5 Ideas for Styling Winter Wedding Flowers

When dreaming up your seasonal celebration, take these suggestions and make them your own floral vision.

I gravitate to arrangements with varying textures and unique colors and foliage, and where nothing seems too sculpted or perfect.

LET THERE BE LIGHT

When it’s Winter we fight sea­sonal blues with lush flowers. The Winter bouquet above combines creamy ranunculus, white pop­pies, and pale green hellebores with bright orange Icelandic poppies and kumquats. Fragrant bay leaves and inky privet berries round out the bouquet and a scalloped edge ecru linen ribbon completes the design.

GIVE IT WARMTH

Winter doesn't have to mean barren. Here we’ve used natural elements in orange, white, and green to liven up the polished table set above with beige linens and pewter-banded china. The flowers and fruit in the glossy ecru vases echo what's found in the above bridal bouquet but also include ruffly white cyclamen and olive leaves.

USE NON-FLORAL ELEMENTS

For brides on a budget, we suggest sticking to one or two floral centerpieces (instead of four) and filling out the tablescape with inexpensive items grouped en masse. Candles of varying heights and shapes have a huge impact, and as a winter fruit, citrus is plentiful and economical, and it brings in bright colour."

SERVE UP UNEXPECTED ELEMENTS 

Champagne is practically synony­mous with wedding celebrations. Create an extra­ special delivery of it by adorning a wheeled cart or stationary bar with a bountiful garland. This one is made from olive and bay leaves, privet berries, and kumquats. It looks lavish, but it’s very affordable, relying only on foliage and fruit. We'll raise a glass to that!

WORK WITH WHAT’S IN SEASON

Consider the following florals for a winter wedding:

• Amaryllis

• Anemones

• Paperwhites

• Seeded eucalyptus

• Stock

• Cymbidium Orchids - my all time Winter favourite!

• Tulips

  Until next time

  Jane xx