Waratah wedding bouquet

Image by Sophie Sullivan Photography Late in spring I had the pleasure of providing flowers for a wedding at Willie Smiths Apple Shed in the Huon Valley. Its a great, relaxed venue. I love spring weddings when the bride says "red please" because Waratah's are one of my favourites!

Waratah season is short and sweet. They are very much a spring flower. Swallows Nest Farm Waratah Bouquet This year has been unusually warm and the waratah season seemed to fly by more quickly than usual. Here at Swallows Nest Farm, you can see the first pickable blooms in mid to late September, with October being the high season. Some late flowering varieties keep going until mid December, but due to the warmth, it been a shorter season. It's made me a bit sad, and so to console myself…

Boutonniere is a french word meaning 'button hole' and is the name for a flower or small bouquet worn on the lapel of a man's jacket. Boutonniere have an interesting history, with some suggesting the practice started with flowers being worn by men going into battle. The boutonniere was very popular in Victorian times. Suits were made with a special opening and loop on the lapel so as to accommodate a flower, usually a carnation. More recently, the boutonniere has become something worn only…

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Bold, beautiful and long lasting, the protea family has made a heck of a resurgence in the wedding world. Many species are native to Australia, but even those that aren’t tend to grow easily here, making them a wonderful choice for the eco-conscious bride.

Max and Ophelia's wedding arbour features red Waratahs, pink King Proteas, white bunny tails and native Gum leaves and pods.

Growing and arranging beautiful Australian Native Flowers and all things Proteaceae.

October is a brilliant month for native flowers. A bride is spoilt for choice! Last October I was privileged to be able to provide flowers for a wedding at MONA in Hobart. The bride and groom were from Sydney so NSW Waratah's were a perfect choice. My Telopea Speciosissima hybrids were just bursting with colour. The bride was wearing gold, so the red was really a standout colour. I added Dryandra Formosa flowers to tie in the gold. They are at their height in early to mid spring. The…

Spring is a fabulous time for native flowers, and a fabulous time for weddings. I get to put the two together when I'm doing spring wedding flowers! Early this spring, I did flowers for a lovely Hobart bride who wanted bouquets with highlights and pops of colour. The bride's bouquet combined the creamy white of Maui Sunset Leucadendrons, a late-winter or early-spring flowering leuco, with one of the first of flowers from a newly planted Protea called White Ice. White highlights were added…