Constance Spry, the renowned British floral designer in the 1920’s broke the constraints of floral designs that used restrictive rules and were tightly structured. She brought out the “free spirit” in her students of floral design, with her use of unconventional containers filled with garden flowers and foraged organic garden materials. She used ferns, grasses, foliage and berries to create a tapestry of texture.
The appeal of this loose and airy garden style with rich texture is now the request of many a bride. Wedding and dinner parties frequently use long rectangular king size tables with multiple arrangements of garden flowers such as roses, hydrangea, callas, and Queen Anne’s lace, woven in with berries, cascading ferns and other trailing greenery. Decorated with candles and candelabra the table setting is evocative of a lush and lavish dinner scene from Downton Abbey.
The hit series set in the 1920’s continues to be a favorite with our clients and as a nod to the series and their love of all things vintage we created a line of Downton Abbey chic designs for Valentine’s Day.
Tulip Trance- Vintage goblet of bright pink tulips and woodland ferns designed in a loose and airy garden style.
Classy Callas - Deep purple callas, gray dusty miller and eucalyptus pods in a simple elegant cluster.
Posh Garden - Lavish garden blossoms, hydrangea, roses, agapanthus, lisianthus, stock, thistle,
& Queen Anne's lace spill out of this silver pedestal urn nestled in ferns & foliage.
Lady Rose - Crystal goblet filled with fragrant blush pink garden roses.
Petite Tea Posy - A lovely little tea posy of yellow tea roses, cream garden roses and green
hydrangea in a delicate glass stemmed vase.
