What a year! Without all of you this wouldn't be possible.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
We have wonderful customers, amazing brides, the most fantastic team of dedicated florists, delivery drivers, accountants ... everyone you don't see who makes things tick behind the scenes. There are also wonderfully supportive parents, husbands, children, extended family members who make it possible for Green Parlour to exist.
Without all of you, Green Parlour would still be my dream. I can't tell you how thankful I am each day.
Our amazing year kicked off with a bang, straight into an early wedding season and what a wedding season we've had. We met some totally amazing couples this year and 2014 was the year I decided to join them. Take a look at some of our favourites here:
I'm already excited about meeting all our 2015 couples and hearing their plans for the big day. I love talking flowers ... dresses ... the whole wedding kaboodal! There is seriously little better in life than delivering a bride her bouquet on her wedding day.
2014 was also filled with flower schools galore and saw the launch of our new flower school forum which we will be busy filling with lots of DIY tips over the coming months. Our 2015 courses are already filling fast with new students keen to get their hand's dirty creating gorgeous arrangements from hand-ties through to vase arrangements. We've got an ambitious timetable planned for 2015 with some new courses designed to challenge and inspire. Take a look at our course list here:
We've been lucky enough to have some amazing features and achievements over the past year including becoming a regional finalist for best wedding florist in London and the South East. Many magazine features have ensued including a wonderful collaboration with Ruby and Stardust, The Wild Fork and Choccwoccydoodah to name just a few.
There are too many other exciting things, but you can bet your bottom dollar, we're all ready to go in 2015 with as much floral inspiration as you can handle.
Happy New Year to you all
Its all go in the Parlour this week with a total flurry of Christmas activity. It is my favourite time of year. Huge installations, giant wreaths, gorgeous winter plants and a whole host of beautiful foliage to adorn wreath after wreath.
One of our favourite numbers leaving the shop this week is this huge gypsophilia wreath .Its completely brimming with the stuff. I think we may sneak to the owners house and take a photo of this beauty in its new home (the owner has a rather fabulous front door) I can help but think how beautiful these would look hanging from a barn door for a winter wedding.
We have also been table centre a go go, with our regular clients installing their Christmas decorations in hotels and restaurants. These cheeky little numbers are perfect for a table, and with such a long life, they will last from now until the big C-Day.
In the meantime Mariah is joining us for general cheery Christmas spirit and japes.
On Saturday we finished our last wedding of the year and boy oh boy did we go out with a bang. Gemma and Ben tied the knot at the gorgeous Herons Barn in Pangbourne and we were there in true Green Parlour style to floral up the affair.
I love every wedding we do for lots of different floral reasons from muscari in March, peonies in June to English roses in August. November is not skimping on the floral front either, you are spoilt for choice with some of my all time favourite flowers. November weddings should be filled with blousy marshmallow ranunculus, the emergence of anemones and the textures from the amazing foliage that is around in abundance at this time of year.
Gemma's bouquet was filled with all sorts of goodies, from textures of succulent, berried viburnum, scabiosa seed pod heads, Mentha roses, anemones, ranunculus berried eucalytpus .... the list goes on!
Dressed in rich champagne gold the 'Maids held a miniature version of Gemma's bouquet with Mentha roses, eryngium, lisianthus and foliage textures. Pretty 'Maids all in a row.
So weddings, until next year. We've had a ball and some very happy brides and grooms. We're busy talking to lots of 2015 couples and I can tell you we've got some great things tucked up our sleeves. We can't wait to show you all the snaps.
