It’s dahlia season!

Once peonies have said good bye for the season, dahlia are next up and they don’t disappoint.

Stay tuned to see lots of weddings with this stunning blooms!

Last post, I featured Lisa and Tony’s personal flowers. This week I want to give you a little glimpse into how the flowers for the bouquet carried over to the centerpieces.

An account of black could be found everywhere for the simple gathered backdrop I created for them along with the runner to tie everything together for a little hint of modern flair.

Wedding Reception At West River Event Centre | Floret.ca

When I met with Lisa and Tony last year to discuss their April wedding, she was very keen on spring flowers and I was more than happy to oblige.

Beautiful parrot tulips and anemones in soft pastel colours of the new spring were to be incorporated in everything along with fuller blooms for a lush look.

An accent of black could be found everywhere for the simple gathered backdrop I created for them along with the runner to tie everything together for a little hint of modern flair.

It’s gonna be a long winter.

Sub-zero…it feels like it’s been this way for months and it’s only the beginning.

The trees and flowers have closed up shop for the year with the only decoration being the snow that’s on the ground.

But contrary to popular thinking spring flowers can be found now. Grown with love in greenhouses. You can bring spring indoors 5 months ahead of schedule.

Seems like just yesterday, when wedding season was just beginning and the beautiful flowers of the spring were in their prime.

I’ve been fully immersed in weddings for the past couple of months and haven’t had a chance to feature some of the amazing clients I have had the chance to work whose weddings took place recently, so I’m so pleased to be able write this post about Christine and Ian.

I met Christine in the fall of last year to discuss floral possibilities for her wedding the following spring. All of it was the take place in the Distillery District a place well regarded for ceremonies in the surrounding art galleries and receptions in the numerous excellent restaurants that are situated there.

The combination of the surroundings in addition to her exquisite choice for spring flowers made for a stunning and elegant combination.

The ceremony eventally took place at the Arta Gallery and the dinner reception took place at the acclaimed Boiler House Restaurant.

The combination of the surroundings in addition to the exquisite choice for spring flowers made for a stunning and elegant combination.

Spring Wedding Bouquet | Floret.ca

Wedding Ceremony At The Arta Gallery | Floret.ca

Wedding Reception At The Boiler House | Floret.ca

Spring flowers….a little piece of heaven, especially after a dreary winter.

Small, delicate and amazing in their detail – they are jewels.

And they’re all available right now for you like spring brides.

Tulips, ranunculus, anemones, sweet peas…

Spring Wedding Flowers | Floret.ca

I must be on a roll from my last post and I spoke too soon about all spring weddings being colourful.

I had the pleasure of creating the wedding flowers for Kimberly and Derek who got married a few weeks ago at Deer Creek Golf and Banquet Facility.

Their vision was to have white spring flowers to complete a black and white colour theme.

One of the neat feature of the flowers were the monofloral bouquet that each of the three bridesmaids carried.  Here’s is my favourite of the three.

Wedding Bouquet of White Tulips

In the few months since my weddings for this year began, I have had the chance to design for some very special weddings and I’m hoping to be able to share some of these weddings in my blog more regularly.

The choice of colours and flowers in weddings these days are anything, but ordinary and white weddings in the spring is a rarity because after a long and dreary winter everyone is ready for some colour which is one of the many things that made this wedding so special.

Spring flowers in white was the theme for Sheena and Perrin’s nuptials. White tulips and French lilac accented with the fullness of white hydrangea and sweet roses to complete the palette of flowers used.

Bouquet of Dutch Tulips, French Lilac and White Callas

Centerpiece of Classic White Spring Flowers

I thought I’d continued on the subject I started last week about seasonal flowers.

So far this season, the bloom that seems to be the favourite flower of choice among brides-to-be is the peony.

There’s only one problem. Well, it’s a problem if you are not getting married right about now and so consequently I have had to break a lot and I mean a lot of bad news.

For brides getting married between the months from July to March, peonies are not going to be available save for a few unexpected pockets here and there, but they could never be guaranteed.

They are absolutely gorgeous it’s true, but they’re also only available for a limited time only.

Plan on getting married between late April and Mid June. It’ll greatly increase your chances of getting this flowers.

So if you really love this flowers you’ll have to risk getting married when the weather will probably be unpredictable, but you’ll have the flowers you love.

When a bride tells me that she’s looking for “seasonal wedding flowers”, I ask her what she means by that.

Some say they believe it means that the flowers should be less expensive, others say that it means a flower that is at the peak during the time she is getting married.

 What would you say?

The REAL answer is simply that it’s available.

It doesn’t necessarily mean they are less expensive because the cost of a flower is a function of variety of factors. And also as efficient as technology and the ability to transport flowers from far distances might be, as with most things in life, most flowers have a season.

The ones that are most affected by seasonality are all the ones that I have spent the last couple of weeks featuring and these are the spring flowers.

The commercial growing season for spring wedding flowers actually begins and ends much earlier than most people realize leaving many May brides disappointed and surprised when they are unable to have their hyacinths, daffodils and ranunculus because the season has come to an ealy end.

The timing of what we see growing outside in a garden is not always the same as what and when a flower becomes available on the market.

So, if you have your heart set on tulips, hyacinths, ranunculus, sweet peas plan on getting married in the in the months of March and April when the weather may not be so great, but you can have the best flowers that spring has to offer.

And for those who love these flowers, it is a choice well worthwhile.