Laura & Jon's wedding, Elms Barns, 22nd January

A really good friend asked if I could do her flowers for a winter wedding at Elms Barns http://www.elmsbarnweddings.co.uk/on the border of Norfolk & Suffolk. The venue take care of the barn decorations leaving me to concentrate on the bouquets and buttonholes.

Laura and Jon had chosen a white and green theme for the wedding flowers, and were keen to include twigs in the designs to reflect the time of the year. Laura wished for different tones and textures in the bouquets but to also keep them quite simple. It was a great opportunity to be creative and choose different yet complementary flowers to fit in with the scheme. Jess the bridesmaid was 7 months pregnant so her bouquet was bigger than a normal bridesmaid's.

Thanks to Brian Egan Photography for the photos www.brianegan.co.uk.

Laura's bouquet

Corsage of Crysanthemum, Molucella & Chincherinchee

The bridesmaid's bouqet (left) and Laura's bouquet (right)

Bouquet of Avalanche, Akito & Jade roses, Molucella, Chincherinchee, Contorted willow & Ruscus

Bouquet of Avalanche & Akito roses, Veronica, Eucalyptus, Rosemary & Contorted willow

The bouquets were finished with ribbon to match Laura's dress

Buttonhole of Avalanche rose, Chincherinchee & Ruscus

'Happisburgh' bouquet

When I was working with the red roses and white freesias, the colours reminded me of the prominent lighthouse in the small Norfolk village, Happisburgh.

Happisburgh lighthouse is the oldest working light in East Anglia, and is painted white with three red bands.You can see a picture of it at http://www.happisburgh.org/lighthouse.

Thanks to Brian Egan Photography for the photos www.brianegan.co.uk. The bouquet was photographed at St Margaret's Church in Cley-next-the-Sea, an impressive backdrop.

Helen & Phil's wedding, Bateman's Barn

Here are a selection of photos taken by John Harris Photography of wedding flowers I did for Helen and Phil who got married at Bateman's Barn in Suffolk. You can see more photos at John Harris's blog http://networkedblogs.com/8tsp9.


I really enjoyed doing the flowers. The colour scheme was white and green and the fantastic barn setting complemented my realxed, rustic & informal style. 

Bateman's Barn is a fantastic venue. The barn and grounds are really lovely www.batemansbarn.co.uk.

Homemade willow ring decorated with ivy and some great paper roses, used for the aisle

The three bridesmaids bouquets comprised white rose and rosemary sprigs

Helen wore a wired rose in her hair

Each guest had an individual place name and a favour

Bridesmaid's bouquet

Avalanche rose, freesia & veronica bouquet finished with rolled aspidistra leaves

Talia rose, veronica, heather and rosemary buttonhole

Bride's bouquet. The freesia gave off a really lovely fragrance

Welcome to my blog

Welcome to the VEFlowers blog.

My first entry is a simple hand-tied bouquet I made for my twin sister's birthday at the end of November when the country was gripped by snow. 

The bouquet comprises pink roses, white carnations,pink and cream lisianthus and sweet williams, and is finished with shocking pink organza ribbon.


Thanks to Brian Egan Photography for the great photos.

I love the contrast between the gnarly old root ball and the delicate pink flowers.