Sharon and Joshua July 9th, 2011

Sharon and joshua were married in the Pillar and Post rose garden on a beautiful, and hot July afternoon.  Sharons father walked her down the aisle and then became their minister and married them! 
I thought that was so sweet and special.  Sharon and Joshua wanted a soft pallette of cream, mauve and purple for their florals, here are the results!  Watermarked photo's are courtesy of Shawn Taylor Photography


Sharon and Joshua



Sharons bridal bouquet of Vitality garden roses, purple freesia and lisianthus, mauve roses and heuchera leaves as well as some pretty amazing shoes.

Boutonnieres of freesia and heuchera leves (we added hydrangea to the grooms as well)

The centerpieces perfectly matched the table numbers!

The bridesmaids bouquet consited of hydrangea, moonvista carnations, freesia, mauve roses and heuchera leaves. 

Ceremony peices with hydrangea, delphinium, freesia and carnations as well as curly willow for height

 Thanks Sharon and Joshua for allowing us to be a part of your day!

Karen and Carlo June 25th, 2011

My first meeting with Karen went something like this:  I want a green and blue colour scheme, with a garden feel, oh and I like this blue flower so if that could be in there great........GO!  I love brides like this.  Open to different flowers and options, it is so much fun to have creative movement in a wedding.
The blue flower that Karen loved?  Salvia farinacea 'Victoria Blue.' (for you plant geeks like me : )  Lush grows Salvia in our cutting garden, otherwise it's pretty much unavailable as a cut flower.
Karens Bouquets were also filled with green hydrangea, pink astilbe and blue hosta from the Lush cutting garden. 
Karen and Carlo were married at the family vineyard with the reception taking place at Queenston Height Park. 
Did I mention I love Afterglow Images !  I have now done 2 weddings in a row with this lovely pair and I hope this trend will continue!

Bridal bouquet of fugi mums, garden roses, delphinium, hydrangea, hypericum, astilbe, hosta and pittisporum

Boutonnieres of salvia and dusty miller foliage, all from the Lush cutting garden!

Congrats Karen and Carlo!  Thanks for allowing Lush to be a part of your day!

Andrea and Jeremy June 11th, 2011

Planning the florals for Andrea and Jeremy's wedding was so much fun.  Andrea is as passionate about wedding blogs as I am and was always trying to figure out how to put a memorable and personal stamp on her flowers.  She wanted a vintage inspired but modern take on a white, purple and yellow colour scheme...with some turquoise accents. 
The lovely photography was by Kirk and Angela of Afterglow Images
The venue was the spectacular Ancaster Mill


Grooms boutonniere of echiveria and craspedia

The reveal

Bridal bouquet of peonies, garden roses, craspedia, dusty miller foliage, echiveria and carnations

bridesmaids bouquets

Ceremony pieces and aisle markers

Signing table arrangement

Centerpieces

I am sure everyone is wondering if those huge yellow ball of petals is a peony, not so much!  Garden roses are the perfect alternative to peonies as they open to look much the same and have a MUCH larger window of availability. 

I wish you all the best Andrea and Jeremy! 

June 3 and 4th events

Rebecca and Tim's wedding certainly had a pop of pink.  It was surely needed to brighten what was otherwise a dark and stormy day in Port Colborne.  I dodged lightning (okay a little over dramatic) to deliver these bouquets and pomander balls.

Bridal bouquet of peonies (the brides favorite)

Flower girl bouquet

Hot pink pomander balls of carnations for the bridesmaids

My second event of the weekend was Fort Erie High School's senior prom.  The planning committee wanted submerged orchid centerpieces in every colour of the rainbow.  I elected to acheive that with white dendrobium orchids pinned in curly willow branches and coloured water.  Here are a few of the colour selections:

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Reddy Wedding May 21, 2011

This wedding was truly a different experience for me.  I am used to discussing all floral options in long meetings with brides, their mothers or even the wedding party.  I rarely meet the groom until the wedding day.  However Arun Reddy planned the entire wedding by himself, and he did an amazing job!
This intimate wedding was held at the Pillar and Post in the rose garden with the reception in the library.  I was given a traditional blue and white theme as well as the hint that the bride loved lilies.  These had to be the most fragrant bouquets I have ever made; peonies and lilies with hyacinth.

Bridal bouquet of blue hydrangea, blue delphinium, blue hyacinth, white peonies and white lilies

Bridesmaids bouquet

Centerpieces

Ceremony arrangements

Colour Blocking

Apparently colour blocking is the latest trend in fashion for the spring of 2011.  How do I know?  Well the Today show told me, so it must be true.
Why not take your favorite colour and make a bold statement (sorry no all white bouquets here ladies). 
I am a huge fan of colour at weddings, especially since most brides are in white or ivory and a popular bridesmaids choice these days is black.
I recently did a photoshoot with Enchantment makeup artistry http://enchantmentmakeup.com/  and Jesse James photography http://jessejamesphotography.ca/   where I got to colour block till my hearts content.  Have a look at my latest wedding fashion statement!

All the pretty ladies and Meghan of Enchantment Makeup artistry

Light Pink Bouquet: tulips, peonies, hellebores and grevillia foliage
Bright Pink Bouquet: astilbe, calla lilies and begonia foliage
Yellow Bouquet: tulips, craspedia and maple flowers/foliage
Green Bouquet:  protea, leucadendron and green trick dianthus
Purple Bouquet:  tulips, hellebores and carnations
Blue Bouquet:  muscari and helictotrichon foliage

Retro literature themed wedding shoot

A few weeks back "The Gore girls" (my sister and I) got together for a meshing of our creative talents on a wedding photo shoot.  We decided to feature a 1970's retro literature theme complete with flowers and fashion photography.   

 My sister has this fantastic ability to capture emotion and depth in photographs (perfect for weddings).  I can't tell you how excited I am that she has found a place in the wedding industry, it means that we may be able to work together more often in the future!  You can see samples of her weddings here: http://www.kingsqueens.ca/

What is a wedding without cake?  The Happy Baker provided all of the cake and cupcakes for the shoot.  She is amazing to work with and so talented!  Have a look at her work on her facebook page under The Happy Baker: http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=36219571775

The bridal bouquet was created with poppies (a good reason to schedule a March wedding in my books), red kangaroo paw, yellow craspedia, yellow ranuncululs, purple hellebores and podophyllum foliage.
A huge thanks to our model Jess, she is alot of fun to work with.