Burgundy and blush is a favourite wedding flower combination whatever the season, with pastel soft pinks adding light and romance while the deep dark reds contrast and create drama. You can add more or less of the dark red colour depending on your taste whether you’re a pastel princess or a burgundy rock chic.
Kerri and Anton’s rustic summer wedding at the beautiful Harelaw Farm was filled with edgy touches to complement the burgundy and blush theme such as a bespoke leather jacket for the bride and some fab dark red lipstick, as well as copper jam jars for the tables.
We used seasonal wild flowers in deep burgundy, white, blush and green and lots of touches of dried grasses, wheat and other rustic materials to go with the barn setting and add lots of texture to the designs. While the dark red created drama and suited Kerri’s rock chic look, the whites and blush pinks lightened the designs and helped stand out in the intimate dark of the main barn.
I used Scottish grown wild flowers to capture the natural laid back feel of this rustic country barn venue and mirror the abundance of the summer season, with flowers like foxgloves and peonies adding drama to the larger pieces.
Photo by Lianne MacKay
Kerri’s bouquet was filled with blousey romantic peonies, succulents, orlaya, sweet peas, birch and many other summer wild flowers. The frothy orlay and delicate sweet peas contrasted perfectly with the big headed lush peonies to balance out this gorgeous natural bouquet. We added trailing burgundy ribbon to match the bridesmaid’s dresses and Anton’s buttonhole included burgundy spray roses, thistles, sanguisorba and scented rosemary.
The ceremony was held in the byre and we created two large wild urn arrangements to sit on the milk churns either side of the ceremony space. We filled these with seasonal touches like foxgloves, peonies, pampas grasses, alliums and birch foliage fitting with the country feel of the wedding and added a jar of wild flowers on the signing table barrel for a touch of colour. The big urn arrangements were then moved through to the main barn area for the wedding reception in front of the stage.
For Kerri and Anton’s reception we lined the tables with the couple’s favourite gin and whisky bottles filled with seasonal wild flowers and placed on log slices. We also added some of these bottles in the bar and toilet areas and around the main barn on stacked crates and tables and created a wooden crate feature around the table plan with loose foliage and more bottles of flowers. Alongside the bottles on the tables we added jam jars of wild flowers which Kerri and Anton had collected and painted a beautiful copper colour to add a more modern look to the rustic table centres.
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