Purple Sutton Place Hotel Wedding

This purple themed wedding was complimented by pops of yellow freesia, yellow rananuculus, yellow tulips and yellow scabiosa. The beautiful Versailles Room at the Sutton Hotel also helped to compliment the flowers.

Guests were first greeted by the purple theme once they arrived at the guest signing table.

Entering the reception room, the purple theme continued with the centrepieces, the head table arrangements and the large pillar arrangements.

Blue Spring Wedding At Cecil Green

Getting married in Vancouver during anytime of the year requires a bit of backup planning should rain start falling. This is especially true for weddings in January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August 1-3 and 5 – 31st, September, October, November and December. Last Saturday, the morning started off with our delivery van wipers at full blast. However, by the time our bride and groom were getting ready to arrive at the ceremony, the glorious sunshine came through and lit up beautiful stained glass at the West Point Grey United Church.

The reception was held at Cecil Green in UBC, where the blue theme continued from the chair covers to the flowers.

The bridal bouquet was designed with blue hydrangea, cream roses, viburnum, ranunculus, lisianthus, and blue delphinium.

The bridesmaids bouquets complimented the bridal bouquet with green roses, tulips, lisianthus and blue hydrangea.

Ombré Inspired Floral Designs

Monochromatic tone has always been my favourite theme to design because it looks soothing, clean, and modern.

After a workshop with florists supply 2 years ago, I was introduced to the idea of “Ombré” inspired arrangements. I began to love the beauty of ingredients from the lightest hue to the darkest hue or from the darkest colour slowly shifting to the lightest colour.

Green theme

Earlier this year, I was inspired by the colour of the year – Emerald Green and designed an ombré arrangement with eucalyptus, green cymbidium orchids, roses, dendrobium, hypericums, and green tricks.

Red and pink theme

Red roses are popular for Valentine’s day. We can make it more fun by designing an ombre arrangement with red, hot pink, and soft pink. Therefore, it’s not traditional at all.

Purple and cream theme

This arrangement was designed for someone very very special when she held a concert in Vancouver. We designed it with dark calla lilies, purple ocean song roses, white ohara garden roses, brunia and seeded eucalyptus.

Tulips, roses, orchids, freesia, and lisianthus are fun to design with as well.

Peach and cream theme

Juliet Garden roses are so pretty that they are very popular for wedding floral design. I designed this peach and cream ombre arrangement with Vercilia roses, Juliet garden roses, faith roses, vandella roses, and white hydrangea.

If you would like to see any other colour in ombre effect, let us know!!

Tulip Workshop Wrap Up

Wow!! We had so much fun with the buckets and buckets of tulips we were able to design with.

Before we get in to our fun day and the arrangements we designed, check out this amazing aerial photo of Tulip fields in the Netherlands.

More stunning photos of the tulip fields can be found here.

The first arrangement we designed was using the hand tied technique to create an ombre effect bouquet, our students came up with amazingly beautiful designs from white and green to yellow and orange.

Here are some reminder photos on how to recreate the hand tied tulip compact arrangement when you are at home.

Break time! Macaroon and Brownies + Beautiful flowers Mmmmmmmmm!

The second arrangement we designed was using the chicken wire technique to create a rustic and natural arrangement.

Here are some reminder photos on how to recreate the rustic and natural tulip arrangement using the chicken wire technique.

Our beautiful students with their stunning arrangements!

Valentine’s Day Flower Tips

Here is some advice to make sure you choose the perfect Valentine’s Day flowers.

When should I order?
For the past several years, we’ve sold out of flowers before the end of the day on Valentine’s Day and usually stop accepting online and phone orders by the afternoon of February 13. Ordering before February 12th will guarantee we can design beautiful flowers for you.

Can you make a custom floral design?
That’s our speciality! We suggest finding out your partner’s favourite flower or colour. Don’t know their favourite flower or colour? Don’t worry, just let us know her style, is her home stark and modern? We can design a custom bouquet or arrangement to give it a personal touch.

What is your best seller during Valentine’s Day?
Every year, we create new designs for our Valentine’s collection. The most popular is always a dozen or more classic red roses. These are premium long stem roses from the best rose growers in the world.

What do you recommend if I want to go BIG?
Deliver flowers to your partner regularly. We can deliver beautiful fresh flowers to your partner every week, every month, or every few months. Consider pre-booking a monthly flower order every 14th of the month until the end of the year. If you want to make your Valentine’s Day order especially memorable, include a box of handmade beta5 chocolates, handmade gluten free macarons, or a bottle of wine.

Do you deliver outside of Vancouver?
Yes! We deliver to Burnaby, Richmond, North Vancouver and West Vancouver. For all other areas, please call and we can let you know if we will be able to deliver flowers there.

Can I order online?
You bet! We have just released our 2013 Valentine’s Day Collection with fresh new designs and unique flowers. Looking for the classic red roses? Click the photo below and pick the colour of roses you want to order from the drop down menu.

Remember, prepare your love letter.
Don’t be shy, just let us know what you would like to say on the card and we’ll make sure to include it with your flowers.

You can conveniently make your purchase 24 hours a day online or during business hours at 604-731-2737 or toll free 1-888-204-1945.

Red Themed Terminal City Club Wedding

Working with Natalie from Zola Blue Wedding and Events, decorating the Terminal City Club was one of the last projects we worked on in 2012.

The bridal bouquet, bridesmaids bouquets, boutonnières, corsages and centrepieces were all designed with crimson red roses, complimented by either lamps ear, brunia or evergreens. When surrounded by all the florals, beautiful tablescapes, elegant Christmas trees and wreaths, we felt there was no better place to be during the holiday season.

Christmas 2012 Wreath Workshop Wrap Up

Congratulations to our students who designed amazingly beautiful wreaths!

This year, we had two wreath making classes where we taught our students how to make a fragrant and modern wreath from scratch.

Between clipping branches, wiring bunches and getting our hands dirty, for our December workshop, we enjoyed delicious holiday themed chocolates freshly made by our friends at Beta 5.

Our November workshop students were treated to homemade macaroons and cookies.

If you couldn’t make it to our workshop, or don’t live nearby, check out a short video we made last year and try making your own wreath at home!

If you don’t feel like making your own, get us to! For a limited time, buy a fresh handmade wreath ONLINE.

Sailboat Wedding Photoshoot

For your inspiration, here are photos of a simple and luxurious white and grey themed photoshoot featured in Style Me Pretty.

We designed the bridal bouquet with premium, fresh white peonies and complimented the peonies with dusty miller foliage.

Photography + Design: Robyn Thompson
Coordination + Design: Briar Johnson of Epic Events
Bouquet: Garden Party Flowers
Wedding Cake: Buttercream Couture
Oysters: Tap Catering
Rentals: Upright Decor
China + Flatware: Kate Spade Wedding Dress: Lynn Lugo via Frocks Modern Bridesmaids
Earrings + Bracelet: Elsa Corsi via Jeweliette Jewellery & Accessories
Hair: Natalie Jonas of Mink Makeup & Hair
Makeup: Denise Palmer of Mink Hair & Makeup
Tuxedo + Accessories:Indochino
Models: Stacie & Bryan Grahn

Amazing Students Amazing Workshop

The private workshop held at our studio this past weekend started off with positive vibes before the class even started. Carley had contacted us several months ago to book a private workshop for her sister Jamie’s birthday.

During this workshop, we wanted to teach the sisters various container prepping strategies. We started off the private class with a west coast inspired tangerine themed floral arrangement.

Container Prepping Strategy 1: Chicken Wire

They quickly learned the techniques, listened attentively and designed beautiful arrangements.

Container Prepping Strategy 2: Tape Grid

The girls designed beautiful tropical arrangements after learning the tape grid strategy, our most commonly used method of prepping a container.

Container Prepping Strategy 3: Oasis Floral Foam

The last strategy taught was making a domey floral arrangement using floral foam.

Between designs, everyone got to enjoy yummy homemade macarons and almond cookies baked by Amy’s sister Annie. When she is not helping Garden Party Flowers bake desserts for our workshops, she works in the bakery department at T&T Supermarkets.

If this looks like fun to you, give us a call or email us to find out our next private workshop availability.

We will have more public classes scheduled in the new year. Thanks for being such amazing students Jamie and Carley!

BMW Langley Long Table Event

OpenRoad BMW held a dinner and wine pairing event last night and we were asked to decorate their long tables. For this event, we designed forty modern white and green floral centrepieces.

Each arrangement was designed using cymbidium orchids, green reverts, white tulips, roses and unique parrot tulips.

We always love proper lighting at special events, the guys at Surge Productions did not disappoint.