50 Red Roses with hydrangea
Local hotels are reporting a slow return of guests to our local hotels in Bloomsbury and Holborn, so we were delighted to provide this amazing bouquet of 50 red roses and hydrangea to The Rosewood Hotel on High Holborn for a special birthday.
This lovely autumn sunshine bouquet was also for a birthday, and won us a 5 star Google review. I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed both making and photographing it. I do love the “bang in season” bouquets, and now is the time for sunflowers, callas, crocosmia seedheads and scabious with grasses.
I’m a huge foodie, and love the overlap of food and flowers. Somehow, no colours together look wrong, and at this time of year, people appreciate strong colours.I often add a few chillies to my bouquets, and garnish my food with autumn leaves and berries.
How to forage and make your own autumn bouquet
Many of us have had more time at home since lockdown. Even if you’re working full time, the time saving lack of daily commute gives is a few extra hours in the day. We have the choice of when to take a break for a walk, a coffee, or a project.
i love to go foraging, and right now, the rosehips, teasel and berried ivy are spectacular. There aee dried grasses and oak leaves with acorn clusters. You can take a pair of scissors on your walk and cut a few interesting branches. Buy a few flowers from your nearest florist, bring home, and set out on a table with your foraged stems.
Now decide if you want to make a tall, tapered bouquet or a round posy. If it’s a tall one, place your stems in order of length. This way, you can see which will form the back and the front. If you’re making a posy, cut all the stems to approximately the same length. Then clean all thorns and foliage, leaving only the top one third of flowers and foliage on the stems. Collect up the flowers in your hand, one by one. When you’re happy, tie with harden string and place in a vase.
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i do love tiny flowers because they remind me of wild flowers.I could look at them for hours. I am particularly enjoying the nerine – bright pink with delicate, curly petals.
i had to end this with the most beautiful image, sent by the bride herself to us. The flowers she chose are perfect with the delicate beading on her beautiful dress!
if tou need flowers for any occason, come and see us at Stems of Holborn in Sicilian Avenue, Bloomsbury, or call us on 07932 052411
