The romance of winter weddings.

Everybody has their own ideas about the perfect wedding. Traditionally a florist’s busiest wedding season is the summer, but in recent years the winter wedding has become more and more popular, and why not?! The romance of the festive season is hard to resist; it’s cosy, luxurious and intimate. I have done many winter weddings in my time, each very different. The wedding pictured in the blog is one from the archives, more than 10 years ago, but it remains one of my faves and has not dated. The bride’s vision was ‘a snowball’ of flowers (which I just love!) and she looked incredible in a delicate blush ivory heavy silk gown and a full length lace veil - perfectly suited for the grand and beautiful church ceremony. The bridesmaids complemented her style in glamorous gold full length dresses and fur coats. The reception was in a Tudor Grade II listed venue in the Kentish countryside and on the morning of the wedding there was a dusting of light snow which left the ground and trees glistening with crunchy, silver frost. Perfect!

The flower list was pretty vast, with O’hara roses, ivory callas, ranunculus, hellebores, orchids, ammi visnaga, brassicas (yes that is a type of cabbage but don’t judge until you’ve seen it!) amaryllis and more. The church looked beautiful, a giant urn at the entrance bursting with roses and amaryllis , a font full of roses and tied bunches of ivy, eucalyptus and roses adorning every pew. There were candelabras at the end of the aisle, well, a winter wedding has to be bathed in candlelight doesn’t it? For the wedding breakfast they chose hurricane lamps surrounded by lush wreaths, ivy and asparagus fern everywhere and to top it off enormous Christmas trees covered with ivory and champagne baubles! It was truly magical!

Every season has its appeal, summer is bright and abundant, Autumn is rich and golden, Spring is fresh and blooming but Winter is luxurious and opulent, don’t overlook a winter wedding!