Blog: seasonal wedding flowers
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Sustainable wedding florists Bella & Fifi expand into Devon

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I’ve received exciting news for anyone planning a Devon wedding – one of the lovely businesses from the directory, Bella & Fifi, are expanding their home-grown, sustainable wedding flowers south into Devon.

Bella & Fifi style UK-grown, seasonal flowers into beautiful wedding flowers for their brides-to-be, even growing flowers to order if you wish.  With artistic backgrounds and self-taught floristry skills, Bella & Fifi create original bouquets, buttonholes and arrangements.

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Competition to win a bunch of seasonal flowers or a beautiful Camelia corsage made from fairtrade cotton

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Please note: my Reader Survey 2011 is now closed.

I’m doing a bit of a reader survey, to help shape what I do with the website and blog in the future.  So if:

  • you’ve used The Natural Wedding Company website and directory
  • would be happy to spend about 10 minutes filling in a survey to share your thoughts and ideas
  • and would like to win one of the two lovely prizes mentioned in the heading

Here’s what to do…

Send me an email to charlie@thenaturalweddingcompany.co.uk with the subject line ‘Survey’ and I will reply with a link.  I’ve thought about adding the link to the website and blog, but I’m really keen to get feedback from people who’ve used the directory, not just the blog.

The prizes

As a bit of an incentive and a ‘thank you’ I’ve decided to buy two gifts as prizes from businesses listed in the directory.  I’ve picked these particular businesses to celebrate those businesses who were part of my wedding.

Someone will win a bunch of seasonal flowers from The Real Cut Flower Garden, grown by Charlie Ryrie in her flowerfield in Hereford – the same place where my wedding flowers came from.


This is an example of the sort of bunch of flowers you could win

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Top tips for a more natural Valentine’s Day and wedding

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Whilst not being a huge fan of Valentine’s Day, I think it’s lovely to celebrate being in love – love for your family, your friends, the world, and of course your special someone.

So I’ve put together my top tips for sharing your love during this loved-up time of year – and for planning a more eco-friendly, ethical or natural wedding.

A romantic sustainable meal for two…


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Cotswold Cooks; Organic Buffet; Cotswold Cooks; ChangeKitchen; Organic Buffet; Easy Gourmet

Say ‘no’ to the chain restaurants and find somewhere near to you from The Sustainable Restaurant Association’s directory of sustainable restaurants in the UK.  If you’re near to Dover, why not book a meal at The Coastguard pub and restaurant and enjoy a dinner of local produce.  Or, for a dinner of organic food and locally caught seafood with a difference how about Cafebarge – a Dutch barge in Argyll.

Those getting married who want a menu full of ethical, organic, local or seasonal ingredients should look no further than some fabulous caters like Cotswold Cooks (Wiltshire), Easy Gourmet (London), ChangeKitchen (Midlands), Eco Cusine (London), Organic Buffet or Tabiah Wedding Services (specialising in Asian weddings).  More caterers be found on our directory.

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Winter-meets-spring wedding posies with twigs, tiny pine cones, and dainty daffodils

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Winter meets spring wedding posies

Winter meets spring wedding posies

It’s that time of year when the first of the spring flowers start to show, but winter still has a grasp. It’s a hard time of year for seasonal wedding flowers, but we think there’s still inspiration to be found in nature that can be translated into your wedding flowers.

Beautiful but simple to create, these small posies would be ideal for bridesmaids at an early spring wedding. The combination of white, yellow and brown, with hints of green seems to epitomize the end of winter and the start of spring.

Winter meets spring wedding posies

Bouquet details

These posies are created from paperwhites, narsissi and a collection of twigs and small pine cones. They are simply tied together with natural raffia for a lovely down-to-earth and rustic feel.

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