Rob and Katie's Wedding Flowers

I had the great pleasure of growing, procuring, and preparing flowers for Katie and Rob's beautiful wedding this past Saturday.  Here are some early shots from the process-- more to come later!

Friday-- lots of prepping, stripping, sorting, figuring and arranging...  Gus hard at work cleaning echinops.

 Big props to Anna Johansen of Anna Blooms in East Dorset and Tom Wheeler of Wheeler Farm in S. Wallingford for their gorgeous flowers and greens.  Their flowers, combined with homegrown GPF flowers and others I procured from three generations of Brakeley gardens in Middlebury, and Jane's gardens in Rupert, rounded out the mix.  Huge thanks to you all!

 Burt nesting in the middle of the chaos, strategically placing his ball under our feet when were weren't paying attention-- bigtime OSHA no-no.

 Brakeley buds

 L-O-V-E mugs for the guest book table, and the bridal bouquet (center) with her bridesmaids' bouquets in back.

 Outdoor "altar" arrangements mocked up

 Meet Gus, Floral Extraordinaire.  Football?  Lacrosse?  Floral arranging?  Check, check, and check.  What a guy.  Saturday snack break.

 Bridal party bouquets in my lap on the drive down to the West Mountain Inn in Arlington...

 And one FULLY loaded car headed carefully down the road!

 Altar arrangements: two big, two small.

 L-O-V-E mugs in place!

 Katie's collection of milk glass in an arrangement around the seating "chart."

 Table shot-- Katie's dad's maple syrup and Echinops stole the show here...

Looking down the barn.  What a gorgeous event, and big congratulations to the bride and groom!  More photos to come...