Proper Weddings: Miranda & Grah

This weekend Miranda and Graham are celebrating their first wedding anniversary, so we thought it was an excellent time to take you through their glorious big day in a little more detail.

Saturday 26th April started off pretty wet and cloudy, yet by ceremony time the dark sky had cleared and beautiful Dulwich College was bathed in a Spring glow.  

The couple were married in the The Old Library where the flower theme was 'English Countryside' to compliment the wooden paneling and old boarding school setting.  

We garlanded up the huge fireplace mantlepieces with ivy and seasonal blooms and affixed bunches of small headed wild-like flowers (astrantia, lisianthus, daisies and spray roses) to the chairs with raffia.  These bunches were later re-purposed in to jars, waiting in a line along the stage in The Great Hall, for the Wedding Breakfast.

Miranda's bouquet was a traditional dome hand-tie made up of the most beautiful flowers April has to offer; pale pink and white peonies, cloni ranunculus, roses and Autumn eucalyptus.

Miranda's four bridesmaid carried mismatched smaller versions of the bridal bouquet tied with elephant grey ribbon, while two little flower girls carried even tinier versions!

The Great Hall at Dulwich College is a wonderfully grand, lofty space, so rather than compete with the height and history, we decided to go for low clear vase arrangements of bright blue hydrangeas, pink peonies, orange parrot tulips and a whole host of other colours to get some of that Spring sunshine to the tables.  

Remember these two smiley people?  

Lucy and Jem were married last year and Islington Town Hall with yellow and gold Australian themed flowers!

A staircase installation of stems hung with ribbon and small bunches nestled into the wrought iron ensured that the bright and fun party atmosphere continued down onto the dance floor, where Miranda and Grah waltzed into the night, and into the future...

Congratulations Miranda and Grah!
Thank you for inviting us into your home, feeding us wine and nibbles, talking flowers for hours, and for letting us play a part in your beautiful day.

All photos courtesy of Jonny Donovan