Journal


The Wedding of Jenny & David 1

The Wedding of Jenny & David

Romantic elegance oozed out of every corner of Jenny & David’s beautiful Hertfordshire wedding – one of our favourite weddings this year. Inspired by the stunning gardens surrounding the groom’s family home, we worked alongside the incredibly talented Snapdragon team to create a relaxed and stylish atmosphere for the couple and their guests to enjoy this most special… Read More


ES's Top London Wedding Florists - including us!

ES’s Top London Wedding Florists – including us!

We’re so excited to have been picked by the Evening Standard as one of London’s top wedding florists. Here’s what they said: “A standout favourite in the Bridebook offices, Mary Jane Vaughan is a florist who has the eye and precision of a designer and the natural understanding and flair for flowers that makes her… Read More


Focus16, Design Centre Chelsea Harbour

We were so thrilled, and honoured, to be asked to showcase our work at the Design Centre Chelsea Harbour for Focus/16. It was such an exciting brief for us – both because of the venue and the variety – from the golds and oranges in the Tatler Restaurant to the eleven 7ft high urn arrangements on the main floor.… Read More


THE LOST ORANGERY

Once again working with the delightfully talented wedding planning team at Cranberry Blue saw us discover the magical wonderland of The Lost Orangery in Castle Combe near Bath. The venue was so special that it was an absolute delight to work with. We added plants to the indoor garden to make it even more lush,… Read More


Royal Albert Hall & Heston Blumenthal

The Royal Albert Hall held a fundraising event with Heston Blumenthal and Rhubarb Catering, and we couldn’t have been more excited to be asked to be a part of the team to work on making the vision come to life. As part of our preparations, we were allowed access into the vaults of the Royal… Read More

Client days

Twice a year we invite our clients to workshops, so they share with us the creative process – and fun – of making arrangements. It is also a way of showing our lovely workshop and our range of props. We usually theme them on a season or holiday, but really it’s an excuse for us… Read More


Kew Gardens Summer Wedding

Emma’s wedding in early summer in Kew Gardens has stayed with us in our minds as a simply perfect day.  It was early summer, and  the first of the peonies were out, and all the fresh vibrant greens of the first foliage of the season. … Read More


Corporate spaces

Corporate spaces

A large part of what we do is work with clients to transform their corporate spaces. Hotels, banks, restaurants and galleries. Prosaically referred to as ‘contract flowers’, this weekly, or twice weekly transformation, is in my opinion, one of the most magical things we do. Often corporate or hotel surroundings can be quite neutral, or… Read More


Harry Potter event at Middle Temple 2

Harry Potter event at Middle Temple

We had great fun setting up Middle Temple Hall with the team of Create for a Harry Potter event.  They had organised an owl, that cheekily came and sat on the chair back as we were setting up!  … Read More


Quintessentially at the Dorchester

Quintessentially invited us to take part in their Dorchester wedding show this month.  We took over the Crush room, and made an aisle of cherry trees and flowers in soft pastel shades, hung lights on the trees and lined the bottom with lanterns, through which the guests came in. At the end of the aisle we laid a… Read More


Havana

Kensington Roof Gardens was the perfect setting for a Havana photoshoot.  We worked with Revelry Events and You and Your Wedding . This is a sneak preview!… Read More


Sky Gardens

Sky Gardens

Each of the restaurants and spaces in Sky Gardens has a different style, so we try to match each one with interesting, quirky vases filled with flowers that reflect the season. We were commissioned for a photoshoot in the fabulous terrace outside the Fenchurch restaurant where we set up cement-finish plinths and vases with an… Read More


Old Billingsgate and St Bartholomew wedding 2

Old Billingsgate and St Bartholomew wedding

Lorraine and Jonathan Seaward contacted us for the wedding of Emma and Jack. It was in October 2015 in St Bartholomew the Great and then in Billingsgate, for 400 people. St Bartholomew the Great In St Bartholomew the Great we loved the understated long stone passage leading to a wonderful and grand church, so we… Read More


Natural History Museum Shine event 1

Natural History Museum Shine event

We worked with design agency Sculptivate, to realise their vision of theming 36 dining tables in The Natural History Museum’s Hintze Hall. The event was a fundraiser for Shine, an education charity which supports young people with educational opportunities. The designs were all based on the classroom: some tables were maths, some science, literature, etc.… Read More


The Gallery Mess at Chelsea

The Gallery Mess at Chelsea

Longstanding catering clients, Rhubarb, asked us to decorate The Gallery Mess for a Chelsea Flower Show drinks reception.   Rhubarb organised a bright pink carpet to line the entrance, which we lined with lanterns.  We had small jam jars with garden roses, peonies and wispy summer foliage dotted around, herbs on the food stations and the larger… Read More