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View fullsize Happy Wedding Anniversary to Danica and Alex whose unique and beautiful wedding took place at Cowdray House on a warm day in July.

I bet you’re wondering how we decorated the fountain in the middle of the waist deep pond? 😊
@cowdrayhouse
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View fullsize More alfresco dining here with @caperandberry with the all important breeze tent for shade.

The cool zinc topped tables and rattan chairs look fabulous dressed simply with our wooden candlesticks and footed hurricane lamps. 

A mixture of zinc pots
View fullsize A beautiful wedding at Cowdray House on another gloriously sunny day in July.

Summer flowers of Dahlias, roses, orlaya, delphiniums, sweet peas, nigella in a palette of burnt orange, peach, nude, white with a hint of blue.
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Wedding flowers @thisflo
View fullsize Dahlias, roses and fruit are such a great combination at this time of year. 
I often use strawberry plants with flowers but the blackberries are just emerging and they are great to use when they are still mostly green but just showing colour….
View fullsize My flower a day drawing challenge continues with this little vase of wild cyclamen that I picked from beneath a tree in my garden earlier this year. 

Cyclamen fascinate me with their little flame like flowers and I always pick a few when they’
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View fullsize So, here’s the finished tulip that I posted as a work in progress on my story yesterday. It’s one of my favourite striped tulips.

I’ve been trying to draw a flower a day since March. It hasn’t been that easy as I don’t
View fullsize Happiest 1st wedding anniversary to our beautiful friends Phern and Johnny. 💕
@phernrobinson @jpcrobinson 

Some of you will know Phern and Johnny from @jacarandacatering who also provided the food and hospitality on the day which was delicious. 

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View fullsize What a beautiful and happy wedding! Wishing you both a wonderfully, long and healthy life together Rebecca and Jono ❤️ @beanieallison 

The weather was perfect, Cowdray House was filled with gorgeous seasonal flowers and perfect table details and the
View fullsize I trust that everyone is looking forward to the Easter break 🐥 Let’s hope that this wonderful sunshine is still around.

Our ever popular Spring and Easter bulb bowls are ready to deliver locally between now and Good Friday 😊

They’re m
View fullsize I’m planning Easter tables and spring schemes today and it’s wonderful to be bringing spring flowers in again for our wedding this week 
It’s so lovely to see the froth of blackthorn blossom brightening up the hedgerows this weekend
View fullsize Isn’t it fabulous to see the sun shining again and the cherry blossom, snowdrops, narcissi, crocus, camelia’s, quince and fabulous pinky purple hellebores in bloom?☀️ 
These are all in flower in our garden at the moment and the bird boxes
View fullsize Tulips make the most beautiful table scheme and they continue to grow after cutting, creating their own natural arching shapes.

There are so many sensational colours to choose from and the simpler tulips mixed with double tulips, fringed tulips and
View fullsize If you’re looking for bridal gown inspiration here are some beautiful gowns from a shoot we participated in with the fabulous @missbushbridal last year at @cowdrayhouse with some other rather fabulous suppliers listed below. 💫

Bridal Fashion:
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View fullsize Wishing you all a Christmas filled with love, peace and light. xxxx
View fullsize There have been so many fabulous Autumnal events that we’ve flowered over the years that keep popping up in my photos. 
I thought I’d share a few of the photos here. 🍁🍂 
Hope you like them!
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@louiseadbyphoto 📸 
@stephani
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