~Seasonal Cut Flowers grown in Kirkby Stephen Cumbria~
~Seasonal Cut Flowers grown in Kirkby Stephen Cumbria~
Wedding flowers of 2023 in photos… The main theme of 2023 seemed to be sunflowers! I don’t have photos from all the weddings, sometimes I forgot to take them, sometimes the photos were just too dark or blurry! Still, there’s enough here to give you …
Two of my favourite things….pressed flowers, & calligraphy Pressed flowers and calligraphy seem like the perfect combination to me! A nicely written and appealing name card for place setting at a wedding or party makes the perfect memento of the occasion too. I can just …
Workshops – creativity with pressed flowers In 2023 I started running pressed flower based workshops, with the theme of creating an illuminated letter decorated with pressed flowers. We also made cards and parcel tags, drank coffee ate cake and made met new people! If you …
Where to start with planning your wedding flowers Many couples come to me and are not sure how to plan their wedding flowers – not knowing where to start, quantities, who needs a corsage etc. It can be a little bit daunting! If you fall …
British grown seasonal wedding flowers using sustainable floristry techniques….. Some wonderful couples and their wedding flowers from 2022 – some of these couples had been patiently waiting since 2020, so happy to see everyone finally married! Here is a glimpse of some of the weddings …
For me, sustainable wedding floristry means using only compostable materials or materials that can be used again, not using floral foam (also known as “Oasis,” it is effectively a single use plastic). It’s also about where the flowers come from (and how the flowers are …
With thanks to Rachael Burbidge and Philip Rawson for use of some of the photos. For more details about Clodhopper Blooms wedding flowers, head here. To see more photographs, have a look at the gallery Weddings 2022…..