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October cottage, nettleden, 01442 863510
A wedding with everything. A lot of planning and lots of designing. We eventually came up with the gold table stands made from banister spindles and marble bases for the 15 tables. A huge door arch, and peonies in August for her bouquet, kept me challenged!
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A lovely day teaching Penny and Shelley to make buttonholes and posies for their daughter and son's upcoming wedding in September.
I will be holding another two workshops in September, so don't forget to book your place. I can take up to 6 people, and the course includes lunch and refreshments. £65 per head.
11am-2.30pm
4th September 2015
11th September 2015
This weeks wedding was a totally different style of wedding, with soft, cottage flowers contrasting with the gorgeous grey/blue dresses of the bridesmaids and Maria's stunning lace dress. The four little bridesmaids were adorable, with their gyp bouquets. The wedding took place at St. Peter and St Paul, Tring, and the reception was held at Hamden House, Great Missenden.
Whilst I have five minutes, I thought I would share some photos of my beautiful bride Vikki and her husband Toby on their wedding day. They were married in Burford, Gloucestershire, where I delivered her bouquets and partied at Pendley Manor, Tring. Don't forget Alfie the dog, whose collar I made too. I loved working with the elegant calla lilies which complimented Vikki and her dress!
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I thought I would just share with you the bouquet, buttonholes and corsages I made today for Claire and Kevin's wedding at Micklefield Hall in Sarrat. The bouquet is made up of lots of cottage flowers which I grow; including delphiniums, larkspur, cornflowers, sweet peas, lavender campanula, oak, honeysuckle and peonies with some roses for the pink colouring.
I apologise for not updating my blog since May. Life has been so hectic, what with the village garden open day, which was a huge success, studying for my Masters, weddings and plenty of flower orders. I also squeezed in a workshop on Sunday for Claire and her friends celebrating her birthday. We had an amazing day and they managed to make not only a floral table centre, glued a hair comb and made some amazing head dresses. They lunched in the garden and we all indulged in chocolate birthday cake.
I will be running a couple more workshops this summer, and the dates I propose are:
If you would like to book a date, give me a call and you can choose what you would like to make. Bring some friends, and have a fun day out. The cost of a workshop is £60 per head, and includes all materials and lunch.
I really thought the sun was going to shine today, but no, so time to update you on my workshops. Workshops are continuing but no longer on Wednesday's, as I am in sunny Guildford studying. I have added some more dates, so if you are interested, why not give me a call and tell me what you would like to create. I am more than happy to do a bridal workshop, an arrangement, or something more unusual with a design feel.
As some of you know, I was offered a place, earlier in the year, to study for my Masters Diploma in Floristry. I accepted and was told the course would start in September, giving me time to continue building up my workshops, concentrate on my weddings, and finish all the decorating jobs in the house and get the garden ready for "Open Gardens" in June.
I found out yesterday the course starts next week! So I will be commuting to Guildford every Wednesday for another 13 months. Very exciting!
I will continue to run my business, whilst studying, but my Wednesday workshops will have to be moved to another day. I will post more workshop dates shortly.
Here's to a busy, exciting summer and being a mature student for just a little bit longer!
Nettleden Garden Open Day: Sunday 21st June 1-5pm. £5. Call me for tickets: 01442 863510
The new expression, "Living the Dream". Well I am certainly doing that!
I have hosted two workshops to date, and both were just as I had envisaged them to be! Relaxed, fun and creative! My ladies have been wonderful and seemed to really enjoy themselves. All of them so far, have natural talent, and created some amazing designs. I have a few more dates left for the spring workshops, and then will host some bridal and summer workshops. I have been asked to add some more dates for bouquets too!
Forever Green's new studio - finally finished!! My very own studio. I can't wait to start my workshops. A huge thank you to my lovely husband for all the hard work he put in. I couldn't have done it without him. Mind you I'm a dab hand at stud wall partitioning now!
It was lovely to meet so many Brides to be, yesterday at Pendley Manor Wedding Fair.
If you would like to arrange a free consultation, email or call me to arrange a suitable time and date.
I can do weekdays, evenings and weekends. Nicky Tel: 07836 774792.
I am busy planning for the Wedding Spectacular at Pendley Manor, Tring, this Sunday 22nd February. If you are planning your wedding and looking for some help with your flowers, come and have a chat on my stand and see some samples of my work.
VALENTINE'S DAY - SATURDAY
If you are reading this page and wonder why nobody sends you flowers, forward my website address to your partner and see what happens!
Roses are very, very expensive this week, so why not choose a bouquet of spring flowers instead! Free delivery to Berkhamsted, Hemel Hempstead, Harpenden, St. Albans and surrounding areas. Tel: Nicky on 07836 774 792 to place an order:
LAST ORDERS: will be Friday morning. Support your local florists rather than the supermarkets.
Come along and create a unique, beautiful arrangement that will be sure to impress your family and friends!
We only use the finest quality flowers that will look amazing and are long-lasting. All materials & equipment are supplied so you don't need to bring a thing! Refreshments & Lunch will be provided.
Time: 11am - 2pm 'ish.
£55 per head
Venue: October Cottage, Roman Rd, Nettleden, HP1 3DQ
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Places are limited so book early to avoid disappointment! Come along and bring a friend or two! Contact me to reserve your place. 4 people per workshop.
I would just like to say a huge thank you to everyone for their lovely comments on my new website! The response has been amazing! Worth all the work. Now I need to get back into the garage and start turning it into a studio! Watch the website for dates of my floral workshops. They will start early March and I can accommodate 3/4 people at any one time.
Welcome to my new website. Firstly I must say a huge thank you to Glyn for doing such an amazing job. I’m really pleased with it and hope you will enjoy it too.
My website will hopefully give you an insight of my work and give you some ideas if you are planning your wedding, or just want to order a bouquet for Mother’s Day.
I have been regularly posting photos and articles about my work on Facebook. In future I will be posting details of special events, weddings and competitions here, but will still keep writing daily updates on my Facebook page.
I shall shortly be hosting a series of floral workshops, the first being for Mother’s Day. Watch this site for details. I will be pleased to hear your comments which you can enter below each post.
Nicky
