The first official beach wedding in England and Wales took place on Friday 27th April on Bournemouth Beach. Kate Smith and Frazer Seed became the first couple to marry at the stunning beach venue, courtesy of ‘Beach Weddings Bournemouth’.
Being the first one of its kind the event of course attracted substantial media attention with the ceremony itself being transmitted live to millions on ITV’s early morning ‘Daybreak’ breakfast TV show.
Here at eFlorist we are proud to disclose that the flowers for the event were in fact designed and created by one of our florists; Emma Newson-Smith of ‘Arcade Flowers’ in Ringwood, who is in fact the official “recommended” florist for ‘Beach Weddings Bournemouth’.
2 weeks before the big day, Emma met Melanie Kiani of ‘Beach Weddings Bournemouth’ to discuss the flower choice and arrangements. There was, as you would expect, a particular theme to follow but Emma also had to take in to consideration the colour of the bridesmaid’s dresses - watermelon pink (something that was only disclosed a few days before the wedding itself).
Ice cream colours with a fresh beach feel were the order of the day and set the style for all the flower arrangements. The bride’s bouquet was a gorgeous collection of cream coloured Stocks, Lisianthus, spray Roses and Freesias. The button holes were made up of Roses and Eucalyptus with the groom also having extra cream spray Rose buds. Pink Freesias, Astilbe and Bouvardia added a touch of colour to the arrangements throughout the rest of the marquee.
Emma and her team had a day to prepare the flowers, setting everything up at the beach hut venue the night before the wedding in time for the dress rehearsal.
The day itself was a huge success despite the somewhat challenging weather conditions; Kate and Frazer were thrilled with their day and exclaimed that everything was just “perfect”.
Everything including the flowers was left in situ over the weekend as the beach hut was opened up to the public to admire and for further bookings to be taken.
We would like to wish Kate and Frazer the very best as they start their life together as Mr and Mrs Seed. Our personal congratulations also go to Emma of Arcade Flowers for a doing such a fantastic job.
To see footage of the wedding go to http://www.itv.com/daybreak/lifestyle/love-and-relationships/here-comes-the-tide-the-wedding/
