Ceremony and Reception

The ceremony took place at a beautiful church with vivid stained glass windows. The altar arrangements included yellow lilies, yellow eremerus, purple allium, red miniature gerbera daisies, red roses, bells of ireland, red delphinium, pink snapdragons and white montecasino.

The centerpieces matched the chair treatments beautifully! We used a greenery wreath with red wire accents, red rose blossoms and petals. With the candles lit, the whole table glowed.

Colorful

The Bridal Party

For this wedding, the bride requested flowers from a local grower be used as much as possible. I went through Green Trail Farm, in LaPorte, Indiana. We were not disappointed, the flowers were beautiful!

The idea was to go with a Midwest Meets the Tropics feel. The non-local flowers were orchids, roses and a few lilies. The rest were local.

The bridal bouquet consisted of cream hydrangeas, dahlias, roses, cosmos and orchids. I added touches of white limonium and snow on the mountain for accents.

The bridesmaid's bouquets consisted of pink, hot pink, and white cosmos. Cosmos are a little difficult to work with, they are very fragile and have floppy stems. By packing the nosegay full of stems I was able achieve a nice round, full look. They were so much fun to make!

The Church

The Reception

Pre - Wedding

The Garden in Late Spring

Sunflares - they would take over if not kept in their own enclosure.



False Indigo - The flowers fall, leaving behind bright green seedpods that deepen into a deep, dark blue. I will update with pictures come late summer.



Roses - white, pink, orange and red - the pink smell the best!



... and strawberries! Unfortunately, they never make it indoors. The children and I keep our small patch picked bare at all times. If we are in the garden, we are in the strawberry patch.