Cambridge Edition March 2019

WEDD INGS

Blooms & b akes FIND OUT WHAT’S IN FASHION FOR FLORALS, FROM VINTAGE-INSPIRED BOUQUETS TO CASCADING CHANDELIERS OF FRESH FLOWERS, AND DISCOVER HOW THE HARRY-AND-MEGHAN EFFECT IS IMPACTING THE LATEST WEDDING CAKE TRENDS

THE CAMBR IDGE FLOWER SCHOOL

Wedding flowers are important for any couple – whether it’s arrangements at the ceremony, bouquets for the bride or buttonholes for the groom. The blooms you choose might be your favourite flowers, or something that blends in with a colour scheme or expresses your personality. Sarah Clerke, from The Cambridge Flower School, gives us her insider info on the what’s big in bouquets for 2019: BIG AND BLOUSY: For the last few years the vintage bridal trend has been going strong, and that doesn’t seem to be changing. The flowers vintage brides tend to ask for are big, loose, blousy arrangements. If anything, bouquets seem to be getting bigger and looser for 2019! There’s often the idea that a loose arrangement might be cheaper – you get brides asking for flowers that look ‘as if they’ve just been picked out the garden’. But prices are based on the effort and time that goes into design, arrangement and the cost of each flower, and it takes a lot of work to make flowers look natural and wild.

TRAILING FLOWERS: Shower arrangements – which are long, trailing bouquets – are coming back into fashion and, again, they tend to be getting bigger and bigger. BRIGHT AND BOLD: One thing that has changed a bit is the colours brides are going for – we’re starting to move away from the very muted pale pinks towards more oranges, red, pinks and lime green. HANGING GARDENS: Arrangements for venues go through fashions just as much as bridal flowers do. Right now, we are seeing lots of hanging floral designs: chandeliers of cascading flowers and moongates, which are like archways covered with flowers for people to stand under. Again, the fashion for these is all very loose and natural looking. THE CAMBRIDGE FLOWER SCHOOL: Sarah and her team can organise flower arranging courses for brides- to-be and bridal parties. They also hold career courses for bridal floristry – the next one is 20 to 24 May. thecambridgeflowerschool.co.uk

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