A May wedding in Edinburgh

Dawn's colour scheme was inspired by the groom's Buchanan tartan. She wanted to utilise neutral colours and orange.

The bouquet was made with roses, freesias, alchimella mollis and eucalyptus. Rosa Cherry Brandy was a perfect match with the orange tones of the tartan .

I made arrangements in gold fish bowls for the wedding breakfast, which was held in Wedgwood. The contemporary restaurant interior really suited the modern displays. The spherical arrangements contrasted with the rectangular shaped tables and the warm tones of the bronze calla lilies worked really well with the red walls.

The evening reception was held in The Lot in the Grassmarket. I decorated the stair case and pillars inside the venue with bunches of flowers and foliage.

Rose and Eucalyptus buttonholes

Destination wedding at Edinburgh Castle

Ashley travelled from the USA for her destination wedding at the very picturesque Edinburgh Castle. Her ceremony was held in St Margaret's Chapel.

She wanted a yellow hand-tied bouquet. I used yellow roses (Tara), lemon-yellow Colombian spray roses, gerbera (Okidoki) and freesia (White River). The groom wore a boutonniere to match the bride's bouquet.

Bouquet comprised of British-grown freesias

This hand-tied wedding bouquet is comprised of lilac freesias that were grown in Guernsey. I source the majority of my flowers from the Dutch flower markets but I can order British-grown flowers if required. Organic and low carbon footprint flowers are becoming increasingly popular in the UK and as a result there are more and more British flower growers out there.

Wedding at Apex Hotel, Waterloo Place

Leanne was married at the Apex hotel on Waterloo Place, Edinburgh. I really liked the interior spaces at the hotel, there was a mix of modern and traditional. Leanne wanted a seasonal, natural looking bouquet. I made a hand-tied bouquet using purple and white tulips - 'purple prince' and 'royal virgin'.

Making the bouquet

Packaging the bouquets and corsages

The bridesmaids wore purple dresses and the bride's dress had silver embroidery on it. The purple tulips and silver ribbon detail worked well. 

Ivory and silver ribbons tying the tulips' stems together

Leanne had an intimate wedding breakfast, and required three fish bowls in a design that followed the purple and silver theme.

Calla Lily 'vermeer', silver gravel, Beargrass and purple midelino sticks

Neil, the event organiser, was in the process of putting together the cake. This is me in front of the disassembled cake!

Wired cake topper using panda rose, thistle and lilac freesia

Lovely feedback and professional photographs

I received some great feedback following my work at the wedding in March -

"I just wanted to thank you very much for doing the flowers so beautifully for Wendy's wedding. The table decoration was gorgeous and looked great on the table at the palace. I have had it sitting on my dining table since the wedding! The bouquets were gorgeous too and just what Wendy wanted - the girls loved them. I thought it was a nice touch you putting some flowers on the door handle and the cake topping was just perfect. I think everyone was pleased with their sprays and buttonholes and I loved my wrist one."Mother of the Bride

Ducan Ireland, the professional photographer, has recently published some of his photographs on his website - http://www.duncanirelandphotography.com Here are some more of Duncan's photographs... I wish I got photos as good as this for all my events!

Edinburgh University Spring Ball

I created table centres on a budget for The University of Edinburgh Geosciences Spring Ball at the Roxburghe Hotel, Edinburgh. The students had a Casiono Royale theme and wanted the arrangements to be black and red. I placed black gravel in fish bowls and floated red gerbera and orchid flowers in the water. I added beargrass for interest and contrast.

Wendy and Dave's wedding

Wendy and Dave were married in the Undercroft at Linlithgow Palace. I created a ceremony arrangement for the top table using avalanche roses, genista, veronica and eustoma. Since it was quite a dark space, light coloured flowers were most suitable. There were also candle stands in the venue that I decorated with some foliage and flowers, and with the few flowers that were left, I created a little posy for the entrance door.

The brides and bridesmaids' bouquets were dropped off at the Glasshouse Hotel, Edinburgh. I used akito roses, eustoma 'piccolo blue' and eryngium (thistles) in the bouquets. Since the bride had beading on her dress, I attached a few diamanté headed pins to some of the roses to complement the sparkle of her dress. For the guests, I made thistle buttonholes and orchid corsages.