Mad for a Moroccan Wedding

As a florist and non conformist, it's sometimes hard to get excited about weddings as many follow the same formula. Suppressing an eye roll is the hardest thing ever FYI.  But you can strike it lucky with a bride who is artsy or different and wants something out of the ordinary or are totally in love with a partic concept or theme. They get you excited. Not only are they happy for you to actually do your job without micro managing it, but they hijack you on their journey of colour and ideas and it's hard not to get swept all up their vision and joy. Apart from the groom's name which makes me want to involuntarily scream expletives loudly to whoever will listen (history's a bitch), Jade and Tobias's Moroccan Mission Beach wedding is absolutely beautiful.

Sticking with a classic white and green theme, the hero flower is King White protea used solitarily in the bridesmaids bouquet and table arrangements. Such a striking statement for a beautiful native. The bridal bouquet features two protea varieties in ivory shades. Just gorgeous. This is the most stylish and effective way I've seen natives used in a long while. The moroccan chairs used for the service through to flickering lanterns all with the backdrop of swaying palms and the pacific ocean lapping the shore make it so very magical. It's weddings like this that make me jealous and even gives me the inclination to consider having one maybe...eventually...to a groom with a different name... hopefully. #scarredforlife

 All pictures from The Lane. For more info on this wedding and other amazing themes, GO HERE.

FLUGLY

I am all for new things and experimentation, but the recent suspended plant trend that's bound with fluro, macrame and moss.... is just GROSS.
I'm looking forward to a return to 'natural ' styling where plants are not being tortured and strung up like they are in some medieval S + M rave. Sorry people...I get terrariums (even though I'm over them)....but I DO NOT get this...

Autumn at Adeney Milk Bar Cafe

This weeks seasonal arrangements were chosen to reflect our beautiful Melbourne Autumn and also to pick up the beautiful wood within the cafe. Using burnt orange, copper and warm tones, freshly picked Hawthorn berries were mixed through with giant copper disc buds, caramel chrysanthemums, magnolia foliage and tropical leaves. Bringing the warmth to chillier days!

Flowers by: Heavy Petal.  Location: Adeney Milk Bar Cafe, Kew

Danusha + Michals Colourful Garden Wedding

In a beautiful fusion of Sri Lankan and Polish heritage, gorgeous bride Danusha wanted a celebration of colour with a splash of vintage for her backyard wedding. The garden was transformed into a rainbow with bright chinese lanterns and streamer strewn floating ceilings. I used mixed vintage glassware and milk bottles in varying heights and widths to create a quirky, provincial theme which complimented the assorted varieties of seasonal blooms. This included hot pink and red celosias, sapphire blue delphiniums, spray roses, sweet william, orchids and chincherinchees. Danusha's bridal bouquet was designed to look freshly picked with sunflowers, gloriosa lillies, bluebells, hydrangea, peony roses and mango calla lillies. Also included in the table arrangements were wheat stems. In Shakespeare’s time, sheaves of wheat were carried in the wedding procession and sometimes tucked into the Bride’s veil. Wheat is also a symbol of fertility.  It is referred to as the “Giving Grain”, and because wheat was historically a sign of bounty and prosperity, it was also the incubus for the advent of the Wedding Cake.The following photos are featured on Polka Dot Bride. Photography by: Sorrento Wedding Photography.

SPACE balls

Sick of your plants just being plants and growing out of the ground? I mean...how boring right? Wouldn't it be rad to pretend we are in space, and see plants orbiting around our room like we are astronauts....OR...stoned!? So there's this new craze that's making terrariums "so yesterday" called Kokodama. It's actually an old Japanese botanic art form that has recently been revived.  I feel like they are an acquired taste and suit a more modern space, but when done right...they are pretty cool. They are also great for balconies, porches and well lit retail/hospitality spaces. Like most plants (and people)....they don't like to be neglected and need a little lurve to thrive. This love comes by way of a little misting of water every morning. That's all. I wish we all just needed that to flourish.
CLICK HERE for a nifty little DIY guide from the clever people at Design Sponge who lifted it from Aura Scaringi (Netherlands based designer). Pretty mossy goodness.

Image from http://thepalmroom.wordpress.com/

Back to Botanics

Trends.... they come and go. But they are SO interesting. What goes on the catwalk, what happens politically, seasonally, universally....influences what colours are 'now', what scatter cushions dot our couches, whether we sprinkle pomegranates on our salads,  queue for a taco at the latest portable funky food van or roll up the sleeves of a fabulous military jacket. As neon slowly disappears into the horizon, taking the Flashdance soundtrack with it.... there's always a period where it all goes back to basics. This is NOW. Ancient grains are popping up on menu's all over town, heirloom vegetables, monochromatic classic fashion and music that sounds like it belongs in the background of a barn dance with a scruffy waistcoated man tapping his foot in timely agreeance.


Enter the floral trend which is not really a trend because it is and always will be my preferred method of floral styling. But everything is pointing to 'origin' and right now it's a celebration of simplicity, the 'organic' and the roots. This weeks arrangements are 'Plantation' style.

Via Sofa.com

via: vtinteriors.blogspot.com

Swan flower and Bird of Paradise foliage for Axil Coffee Roasters. By Heavy Petal.

Don't they look like luminous little chinese lanterns!?

Pineapple lilly, cordyline leaves + ink berry @ Axil Coffee Roasters. By: Heavy Petal.

Pineapple lilly, cordyline leaves + ink berry @ Axil Coffee Roasters. By: Heavy Petal.

neon love

I have NO words for how cool these perspex wall mount vases are. NO WORDS.
Australian made by Lovestar and discovered by stalking a fab florist that I love from afar... the flowerdrum.