Hello lovely readers, welcome back to The Events Designers latest blog post. Today the sun is beaming through our office windows, the warm Summer air is lingering and we have the most beautiful bouquet of peonies on our desk = one of our all-time favourite flowers. Who doesn’t love the month of June? Not only is it the start of Summer it’s also Peony season. Spring and Summer brides, we officially envy you! There’s no shortage of pretty wedding flowers right now.
Peonies are a classic and timeless flower not to mention they are unbelievably beautiful. Lush, big, and bold with beautiful styles ranging in various colours, shapes and sizes making them versatile for any floral design. They are known as the flower of riches and honor, Peonies are meant to bring good fortune and a happy marriage embracing romance and prosperity, do we need to convince you any further? Here’s a selection of our favourite peony wedding bouquets and floral designs…
All White Perfection
We adore this beautiful all white, hint of blush peony bouquet designed by Luxe Paris Events. A classic and timeless peony wedding bouquet easing simplicity and elegance.
Floral Designer: Luxe Paris Events ● Photography: Claire Morris Photography
Peony Rose Garden
This romantic bouquet of peonies and roses bursting with greenery was the perfect arrangement to this couples English Rose Garden wedding. Can you believe this bride grew her own wedding flowers and created this beautiful and simple bouquet?
Photography: Hannah Duffy Photography
Classic Peonies and Roses
Liz Jones from Blue Sky Flowers arranged this elegant bouquet of peonies and roses – a beautiful bouquet perfect for any stylish bride!
Floral Designer: Blue Sky Flowers ● Photography: Lucy Davenport Photography
Wild Pink Vibrancy
Calling all romantic brides, this wild, vibrant and bold bouquet created by Paris florist, Floraison Paris featuring different shapes, sizes and colours of peonies.
Floral Designer: Floraison Paris ● Photography: Claire Morris Photography
Minimalist Modern Moods
Pink pale peonies, pink roses mixed with magnolias create a modern and fresh look here all paired together.
Floral Designer: Blue Sky Flowers ● Photography: Julie Michaelsen Photography
Pink Boldness
Pair pastel and fuchsia pink colour tones to create a vibrant, bold and pretty statement similar to this bouquet.
Floral Designer: Argyle Flowers ● Photography: Ferri Photography
Pink Vibes Only!
We love this all pink peony bridal bouquet by Libby Ferris Flowers. These big and bold pink and blush peonies are the focal point of this delicate bouquet.
Floral Designer: Libby Ferris Flowers ● Photography: Anneli Marinovich Photography
Full Foliage
You don’t have to be a classic bride to be a lover of Peonies as shown here. This wild bouquet is one of our all time favourite peony bouquets created by Blue Sky Flowers.
Floral Designer: Blue Sky Flowers ● Photography: Claire Graham Photography
Peony Centrepiece Flower
Here this bride decided to use peonies not only in her wedding bouquet but also throughout the whole wedding! Regardless of how and where you use peonies they are unbelievable beautiful as shown in this table centrepiece. A wild arrangement full of foliage, ranunculus and peach tones does not disappoint.
Floral Designer: Sarah Harper Flowers ● Ribbon: Kate Cullen ● Photography: Ferri Photography
Lush Romance
Emma Soulsby created this lush, loose and wild bouquet featuring peonies, thistle and endless amounts of greenery.
Floral Designer: Emma Soulsby Flowers ● Photography: Belle and Beau Photography
Mixed Floral Display
Quintessentially Wild is known for their stunning, natural mixed bouquets and this one is no exception! We love the different tones, shapes and styles creating this beautiful and oh-so stylish floral display.
Floral Designer: Quintessentially Wild
A special thank you to all the inspiring and talented floral designers mentioned in this blog post. We hope we’ve managed to convince you to include beautiful peonies in your bridal bouquet, we promise you won’t regret it! Peonies are set to be a big wedding trend for 2018 weddings, you can see more of our 2018 wedding trend predications here.
See you soon for more wedding planning inspiration!
With Love,