This wedding was on the 14th November at Drumtochty Castle, an award winning wedding venue in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Gemma from Planet Flowers explains how they created these lovely arrangements, which flowers they chose and why.

This was the brides bouquet, the bride LOVED twinkle!! This bouquet is all Stephanotis, a true bridal flower with an amazing scent. We used an under planting of white hydrangea and as the bride wasn’t too keen on greenery we used an under planting of tight gypsophila to finish the bouquet. As the bridle loved sparkles and twinkles we added diamantes in to some of the Stephanotis so it twinkled when the light caught it.

As the bridesmaid was wearing chocolate we wanted her bouquet to be the start of the autumnal theme, rather than a traditional mixed bouquet we made almost a bulls eye design! Using burnt orange Ranunculus for the centre with a surround of orange orchids and then Hypericum.

The finish of a bridal bouquet is so important – we used gorgeous autumnal ivy to finish the bouquet with chocolate satin ribbon to match her dress.

Last but not least this was the Flower girls miniature version of the bridesmaids – super cute!!

I love the bridesmaids’ and flower girl’s bouquets as they are so colourful and pretty, but also the brides bouquet is gorgeous with the white hydrangea and gypsophila. Click here to have a look at other posts on wedding flowers where there are lots of other examples of bridal bouquets and flowers for the bridesmaids. What do you think of these flowers? Do you like the autumn colours or do you prefer the seasonal flowers at a summer wedding?

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Claudia & Steve at Fernie Castle - Elemental Weddings

Isn’t this Treehouse shot just fab!

Claudia & Steve's Wedding at Fernie Castle - Elemental Weddings

Yummy Cupcakes - Elemental Weddings

I love this dress (which apparently was made from her mum’s wedding dress and the skirt from her sister’s wedding dress) nothing like a bit of DIY, recycling and more importantly something borrowed, something old…

Claudia at Fernie Castle - Elemental Weddings

Claudia at Fernie Castle, Scotland - Elemental Weddings

That last one is one of my favourites – Claudia looks amazing, I love black and white photos and the location is superb. This is all the creative work of Elemental Weddings, a husband and wife team based in Edinburgh (who btw have won lots of awards for their work). I always thought that people shy away from Autumn weddings because of the weather and its a bit of a ‘non-time’ but these pictures show that it can be absolutely beautiful, especially with a bit of a sun a lot of love and a good photographer to hand.

PS Ooh I just had to include this one too – the lovely autumnal bouquet.

Autumnal Bridal bouquet - Elemental Weddings

Click here to check out more of the real life weddings that have been featured on Little Miss Wedding and if you’re getting married I would love to hear from you about your plans and how its all going. X

My favourite of these recent shots is this one below- I LOVE the button holes for the gentlemen they are stylish, colourful and aren’t going to droop in the heat as the day goes on. Gemma (the florist) has said previously that it is great to see brides choosing colour in their arrangements and it makes for some really beautiful photos.

Gentlemans Buttonhole

These shots are from a July wedding at Wedderburn castle in Duns, Scotland. The Castle is absolutely gorgeous and a perfect wedding venue for religious, civil or humanist weddings. I think that I will have to do a proper post on that venue sometime soon. More importantly though are these fantastic floral arrangements, created by Gemma and Rachel for the wedding and shot by Rankine Photography. A real summer garden feel, soft and romantic – hydrangeas, eustoma, lavender, rosemary, roses, alchemilla mollis, stock, bupleurum, peonies and mint.

Summer Urns

Brides bouquet

Table flower arrangements

Its great to see them sourcing local, seasonal flowers in their arrangements, some of which they grow themselves. Lets hope that they continue to send in photos of their work and anyone in Scotland looking for a wedding florist its clearly worth having a word with these ladies. You can read their blog, follow them on Twitter and Facebook or contact them via their site Planet Flowers.

Delphinium & Tuberose urn

I am loving all these pics that I am getting from florists of their beautiful summery wedding arrangements. This is the work of Britt and Liz from Flourish & Green – a company that began as the working dream of two friends who together channelled their natural talent for floral design and love of flowers into creating sensational floral displays. Britt did all the flowers at my wedding (with the help of my good friend) so I can personally vouch for her and say she was fantastic- the flowers looked amazing, she was reliable, great value and its the only time that I have seen button holes that were crisp and fresh! (and not drooping like at most weddings). I saw the love and dedication that went in to each one! Anyway I will be covering my wedding flowers in another post so on to this one…

These shots are from an early summer wedding this year at High Road House, Chiswick. This stylish and calming private members club was the perfect venue for a vintage style collection of cut glass vases holding groups of seasonal flowers of Peonies, Sweet Peas and scented garden Roses. The scented flowers filled the air with glorious fragrance and this was set off in the cool and refreshing bar area with an urn of scented Peonies, Delphiniums and Tuberose, who headonistic scent wafted from room to room.

Bridal bouquet - peonies

The price of the bridal bouquet is £85, the Peony & Rose urn is £200 and the Delphinium & Tuberose urn is £170. The table settings were priced individually for the client.

I wanted to have peonies at my wedding in the winter, but because of the timing we opted for something different that was in season. The great thing about Flourish and Green is that they try to source their flowers and foliage from seasonal suppliers in the UK wherever possible, and love to take advantage of the seasons, blending nature outside with carefully considered displays. It is often better value to go with local, seasonal flowers and much kinder to the environment too, so if you are looking to do something a little bit green at your wedding make sure that you go for a florist that works in this way.

A word from the ladies at Flourish & Green
“We are enormously proud and passionate about providing a personal bespoke service and find clients really appreciate our personable nature, they are immediately at ease with the daunting decision of choosing their flowers”

I would whole heartedly recommend Britt and her company Flourish & Green. I was over the moon with my flowers and had a great time traispsing round New Covent Garden market at 6 AM choosing my flowers with their guidance.

Peonies in urn - wedding flowers

Table arrangements - peonies, sweet peas and garden roses

Flower arrangements in vintage glasses

Aren’t these just gorgeous arrangements? – I’ll be featuring lots more of their work as I love the way that their flowers and arrangements look so fresh and natural You can also check out my recent post on summer wedding bouquets for more inspiration.

Bridesmaid Bouquet

The bridesmaids bouquets, pictured above, were made from crystal blush calla lilies, green tricks, purple hydrangea, green condor hypericum, ivory roses, ivory spray roses. It was a vibrant summer wedding with lots of colourful flowers. They themed the rest of the wedding flowers around the brides bouquet – All the men wore a green cymbidium orchids and green condor hypericum buttonhole.

The brides bouquet was majestic red calla, burgundy dahlias, green cymbidium orchids, purple hydrangea, peonies and ivory roses. What gorgeous bouquets – £55 for the bridesmaids and £70 for the bride (exc VAT) these are really worth it.

Bridal bouquet - Planet Flowers

Gemmas wedding flower tips for brides to be: “More and more brides are choosing to go with colours rather than sticking to ivory/ cream which is great for us we LOVE colour! There are so many amazing colours of flowers which really pop in wedding photos! Brides should never shy away from colour – it creates the greatest atmosphere!”