Colourful wedding flowers at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery: Lara and Jim were married in August at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, right in the heart of the city. From the very beginning, their brief was joyful and generous: bold colour, artistic influence and a feeling of bringing the outside in.
They were drawn to the idea of flowers that felt painterly and expressive, picking up on the colours and energy of the museum itself. There was also a subtle nod to the Pre-Raphaelites – rich tones, layered texture and a sense of romance rooted in nature.
August is one of the most abundant months in the British flower calendar, and it was a dream to work with such generous seasonal material. Dahlias took centre stage, supported by garden roses, cosmos, scabious, grasses and soft, meadowy fillers. The palette was unapologetically vibrant: warm oranges, coral, raspberry, butter yellow, soft lilac and flashes of sky blue, all grounded with natural foliage and movement.
The showpiece of the day was the museum’s beautiful sweeping staircase. This became a living artwork, framed with flowing meadow-style arrangements that guided guests upward and wrapped the space in colour and life. The flowers echoed the rhythm of the architecture, softening the stone and ironwork while celebrating the grandeur of the building.
At the base of Epstein’s Lucifer statue, I created a flower meadow that felt as though it had gently grown around the sculpture – a quiet collision of art and nature. It was one of those rare moments where a brief becomes total creative freedom, and it remains a real career highlight to have been trusted with such an iconic Birmingham space.
What I loved most about this wedding was how rooted it felt in place. A city-centre ceremony, in a landmark cultural building, filled with British seasonal flowers at their absolute peak. It was bold, personal and unmistakably them.
Being able to create something so expressive, in my own city, with complete trust from Lara and Jim, was a genuine joy – and a perfect example of how wedding flowers can become part of the story of a space, not just a decoration within it.