Rich, warm colours & full of scent too - this bridal bouquet from last July is full of both. The scent of Garden Roses, Honeysuckle, Sweet Peas & (one of my favourites) Marjoram softly blended together. All grown here at the Flower Farm near Castle Douglas & freshly cut the day before. We never use noxious chemicals to grow or treat our flowers, we rely on our natural pest control team instead.
By choosing locally grown flowers for your wedding, you can enjoy the freshest flowers, & know the Carbon footprint is kept low too.
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Sunflowers are among the 'Top Ten' requested flowers by our wedding couples for this Summer.
So this week, I've been sorting out seeds ready for sowing. (Not yet - way too early!) And there are so many gorgeous varieties available now. Looking beyond the cheerful yellow giants commonly seen by the bunch in supermarkets, there are pale creamy lemons, rich oranges, deep plummy reds, stripes, browns... how do I choose which to grow? And best of all, many of these varieties produce multiple smaller flowers with slender stems. They might not win a 'tallest Sunflower competition' but are perfect as cut flowers. So much easier to arrange in a wedding bouquet or vase! The Sunflowers here in Maria's Summer wedding bouquet were just the perfect size - rich, joyful colours & not too heavy to carry. Thank you Maria & Peter for allowing me to share your photo, & of course, to talented photographer Derek Dunlop Photography for capturing the moment. A teeny little Flower Wand for a Flower Girl's teeny hand, made for a Galloway wedding last Summer...
Brightly coloured blooms including Heather & plenty of swishy ribbons to twirl about. All grown here at the Flower Farm in Dumfries & Galloway, naturally. Who do you know who would like their very own flower wand at a wedding this Summer? Well, I know I've said it before... but I ask you, if you don't wear flowers in your hair on your wedding day, when will you?
And flower circlets like these are among the memorable details in photographs you'll look at over & over again. I love making these flower circlets for our Brides & attendants on their special day. Choosing elements from the bouquet & adding other touches from around the Flower Farm. Often I can use the dainty short-stem flowers that pinpoint the season (such as the Muscari & Pieris top right or the first stems of Heather in the bottom circlet.) The only thing I don't like about Flower Circlets? Taking a quick reminder photograph before I deliver them! It's so hard to capture a good image when lying flat in my workshop... But it all changes when a circlet is in place. And beautiful Bride Tayla, married last July shows us just how it should be done! (Thank you Rene Welch for the beautiful photo of Tayla - SO much better than my two photos!) Some of my favourite flowers are in this romantic wedding bouquet from last September. Peachy Dahlias, Soft pink Roses, Daisies & a few stems of beautifully scented Honeysuckle. A few stems of Gypsophila from Lincolnshire (by September I had cut all mine), every other stem grown here in Galloway by myself.
As our flowers are grown naturally, availability of specific varieties changes as we move through the flower season. No two weddings are ever exactly the same as I cut the best flowers available to your wedding colour theme. And our Bride Megan told me; 'thank you - the flowers just made the day and all the photos so perfect! They were really beautiful and just the right colours for the late summers day we had. Thanks so much for all the thought you put into creating the perfect bouquets!' If you're looking for memorable flowers for your wedding in Dumfries & Galloway, let's talk soon. A Buttonhole of dried flowers ready to a pin on the Groom's jacket at a recent wedding.
All Scottish-grown & dried by myself. Just natural colours, no bleach or dyes. Dried flowers are so popular for weddings this year & it's no wonder - interesting details, full of colour & a lasting keepsake of a special day. Autumn flowers decorated the table at Craigadam Country House Hotel, Crocketford in late October for a special wedding celebration.
Sweet little bud vases placed all the way down the enormous dining table, every one filled with a different combination of seasonal flowers, grasses & foliage. All grown here at the flower farm just a few miles away except for the Eucalyptus from a Cornish grower. The vases sparkled in the afternoon sunshine - imagine how beautiful the table would have looked when all the candles were lit that evening in those candelabra! Thank you so much - I'm so thrilled to be nominated as a Finalist in the Scottish Wedding Awards 2024!
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AuthorRosie Gray of Galloway Flowers. Cut Flower Grower & Florist near Castle Douglas, in South West Scotland. Using 100% Flowers & Foliage grown in British Isles, all year round. Archives
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