Jennifer and Beau travelled all the way from the States to tie the knot in breathtaking Glencoe, doing a couple’s shoot first in Cardross with Jo + Liam. The couple were particularly interested in sustainable flowers and wanted to be able to travel with them for a few days before the wedding so dried flowers were the perfect option.
Relaxed, natural and sustainable wedding flowers
The bride and groom wanted relaxed, unstructured and informal flowers to suit their low key and adventurous wedding plans. Jennifer loves wild flowers and wanted the focus to be on sustainability and seasonality so we used Scottish grown and naturally dried flowers to create a unique dried wedding bouquet. Because the flowers were dried the couple could collect the designs a few days before the wedding on their way up to Glencoe without worrying about the flowers lasting.
Colours to reflect the environment
The autumnal timing of their wedding meant that there were lots of dried grasses and plants starting to appear in the surrounding countryside so working with dried flowers for her bouquet and Beau’s buttonhole was a great way to link with the romantic wild setting of Glencoe as the grass and bracken of the landscape started to change colour for Autumn.
Jennifer loves saturated jewel tones and we also wanted to add in autumn colours like burnt oranges, gold, and reds to fit with the natural colours found in Glencoe at that time of year and to tone in with her amazing peach toned dress. We used flowers such as dahlia, statice, straw flower, amaranthus, carthamus, allium and poppy seed heads, larkspur, bracken, and lots of interesting grasses to reflect the wild and natural highland setting.
Texture and design
Texture was also very important to Jennifer, and a big part of what drew her to our work and to working with dried flowers. The couple particularly wanted to include thistle in both the buttonhole and bouquet to reflect the Scottish location of their elopement.
Dried flowers can sometimes have more muted tones so we chose our Scottish grown and locally sourced materials carefully to get maximum effect. We didn’t use any chemically treated, painted or dyed materials as this would not be sustainable.
Finishing touches
We finished Beau’s cute thistle buttonholes with autumnal rust coloured velvet ribbon for a luxurious feel. We added hand dyed silk ribbon to Jennifer’s bouquet to give it a boho look, choosing a lovely peachy blush tone to complement her unusual dress colour. This kind of ribbon is super lightweight and really catches the wind for beautiful movement in photos so is a great option for outdoor weddings.
You can see from the gorgeous photos by Jo + Liam how beautiful this wedding was and how all these personal touches made their elopement truly unique and reflective of them. If you’ve been inspired by Jennifer and Beau’s sustainable dried flower wedding and want to organise your own get in touch or have a look at some of our other recent blog posts for ideas and inspiration.
