GYO wedding decoration

[kfan]

I am getting married end of april and planted lots of bulbs/ perenials that I like that are to bloom between april and may in the hope that I can pick most flowers for the decorations out of my own garden. Very excited about it, plus it is very good for our budget!! I mainly have white/ green and white/ pink tulips, white daffodils, white and blue anemones, ranunculus, lilly of the valley, small snapdragon, spurge, stinking helebores, forget me nots and lots of herbs.

Besides this I want to go an 'forage' for things, and am hoping for bluebells, but I head that picking them is not allowed? Is this true? Any other things I should look out for?

[Scarlet]

Yes, I'm afraid bluebells are protected in the UK - so no picking!

You might want to stretch your garden flowers with greenery. Start looking in friends gardens fo leaf shapes and colours that you like.

**not sure how long before the wedding you will be arranging your flowers but daffodils shorten the life of others, so condition them separately.

[Nicos]

Do you have lots of clumps of lichen in your trees?
I pickd a whole pile for my daughters wedding- to thread onto fishing wire and make garlands.
(Problem was that I ran out of time and didn't make enough to make a feature of it)I'm sure you could make it now in advance.
this sort of stuff...

[Scarlet]

That sound lovely - any pics??

[Nicos]

me?...unfortunately no....but really easy to make

[cptncrackoff]

Yes, I'm afraid bluebells are protected in the UK - so no picking!

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yes, although you can pick them on private land if you have the landowners permission AND they have been cultivated specifically for that purpose, OR if the landowner has a licence to sell bluebells, or if they have grown in a private garden.

Personally though, i'd leave them be!

[kfan]

No bluebells it is then but I really like the lichen idea - good reason to go for a walk at the Birks of Aberfeldy and forage some. I also was thinking of raking moss out of grass, drying it and making little ornaments as in picture, to add some green.

[rustylady]

Ivy is good for green, and you can get some long trailing stems too.

[Nicos]

I got the idea from this...

just threading on lichen instead of the flowers. Then perhaps a few hearts hanging off it- or not

[lettucegrow!]

Sounds like it will be very pretty.I foraged a lot of foliage for my brothers christmas wedding, ivy trials are very useful. Few bows and you have a very decorative swag to trail around the room.

[Florence Fennel]

What a lovely idea Nicos. I wish you every success kf, sounds like your wedding will be very flowerful.

[kfan]

Thank you guys for all your ideas! In the next few weeks I want to do a trial so will put some pics on here then

Florence Fennel, thank you - I can't wait!!!