Best of 2011: Sugar Magnolias

Maggie & Blair got married at The Haven in Charlottesville then walked to their reception at Random Row Books. We incorporated the reception location by making over 200 paper cranes from the pages of old books. Fun and a great way to recycle! Photo provided by Billy Hunt Photography.

Maggie & Blair at The Haven in Charlottesville - Photo by Billy Hunt Photography.

Ashley & Justin were married at Keswick Vineyards this fall. Turquoise vintage canning jars with pink and white dahlias made for a sweet southern centerpiece. Thanks to Eric Kelley Photography for sharing the beautiful photo.

Catherine & Mike were married at the Inn at Westwood Farm and they were such a blast to work with. They loved herbs, succulents, wood, and oranges (a theme picked up from the fact that they were married in Orange, VA) These wreaths were made for the bride and groom chairs. Rosemary, sage, succulents, rose hips, and clementines.... oh the aroma!! This artistic shot came from Joyeuse Photography.

Christina & Joel were married in Leesburg this November. They came all the way form California and wanted to incorporate some California textures with succulents and artichokes. We enjoyed the wintery feel of their color palette and this bouquet shot by JMK Photography.

Jennifer & Harrison are the proud owners of Brookville Restaurant on the downtown mall in Cville. The restaurant focuses on seasonal, locally grown foods and they wanted the same standard for their wedding flowers. Jennifer wanted a grand, cascading bouquet in which we included dahlias, rosemary, tuberose, sage, mint, and trailing strawberry plants.

Jennifer and Harrison had their reception at Montalto, the event space at Monticello. They wanted something different for their centerpieces and wondered if we could incorporate edible elements. We created entirely edible wreaths with veggies bought from the cville farmers market and scattered chestnuts and persimmons on the table. Included in the wreaths were eggplants, radishes, rosemary, green strawberries, brussel sprouts, persimmons, and pears. Jennifer let us know that the guests at one of the tables ate their centerpiece... probably not a common occurrence! Thanks to Jen Fariello Photography for capturing and sharing these images

Amanda and Gavin were married at the Inn at Westwood Farm this November and we loved working with them! Besides being great, laid back, and fun to work for they also had great style! We incorporated Tallow berries, dahlias, strawflowers, dusty miller, and guinea hen feathers in this bouquet. We loved the result! Cramer Photo took this gorgeous shot.

Hali & Tony were married on a beautiful day in June at Panorama Farms. Hali loves daisies and wildflowers. She wanted to focus on a yellow, green, and white palette for the wedding decor. In this bouquet we used green cone flowers, queen annes lace, helianthus, st. Johns wort, gooseneck loosestrife, rosemary, and autumn fern. Every bit of it was harvested from local growers. Thanks to Aaron Watson Photography for this well executed photo.

Jaclyn and Andrew were married at Veritas Winery this July in a beautiful and traditional style. We made large candelabra arrangements with vintage prisms strung through and silver mercury glass votives at the base. JMK Photography is responsible for capturing this moment.

Leah & Nic were married this September at Wintergreen resort and we had the pleasure of working with them to achieve Leah's vision. Even though the only bits that were locally grown in this bouquet were the berries and smokebush foliage we still loved the end result and more importantly, so did Leah. Thanks to Jason Keefer Photography for zooming in on this bouquet!

This is a bouquet made for a photo shoot we participated in for the Hooks summer wedding edition. I love the garden gathered feel that this bouquet gives, probably even more so because every bloom was harvested fresh from local gardens/growers. This is a perfect example of natures arranging as all these flowers bloom naturally at the same time. They blend together beautifully, clearly they were meant to be together. Stunning photo taken by Jen Fariello.