Another Pink Wedding but Romance was the Theme

It was a beautiful weekend for a beautiful couple's special day. Never been to Hastings Lake Garden but it is a definitely a place to visit every summer. Hastings Lake Garden is also a bedding centre so there is an excuse to make a trip out in the spring.


Here is a shot of the the flowers before the transformation happens. The white/cream rose with pinkish red tip is called "sweetness". It really is a sweet looking rose. The freesias' scent were so intoxicating. It was hard not to stop the car and smell the freesias on the way back from the flower shop.




Had to wire ever single orchid. Big and small. But so worth it in the end. I noticed at the reception that one of the bridemaids' bouquet, which were all orchids, looked like it took a beating. I guess the story was a bee had flown onto one of the bridemaid's bouquet and she freaked and instinctively threw the bouquet. I guess that would explain the condition of the flowers. Orchids are tough but not that tough.



Notice the 2 calla lily boutonnieres. That is because the groom could not decide if he wanted the same orchid used in the bride's bouquet (bottom) or the same one used for the groomsmen's boutonnieres. He ended up choosing the one that looked like his groomsmen's. The wedding party had the stem wrapped with a matte colored ribbon so it would blend in with their suit jackets. This gave it a different look cause the focus was completely on the flowers. The boutonnieres for the dads' and brother were wrapped with a bright green satin ribbon so the stem would be noticed. I think this worked out better since the latter used smaller dendrobium orchids and it was a nice balance.


This is one of the pair of wrist corsages for the mommies. They were the only corsage that had the pink freesias.


This was the throw away bouquet but is very similar to the bride's bouquet. The bride's just didn't have as many dahlia flower buds.


The flowers on route to their destination.