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The perfect Bride

“Hello!    I just wanted to drop you a quick line to say thank you for all the beautiful flowers! They were absolutely perfect. The bouquets were exactly what I wanted, and the table arrangements and pedestal arrangements you made looked (and smelt) incredible! Thanks again for all your hard work. We had the most amazing…

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Inspirational wedding

Last Friday we were at Orchardleigh house setting up for a wedding. Both Laura & I were struck by the eye for detail & character that they Bride had, all the tables were beautifully dressed by the time we got there and we didn’t add a huge amount of flowers and what we did add…

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A Valentines Success

Valentines 2014 at Young Blooms was officially a success, it was a slow burner at the beginning of the week which got us mildly worried. But we had a very delightful rush of customers calling on the Thursday. We tried to be organised this year and contact customers ahead of time to arrange which flowers…

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How to get the perfect Valentines bouquet

Valentines day can be a tricky time to get right, everyone is looking for the right present that says what they want it to say. I’m normally useless and manage a card & that’s about it {though the excuse of being a florist at this time of year is a good thing, combined with an…

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Valentines Shop now live

  We are proud to announce our Valentines Online shop is now live on the Young Blooms Website. We have something floral to suit most tastes, everything from the traditional to the more unusual. Though dear customer  be aware that your partner might actually love a bouquet that’s not red roses, so why not be…

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Our pick of wedding venues in Wiltshire & Somerset

As Brides begin to make their enquiries with us for the next year to come, I thought it would be nice to look back at some of the venues we have decorated and look forward to some that we will be decorating in the year to come. We really are lucky in Wiltshire/Somerset are for…

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Dreaming of Summer {part two}

I think I’ve managed to post these pictures a slightly backward manner, but I think your’ll get the feel of it. Part two of this yummy Summer wedding at Chew Magna involved Morris Dancers…. I’m not not entirely sure of the connection to the Bride & Groom, but the Morris Dancers certainly made for gorgeous…

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Dreaming of Summer

These rather fabulous photographs were taken by Sarah Cameron late last Summer on a fairly blinding hot day! We clambered up & down ladders to decorate the entranceway to the Church with lots of interested members of the public stopping to watch & chat. I was slightly nervous as it was quite a windy day…

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Sunshine is good for the soul

Did you survive Christmas, did you have a marvellous New Year? Have you made it through your first week back? We did a rather yummy wedding on the 31st of December at Homewood Park Hotel. Their reception rooms really are looking fabulous with the new decor. We were delighted to bump into the ever lovely…

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Loving our workshops

We’ve had some fantastic wreath-making workshops over the last couple of weeks. We’ve been holding them at Hartley Farm-shop and Newton St Loe Farm-shop. They have been really enjoyable events and every wreath managing to be completely individual & fabulous. I love how people come into the workshops saying they are not ‘creative’ at all…

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