Melanie and Kris: August 6, 2011

Not only do Melanie and I share a fantastic namesake but we also share a love for bold colour in florals.  Melanie's jade/aqua bridesmaids dresses were the stepping stone to a plethera of jewel toned hues with pops of yellow. 

Melanie and Kris were married at St. Kevin's church in Welland followed by an elegant reception at John Michaels  The images were captured by their friend, the very talented Brian Caporicci.

Melanie's bridal bouquet consisted of Dahlia, trachelium, lisianthus, brain celosia, green hydrangea and yellow billy balls.  The groom wore a dahlia boutonniere in a co-ordinating hot pink 

For the ceremony tall cylinder vases were topped with bold coloured blooms mixed with white and curly willow

The centerpieces consisted of purple kale, pink roses, curly willow, green and white hydrangea, purple carnations and green spider mums.

Thanks Mel and Kris!  You were a joy to work with and we here at Lush wish you all the best!

Janelle and Chris Dec 10, 2011

Janelle and Chris during their Korean Ceremony

When I first met Janelle and Chris I was impressed by what a clear vision Janelle had for her day.  Tons of inspirational pictures and endless descriptions.  When she first told me that she wanted roses and babies breath I had a bad flashback image (circa 1980), but it's all about how you use these flowers.  So we took a modern twist on the classics.  For their ceremony and reception at Queens Landing we used a neutral pallette of white and soft pink.  Janelle chose a mix of regular and spray roses for her bouquet which was finished with a massed ring of babies breath.

For her groom a simple rose and baby's breath massing

The bridesmaids carried a bouquet of baby's breath and the groomsmen wore a mound of the same.

A huge thanks to Bard of Living Face Photography for all of the wedding party pictures above.

We also worked hand in hand with one of our fav's on this wedding:  Gala Decor We LOVED the head table backdrop and the gold guest table linens made the centerpieces pop.

 Baby's breath is the perfect representation of snow for a winter wedding.  So we went all out!  It was in the ceremony arrangements along with white branches and hanging candles

As well as in the centerpieces:

The head table was decked out in mounded arrangements of baby's breath, hydrangea and spray roses as well as white branches for accent.

The receiving table was accented with an arrangement of branches and hanging crystals

Huge thanks and Congrats to Janelle and Chris!  We had such an amazing time creatng your winter wonderland.

Anna and Kevin October 8, 2011

I got to know Anna very quickly when she contacted me shortly before her wedding and asked me to be her florist.  She had a hard time narrowing down her colour scheme but in the end she went back to what she had loved from the start: a black, white and grey colour scheme.  Anna loved the moonvista carnations I used in many bouquets because "they look black" she told me.  Along with the carnations I added very dark burgundy dahlia, grey dusty miller and echiveria and finally white spray roses.
Thanks to Christopher Porto for capturing the day!

For the maid of honor we used smaller versions of the echiveria used in Anna's bouquet

For the groom Anna wanted to use the carnations again along with silver berzillia berries and dusty miller

For the Flower girl (and Anna's beautiful daughter) we used a massing of moonvista carnations and dusty miller foliage

The ceremony arrangements were a massing and mounding of commercial (football) mums, spray roses, dahlia, carnations, berzillia berries, rhamnas berries, dusty miller and diablo ninebark foliage

Thanks for allowing Lush to be a part of your special day Anna and Kevin!

Jess and Rob July 31, 2011

The first time I met Rob Tyndall he was expertly sliding down a curling sheet...I think that's what they call it....
I however was looking anything but graceful as I clumsily slid down the sheet (of ice) on my knees. 
I was a student at the Niagara Parks School of Horticulture and he was my Entomology teachers son.  You can imagine how old I felt when a few years later little Rob Tyndal met me at the bridal show with his lovely fiance Jessica Button.
Jess and Rob are huge foodies and decided to host their reception at the Benchmark Restaurant on the Niagara College campus.  The grounds of the school provided a great space for an outdoor ceremony as well.  All images taken by Joshua Kraemer .

The colour scheme for the wedding was black, white, lime green and hot pink  for the bride we used white calla lilies, green fuji mums, green hypericum berries, white hydrangea, clematis seed heads, brain celosia and diablo ninebark foliage (for the touch of black)

Crisp and clean calla lily with hypericum, foliage and a ribbon wrap



The beautiful flower girl and her celosia and hypericum fairy wand



The centerpieces were kept very minimal but striking and complimented the burst of pink in the napkins perfectly.  A black band of ribbon was added to each vase to bring the final wedding colour in.

Lush does not do cakes but I had to include these pictures as I think this is one of the most amazing cake flowers I have ever seen....so like the real fuji mums in Jess's bouquets!  It was created by the talent at Benchmark Restaurant as well!

It's begining to look festive here at Lush!

I know it's holiday time when my hands are covered in sticky sap splotches, friends are picking needles out of my hair saying "see you have been working today" and what's that in my eye?....yep sparkles.  Hazard of the job I guess and I would not change it for a thing.

We have been hosting urn workshops for gatherings big and small, working on custom orders for clients and dressing up business fascades.  Here is just a sampling:

We dressed up the fascade of Chakra Spa in Ridgeway with lime and silver urns.  These fantastic branches are corkscrew hazel.  Douglas Fir and White pine were grouped to give a more modern feel .  Lime green mesh, silver balls and silver containers brought the look together.

Copper, brown and birch...perfect combo

Have You Finished All Of Your Shopping Yet?

If not Lush can create you a stunning arrangement that anyone would love.  We can even deliver this stunning arrangement up until Christmas eve!  We accept cash, debit, Mastercard or Visa.  Here is a small sampling of some of our favorite arrangements.

Holly berries, cotton, moss and festive greens

Say Merry Christmas with some Kale!

Amaryllis...My fav!

For the nature lover

Merry Christmas to all from Lush Florals!

Better late than never...The Niagara Fall Wedding Show!

This past October Lush exhibited at the Niagara Fall Wedding Show with the Niagara Wedding Center.  In one location brides have access to Liquid Entertainment, Gala Decor and Dynasty Limousine and Lush!  We had a fabulous time meeting new brides for 2012 and beyond.

The Niagara Wedding Center crew 









(that's a mirrored pedestal reflecting the carpet just incase you were wondering)

The Niagara Wedding Center will be exhibiting at the Hamilton/ Halton Spring Wedding Show on Jan 7 and 8 at the Hamilton Convention Center as well as the Niagara Spring Wedding Show Jan 15 and 16 at the Holiday Inn St. Catharines