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A spring wedding shoot with flower crowns of spring blossom and rustic bouquets of tulips and bluebells

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A spring wedding shoot with flower crowns of spring blossom and rustic bouquets of tulips and bluebells // Photography Annabel Smith // Flowers by Catkin // The Natural Wedding Company

Back in the spring I attended a spring blossom flower crown workshop run by my friend Rachel of Catkin Flowers. It was held in the beautiful surroundings of Doddington Hall in Lincolnshire, which is where Rachel has her base growing flowers in the old walled garden – it truly is as beautiful as it sounds.

A group of us had great fun creating our own unique flower crowns with spring flowers that Rachel had gathered for us, in particular a variety of blossoms from the spectacular cherry and crab apples that were blooming outside.

After the workshop Rachel put together a mini shoot in the gardens of Doddington Hall and I was invited to go along, and even got roped in for a few pictures – who could say no beneath that stunning tree dripping with pink blossom?

A spring wedding shoot with flower crowns of spring blossom and rustic bouquets of tulips and bluebells // Photography Annabel Smith // Flowers by Catkin // The Natural Wedding Company

A spring wedding shoot with flower crowns of spring blossom and rustic bouquets of tulips and bluebells // Photography Annabel Smith // Flowers by Catkin // The Natural Wedding Company

A spring wedding shoot with flower crowns of spring blossom and rustic bouquets of tulips and bluebells // Photography Annabel Smith // Flowers by Catkin // The Natural Wedding Company

A spring wedding shoot with flower crowns of spring blossom and rustic bouquets of tulips and bluebells // Photography Annabel Smith // Flowers by Catkin // The Natural Wedding Company

A spring wedding shoot with flower crowns of spring blossom and rustic bouquets of tulips and bluebells // Photography Annabel Smith // Flowers by Catkin // The Natural Wedding Company

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Cake love: an English country flowers wedding cake

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For me this cake is quintessentially English country wedding all over.  If I was going to have a tiered wedding cake it would look like this, simple white layers (I love the tiny dots of icing) stuffed with seasonal English flowers.

From my limited knowledge of flowers I can spot Peonies, Cow Parsley, Blue ‘Love in a Mist’, Roses, and Lady’s Mantle.  I also think the addition of those tendrils of Honeysuckle really add an extra prettiness to this already beautifully decorated cake.

This gorgeous wedding cake with its English garden flowers has been decorated by Rachel from Catkin FlowersCatkin Flowers is one of the wonderful businesses on the directory who grows their own flowers for brides looking for seasonal wedding flowers.

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