A Guide To Sustainable Seasonal Wedding Flowers: February

The flower that most dominate the natural landscape this month is the humble but exquisite Snowdrop

The Snowdrop
Many, many welcomes,
February fair-maid,
Ever as of old time,
Solitary firstling,
Coming in the cold time,
Prophet of the gay time,
Prophet of the May time,
Prophet of the roses,
Many, many welcomes,
February fair-maid!
- Lord Alfred Tennyson

Throughout 2020 we will be developing all the ways in which we can enforce and expand the sustainability of our wedding planning business. And when it comes to weddings, flowers are a biggie. Summer is no problem as we have a local supplier of cutflowers right here on the island + forage whatever else we need in our own garden and hedgerows. Its the off-season months that present a challenge, and we are more than willing to accept that challenge and make the very best of it :-) The ultimate goal for us is to be able to offer our brides locally grown in-season flowers all year round! But it requires all of us to open our eyes and hearts beyond the classic year-round greenhouse-grown imported roses and peonies.

So in order to change both our own focus and open the eyes of all of you who are getting married in the years to come, each month we will highlight and experiment with new flowers.

Inspired by small, compact and equally simple Lily-of-the-valley bouquets, I decided to play with Snowdrops.

Depending on your personal style, snowdrops can fit into quite different moods. It can work in both an elegant and a rustic atmosphere. Here is a boutonniere, two ways: