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Still Life, Still Love! Saturday June 11th, 2011

Verbena Floral Design — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 04:41:51 +0000

If I had to be working on my birthday, then there could not be a better couple too work for then Kim and Matt, owners of Still Life Boutique. What a beautiful crowd of beautiful people in a beautiful spot surrounded by beautiful flowers and beautiful vintage details, and beautiful wooden accents created by Matt himself.

Gorgeous little place card holders on antique crocheted table runners.

Beautiful antique bottles filled with incredible peonies and soft ladies mantle, and asters on carved cedar planks

Hand carved walnut table numbers surrounded by more vintage loveliness. The fantastic vintage finery was rented from the lovely Josephine at Victoria Vintage Rentals. There is a treasure trove of vintage goodness there and we are so lucky to have her here on the Island.

Beautiful and bountiful peonies and hydrangeas spill out of an old suitcase…

Sweet, sentimental details everywhere and the masterpiece, piece de resistance, the INCREDIBLE cake from the amazingly talented Corrina Ludwig of Passion for Cakes.

And to finish this post some beautiful shots of the bouquets, that were filled with all manner of soft, romantic and fluffy blooms. Peonies, garden roses, sweet peas, and lisianthus. Heaven!

Still Life and Still Love…..

Growing Dreams in a parking lot

Verbena Floral Design — Mon, 16 May 2011 01:15:28 +0000

Well not really in a parking lot, more like in the halls and classrooms of GNS. My part for the gala however started in the parking lot as I created some arrangements for their recent Gala celebration. I teamed up with the lovely Joanne of Insite Display and the two of us transformed the ballroom at the Harbour Towers.

Bright, bold and beautiful

Insite Display’s amazing work in the ballroom

Weddingbells Magazine

Verbena Floral Design — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:44:33 +0000

Wow, how thrilled are we to be featured in the Fall/Winter edition of Weddingbells magazine! Check out the photos by the amazingly talented Karen McNeil of the sweetest couple in the world. Britt and Ryan got married last summer in the sunflower filled back yard of her parents surrounded by close friends and family with lots of details and small touches that made the day unique and reflected their personalities beautifully.

We loved working with Britt and Ryan not only because they are two of the nicest people that you will ever meet, but also because we work with Ryan weekly, as he and his family own and operate Mt. Newton Greenhouses, which happens to be our supplier of all things floral.

For more picture of their wedding click check our our gallery for the wedding here

Alison and Shannon

Verbena Floral Design — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:44:13 +0000

This lovely couple were married with a wash of beautiful colour. Alison wanted something bright, fun and vibrant for her bouquet and her bridesmaids bouquets. We chose to use one of our favorite colour pallete bright pinks, oranges, and greens. Below are some of our own photos, but it is well worth it to go and check out Montes Photography Blog to see the finished product!

Wedding Open House at Sea Cider

Verbena Floral Design — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:43:48 +0000

A few weeks ago we were asked by Christine Smart out at Sea Cider if we would like to participate in an open house with them and Truffles Catering to showcase some ideas for all their upcoming weddings. We just had to use 2 of our favorite coloured roses “Cherry Brandy” and “Latin Ambiance” along with some beautiful fresh green viburnum and some pale pink lisianthus. This palette was one of the 2 we had chosen the other was of course the classic and timeless white and green. This we accomplished with a simple and modern arrangement of white and green and Hydrangea. Of course we dragged Jenna Shouldice (nee Tye) to capture our work with her artistic eye and lens. Gosh we are so spoiled to have such enourmesly talented friends who are willing to shoot for us. We met with some wonderful people and look forward to being able to work with them in the future.

Burnham Wedding September 5th, 2009

Verbena Floral Design — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:25:00 +0000

This beautiful wedding of a beautiful couple took place over labour day weekend. This wedding was one we had looked forward to all year, because everytime autumn rolls around we are both reminded at how much we love this time of year with all it’s faboulous colours and textures. The entire wedding was a warm and wonderful affair filled with family and friends. We set up our little work station in the bride’s parent’s garage and spent the day before building the arrangements on site. We relished in the opportunity to witness the couple and their family and friends working towards creating this day. Our flower choices were easy, with sunflowers being the star attraction. We created table centrepices using small arrangements designed in mason jars and filled them with combinations of dahlias, calla lily’s, solidago an buplereum. The 2 large arrangements that flanked the pergola (a gift from the grooms parents) where the ceremony took place were filled with limelight hydrangea’s, sunflowers, fiber optic grass, and dahlia’s. The brides grandmother had a collection of old Roger’s sugar buckets that we filled with the same mix of flowers. The bridal bouquet was a perfect mix of burnt oranges, yellows, and greens using a mix of calla’s, roses, dahlia’s, freesia, hypericum, and buplereum, all wrapped up in a satin green ribbon. We just adored this couple and are thrilled they asked us to be a part of their day and to stay for the ceremony. This post is a record of the creation and set up photographed by our good friend, Jenna. For a view of the finished product and pictures of the couple check out Karen McNeil and her blog post.

Shelley & Blair May 30th, 2009

Verbena Floral Design — Sun, 31 May 2009 03:37:59 +0000

Shelley and Blair were fantastic! They were keen to have a “riot” of colour and we were happy to oblige. Shelley asked for bright and bold blooms for her bouquet and handed us a challenge with the addition of strings of orchid blooms to her bouquet. They were married in the Lokier Gardens with a reception at the Uplands Glof Club to follow. We were thrilled to catch Shelley and her bridesmaids as they were getting ready to leave the Villa Marco Polo where they were having their pictures taken by the extremely talented Keri Coles. Thank you Shelley for allowing us to snap a few pictures of you for our records. Everyone looked beautiful, the cascading blooms of orchids looked perfect against the subtle beading detail of Shelleys gown and the bright pinks, oranges and greens of the bridesmaids bouquets really ”popped” with the pewter coloured dresses that they wore. The guys looked brilliant in their celedon green vests and ties. We very much look forward to seeing the “real” thing through the lens of Keri! Check out her blog with a bit of a sneek peek http://www.kericoles.com/blog Thank you again Shelley and Blair it was a treat for us to work with you!

WestCoast Bridal Fair

Verbena Floral Design — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:23:00 +0000

We were asked by a few local photographers to do some floral arrangements for their booths in the Westcoast Bridal Fair. For Ute at Fotoart Photography we chose to do an explosion of colour in a simple white bowl, we used bright pink gerberas, orange rose, and fuscia orchids all accented with hits of lime green in viburnum and cymbidiums.

For Karen and Jen at Bella Boudoir we created a lush and sexy arrangement of hot pink orchids in mokara’s and phalenopsis accented with black feathers, crystals and lush folliage.

Sea Cider

Verbena Floral Design — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:30:00 +0000

Meghan and Andrew, a lovely young couple from Vancouver, crossed the pond this weekend to get married at Sea Cider Farm and Ciderhouse. When we met back in the early spring we knew this wedding would be fun. The colours were orange, lime green and brown! The bridal bouquet was a mixture of orchids,callas, roses and berries, and each bridesmaid carried a posy filled with a single bloom from Meghan’s.
The main arrangement was an 8 foot garland that ran along the railing of the deck off the main ciderhouse. It housed the view of Mt. Baker perfectly. It is a truly beautiful spot for a wonderful couple. Thank you Meghan, Andrew and your families for allowing us to be a part of this day.
Below is what we captured with our cameras, however we anxiously await the images taken by the AMAZING Helene Cyr to see how it all flowed.