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Cosy Autumn Days
| Q | We're having an autumn wedding and want to incorporate our theme into our flowers. Do you have any suggestions? |
| A | Allyson Martin says: Autumn is a magical time for a wedding with crisp blue skies, warm and rich colours in the leaves changing colour, beautiful soft sunlight and pictureperfect sunsets. If you'd like to capture autumn in your ceremony, consider reds, golds and burnt oranges amongst the colours for your wedding flowers, with lots of texture to reflect the changes in nature at this time of year. These colours can be complemented beautifully with jewel tones for table dressings and bridesmaids' dresses. The heroes of autumn blooms are dahlias, which flower from early autumn until the first frost and come in a beautiful range of colours and shapes, from the plate-sized Café Au Lait to the small dainty pom-pom varieties perfect for buttonholes or pocket meadows. Other flowers at this time of year, such as sedums, rudbeckia, asters, snapdragons and chrysanthemums, provide a fantastic backdrop for the striking dahlias. Adding texture to autumnal wedding flowers will bring the season inside. Sturdy bronze copper beech leaves, ferns and spiky rich echinacea cones will bring depth in colour and texture. Why not introduce some of these elements as a centrepiece along with tactile moss, shiny fresh apples or pears and a rich velvet fabric? Perhaps use log slices or tree stumps to stand candles in hurricane vases. Another way to add texture is to mix dried flowers with fresh blooms, which may be in each arrangement or include showstopping touches, such as a dried flower cloud, arch, wreaths or a flower wall. With the evenings coming earlier, candles can be a beautiful way to illuminate any space. If real candles aren't allowed, LED versions are a great option. Natural feathers again add texture and can be a real statement in bouquets; the colours of feathers, such as pheasant, again reflect warm autumnal hues and add a boho feel to arrangements. If the weather is good, why not get married outside to embrace the season? What could be a better backdrop for saying your vows than nature's rich colour palette? |
Allyson Martin, Bloomery
