Laura and Fergus’s colourful wild flower Monachyle Mhor WEDDING
Laura and Fergus’ bright August wedding at Monachyle Mhor in the Trossachs was filled with lots of fun colours and seasonal summer flowers grown in Scotland. Monachyle Mhor is one of our favourite venues with its beautiful scenery and super cool barn with a giant disco ball. You can see details of another wedding we did at Monachyle Mhor here.
SCOTTISH GROWN FLOWERS
Laura and Fergus were keen to keep things as sustainable (and colourful) as possible which is right up our street so we used all Scottish grown flowers in vibrant rainbow colours. Laura’s bridal bouquet were full of summer favourites like sunflower, cornflower, crocosmia, scabious, alchemilla mollis, roses and dahlia and we added trailing streamer-style ribbon in lots of rainbow colours for a fun festival feel. For the bridesmaids we created relaxed wild flower style posies inspired by the bridal bouquet but smaller. These could then be added to vases after the ceremony for additional flower decoration around the barn.
A RUSTIC COUNTRY FEEL
For Laura’s hair we wired up lots of small headed colourful flowers for her hair stylist to weave into her hair for a relaxed boho look. For Fergus and his groomsmen we created matching colourful buttonholes with bright flowers inspired by the bridal bouquet such as eryngium (thistle), aster, rose buds and even a mini sunflower in the groom’s buttonhole to tie in with Laura’s flowers. We also included rosemary in the foliage at the back of the buttonholes for scent and because traditionally this is added to wedding flowers because it symbolises “remembrance” so it signifies carrying your old life into your new married life. These were bound with twine to match the tweed jackets of the gents’ outfits and the rustic country feel of the venue.
THE PERFECT FOCAL POINT
For the ceremony we decorated our popular wooden circular moongate arch with Scottish grown seasonal foliage using foam free mechanices. This created a perfect focal point and backdrop for the ceremony on the front lawn at Monachyle Mhor without blocking the stunning view of the hills and lochs behind. It is also one of the more easily moved arches so could be repurposed after the ceremony and moved to the barn for the wedding reception. You can see more examples of arches on our flower ideas pages.
LOTS OF SEASONAL WILD FLOWERS
In the barn the tables were dressed with lots of seasonal wild flowers in bottles and bud vases collected by the couple and surrounded by colourful ribbon backdrops. Along the main beams in the barn space we added lots of branches of seasonal foliage like beech, birch, oak and alder to create a magical woodland feel in keeping with the rustic setting of the venue.
If you’re inspired by Laura and Fergus’ colourful August wedding take a look at some more summer weddings on our website or get in touch to talk about your wedding flowers.
All images by Sophie Lake Wedding Photography
Venue Monachyle Mhor