Todich Floral Design Blog

One very exciting part of a wedding for the bride, is the chance to choose and wear a beautiful and extravagant dress, that you will wear only once in your life. As we all know, the traditional and most popular colours for dresses is either white or ivory. However, today a little splash of colour is definitely not out of the question.

Colour has become quite a trend over the past few seasons. Designs and fabrics are straying away from the usual dress. The lengths of dresses are really starting to vary, fabrics are becoming lighter, and adding a bit of colour is almost becoming a must.

Chiffon is one of the most popular fabrics this season. It is really something different in comparison the some of the stiff fabrics that have been used in the past.

Knee-length dresses are becoming a norm, especially since weddings take place in just about any setting these days. Can you imagine wearing a long flowing wedding dress on the beach? A shorter dress definitely allows for more freedom of movement.

If you opt for a shorter and lighter dress, you might have to re-consider the type of bouquet you choose. A large bouquet will really draw attention away from a small flowy, knee-length dress. A simple, small bouquet, will suit this type of dress better. Todich Floral Design can help you pick out exactly the right bridal bouquet. There are many sample bouquets available on the web-site, so you can get some idea of what you would like.

If you decide to stick to tradition in terms of the colour of your dress, colour can still be added in other ways. A brightly coloured pair of shoes, or other small details on the dress. These colours can help inspire the tones of the wedding decorations and the flowers for the bridal bouquet. Accessories can also be colourful – like earrings and bracelets worn by the bride.

Let Todich Floral Design help you inject some colour into your upcoming wedding!

In Glasgow, a new type of flower is finally in bloom! But it is not the kind that you will find blooming in your garden and certainly cannot be wrapped up in a bouquet!

An underpass in the Cowcaddens area of Glasgow, really needed a bit of work. This problem was solved with the installation of aluminium flowers. They are anywhere from five to eight meters tall with petals that are about two metres wide. There are about fifty pink, orange and yellow flowers in total to brighten up this, once, rundown area.

These blooms also serve as a link between the city centre and a newly developing area. This project has been a great success, recently winning the Scottish Design Award in the ‘Future Buildings & Spaces’ category.

Flowers, whether made of aluminium or straight from the garden can really serve as a means to bring people and places together.

This is why they can really serve addition to an office space or for any other any other events; blooms can really be a way of drawing the eye and getting people talking.

Todich Floral Design can help you realize any floral decorating ideas you might have for your next event. From consultation (helping you pick out exactly the design, style and flowers you need) to installation (bringing out the best in each floral creation). With our team of experts we will make you next event more memorable with ease!

Sources:

http://www.waterscape.com/features-and-articles/news/2765/giant-phoenix-flowers-in-bloom-near-the-forth-and-clyde-canal

It can be very difficult to budget a wedding or to keep every detail perfect. People often forget that there is nothing wrong with keeping a wedding casual. A simple wedding does not imply that the special day will be any less memorable. In fact, casual weddings are becoming quite a trend, so if you feel you are more down-to-earth, try to take your wedding in this direction. During the summer months this is especially easy to do!

Of course, this does not mean that there will not be important details to consider such as, food preparation, placement of tables and lines, and an alternate plan in case the weather turns foul.

The guests are sure to feel a bit more relaxed as a casual event requires casual attire. One great idea is to keep the food casual as well, grilled food and simple salads might be one idea. Bridal bouquets and table decorations should also be kept simple, the best rule to follow is to use flowers that are local and in-season (instead of exotic flowers.)

This type of wedding can really make the role of the bride worry-free. There is no need to look for an extravagant dress, as a simple knee length dress will fare best in a backyard, vineyard or park. As for the bridal bouquet, something simple like a bunch of daisies could suite the venue best.

When there is little fuss around the details, a lot more attention can be paid to the guests and the newly-weds can focus on each other.

Whether you go simple or extravagant Todich Floral Design, can help you from the beginning to the end of your planning process; from picking out a design scheme to planning out a budget for your flowers. Our experts can help you pick out the exact flowers to suit your tastes from the wedding decorations to the bridal bouquet.

Sources:

http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/redeye/2010/06/for-some-chicago-couples-the-frill-is-gone.html

To ensure your wedding bouquet looks its best all day, always choose flowers in the peak of their season and autumn is the perfect time for bright, vibrant colours and soft creamy whites!

Choosing for colour

Autumn probably conjures images of rich reds and golds but the autumn floral harvest goes well beyond that….

Whites:
Arum Lillies
Baby’s breath
White rose varieties

Bold Colours:

Sunflowers (yellow)
Rosehip berries (red)
Snap dragons (multi)
Tulips (multi)
Roses (multi)
Zantadeschia (multi)
Narcissus (multi)

Choosing for shape

Most brides stop at the beautiful teardrop of the rose bud or the classic sunny shape of a carnation but choosing a more unusually shaped flower can create an original and unique bouquet. Try a few arum lilies or orchids to create a something delicate and sophisticated. A bunch of yellow narcissus makes for a wonderfully delicate and pretty posy and a bold bunch of hydrangea gives a full celebratory shape.

Choosing for theme

Autumn flowers are perfect for traditional and “romantic” weddings. All the favourites are available. The detail and beauty of the snap dragon can make an unusually pretty bouquet and of course, rose lovers are spoiled this time of year.

For a simpler wedding, Autumn is the perfect time to create a naturally beautiful wild flower themed bouquet using flowers like scabious or consider a loosely tied bunch of spectacular sunflowers for a simple but striking look.

Try a few blood red zantedeschia for a dramatic and eye catching bouquet – for black and white themed weddings (which are so fashionable these days) the zantedeschia or even red tulip or rudbeckias bouquet is every photographers dream!

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The most exciting way to make a beautiful bouquet fragrant and romantic is to add a few herbs. Many herbs not only smell and taste enticing but also sport delicate soft leaves or even a bold silver hue. Sage is readily available in autumn and has both beautiful delicate purple flowers and green and silver foliage. The aroma will add a touch of romance on your big day and forever trigger wonderful memories.

About the Author: Dana Flannery is a Marriage Celebrant who has advised countless couples on preparing for their wedding day – and has seen her fair share of floral disasters! Find out more about Dana at Brisbane Civil Celebrant

Summer is just around the corner and you might be among the many brides preparing for a wedding. Sometimes it can hard to come up with wedding table arrangement ideas, because there are just so many other details to attend to.

Just as containers are great decorations for the home they can do well when used in centrepieces. You can use anything from baskets to watering cans! It really depends on the bride’s taste.

Containers can really work well as part of wedding table arrangement for outdoor weddings as they are sturdy. If there is a little breeze or wind they are sure not to tumble off the table!

And this is where you can really get creative, anything from little tin buckets to straw baskets can be embellished with ribbons, flowers or even shells. The limit is your creativity! Of course, it would be nice to have something that really reflects the tastes of the bride.

If you have a certain colour scheme for you wedding, tin pails and baskets can be painted just about any shade.

These wedding table top decorations are not limited to this area only. You can really harmonize your wedding by having other aspects of the reception and church decorated with these types of containers. You can even have the guests take their gifts home in some of these baskets or pails.

This type of decoration might not be the best idea for a bride looking for a sophisticated and refined wedding. However, if you are looking to have a more old-fashioned and rustic wedding then this will definitely give you that kind of atmosphere. Todich Floral Design, has the experience and the experts to help you realize this wedding table top idea, and every other aspect of your wedding decoration scheme. So your big event can be just as you imagined!

Sources:

http://craftingagreenworld.com/2010/05/07/brideas-for-eco-flower-girl-baskets-part-1/

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Everyone that visited the “Summer Wedding Inspiration” event at the new Covent Garden Market yesterday must still have their eyes full of the colourful extravaganza that it was. This event, dedicated to brides to be and public in general had the participation of the best wedding flowers designers in the capital who presented their displays with the freshest flowers sourced from the market.

Todich Floral Design had the privilege to participate in the event and for that presented a giant urn with hydrangea and delphinium, a bride or bridemaid’s bouquet and an arrangement that could be used in the register office.

This company was very pleased to collaborate with the New Covent Market initiative for the opportunity to demonstrate our unique designs and in recognisance of the role played by the market in the local community.

So the Chelsea Flower show has passed, and who went home a winner? Well, the results are quite surprising, there was quite a contrast between silver and gold. The difference was in size; first place was taken by a tiny garden that had more greenery than flowers, while second place went to a large and colourful garden. Both gardens had one thing in common, their message.

The first garden was designed with the help of indigenous women from Cameroon. Marking the first occasion that indigenous women have come to the show to help design a display. The display was called the Green & Black’s Rainforest Garden, and it is a bit small and very overgrown. The centrepiece of this garden was a mongolulu (leaf house). But this little garden carried a large and important message; it was an attempt to make people aware of the destruction of rainforests.

The Indigenous people of Cameroon live and feed off of the rainforest, which has been deteriorating due to logging and mining. Along with the beautiful tropical plants, a mining helmet, gun and chainsaw were displayed, as reminder that their way of life is being destroyed.

An entire community designed the second display, which is the largest to date at Chelsea. The Eden Project Places of Change took up the area of three regular gardens. Prisoners and the homeless worked together to create this display (they were featured in a previous blog). And it is wonderful to see that they have done so well! The rough aspects of the display are meant to symbolize the difficult journey of life, while the doors scattered across the garden represent hope and the future.

Decoration and design can seem like a daunting task. But sometimes inspiration can be right in front of your nose! For these award-winning gardeners, all it took was an issue close to their hearts. If you are preparing for an important event in the near future, try to make the theme of the event something that you truly care about. Todich Floral Design can help you realize your ideas, with a team of experts to help.

Sources:

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/05/chelsea-flower-gardens-with-homeless-indigenous.php

One of the biggest gardens at the Chelsea Flower Show this year, will put together by quit an unusual group of horticulturists.

The Eden Project will be bringing homeless people and prisoners together to create a display. The flowers will be contributed by the prisoners from the Growing for Life project at the Occombe farm in Devon.

One of the homeless men involved in the project, says that he enjoys having an empty canvas of dirt to work with. He finds a certain magic in creating a burst of colour out of almost nothing.

This is the second year that the Eden Project has been involved in the show, with last year’s garden winning the silver medal.

This year’s plot will be twice the size of those normally featured, and will display nearly 10, 000 plants. Nearly 400 homeless people and 100 prisoners are involved in the project.

The most unique aspect of this display will be the 10ft-high man, who will have medicinal plants covering his body. Different plants will be located, on the parts of the body they are used to treat. Wild flowers and totem pole sculpture are also to be included in the display.

The unique aspects of this display are meant to show how important plants and flowers are in our lives. Gardening and working with plants can have a very important therapeutic effect on those who work with them, especially for those experiencing difficulties in their lives.

The simple of gesture of giving flowers can mean a lot more than we might imagine, they can heal both from the inside and the outside. They are not just a treat for the eyes, but a reminder that we care for others and care for nature. Flowers24hours.co.uk, has a number of beautiful bouquets you can send to your loved ones. The Carousel, Mellow Yellow Roses, and the Shooting Star are just some of the beautiful featured bouquets we have to offer.

The lily truly holds a beauty of its own, so much so, that it has inspired wedding decorations and dress design alike. The best example is the famous dress worn by Sarah Jessica Parker in the Sex and the City film.

Designed by Vivienne Westwood, the Lily dress is one that is not only beautiful to behold, but is flattering to the wearer as well. The corset of the dress is structured and and the sweetheart bust has been exaggerated, creating an overall slimming effect for the wearer.

The original dress is quite expensive, but less costly versions have been made, in wedding dress form and others. Even if your wedding dress is not going to be exactly like this creation, the elegant beauty of the lily can serve as inspiration for your bouquet or other aspects of a wedding or a special gift you are planning to surprise a special someone with.

Flowers24hours.co.uk has a wide variety of calla lilies to choose from and they can fit just about any occasion.

You can go with something simple and modern like the Sphere arrangement, with calla lilies creatively arranged in a beautiful vase.

A more extravagant choice might be White Calla Lilies, this is an especially stunning arrangement. It is sure to show your feelings of affection toward that special someone. It is luxuriously wrapped, with a bow added as a finishing touch.

Another great choice is the Phoenix, which is an arrangement with charm. A beautiful mixture of colours has been put together to bring a smile to the recipient’s face.

Bring some sunshine into your loved one’s life with the joyful Sunlight arrangement, this simple yet beautiful arrangement is sure to brighten up their day.

Sources

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/05/vivienne-westwoods-lily-d_n_525339.html#s78622

The Chelsea Flower Show is just around the corner and anticipation is high for the beautiful flower displays that are being designed at this moment.
When it comes to the most expensive David Domoney  is going to be showing a display that is worth a mere £10m. The display is to be called The Ace of Diamonds, and the display is to be littered with precious stones from some of the top jewellers on Bond Street.
“I always endeavour to introduce something a little bit more entertaining and this is something really special. It’s high-end and extreme but with a strong horticultural message. This garden will be worth more than the rest of the show put together - worth more than this year and last year combined even,” stated Domoney.
Of course security will be high, something like what we would see for a royal visit! The diamonds will be delivered to the show by helicopter. What a spectacle!
The biggest garden ever to be shown was the Eden Project, but the value of the garden is at the highest ever seen by the show.
When it comes to smaller events like weddings, corporate or cultural, Todich Floral Design can help you out with your design ideas. We are prepared for just about any innovative floral design and we can make just about any idea to life. Of course, a scattering of diamonds might be a little over the top! But that is definitely something worth checking out at this years show!

Sources:
http://www.hortweek.com/channel/OrnamentalsProduction/article/999887/Domoney-makes-Chelsea-history-10m-precious-stone-design/