Farm to Wedding Flowers

I recently had the pleasure of attending a floral design workshop hosted by Kelly Shore of Petals by the Shore at Wollam Gardens in Jeffersonton, Virginia. Beth Caldwell was our amazing photographer for the day, and as you’ll see, despite the gale force winds, she captured some beautiful images. Honeysilks provided the ribbon, and our beautiful models, @x8jaclyn8x in the ivory gown and @namroszy was in the stunning Star Blue gown by KellyFaetanini.

As you’ll see from the photos of my work below, it was a nice step outside the typical wedding design workbook where garden roses and hydrangea hold court. Poppies, ranunculus, anemones, tulips, abelia, pennycress, viburnum, black cherry, birch - all grown within 300 feet of where we designed.

The foam free arch installation in the pavilion at Wollam had the additions of lilac and a double cherry blossom which truly emphasized the spring wedding inspiration. The left side of this ‘arch’ is actually freestanding and could be moved to your reception after the ceremony - wouldn’t that be gorgeous flanking your cake or sweetheart table?

bouquets in sherbert flavors

Three sherbert-y bouquets, tangerine, lemon and passionfruit.  Each of these has a mitigating factor of white and/or ivory, and just a touch of clear green to add definition.  While they are all designed in relatively the same style:  hand-tied with a bit of the garden, I think the designs get a little more interesting as you go down the line, the last bouquet being my favorite of the three, as I think it shows the most personality.  The change in texture from the Cafe au Lait dahlia to the snowberries does it for me - the dinner plate dahlia against the clusters of symphoricarpos, a native shrub to our garden in Virginia, although the shrubs in the wild part of my garden bear no resemblance to the cultivated white beauties you see here.