British Grown Flowers : September Bouquet

I did it!! September’s British Grown Flower Bouquet was made and photographed on time, hooray! And you have to agree it’s a beauty.

The month of September is full of warmth and the month’s flowers reflect that. The garden was busier than I expected during September with two weddings, birthday’s and plenty of workshops heading out of the cutting beds. When I went to create this bouquet I wasn’t sure what would be left. As always there was an unexpected collection to be arranged.

The orange toned leaves of my Amelanchier formed the frame work of this bouquet. The leaves have never looked more beautiful. When selecting plants to add to a garden, especially a cutting garden. It’s import to choose varieties that give interest throughout the year. This Amelanchier brings the first flush of blossom to the Spring garden and signals the end of the season with the wonderful flame coloured leaves. It had to be used.

For the rest of the bouquet I mixed in individual stems of roses, calendula, asters and dahlia’s (finally). It can be tricky to create a bouquet with single stems, they can look fragmented. However, keeping to a tight colour palette like this one with juicy oranges, yellows and pinks makes it look thoughtful rather than grabbed.

To finished I added a big pink bow, I’d been shooting Christmas workshops and it was floating about. The inspiration for the bow was a huge satin bow, spotted whilst watching Father of the Bride. I really want to make some big fabric bows for bouquets. A good winter project if ever there was one. One last mention, I’ve been using Projekti Tyyny napkins and tea towels (bought in their Dorset shop)  as back drops this summer, the website is full of inspiration and definitely worth a look. The whole website feels like September should.