Floral Conventions

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Happy Summer Solstice: An Ode to Summer Flowers

It's only natural for a florist to absolutely love the bright, cheery summer months and the bountiful goodness that it brings. In honor of the Summer Solstice, I want to share some of our favorite summer flower arrangements so far!
This is a bouquet for a June 10th bride. She was married in the open fields of Blackberry Cove. The sunflowers are a definitive summer flower and they mix so well with the blue delphinium, yarrow, and solidago. The ivy that you see in this bouquet is a living plant, root system and all. The ivy is from the same plant that the bride's mother used in her wedding bouquet! We absolutely loved this idea and think it is a wonderful way to incorporate sentimental and heartfelt history into your wedding day!

Here is the matching hairpiece for the bride. The viking mum is the perfect mini-sunflower! Here it is mixed with eryngium (or as I like to call it, blue thistle, because I can pronounce it!), delphinium, and freesia tips. Emily, our master maker of all wearable florals whipped this up. She's good! See more of her stuff here {and be sure to LIKE us on Facebook :)}

Here are the matching boutonnieres that consisted of viking mums, eryngium, and wheat. Love them!

No summer is complete without the stunning, fragrant stargazer lilies! Here they are mixed with roses and freesia.

Here are the stargazers arranged with glads, hanging amaranthus, roses, hydrangea, and a killer view from the Crest Center. These are really cool arrangements that are done in tiki torches. Cool, huh? It's a great, cost effective way to designate your ceremony site. We love good ideas!

Ferns! So simple, so natural, so stunning, so summer!

Ladies and gentleman, hold your hats on...this is SUMMER! It is hard for me to contain my happiness when browsing through these pictures. This wedding consisted of nearly every flower that I have ever loved (and that is A LOT). Puffy local peonies, vibrant red anemones, local hydrangea and goosenecks, butterfly bush, butterfly weed, sweet william, seeded eucalyptus, calendula, purple lisanthus, golden oregano, fresh mint, local hosta leaves, stunning begonia leaves, crowned aster, ranuncula, scabiosa, poppy (!!!) and the list goes on. Enjoy as I inundate you with photos and most of all, enjoy the beauty of summer!

The title on this pic says it all....attention to detail, that's exactly what I offer my clients that a lot of newer shops just don't fully understand yet. It really doesn't matter how pretty a bouquet is if it falls apart on the way down the aisle (a true story I heard recently). Why pay for untried talent? We've been doing this for over 30 years and have made all the mistakes so we don't have to practice on you like a lot of the newer shop owners out there. (we consider anyone with less than 7 years experience new). Our experience also pays you in the savings we know about. We've learned a lot in our over 30 years about where to put premium flowers and where you can cut a corner without anyone knowing. This knowledge can mean the difference in saving you about half the cost on a lot of pieces. We can do your $150 centerpieces for $75 or your $200 bouquets for $100. We can tell you where you need to add or where you'll never know the difference if you subtract. Only years of good experience can offer you this.

Up and Running

Hello fellow "Wedding Land" residents! Here in what seems like the wedding capital of the world all is merry and bright. I've been busy working up plans & proposals for next years events. It sure makes me feel warmer thinking about July sunlit mountain backdrops. Seems like green & brown are gonna be big colors again this year...I'm just glad the teal/ocean spurt seems to be over.....that was a hard color to work with.

This years hot flowers are dahlias, peonies, classic hydrangea and ranunculas. Of course who can go wrong with garden roses! so fragrent and opulent. By the way, I've finially got a web site up and running... enchantedfloristasheville.com take a look and tell me what you think.