I have returned from a perfect wedding day. Everything went swimmingly and I think everyone had a nice day. So my six this week is a list of six garden related wedding links.
1. The tables and favours
Any long time readers of the blog will know I garden keeping wildlife in mind. So some of our table decorations and favours (previous blog on favours) were done with this in mind.
For favours we purchased meadow seeds and packed into envelopes we purchased from eBay. We bought the seed from meadow in my garden. Meadow in my garden make seed mixes for every garden condition. I chose an extra short mix that people can grow in pots or in the border. I didn’t want anything that would cause any problem growing bigger than people could control. I also thought it was a nice remainder of the day. If they plant them they could potentially have a remainder of the day for years to go.
The name cards carried on the loose theme with the mini bees.
2. Cake
For the cake, we went for floral icing. Daisies are one of Amy’s favourite flowers and I’ve grown lots of ox eye daisies this year in the garden. On the top, we had two big bees for me and Amy and a little bee for Alice. The bottom was fruit cake, the top lemon drizzle. It was very tasty.
3. Flowers
The flowers came from the flower pot in Whitby and my in-laws garden. They were absolutely stunning. We now want to plant several of the flowers into our garden as remainders of the day. Photos are mainly from my phone and don’t do them justice.
The florist’s centrepiece for the altar was glorious. I chatted briefly with the florist, a nice chatty fellow who wished me luck. Now need to work through identifying flowers to try and plant.
The bouquets carried on the colour scheme. Alice was very happy with her bouquet. It wasn’t until after the service she started to use it as a weapon to hit people with.
The flowers for the table and smaller church displays came from the in-laws garden. Ruth did a lovely job of putting them together. We’ve been collecting small vases from charity shops for a while. They looked excellent and heard many complimentary comments on how good they were.
The bouquet on display.
When we returned home we found two more beautiful bouquets left by my parents.
I’ve now been requested to dry out the bouquets to store, so our airing cupboard has more flowers stored in.
4. Pre-wedding reading
I was kicked out of the house early in the morning and had a good bit of time to spare at the church. Luckily there was some good reading on the churches charity shelf.
5. The gifts
We had said we didn’t want any gifts as we really don’t need anything in our lives. We had houses separately before we coupled up and have built up everything we need. But clearly, people feel guilty not giving gifts. One of my aunties gave a number of lovely presents including a good variety of seeds for next year. Lots recommended for wildlife and some white bulbs suitable for a wedding. The Sarah Raven foxgloves and cosmos look particularly nice.
One of my other aunties drove up from Shropshire with lots of donations from there garden. There are some good ground cover plants. Geraniums and ladies mantle will help under plant a few areas. Then a few bigger plants. The New England Aster looks to have pretty. Purple flowers. Have to work through looking them all up to work out the right places for them all.
The ring
The ultimate daily remainder of the day was bought with gardening in mind. As both my work and my home life are quite destructive to my hands I needed a robust ring. Buying a wedding ring is an interesting procedure. A bit like a subway sandwich there are hundreds of options. With the ring, we had to choose material, twists, textures, engravings, rocks, etc. But I favoured just a nice texture that won’t look bad as it gets knocked and titanium for hard wear.
It was a fabulous day and we were thankful people could share in our day. I live a charmed life filled with joy. Hope you all enjoy your weekends. I need to contemplate where the new plants will go.
All my best wishes ! My wedding was 20 years ago (but I got married young … 😉…)
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Congratulations, looks like you had a perfect day. Enjoy the rest of your journey together.
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Thank you. Still over the moon. Was a great day.
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Congratulations! That wedding bouquet is the most beautiful I have ever seen, anywhere! Stunning! And your wedding gifts of plants were also wonderful. Thanks for sharing your day with us.
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We didn’t know what we’d get as there is the Dutch flower shortage. We specified colours, but not exact flowers, just a few ideas of what we’d like. But I’m very happy with what we’ve got. A lot commented on it. So I now need to grow agapanthus and sea hollies.
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I’m sure I have never before read a man’s account of his wedding. Yours was marvelous. I enjoyed seeing and reading about the flowers and gift plants. Your wedding ring is perfect. The wedding cake was super. What a wonderful day it was, as was your post!
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Thank you. Glorious day. We’ve still got lots of the fruit cake left, so good job it was nice as going to be eating it for a while.
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Fruit cake lasts practically forever, so you shouldn’t have to hurry to eat it.
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Congratulations to you both. I love reading about weddings so thanks for sharing your special day. I love the little bees. And, of course, the flowers were fabulous.
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There you are! Congratulations Joshua and Amy! It looks like you had a fabulous wedding and little Alice looks so sweet! I love that you added so many personal touches too. X
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Cheers Sophie. We tried to do it our way. We enjoyed it. We didn’t spend the whole day pleasing other people, which is what we’d been warned to be careful of.
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Congratulations on your big day! You all look so happy & what cute flower girls. The flowers & cake are simply wonderful. Looks like an absolute success. Just love the bouquets drying in the hot press. Here’s to many happy years ahead!
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Thank you. Should really have them drying in a cool dark spot, but don’t have a good space to hang. Was a lovely day.
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Lovely pics and explanations – and you are so much better than my friend’s husband who when she asked him ‘What do you think about flowers at our wedding?’ replied ‘Yes, definitely, let’s have some.’
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We couldn’t actually specify what flowers we wanted with the flower shortage. It would have been too expensive. We gave a colour scheme and a few ideas of flowers we likes. But what he put together was beautiful.
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Congratulations! I loved everything. The flowers are so beautiful. Best wishes. Karen
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Thanks. We got the official photos back, but sadly don’t have a really good one of the church display. But will definitely be growing some agapanthus next year.
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There’s one called Flower of Love. Highly recommend. Quite appropriate too for you. Best wishes. Karen
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