Fran and Juan's autumn micro wedding at Rockhall Tower near Dumfries used gorgeous seasonal flowers to create a romantic wild flower feel. They opted for a soft, rustic and natural look that suited the time of year and the intimate and relaxed feel of their mini marquee wedding.

After having to re-plan their wedding due to Covid-19 Fran and Juan wanted to take their original rustic barn theme and transform their new venue with its mini marquee into an autumnal wonderland. Although guest numbers were small to meet restrictions we wanted to really wow people with the fairy tale floral installations in the intimate settings of the marquee.

I used a mixture of imported and Scottish grown flowers to capture the natural laid back feel of the couple and included lots of dried elements like grasses, bracken and seed heads to beautifully mirror the season. For the ceremony space we created a tumbling wild arch and strung foliage bunting from the ceiling. We also hung dramatic textural hoops full of seasonal flowers and foliage.

Fran’s wild wedding bouquet was filled with warm autumnal tones and blousey romantic wild flowers and was shaped into a natural front facing style. We used berries, grasses, and dried bracken for autumnal texture and beautiful full dahlias, roses and sunflowers as focal flowers.

Juan’s buttonholes tied in with the bridal bouquet using wheat and rosehips alongside thistle and herbs to create a rustic seasonal feel.

For the reception we wove ivy, dried bracken and fern through brass candlesticks and dotted the tables with seasonal wild flowers in earthenware vases.

"Mel was florist-extraordinaire for our wee wedding. I asked for autumnal wonderland and wow did she deliver! The marquee was transformed - it was more amazing than I had imagined and everyone commented on how amazing it looked. The bouquets and buttonholes were exactly what I wanted... It was a pleasure working with Mel to plan the day, even when that plan changed multiple times due to covid, including a complete venue change. She was flexible and had to change plans a little again when the marquee wasn't what we were expecting. And she did a last minute floral crown for me! We are so pleased we chose her to be our florist and would not hesitate to recommend her." Fran.

Venue: Rockhall Tower

Photographer: Simons Studio

Chelsea and Matt’s moody autumnal elopement in Glen Coe was filled with seasonal wild flowers in dark romantic colours to complement the stunning landscape.

Travelling to Scotland from America, Chelsea and Matt wanted to create an intimate and wild looking ceremony with lots of natural textures and deep moody colours with a few pops of blush to contrast.

I used Scottish grown flowers to capture the natural laid back feel of the couple and blend with the wild landscape where there ceremony and reception was taking place. Chelsea and Matt’s photographers The Kitcheners chose an enchanted looking forest to hold the ceremony and the natural shapes and colours of the bouquet really added to the scene.

Chelsea’s wild wedding bouquet was filled with dark foliage and blousey romantic autumnal wild flowers and was shaped into a natural front facing style. We used berries, grasses, dried fern and amaranthus for autumnal texture and beautiful full garden roses as focal flowers, finishing the bouquet off with organic hand dyed heirloom silk ribbon in a pale blush peach colour.

For the reception created a tumbling wild arrangement to sit on the chest for their picnic and filled bud vases with matching flowers, grasses and foliage) for their intimate enchanted forest picnic.

"Mel is an actual angel. She was quick to reply and communicate. This was especially important considering that we were planning our elopement from the US. Mel easily translated my vision into lush, gorgeous designs. Everything was so beautiful and she seemed to have a great intuition for understanding exactly what we were looking for. She was so sweet delivering the flowers personally on the wedding day, and driving with us to the location to transport a table setting, even staying for our elopement ceremony which was so special. I also appreciate that her designs don't use floral foam. She sources most of her things locally and seasonally, which makes for a beautiful, personal touch, and is also more sustainable and eco-friendly, which I really appreciate. Mel even gave us a little booklet with all the meanings of the different flowers used in our arrangements, which was such a special and meaningful touch. You can tell how passionate she is for what she does, and she knows so many cool facts about the plants she uses." Chelsea

Venue: Glen Etive near Glen Coe

Photographer: The Kitcheners

Rachel and Danny’s dark and moody autumnal wedding in The Caves, Edinburgh, was filled with warm dark seasonal wild flowers in gothy tones with lots of textural touches like berries, grasses and dried flowers. These dark earthy tones really added to the rocknroll alternative feel of this laid back wedding.

Rachel’s bouquet was a loose, hand tied design with organically grown seasonal wild flowers like ammi, cosmos, sweet peas, roses, dahlias, berries, scabious, amaranthus and sunflowers, which were a favourite flower of the couple. We added texture with berries and bunny tail grass and finished off the look with streamer style silk ribbon which looked great in photos where the breeze caught it. She also wore a textural boho style flower crown with flowers from the bouquet to finish off the look which looked amazing against her auburn hair.

Her bridesmaids had matching posies with trailing silk ribbon and loose flowers woven in their hair, and Rachel’s adorable flower girl had a matching flower wand with ribbon tassels.

For the guys we created mix and match rustic buttonholes with elements of the bridal bouquet and other wedding flowers and included a mini orchid in the groom’s buttonhole as this is one of the flowers he has grown well at home. This pick and mix look worked well against the tweedy texture of the jackets and perfectly suited the laid back autumnal feel of the wedding.

I used a mixture of Scottish grown and Dutch flowers for these designs, and for Laura and Mike’s ceremony and reception at The Caves in Edinburgh. The ceremony took place on the stage, which we lined with a lush flower and foliage garland and created a focal point either side of the steps with piled wooden crates decorated with loose flowers and foliage and bottles of gin collected by the couple and filled with seasonal wild flowers. These were then later moved to the tables for the wedding reception.

Venue: The Caves, Edinburgh

Photographer: Elemental Photography

Colin and Nuala's autumn wedding at the beautiful Harelaw Farm was filled with seasonal wild flowers in deep burgundy, white and green.

I used Scottish grown flowers to capture the natural laid back feel of the venue and mirror the season. For Nuala and Colin's reception we lined the tables with jars and bottles filled with dahlias, cosmos and other seasonal wild flowers.

"It was such a pleasure working with Mel on our wedding flowers. She was so accommodating to what I wanted and provided us with the perfect floral accompaniment to our day. The whole process was so laid-back and any communication I had with Mel was positive and helpful. I would highly recommend Mel to anyone looking for more natural and wild flowers at their wedding. Mel's creativity is second to none!" Nuala
 

Venue: Harelaw Farm

Photographer: In the Name of Love Photography

We always try to use mainly Scottish grown materials for our designs and so when Emma and Sam got in touch about flowering up their autumn wedding at The Free Company and said they wanted to make it as sustainable as possible we were delighted! The couple gave us loads of freedom to use the best materials of the season and just specified autumnal colours and the result was a beautiful naturally inspired rustic feel that fit perfectly with the ethos and styling of the venue.

We used a mixture of all Scottish grown fresh and naturally dried flowers to really lean into the textural side of the season. For Sam and the groomsmen’s buttonholes we mixed dried thistle with rosemary, autumnal coloured box and dried bracken with little sprigs of statice and rosehips bound with twine for a rustic feel.

Emma’s bouquet was a celebration of autumn colour with dahlias, sunflower, rosehips, chrysanthemum, rudbeckia, mixed with dried elements like allium seed heads, teasel, grasses, and fluffy clematis seed hedas and autumnal foliage like azaelea and dried bracken alongside beech and hornbeam.

We created matching posies for the bridesmaids inspired by the bridal bouquet but smaller that looked great against their green velvet dresses. All of the bouquets were finished with trailing hand dyed natural silk and velvet ribbon for a beautiful boho look. We dotted jars around the venue for the girls to put their bouquets in after the ceremony so the flowers were well hydrated and added an extra touch of decoration to the venue.

This was our first time working at the Free Company and what a brilliant space it was! There was lots of scope to make it into an autumnal wonderland. In the ceremony space we created a wild flower style airy floral arch full of seasonal favourites like teasel, autumn tinted tree foliage, roses, chrysanthemums, berries and bracken. Of course lots of dahlias too as these are always the star of late summer and autumn weddings! We wanted this arch to feel truly magical and seasonal, as if it were part of a hedgerow or had just grown from the floor so we kept it quite light and airy.

For the reception we lined long wooden tables with vines and green foliage and dotted earthenware budvases and jars or seasonal flowers down the length of the tables. These little pops of colour really helped carry the theme through the space.

From the ceiling above the tables we decorated three large cartwheels with seasonal foliage to continue the woodland theme from the other spaces at the venue. This really helped transform the room and soften the feel of the space.

Francesca and Steven’s elegant October wedding at the beautiful Cow Shed Crail was filled with seasonal wild flowers in delicate whites and fresh greens.

I used Scottish grown and Dutch flowers to capture the natural laid back feel of the venue and mirror the season. For Francesca and Steven’s ceremony at the church in Crail we lined the aisles with dramatic trailing pew ends and placed two large wild flower arrangements in urns either side of the aisle at the front of the church. The aisle flowers helped draw the eye down the space to the front where the urn arrangements framed the ceremony space.

Francesca’s bridal bouquet was a soft, romantic shape with blousy and frothy flowers such as roses, cosmos, scabious, sweet peas, nigella and phlox. We used variegated foliage to keep the bouquets and other wedding flower designs light and airy and finished the bouquets off with beautiful hand dyed heirloom silk ribbon which trailed in the breeze.

For the reception at The Cow Shed Crial we created wild flower installations in the windows and around the barn doors to highlight the building’s unsual architectural features and soften the blank canvas feel of the space.

In the main space we lined the tables with runners of eucalyptus foliage and created a beautiful white and green low arrangement to sit in front of the couple at the top table.

Venue: The Cow Shed Crail

Photographer: Andrew Rae Photography

Sophia and Donald’s Autumnal October wedding at the atmospheric Byre at Inchyra was filled with seasonal wild flowers in earthy tones.

I used mainly Scottish grown flowers with a few Dutch imported materials to capture the laid back rustic feel of the venue and mirror the season. For Sophia and Donald’s ceremony at the side room at the Byre I dressed the venue’s magical willow arch with seasonal flowers and foliage including sunflowers, rosehips, trailing amaranthus, and dahlias. The warm seasonal tones worked really well with the wood colours and lighting in the space and created a really cosy invtiting feel.

Sophia’s bridal bouquet was a wild, romantic shape with blousy and seasonal flowers such as roses, cosmos, scabious, sunflowers, ammi and an autumn favourite, Dahlias. We included dried elements like grasses and seed heads as well as berries for texture and finished the bouquet off with beautiful hand dyed heirloom silk ribbon which trailed in the breeze.

We wired a selection of different flowers for Sophia’s hair stylist to weave into her hair for a beautiful boho look to match the wild flower style of her bouquet.

For the reception in the main space of the Byre we dotted an assortment of stoneware bottles and brown glass bottles and jars of different sizes and shapes filled with seasonal flowers. These carried the colour and autumn theme through the space and added interest with their different heights without taking up too much space as there were sharing platters also on the tables.

Venue: The Byre at Inchyra

Photographer: Caro Weiss

Roisin and Linus’ autumnal wedding at Cottiers was filled with seasonal colours and wild and natural touches to complement the cosy atmosphere of this iconic Glasgow wedding venue.

The bride and groom wanted their wedding flowers to be as sustainable as possible which is right up our street so we sourced all the flowers and foliage from Scottish growers. The couple chose the beautiful rich autumnal colour palette and we worked with the flowers that were blooming at that time of year such as gorgeous locally grown dahlias, chrysanthemums, cosmos, sunflowers and rudbeckia among others.

Roisin’s bouquet was in a relaxed and natural front facing shape finished with gorgeous hand dyed silk ribbon in a rust colour to fit in with the autumnal feel of the flowers. For Linus and the groomsmen’s buttonholes we used autumnal coloured box foliage with rosemary, small headed eryngium (thistle), dried bracken and rosehips to complement the bridal flowers.

For the ceremony we hung a giant hand woven seasonal wreath from the famous Cottier’s pulpit. Down the aisle we created a loose foliage runner to give a woodland feel. This was re-purposed by the venue to add to the tables as a runner which were arranged banquet style down the venue.

You can see from the gorgeous photos by Martin Venherm how atmospheric the space looked with the autumnal flowers and twinkling fairy lights.

Photographer: Martin Venherm
Venue: Cottiers

Eleanor and Ali’s autumnal wedding at Glasgow’s Engine Works was filled with seasonal colours and wild and natural touches to complement the warm brick interiors of this iconic Glasgow wedding venue.

The bride and groom were both really keen to keep their flowers as local as possible to reduce the carbon imprint of their wedding. We like to keep things as seasonal and sustainable as possible too so we sourced all the flowers and foliage from Scottish growers and used a mixture of fresh and dried ingredients which really suits the autumnal feel of October weddings when nature is busy creating seeds and beautiful dried grasses outside. The couple chose a gorgeous rich autumnal colour palette with a pop of purple that really worked with the tones of the venue such as the beautiful red brick wall in the main hall.

Eleanor’s bouquet was in a relaxed and natural front facing shape and included a stunning dried artichoke head which added a sculptural quality to the design. Her bridesmaids all had smaller wild flower style posies inspired by this piece and the bridal bouquet was finished with gorgeous hand dyed silk ribbon in a rust colour to fit in with their gorgeous bridesmaids’ dresses. The super cute flower girl had a special dried flower wand to match.

For Ali and the groomsmen’s buttonholes we used dried lavender for a hint of purple alongside autumnal box foliage and rosemary, dried eryngium (thistle), dried bracken and rosehips to complement the bridal flowers and give a pop of autumnal colour against their jackets. We bound these natural style buttonholes with twine for a rustic earthy look.

For the ceremony the couple placed two large wild arrangements we’d made on whisky barrels either side of the aisle to frame the space. We used lots of locally grown seasonal materials such as sunflower, apple foliage, dahlia, autumn hydrangea, verbascum, physalis and grasses. This was a really effective backdrop to the ceremony, and the colours really worked with the earthy tones of the brick wall behind.

Venue: The Engine Works
Photographer: Ross Alexander