A Spring Wreath is a great substitute if your front door looks a bit empty after you have taken down your Christmas Wreath. The Spring or Easter Wreath is here to celebrate the start of spring, to welcome in the Easter period or to celebrate the longer daylight hours! Hand Made Spring Wreath The wreath […]
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The season for wedding enquiries is almost upon us so here’s a quick glance at the true cost of wedding flowers. Whether you are having the dream wedding of the season or just nipping to the registry office, it’s always nice to involve flowers on your wedding day and we do a lot of wedding […]
Christmas wreath, a quick history Why do we adorn our front door with a Christmas wreath? The Christmas wreath ( and tree) was brought into fashion by the Victorians. The German Prince Albert introduced the German tradition into this country. The English had a tradition of Decking the halls with Holly… But the tradition of […]
It’s been a while since I’ve written a blog, it’s been a crazy few months but I thought it might be a good idea to tell you what life is like as a studio florist during lock down dealing with bouquet deliveries, funeral flowers and wedding postponements. The first week of lockdown was a […]
DIY flowers There’s a big trend in wedding flowers, rather than forking out on professionally designed florals, why not do it yourself! There are a gazallion blogs full of advise on line to encourage you to do it yourself, this blog is written as a slight antidote to all of those how-hard-can-it-be people out there…. […]
Is anyone “helping” you to choose your wedding flowers? Last week I had a consultation with a lovely lady, let’s call her Susan. We had previous to our meeting talked over the phone a few times and to me she sounded like the ideal client. I loved the location of her wedding, a venue I […]
The latest addition of the Magazine Wedding Ideas is featuring a wedding we flowered last August at Warren House in Kingston upon Thames. Jade and jack were the perfect couple to work with. The chose a summery mix of blush and peach flowers with little pops of orange and yellow. We managed to get hold […]
How to hold a wedding bouquet (the correct way!) We at R&M love a royal wedding, there seems to be a lot of them happening lately. They adorn St George’s chapel with the most sumptuous floral arrangements and have scores of adorable little flower girls and page boys. The whole world is watching and a […]
How exciting was it to see the royal wedding. As a wedding florist I was glued to the screen trying to get a first glipms of the wedding bouquet. The chapel looked absolutely stunning and well done to the gorgeous Philippa Craddock for pulling that off but for a lot of brides and for me […]
Wedding colour schemes, and how to fit in those wedding flowers (and how not to go too overboard!) I have declined to do a wedding once, actually I have said no to a few wedding enquiries over the last few years and it was usually for the same reason; the colour scheme. As a florist […]