I confess, I'm a bit of a celeb wedding stalker... Not so much for the dress or the like (although I certainly appreciate when a too-rare bride wears something a little different), but rather because of the bouquet, flowers, and general decor. It's a bit of running gag between M and I: I'll buy a gossip magazine featuring a wedding, and he'll quip, "You're reading it for the flowers, right?", as if it were Playboy.
London florist Shane Connolly and the Middleton’s family florist from their village, Emma Sampson, pulled off the event. The bride’s bouquet, a small, slightly cascading style, was myrtle (snipped from a bush Queen Victoria planted in 1845), lily-of-the-valley, fragrant hyacinth and sweet williams (ha!). A royal bride’s bouquet is always white, as per the tradition. I didn't know that, and made a fool of myself by announcing on Twitter that I *thought* she would be choosing all-white. #veryclever
Most of the flowers were sourced from the Windsor Great Park’s Valley Gardens in Surrey, making them both local and sustainable. Westminster Abbey was decorated with 30,000 flowers and English field maples, which will also be replanted.
Instead of tossing her bouquet during the wedding reception, the new Duchess of Cambridge had it placed on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
I liked it. Simple, elegant, classic and classy. I prefer bouquets on a smaller scale, so the bride is not drown in flowers. I like the symbolism beneath the flowers, and the thought put behind them. Well done!
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Hi!!! I'm back but J wants to move to CA. This happens almost any time we visit there. Who knows, maybe one day. Big decisions to be made in the next few months :)
OK now onto the post. I left for CA the night they got married so other than getting up early to watch the wedding I haven't had a chance to get all of the details. You've completely enlightened me. I loved her bouquet. How cool that the myrtle was from a bush that Queen Victoria planted. That's truly amazing! And didn't know about placing the bouquet on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Very classy. I like :)
How you guys are doing well! xoxo
The tree thing, I can't make up my mind about. It was interesting and different and I appreciated that but but I wasn't entirely convinced it didn't just look a bit weird.
As for the bouquet... I understand she wanted something simple but I found it quite boring. But then I've never understood white bouquets for brides... even having actually had one myself?!
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