opted for ideas that were in keeping with a country style. Emily says that the main thing was to keep it really personal. Emily used local florist Karen
Lear, who was given a pretty open brief… “When Karen asked what
or when they have a really interesting theme or starting point to work with.” Ashley was keen to have a
few wedding snaps taken whilst wearing his fishing yellows, so this idyllic photo of the two of them has now become their iconic wedding photo; perfect because it beautifully represents both of their passions.
out as favours. Ashley used to be a chef so as well as catching all of the fish himself, he also did all of the catering, with help from family and friends!” Jessie and Ashley’s guests
feasted on extravagant seafood platters including lobster thermidor, mussels, oysters and prawns, and drank from huge glass dispensers of cocktails! Jessie didn’t take a back seat though – she and her team spent the entire previous day in the marquee preparing the flowers. Jessie even made miniature spray rose and skeleton leaf button- holes for every single guest! So would she do it for a customer? “Absolutely! I really like it when customers arrive and already know what they want,
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Favourite Moment? “Walking up the lane from the church to the bowling green. Cow parsley was growing all down the lane and the arrival of two donkeys and a few cows made it feel like it was just meant to be! It was so lovely looking back and seeing all our family and friends walking up behind us.”
Mr and Mrs Cooper Emily Cooper née Dickerson, married Andrew on 8th June 2013 at Leiston Abbey in Suffolk, in the town where Emily went to school. The reception took place in a mediaeval barn on site. They have been together for three years, which is the same amount of time that Emily has been an extremely valuable and much loved member of the Florist magazine team! The beautiful Suffolk setting
took centre stage at Emily and Andrew’s countryside wedding. Having the ceremony in the grounds of a large ruined abbey meant they steered away from anything too glossy, and instead
flowers we wanted, we said – ALL OF THEM! We just wanted as many different varieties and colours as possible. Karen sourced some locally... some of them came from the farm nearby that my dad buys his eggs from! I told her that I’ve spent a lot of time working with Colombian flowers, so she even made the special effort to use Colombian- grown carnations. She was so enthusiastic about our ideas, and we knew from the moment we met her that she would do something astonishing.” Emily says she wanted the
style of her blooms to be fun, relaxed, friendly above all… colourful! Her only request was to incorporate a couple of personal favourites if possible: “Calendula Marigolds have
always been my all-time favourite flower and Karen managed to get hold of those, and they popped up everywhere, from my bouquet to the pedestal to the table arrangements. She also included
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