In keeping with the colour scheme the wooden staircases inside were decorated with green foliage and white orchids. The two colours working really well with the wooden backdrop.

Dundas Castle is one of Scotland’s most beautiful and historic castles and is a perfect 5 star wedding venue if you are looking for somewhere to get married near Edinburgh. Make sure that you check out Planet Flowers, who come highly recommended in that area (and were responsible for the arrangements featured here). Photos of this wedding were taken by Rankine Photography.

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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Award Winning Photo from Archibald Photography

Every week I like to list a couple of the blogs (wedding ones obviously!) that have been keeping me entertained, inspiring me to write about wedding stuff or where there are a plethora of pics that I can cast my beady eyes on… so this week here goes…..

Given that some of my post popular posts on LMW are on wedding flowers I thought that I would share the Planet Flowers blog with you. I have featured lots of their wedding arrangements in the past and I have to say that their blog has lots of inspiration. I love this recent post with all their autumnal flower arrangements at Lennoxlove House – great to see florists using seasonal flowers in their work – the orange and amber colours give such a warm and lovely feeling to the wedding.

And another Scottish wedding supplier… (I know I featured one last week but I can’t help it that there are lots of good wedding photographers coming out of Scotland!) This week its the Archibald Photography blog that took my fancy – I love peeking at all their wedding photos, stealing some tips and ideas and most importantly checking out all the grooms dressed up in their kilts!. Check out their blog to see some of their recent weddings and work, including the lovely picture (that one there) from their recent wedding fashion shoot for Lindsay Fleming (which has just won Mark a Gold SWPP award). I have to say the dress is beautiful but its really the way that picture is shot and the background that does it for me.

Talking of photographers there is one UK bridal blogger that loves showcasing the work of talented wedding photographers and I can definitely recommend her blog. I always planned to include it in my weekly round up but because there was so much to talk about we ended up doing a bit of an interview with Kat. If you didn’t get to read it yesterday catch up here on my behind the scenes chat with Kat from Rocknrollbride.com and get reading what she has to say about weddings the Rocknroll way!

I have also found a couple of cool blogs that I have been following one of them is ‘Seven Weddings (but only one wedding to organise)’. This is the postings, ideas and thoughts of Gee as she travels to 7 of her friends weddings in the run up to her own. You have to read their engagement story which had me completely taken as its so sweet – who said romance was dead?! Some really cool bits on there, like her post on Swish socks for the groom and ushers. I love a bit of fancy footwork so that sort of thing completely appeals to me (on that note I should post about my husband’s gold shoes that he wore to our wedding!)

And like my post last week on wedding blogs I was going to review 5 of my favourites but already I think I have rambled on enough for one day. I hope that I have opened your eyes to some of the fabulous UK wedding blogs that are out there on the net – let me know your thoughts and recommendations for where else I should be reading and lets share the wedding blog love!

Honey Moon Tulip Buttonholes (PlanetFlowers)

I asked the lovely ladies at Planet Flowers for some pics of buttonholes, explaining my fetish for them and I got a whole load more than I bargained for….. these are really beautifully done, carefully crafted and showcase how you can use different flowers, combinations and colours for a bit of standout.

Crystal Blush Calla Buttonholes (Planet Flowers)

Vendelle Rose with Eryngium Buttonholes (Planet Flowers)

These ones above are my favourite – a bit cool and edgy (like the prickles on the Eryngium and the fact that it brings in some colour)

Nicole Rose Buttonholes (Planet Flowers)

You can see the little drips of water on the flowers (they are sprayed to keep them fresh). It is so important to get them just at the right stage of blooming as normally they are prepared the previous day. The last thing that you want is petals falling out on the day and tired and droopy buttonholes – not a good look. I would thoroughly recommend getting your florist to do a trial run and seeing how they last the day after they have done them (or ask to see some pics of other weddings).

Garnet Glow Calla Buttonholes (Planet Flowers)

These buttonholes all look to be in tip top condition and show that there are so many variations to choose from. If you are up in Scotland would definitely recommend looking up these ladies at Planet Flowers as they definitely know what they are talking about when it comes to flowers. You can also take a look at their blog for inspiration and a post where they show even more of their buttonholes. I have blogged about them before and their arrangements of beautiful summer wedding bouquets.

I could not believe how long it took Britt who did my wedding flowers to do the 20 or so buttonholes for my wedding, but they really were a masterpiece, looked beautiful and I am happy to say there wasn’t a loose or droopy petal at the party. I had thought they were the relatively easy and cheap last minute addition on the wedding flower list, but actually I realised they involve a lot of time and effort on the florists behalf and is a great way for the groom and his ushers to show their sense of style. For my winter wedding I choose cream roses and berries and they were beautiful (still trying to find a photo so that to follow!)

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.