Weddings

Wedding flowers - soft, romantic and completely bespoke.

How It Works

Do you know the saying the journey is just as important as the destination? That is just how I feel about creating your wedding flowers. I want you to enjoy the creative process and be the most important influence on how the design unfolds. This is your wedding and your flowers and I want you to absolutely love them.

The first stage is to come and see me. I live in a beautiful village in West Sussex, 10 minutes from Petworth in a farmhouse dating back to the early 17th century. There we have created a garden to frame the house and cutting beds to provide that English country garden finish to your flowers.

It is very unlikely that I will be able to grow all your flowers (although it has been done with a little help from my friends!) but in season I will be able to add in a few perfect garden roses, a few handfuls of scented sweet peas and sprigs of herbs and myrtle along with beautiful textured foliage and fragrant jasmine.

I can show you the tranquil timbered barn where I work and then we will sit down together and look at flower pictures, a catalogue of literally hundreds of images we have created for weddings. You might like to bring your own research too. For an hour or so we will talk about flowers, and gradually I will learn how to create something that you will really love, that will be totally unique to you and that will hopefully give you great pleasure. It is very rewarding for me too!

Inspiration

About Us

The Gorgeous Flower Company is owned and managed by Kate Osborne who has been growing, picking and arranging flowers since she could barely walk.....

Kate says: My mother was the most extraordinary gardener, we were an army family and moved frequently but wherever we set up camp the garden became her lodestone and delight. My earliest memories are of the sound of bees, the scent of old fashioned roses and wallflowers, playing with snapdragon heads and making rather murky scent out of rose petals and daisies. Later my mother taught me to arrange flowers and I started to learn, first from my family, then friends and finally professional teachers: The "living treasure" who taught me Ikebana in Tokyo, which I followed with a stint at the Sogetsu school in New York. Later I studied at evening classes at Merrist Wood and with one on one masterclasses but mainly I have learned from experience. My background in journalism and marketing has also been useful, together with years of experience organising events for a local hospice charity.

I am incredibly lucky to have a fantastic team to support me. My husband Ian is my ladder man and logistical support. After a career in the City he now describes himself as chief bucket washer, but he is also rather good at garlands. The other members of the team have been with me for many years and combine decades of accumulated experience with a cluster of floristry diplomas and the patience and kindness to deal with my rampant perfectionism!

We have worked at so many beautiful venues in the South East of England - including:

And many private homes and marquees.

Contact

We'd love to hear from you. Please get in touch to discuss your wedding flowers.

07747 697068

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"I haven't stopped thinking about our flowers since that day. They were absolutely perfect and absolutely everyone comments on them when we talk about the day. We are beyond grateful for everything you did for us." - Louise and Adam