It’s getting to that time of year when the orders for Thanksgiving and Christmas wreaths start coming in. Most of us are familiar with the advent wreath. Introduced by Gregory the Great in the sixth century it traditionally had 4 candles, 3 purple ones to represent penance, and a pink one to represent joy. The […]
Everytime I have a consultation with a bride I have no idea what they want. Everyone has a favourite flower and that is one of the most exciting things about wedding floristry, no two brides have the same arrangements. There is certainly a fashion for certain flowers and styles and I always try to stick […]
Below a review from the lovely Caroline Norris who I did the wedding flowers for: I came across Leonoor of ‘Rose & Mary’ through TW11 Mums. I knew in our correspondence and from our initial meeting, that not only was Leonoor a really lovely person to deal with, with a great sense of humour, but […]
Other than all the wedding, funeral and event work going on here at Rose & Mary, the main thing we make on a day to day basis are bouquets. There is a dedicated section in our webshop with some lovely bouquets on it but as the year progresses and the seasons change, so do the […]
We are now offering a weekly flower delivery to anyone within a 2 mile radius of Rose&Mary. The weekly flower fix will be a beautifull selection of seasonal flowers and foliage selected by us delivered to your house every Fiday. You can choose the following options. Size: there are 3 sizes available, small £10, medium […]
Are you enjoying the beautiful magnolias in bloom everywhere? Did you know that the Magnolia trees evolved some 90 million years ago in the late Cretateous period. These flowers were stared at by T-rexes and maybe even eaten by a diplodocus! These trees were around before bees were invented and relied on beetles for […]
Oh the joy of February the 14th!! Overpriced red roses, crammed restaurants, nasty chocolates, polyester undies….. There are 364 other days in the year where you can tell the special people in your life just how much you love them. I’m sure they would be pleasantly surprised, as the level of expectation on those days […]
The snowdrop (Galanthus) is one of my favorite flowers. They are so delicate and so pretty as they emerge in the cold and dark days of winter. They serve as a little reminder that the days are slowly getting longer again and that winters don’t last forever….. Each flower has three teardrop-shaped outer petals […]
In the cold and dark days of January when all the good intensions, detoxing and promisses are starting to weigh you down there is always 2 things that really cheer you up: Firstly, we have passed the winter solstice so the days are getting longer again! Out and about on your winter walk you spot […]
As we are packing away all the Christmas decorations, hoovering the needles out the carpet and promising ourselves never to eat and drink this much ever again… Let me use this blog to thank my lovely customers for the amazing response to my new Christmas range. Everybody has a different style of Christmas decoration. Some […]