STEM GINGER

Lizzy and Rich were married on a glorious September day at Rodbaston Hall in Staffordshire. They are both lovers of nature and the outdoors and Lizzy is a keen gardener with a particular passion for growing dahlias. From the outset I wanted to bring their love of the natural world to the wedding flowers and that was where the idea originated to create mini floral 'meadows' lining the aisle. After the ceremony these were lined up along the front of the top table for a more unu

After a lot of hard work on the garden in spring, July is a month for taking a bit of time to enjoy the results and letting the miracle of nature do its thing, as more and more plants come into flower while others fade beautifully (such as the clematis seedheads in this arrangement). For this month's arrangement, I ventured outside of my own garden to my Mum's where I collected sunflowers, heleniums, crocosmia, dahlias, knifophia (red hot pokers) clematis and peachy roses. I