Florist : Cutting Garden

Sarah | Lodge on Loch Goil | September

Back in September, we had our first visit to The Lodge on Loch Goil and what a beautiful sunny day it turned out to be.  We did a last minute installation down on the pebbled beach and created a freestanding piece, tumbling down from a large Copper Beech as it was just too beautiful a day not to get married outside.

Our Bride Sarah, lives close to David Austin Roses so we accented all the Scottish late summer flowers with Patience, Juliet and Beartice.  For dinner, we created a rambling tablescape with a touch of wildness.  Lovely.

Thanks to one of our favourite photography duos Criag & Eva Saunders for capturing all the romance, and Asteria Bridal were also on hand to create the perfect beauty.

Kathrynn | The Byre at Inchyra | June

Hello flower lovers!   How quickly has Autumn descended on us this year? It really is our favourite season for colour and texture and we are so looking forward to some really beautiful weddings over the coming months. 

We are back at Inchyra in a few weeks, and whilst skteching away in front of the wood burner today and deaming up what we will be creating, our minds retuturned to the last time we were at this beautiful venue back in June.

Kathrynn opted for a light and airy seassonal colour palette of lemons, ivories and blush and we were so happy that the weather allowed her ceremony to take place in Inchyra’s beautiful walled gardens.

Always an absolute pleasure to work alongside our favourite stylists Lemonbox, and thank you so much to Lisa Devine for capurting all the beauty.

Jenni | Hopetoun House | July

Another blog post petals!

Back in July we had our first wedding at the beautiful Hopetoun House, just outside Edinburgh.  Jenni asked us to create seasonal, scented flowers to match her colourful Bridesmaids dresses and we had so much fun with all the colours!  Packed full of scented garden herbs, the bouquets were a real treat for the senses.

We filled the Stables and the Ballroom with locally sourced foliages, brimming from tall glass vases and created a natural, tumbling arrangement on the grand fireplace.  Thanks to Jenni’s Dad for allowing us to prune his gardens on the morning of the wedding, what an unexpected treat!

Huge love to The Hendrys for these beautiful images.

Kate | Mansfield Traquair | October

Hello 2017 flower lovers!

I hope you all had a super time over the festive period, and if you got engaged – congratulations!

2016 was a busy old year for us here at Myrtle & Bracken HQ and we have lots of lovely weddings to share with you over the coming weeks.  This year is looking really exciting so far and our minds are already filled with all sorts of flowery loveliness as we start to plan ahead.

Back in October, we had the pleasure of creating Kate’s wedding flowers at the beautiful Mansfield Traquair in Edinburgh.  Autumn was in full swing and we brought the outside in with seasonal berries, copper Beech and turned Oak leaf.  Just lovely.

The ever lovely Lisa Devine was on hand to capture the love, thank you so much for sharing these images with us.

Caitlin at The Glasgow Art Club

Stylish Bride alert!

Back at the end of March, we were delighted to join a whole host of Glasgow Wedding Collective friends to work together on Caitlin’s beautiful wedding.  The Glasgow Art Club was filled with highly scented Hycinths to herald in the start of Spring, and Caitlin’s trailing bouquet was filled with Lilac, Paperwhites and the darkest plum Ranuculus you ever did see.

Caitlin’s stunning head piece was created by the amazing Rene Walrus, hair by Pin Up Hair and all the beauty was captured by Lisa Devine Photography.

Lovely stuff x

Lindsey at Crear

Hello blog, it has been a while . . .

You may have seen this wedding on the beautiful Love My Dress last week, but we couldn’t resist sharing a little bit of the pretty over here too.

When the lovely Lindsey asked us to create her woodland vision at Crear, we said yes please!  This was the first time that I had been back at Crear since our own wee wedding last year, and as I turned up the drive I had a lump in my throat remembering what an amazing time we had there.  Such a beautiful, peaceful place that I will always hold very dear.

Lindsey asked us to sprinkle a little woodland magic over this gorgeous space, and the air in the room was heavy with the intoxicating scents of Spring.  Antlers laced with Broom hung from the beams alongside scented chandeliers with delicate Narcissus.  Bloody lovely.

The Bridal bouquet, packed full of David Austin roses, Narcissus and Frittilaria, had a scattering of the most delicate Forget- Me-Nots to remind Lindsey of the Machair of her childhood home on Lewis.  Oh, and we made her the most delicate of flowery crowns, with fresh flowers hand stitched onto ribbon tumbling all the way down her back.

Huge shout out to all The Glasgow Wedding Collective team mates who played a part in this gorgeous wedding, and particularly The Kitcheners, for all the stunning images.  Love you guys.

Rowanjoy Rene Walruss The Dotted Crotchets Wordly Nomads Films Big Bear Bakery Crear Weddings and Skinny Malink  take a bow you gorgeous wedding people x

 

 

 

An Elopement

New Year greetings to you all flower lovers!

For many of you this year is the year that you get married, and we are beyond exited here at Myrtle & Bracken HQ for all the exiting, creative weddings that have landed on our desk.  It is also the year that we are introducing our cutting garden, bringing you some of our very own British Flowers.

But before we get digging and sowing, we thought we would share this gorgeous little elopement that happened towards the end of 2014.

If ever there was an elopement that captured the essence of romance and true love, here it is.  Jess and Jacob eloped to the beautiful Scott’s View in the Scottish Borders, overlooking the valley of the River Tweed, which is reputed to be one of the favourite views of Sir Walter Scott with nothing more than a bouquet, a buttonhole and a delicate floral crown.

Our favourite lady Caro Weiss was on hand to capture the love and we are thrilled to have been invited to play a part in this intimate wedding.

What a beautiful couple.

Orange Photographie

We were thrilled when US based photographers Orange Photographie got in touch to say that they were visiting Scotland and wanted to do a little shoot.  They have been longing to capture a little piece of Scotland on film so along with our favourite hair and make up ladies Anne Marie Macelroy and Julie Diplacito, we pulled together this little inspiration shoot using a real, totally in love couple.

Samantha and Reid of Orange Photographie have captured Scotland beautifully and are hoping to visit  again very soon, and the good news is that they are looking to shoot real weddings.  So if you like their style, head on over to their gorgeous website and make an inquiry and hopefully we can tempt them over for some 2015 weddings.

Get in touch with these lovely people here x

Aine, The Byre at Inchyra

Another blog post, another beautiful seasonal wedding at The Byre at Inchyra.

This late Autumn wedding was packed full of lush Autumnal foliage’s, berries and Rose hips.  Lots of Rose hips.

We installed a simple ceremony backdrop in the byre of lace to highlight our Rose hip curtain, suspended from a mushroom and moss covered branch.

Aine, we loved all the seasonal details of your wedding, you look absolutely beautiful!  And so pleased you had our Glasgow Wedding Collective friends Kitchener Photography to capture your day, and Lazy Sunday on catering.

Pine cones for place cards. Love it x

Jennifer at Sorn Castle

Back in August, we made the 5 minute trip from our home down to Sorn Castle for Jennifer’s wedding.   And what a pretty wedding it turned out to be!

The air in the Castle was laden with the scent of Sweet Peas, Oregano and fresh Mint to compliment Jennifer’s bouquet of Armando roses, fresh herbs and Passion Flower.

It was a real Glasgow Wedding Collective affair with Asteria Bridal on hair and make up and the lovely Craig & Eva Sanders behind the lens, huge thanks to Craig and Eva for these beautiful images.

Don’t forget, you can catch up with all the Glasgow Wedding Collective team this Sunday at The Lighthouse, 11am-5pm for the best little wedding fair in the country.  Entry is free.

Hope to see you there! x