Flowers in the Meadow- Choices



	Choices We expect to work to a budget, and following a consultation, will always provide a written, itemised quotation of costs. Flowers fluctuate in cost throughout the year depending on the seasons and annual festivals like Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day, when prices invariably rise. Seasonal flowers will be less expensive, (if you are working to a tight budget). The colour theme for wedding flowers is usually chosen to compliment the bridesmaid’s dresses. Once this is established, the flowers and the design of the bridal bouquet can be chosen. The bouquet will appear in most of the wedding photographs. Its style should suit the wedding dress and the total ensemble should be in proportion. Very young bridesmaids can be very restless: they should only be given a very small bouquet, a posy, or perhaps just flowers attached to a headband. Most principal members of the wedding party will carry or wear flowers, buttonholes for the men and corsages for the ladies. At Flowers in the Meadow, we prefer supply magnets to attach the corsages to clothing. This is cleaner, easier and avoids damage to expensive outfits. It is now less common to provide large numbers of buttonholes for guests, but we are happy to supply them if required. Arrangements for the church may include stunning pedestals’ decorations for the entrance porch, lectern and pulpit, decorations for the pew-ends, or even garlands for pillars. Please do discuss your ideas with the minister as well as your florist. Remember that there is usually less time spent at the ceremony venue than the reception venue, so think about where you spend your flower budget. If time permits, it is sometimes possible to move some of the church flowers to the reception venue as additional decorations. Venue flowers usually start with the ‘top table’, which should be decorated in complementary colours, although the type of flowers can change. There might be scope to use more decorative foliage, which can be both very attractive and more cost-effective. It is possible to make any venue very beautiful using flowers, and they really do help make it a day to remember, but they do come at a cost. We are happy to design a personal floral wedding display for you, be it modest or extravagant. Wedding venues dressed by ‘Flowers in the Meadow’ include: Braxted Park Estate, Withham Channels, Little Waltham Creeksea Place, Burnham-on-Crouch Crondon Park, Stock Fennes Estate, Braintree Five Lakes Hotel, Maldon Friern Manor, Dunton Gosfield Hall Gosfield Hylands House, Chelmsford Layer Marney Tower, Nr Colchester Leez Priory, Nr Felsted Pontlands Park, Chelmsford Newland Hall, Chelmsford Stock Brook Country Club, Stock The Lodge, Rettendon The Warren, Woodham Walter Three Rivers, Cold Norton Westwood Park, Colchester Vaulty Manor, Maldon