As was sitting in the Garden at Shelley's Hotel last on Saturday waiting for my appointment to arrive, i couldn't help but notice an ambudence of gorgeous flowers in bloom and lots of lush green foliage all around the garden and I thought to myself, surely a lot of well mantained gardens out there should be looking like this garden this time of the year, bursting with avalanche rose blooms, hydrangeas and wild roses.
Ok, to cut the story short, as part of my "Fabulous wedding on a budget" project I decided that when i get back to work on Monday, I would get everyone in our studio to bring in anything they could find in their home gardens, Blooms, Foliage, twigs, grass the lot! Walking into the office Tuesday morning was like walking into wonderland! Everyone made an effort and brought a collection of flowers and foliage. I found a Eucalyptus tree in our work car park which i was really pleased about. Someone managed to drag in a huge dried spooky lookingtree branch with some really crooked twigs which we have used to create a messege tree for an Alice in Wonderland themed wedding which is in a couple of weeks time (watch this space for photos)
Tuesday was such a glorious day so we worked on our flower collection out in the garden enjoying the last of the summer sunshine! We managed to create 7 beautiful large table arrangements which consisted of some foliage, eucalyptus, white roses, freesias and chrysanthiums, all collected from my and my colleagues' gardens. The flowers where used the following day as table centers for an anniversary at The Courtlands Hotel
Thinking creatively with the support of your friends and family can save you a lot of money and you will get unique, wedding flowers at a price you can afford to pay.
The costs incurred in this project are for floral oasis and trays and we also spent £15 on a few bunches of sprays from the flower stand. So in total, for 7 large arrangements we spent a total of just £40!!
