Wedding Flowers

Michelle and Steve's Wedding - Bofeenaun

These beautiful designs were created with an autumnal theme in mind. The dark orange callas mixed with snowberries, viburnum and mini cymbidium orchids give an elegant and classy look.

The theme was continued at the ceremony location. Dark orange Gerberas mixed with autumn greens.

A huge Thank You to Michelle and Steve for choosing Connacht Wedding Flowers to be part of their special day. 

Flower of the Week

Tulip

Source - www.wallconvert.com

Common Name:  Tulip

Botanical Name:  Tulipa

Colours:  White, Yellow, Pink, Peach, Orange, Red, Lavender, Purple and Bi-colours. Almost every colour except true blue and black.

Origin:  The origin of the tulip can be traced back to Hungary, Turkey and the Middle East.

Description:   The Tulip is a genus of single seed-lobe from the Lilium family or Liliaceae. There are up to 75 wild species of tulips in existence and an astonishing 3,000 different varieties of cultivated tulips. Most tulips produce only one cup or star shaped flower per stem however the tulip comes in a multitude of different forms including the gorgeous ruffled Parrot Tulips or Fringed Tulips.

White Parrot Tulips
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The Tulip first became a popular spring flower in Turkey where it was adopted as a symbol for life and fertility.The name tulip stems from the Persian word for turban 'tulipan' after its rounded form and in fact it is believed that Ottoman Sultans would wear a tulip in their turban as a symbol of their importance. It was first introduced to Europe in the middle of the 16th Century via Antwerp to the Netherlands where it has remained and become synonymous with Spring. The season lasts from late December to early April and during this time the flower fields of Holland become a striking display of flowering tulip bulbs bursting with colour.

Tulip Fields in Netherlands
Source - www.idealmagazine.co.uk

Traditions Of The Wedding: Brides Bouquet

The tradition of carrying flowers on your wedding day is centuries old and the exact origin of this tradition is unclear. They range from practical reasons to superstitious reasons but whatever the origin, the wedding bouquet is a beautiful accessory and marks a very special occasion.

It is believed that in Medieval times most brides would carry bouquets of fragrant herbs to enhance their aroma on their wedding day and to ward off evil spirits while welcoming goodness and happiness into their life. The bouquet also signified that the bride was in bloom.

As time passed by and we came to Victorian times the flowers had even more significance as couples would send each other flowers. Each flower had its own particular meaning and it is this association that is still adopted to this day by many brides. The groom generally wears a flower that can be seen in the bridal bouquet. This dates back to medieval times and the tradition of a Knight wearing his brides colours to declare his love and respect for her.

We will be continuing the Traditions Of The Wedding series and we will cover everything from the veil to cutting the cake so pop back here in the near future to check it out. 

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Free Giveaways and Draws

We are giving away a €50 Bouquet to someone on our Facebook fan page list of likes. If you already liked our fan page you will be entered into our draw. If not you can like it now to be entered into all our draws folks! You will then also be entered into any other future giveaways that we have! Like our fan page to enter the draw.

We will be celebrating our second anniversary of our shop in Erris St, Crossmolina. To celebrate we are giving away a gorgeous €50 Bouquet to one of our Facebook friends and another lovely €50 bouquet to one of our local shop customers. To be in with a chance to win simply like our fan page or spend 20e instore. Winner of the Facebook draw will be picked by random from our fan page only you must go direct to the page to like it folks !! Once you are on the list of likes for our fan page you will then be entered into all free giveaway draws in the future!! 

Click the link here to be re-directed to our fan page where you can like it !!http://www.facebook.com/ConnachtWeddingFlowers . 

The other winner will be drawn by random in store on June 7th !! Good Luck everyone!!

Bouquet Inspiration

Here is a blog post about bridal bouquets that may give upcoming brides some inspiration or help them decide what bouquet would be perfect. This post consists of some amazing photographs by Mark Capilitan who we have had the pleasure of bumping into at quite a few weddings now. Click the link below and have a look guys.

Bouquet Inspiration with photographer Mark Capilitan.

                                     

Flower Of The Week

Pincushion Protea 

Pincushion

Common Name: Pincushion

Botanical Name: Leucospermum

Colours: Red, Orange, Yellow

Origin: This flower is native to South Africa in particular the Cape Region. It hails from a massive family of over one hundred species including trees, shrubs and plants. This family is commonly known as the Proteaceae family.

Description:  The Pincushion is a long lasting cut flower and adds beautiful texture to arrangements. It has a very distinctive appearance. It gets the name Pincushion because it resembles a pincushion filled with pins. This blossom is very popular with the more contemporary florist. It has an all year round availability but some of the species are limited by season.

Pincushion Vase Arrangement
Source: flowerville.net

Wedding Flowers

Here's a wedding we did last year incorporating Pinks, Purples and Mauve's  These colours work exceptionally well together. Perfect for a Summer Wedding!

Bridal Bouquet, Bridesmaid's Bouquets and Flower Girls wands

Altar Unity Arrangement

Antique style Aisle Lanterns with matching floral arrangements

Lecturn arrangement matching Lanterns

These flowers have an almost antique feel to them with the Lilac Rose, Soft Pink Rose and Lime Green Rose. They worked very well with the bridesmaids dresses.