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Tatler Best Wedding Venues in the UK

Tatler have listed Cowdray House as on of their top 11 wedding venues in the UK and one of our weddings from 2016 has been used in the feature photograph.

The photo is by the very talented Nadine Van Biljon

Click here to read the article on Tatler

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tags: Tatler, Cowdray House, Wedding, Best wedding venues in UK
categories: Cowdray, Cowdray House, Events, News, Press, Weddings
Monday 01.28.19
Posted by Karen Watson
 

A Spectacular Autumnal Dinner at Cowdray House with British Flowers

This autumnal dinner at Cowdray House, Cowdray Estate was incredible. Hosted by the fabulous team at Caper and Berry the event was for the leading lights in the wedding and event planning industry, who stayed at Cowdray House overnight.

We used all British grown chrysanthemums from Hampshire and believe me these are nothing like the contrived chrysanthemums you usually find in supermarkets and garages. The colours were truly amazing and they were wayward and natural. We foraged bracken and browning ferns from The Cowdray Estate and used them to dress the candelabra and the fireplace. The result was really beautiful and the planners loved it.

I actually attended the event and the food and service by the incredible team at Caper and Berry was wonderful.

These wonderful photographs of the event are by the super talented Louise Adby

What a magical evening in Midhurst!

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British Grown Chrysanthemums Cowdray House
Candelabra with bracken Autumn Dinner Cowdray House
Buck Hall Cowdray House dressed for Autumn Dinner by This Floral Life
Cowdray House Flowers by This Floral Life
Autumn Dinner at Cowdray House by This Floral Life
Buck Hall Cowdray House for a Dinner hosted by Caper and Berry
Luxury Dinner at Cowdray House with flowers by This Floral Life
tags: Cowdray House, Buck Hall Cowdray House, Cowdray Estate, Caper and Berry, British Flowers, British Grown Chysanthemums, This Floral life, Foraged Ferns, Luxury Dinner, Event Planners, Wedding Planners, Gold Candelabra, Luxury Banquet, Floral Designer West Sussex
categories: Cowdray House, Events, In season, News, Weddings, British Flowers
Friday 01.25.19
Posted by Karen Watson
 

Cowdray House Cutting Garden

We are delighted to say that we now have a cutting garden at Cowdray House.

In keeping with our company ethos we don’t use any chemicals, weed killers or sprays and all of our flowers are grown naturally. We grow through a fabulous bio-degradable matting that’s made in the UK and not made of plastic as most are.

A short 5 minute hop from our studio and Home in Midhurst, West Sussex , it’s ideally placed on the Cowdray Estate to enable us to pick flowers and arrange them in our bunches for the Cowdray Farm Shop for the same morning.

We also provide weekly flowers for Cowdray House, the Cowdray Farm Shop Cafe and the Cowdray Golf Club  where we’ll be adding some our our own flowers into the arrangements that we make.

Our weddings and events business will benefit hugely from our cutting garden and we also intend to offer some courses on sustainable flower arranging later in the year at Cowdray House. Do sign up to our newsletter if you’d like to be kept informed about dates.

Dahlia beds at our Cowdray House Cutting Garden

Dahlia beds at our Cowdray House Cutting Garden

Dinner plate dahalias!

Dinner plate dahalias!

Fabulous burgundy dahlia

Fabulous burgundy dahlia

tags: Cowray cutting garden, Cowdray, dahlias, British Flowers, Midhurst, West Sussex, Cowdray Farm Shop, This Floral Life
categories: In season, Cowdray House, Cowdray Farm Shop, News
Friday 08.24.18
Posted by Karen Watson
 

January Wedding Flowers at Cowdray House

Hellebores are simply amazing plants, surviving the British winter and continuing to flower in sub zero conditions. I’ve been selling lots of these gorgeous plants all through the winter at The Cowdray Farm Shop and I think I’ve used them in most of my winter events and weddings. 

Well, here they are again in this lovely winter wedding at Cowdray House.

We used plants on the table and cut hellebores in the bouquets tied with jasmine, paperwhite narcissi, white lilac and a sprinkling of floribundas roses.

The floral candelabra, made naturally without floral foam, lined the banqueting table. 

The fire was lit and we dressed the huge stone fireplace with ivy and candles; it was a perfect and romantic small winter wedding.

Archie’s caterers proved the wonderful food and hospitality.   

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Hellebores and  ranunculus

Bridal bouquet of hellebores, white lilac, jasmine and floribundas roses

Bridal bouquet of hellebores, white lilac, jasmine and floribundas roses

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Banquet with floral candelabra of spring flowers

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tags: Eco florist, Cowdray House, This Floral Life, Hellebores, Wedding florist Midhurst, Wedding banquet, floral Candelabra, Cowdray Wedding, Cowdray, Wedding flowers Midhurst
categories: Cowdray House, Events, Weddings
Sunday 02.18.18
Posted by Karen Watson
 

A Christmas Dinner at Cowdray House

This was a very special dinner at Cowdray House in December. 

It was glamorous, festive and fun and in addition to providing the flowers and dressing the Buck Hall for Christmas I actually went to the dinner. 

The food was absolutely sublime and provided by the fabulous Caper and Berry. What a great evening it was! 

Thank you to Cowdray Estate for letting me post these lovely photos of the event taken by a Chris Orange Photography. 

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tags: Cowdray, Midhurst, Candelabra, Wedding Flowers, Luxury Event, Table Arrangements, Floral Design, Caper and Berry, Cowdray Estate, Cowdray House, Tablescape
categories: Weddings, Cowdray House, Events, Cowdray, News, My Floral Life
Sunday 12.31.17
Posted by Karen Watson
 

Audi A8 Launch at Cowdray House

Well, we’ve been flat out again since the last event I posted so I’m trying to play catch up again!

This event was very special as it was a dinner for motoring journalists and VIP’s to celebrate the launch of the new Audi A8 in the UK.

We created a large central autumnal tree and decorated the huge fireplace with a garland of autumn leaves and berries. The tables formed a cross shape and were filled with a runner of autumnal flowers, hips and foliage with decorated candelabra to co-ordinate.

I hope you like the photos! 

 

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tags: Cowdray House, Midhurst, Autumn flowers, Event flowers, Audi A8 Launch, Cowdray Estate, West Sussex
categories: Cowdray House, News, Events, My Floral Life, Cowdray
Sunday 12.17.17
Posted by Karen Watson
 

Winter White Wedding at Cowdray House

Amy and Andrew married at Cowdray House in Midhurst, West Sussex on November 18th 2017.

Candlelight was really important to Amy and Andrew and over 300 candles were used to create this fabulous romantic wedding.  

The ceremony took place in the cathedral like space of Buck Hall and we decorated the huge fireplace with ivy, seasonal greenery and white hydrangea heads. Candles were used on top of the fireplace, in the fireplace and lining the aisle; it looked absolutely stunning and so did the gorgeous Amy.

We stayed on site to turn the room around for the dinner with the caterers, Caper and Berry. The guests retired to the drawing room for canapés and champagne and within an hour the room was transformed with candleabra, white hydrangeas and hundreds of candles along the 108 foot of banqueting tables.

I can’t wait to see the official photos by Hajie as mine came out a little pink for some reason when it actually didn’t look pink!

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Buck Hall dressed for the Wedding ceremony

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Buck Hall dressed for the wedding dinner 

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Macaron tower by Sylvia’s Kitchen

 

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tags: Wedding Venue, Cowdray House, Hydrangeas, West Sussex Weddings, Wedding flowers, Cowdray Florist, Midhurst, Candlelit wedding, Cowdray
categories: Events, Weddings, My Floral Life, Cowdray House, News, Cowdray
Tuesday 11.28.17
Posted by Karen Watson
 

Autumn Dinner at Cowdray House

I really enjoyed creating the house and table flowers for this very special dinner at Cowdray House in October. It's an amazing time of year to be a florist as there is such wonderful material to work with and bringing the outside in as the days grow shorter is always appreciated by the guests.

I designed this dinner to come alive after dark when the candles were lit to create a real 'wow' factor. I used layers of candlelight that would illuminate the flowers, seedheads and grasses and although I didn't manage to photograph the table when the candles are lit I have seen photos that were taken that night; it really did look gorgeous and the feedback after the dinner was fabulous.

The Dining Room at Cowdray House

The Dining Room at Cowdray House

Hall Flowers at Cowdray House

Hall Flowers at Cowdray House

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The dining table flowers

tags: Event flowers, Tablescape, Autumn, Autumn flower arrangement, Autumnal florals, Cowdray Estate, Cowdray, Flowers, Cowdray House
categories: In season, Events, House Flowers, News, Cowdray, Cowdray House
Thursday 11.02.17
Posted by Karen Watson
 

Birthday Banquet at Cowdray House

I realise I've got some serious catching up to do on my blog posts to get everything up to date!  

Back in a June we worked with lovely Mauricio and his team at The Admirable Critchton on a fabulous birthday banquet for their clients who were staying at Cowdray House for the weekend.

The colour theme was rich reds and oranges with an abundance of candlelight and the tables were set in a horseshoe shape around a dance floor. 

As we left Cowdray House a team of actors were rehearsing their steps for the murder mystery game that would be unfolding throughout the evening. The stage looked set for a really fun evening and I understand that the clients had a really fabulous time.

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tags: Cowdray House, The Admirable Crichton, Florist, Midhurst, Cowdray Estate, Eventflowers, Flowers, Buck Hall Cowdray House, Cowdray
categories: Cowdray, My Floral Life, Cowdray House, Events
Tuesday 10.03.17
Posted by Karen Watson
 

Summer Polo Event at Cowdray House

Last Friday I had the pleasure of providing the flowers for a summer polo event at Cowdray House on Cowdray Estate.

Hosted by Cowdray Polo Club with catering by Caper and Berry there were canapés on the lawn followed by a dinner in the dining room of cowdray House.

I brought in some wonderful rhodendendrons from the gardens of Cowdray House and decorated the tables with seasonal peonies, aquilegia, hellebores, lilac to name a few of the ingredients. 

Its always a pleasure working at the fabulous Cowdray House! 

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tags: Event flowers, Cowdray Polo, Midhurst, Cowdray House, Cowdray, Caper and Berry, summer Polo
categories: Events, News, Cowdray, In season, Cowdray House
Tuesday 05.16.17
Posted by Karen Watson
 
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