 July Bridal Bouquet March was a remarkably dry month here & so I'm made the most of it to prune Roses (we've about 100 so it takes a while...) But it's not a very inspiring picture of a chopped Rose bush or dozen is it? So here's a more colourful close up of one of our Galloway-grown Roses in a Bridal Bouquet made for (another) Rosie in early July last year. The scent of this bouquet was a knockout - Roses, Honeysuckle & Sweet Peas. Rosie chose from our Wedding Packages options. I made the Bouquets & Buttonholes for the wedding party, & supplied a 'Bloom Bucket' of our locally grown flowers too. The flowers were collected late afternoon on the day before the wedding, giving Family & friends time to arrange the stems in simple bud vases for the tables at the reception. The 'Bloom Bucket' is pictured below. It did of course include a good bunch of Sweet Peas! Our Wedding Packages can be tailored to suit your requirements & are a great option for smaller weddings. All the information can be found here on the Wedding Flower Packages page  'Bloom Bucket' of July flowers
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 Preserved Bridal Bouquet So you have spent hours scrolling through Instagram & Pinterest images for inspiration, deliberating over the perfect colour combinations & flower shapes. There have been detailed discussions with your Florist about flowers in season & your favourites. And finally, on your wedding day, the Bridal Bouquet will be placed in your hands for the very first time. I hope you love it, enjoy the scents & colours, knowing this bouquet will be captured in photographs to look back on for years. And then what? Perhaps you'll pass flowers on to your Mum to enjoy in a vase. Or toss in the traditional way for the next Bride to catch. But an increasing number of Brides choose to keep it as a lasting keepsake. If that sounds like you, this will be of interest. I'm often asked by wedding couples if I would preserve their wedding flowers. While I do dry & press flowers, taking them to the next stage & presenting them as a finished piece of art is more than I've ever attempted. So I wanted to shine a light on the work of Sue MacBride, as her work is beautiful & it's an unusual skill to find. I gladly recommend Sue to those couples instead! Sue preserves flowers & arranges them into pictures full of memories of a special day. It makes a fabulous keepsake doesn't it? I arranged wedding flowers for Hannah & Dan last August, & a selection was taken to Sue after the wedding. The flowers were bright & colourful when fresh (see photo below of Hannah's bridal bouquet). The photo at the top of the post shows the result. Sue has captured the vibrant shades so well, even the Sweet Peas! The preserved flowers were arranged on a backing & carefully placed in a frame so the results can be enjoyed for a long time. Sue is based here in Dumfries & Galloway. To arrange for Sue to preserve your wedding flowers as a unique & lasting keepsake, her business can be found on insta @border_gardens  August Bridal Bouquet  Photo credit; Duncan Ireland Photography Work in Progress... Here I am, in my element, about halfway through decorating the magnificent mantlepiece at Auchen Castle, near Moffat last September. I had put in the foliage & hops & just beginning to 'colour in' with Dahlias & grasses. A LOT of Dahlias - see below. The brief from the wedding couple was 'Autumnal' with Pheasant feathers from their Shoot. So I added Bracken, Autumnal leaves, Berries, seedheads & shiny Horse Chestnut Conkers. And if we haven't met before, here's a short intro...
Venue; Auchen Castle, Moffat, Dumfries & Galloway   |
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. 
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