Ross and David’s summer wildflower wedding at Cairns Farm
Ross and David tied the knot and the beautiful Cairns Farm set in the countryside near Edinburgh. We filled this barn style venue with lots of seasonal summer blooms in muted brights and used almost all Scottish grown materials.
seasonal summer flowers & greenery
For the ceremony space we lined the aisle with jars that the couple had collected and filled them with early summer flowers like nepeta, cornflower, aquilegia, valerian, foxglove, verbascum, campanula and cow parsley. These materials give a delicate frothy meadowy feel and drew the colour through the space. The seasonal flowers filled the space with a beautiful scent and could be easily moved to the guest tables after the ceremony. At the top of the aisle we created a feature stack of wooden crates with a wild flower style arrangement of seasonal summer flowers at the top and plants and greenery throughout.
naturally inspired hanging installation
Above the signing table, where we’d added a few more jars of wild flowers, we created a beautiful naturally inspired hanging installation on a birch branch which helped frame the space. Using environmentally friendly foam free mechanics we included allium, larkspur and roses in this design. We do not use floral foam in any of our work as it is a single use plastic and pollutes waterways. You can read more about our sustainability policy here.
flower & foliage touches
Elsewhere around the venue we added flower and foliage touches such as garlands to signage and arrangements of flowers to the cake and loose foliage around cake and card tables. For the reception space we lined the tables with loose runners of seasonal Scottish grown foliage such as larch, beech and birch and dotted more jars of colourful wild flowers down the centre of the long banquet style guest tables.
ADDED WOW FACTOR
At the entrance to the reception space we created another hanging piece to be viewed from all sides. For this piece we used seasonal foliage such as oak, birch and beech and added in roses, thistle, larkspur and alliums among other flowers. The simple choices of jars for the aisle and tables were really effective but could also be easily moved and repurposed while the two hanging pieces added a wow factor to this large space.
GATHERED STYLE BUTTONHOLES
The grooms wore relaxed gathered style buttonholes of thistle, eucalyptus, lavender, wax flower and bunny tail grass to fit the muted brights colour scheme which looked great against the bluey gray of their kilt and suit jackets. We bound the buttonholes with twine for a rustic touch in keeping with the venue.
If you’ve been inspired by David and Ross’ summer wedding and are looking for more ideas for your own wedding take a look at our Flower Ideas page where you can see lots of different ways to include flowers in your wedding. You can also look at example weddings from spring, summer, autumn and winter to see what kinds of flowers might be available at the time of year you are getting married.
All images by Kalisterscope Photography
Venue Cairns Farm Estate