimize our impact on the Earth's climate. So, we are doing everything we can to reduce our carbon footprint.

Design in Flowers is committed to being carbon neutral.

• We compost all our flower and foliage waste and use it to improve our soil so that we can grow more beautiful flowers and plants.

• We make sure that all our packaging is biodegradable.

• We are trying to source more of our flowers locally and have joined forces with a local grower to make sure our flowers are not travelling half way around the globe.

• We are keeping our travelling distances to a minimum.

• We are constantly planting trees to offset greenhouse gas emissions we cannot directly or indirectly eliminate. So far we have a woodland area of 35 young trees.

We know that at the moment, our work to improve efficiency isn’t perfect, but we are working on it, and we really do believe that green is the way to go. Don't you just love green!

Flowers as gifts

We all love to receive flowers, and what better gift for a birthday or special occasion than a beautiful bouquet of flowers.
It doesnt have to cost a lot, but means so much.
It is worth taking the time to think about the likes of the recipient. If you know what colours they prefer, for instance the colours in ther home, and the colours they tend to wear. If they like neutrals or bright colours.
White flowers always seem to be the right choice, you really cannot go wrong with these classic lillies. The added bonus is the scent as the flowers open up.

Trends for Wedding Flowers- Summer

SUMMER -Weddings

Delicate, feminine Ice-cream colours of pale pink, cream, pale apricot.

This works perfectly with roses. If you want the added bonus of scent then it has to be the fragrant David Austin varieties. I am fond of the beautiful roses called Avalanche and Sweet Avalanche- shown in the photo here-looking good enough to eat..> Yes I know they are not scented, but for weddings you can recreate this by spraying rose perfume around to give the same effect. Jo Malone Red Roses is perfect to give a true rose scent.

Style of flowers? For the bride a hand tied bouquet and something similar for bridesmaids.

In summer there is nothing nicer than Sweet peas in delicate pastel shades. In a tied bunch for a “just picked from the garden” look. Very simple, very English Country Garden. And with a divine perfume.

 

Wedding Flower consultation

Questions we will ask you at your initial consultation with us.

• When is the wedding? Date…………………

• What is the location of the wedding? Church/civil

• Time of the wedding?

• Reception location?

• Is there a theme?

• Colour theme?

• Size of your wedding?

• Ideas for bridal bouquet? Style? Type of flowers? Colour?

• If you are looking for floral centerpieces for your wedding:

o How many tables will there be?

o How large are the tables?

o Are they square or circle?

o Is there a top table?

• Having an idea of the budget for your wedding flowers is important

• Bring swatches of fabric, magazine clippings of things you like or photo’s from past events you have attended, if you have them.

• At Design In Flowers we listen to you. We want to design your wedding flowers to your personal style and taste. It is your day, and it is all about you. There is nothing we can’t do for you when it comes to planning the flowers for your special day. Our florist can even visit your wedding ceremony and reception space prior to the big day to ensure that no aspect has been overlooked.

About us

http://www.designinflowers.com/
We are situated in The East Midlands and cover a wide area of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and South Yorkshire. We are a high end floral studio who focus on creating fabulously stylish flowers for weddings, events, homes and offices.

 As we work from our studio in Derbyshire,(just off J 30 of the M1,) as opposed to a traditional "flower shop" we are able to focus on each clients individual needs to provide a really personal experience.

Our designs are often described as classically modern, because our floral designs have a simple elegant look that is made more interesting through the use of colour, texture and absolutely gorgeous fresh flowers.