My daughter, bridget, is getting married in August, and we really want to try to grow the flowers for the wedding. We are not aiming for posh arrangements, as we will be in a field, but I would like to think I could manage to produce quantities of sweet pea, cosmos, larkspur, dahlias etc. Sarah Raven has become my mentor, and I am told she has even published a wedding flower book, although I can't find it on Amazon.
I shall also have to think about the food. What is in my head at the moment is slow roast shoulder of pork... a big rustic roast for each table. It's possibly not the easist thing to achieve, but I can't think beyond it at the moment.
sarah raven did a series on growing wedding flowers in the saturday telegraph gardening pages last year.. there are two parts.. here is a link to part one
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A big thank you to David for his help in sending me a link to Sarah Raven's Daily Telegraph articles about 'growing a wedding', both flowers and food.It's really really helpful, and actually, I will find it difficult to deviate from her instructions!
ReplyDeletegood luck with it all... am here sorting out seeds leftover from last year and ear-marking new beauties from seed catalogues. Time to buy a cold frame!
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