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Paint the town pink … with petalsOctober 4th, 2011

Come and see Green Parlour (florist to the recent Royal Wedding of HRH Duke and Duchess of Cambridge) as they put on a fantastic floral demonstration designed to inspire. This event will be hosted at the beautiful Elephant Hotel in Pangbourne, Reading on 18th October 2011 at 7.00pm. Come and enjoy a drink and nibbles as you are amazed at the beautiful displays Green Parlour put together. This is a brilliant opportunity to see the Royal Wedding florist in action, and all the while helping to raise money for Breast Cancer Campaign during October’s Paint the Town Pink.

 

With a pink theme and inspiration galore, this is an evening not to be missed. You could also be in with a chance of winning one of the displays produced on the night, as the evening will be finished off with a raffle.

Date: Tuesday 18th October 2011, 7pm

Venue: The Elephant Hotel, Pangbourne

Ticket Price: £15 per person

(ticket price includes entry, drink and nibbles)

To purchase tickets, please use our Just Giving page HERE

Ticket numbers are strictly limited, so book yours now to avoid disappointment

 

Please remember to provide your email address with your donation so that we can send you your e-tickets. If you require more than one ticket, please just donate the correct multiple of £15 and we will issue your tickets accordingly.

 

We look forward to seeing you there, ttfn x

 

 

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Emily and Paul’s vintage glam weddingSeptember 21st, 2011

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Emily and Paul came to see the Green Parlour wedding team over a year ago to start talking about all their ideas for wedding flowers.

Brides-to-be take note! we love brides who have an ideas book or ‘look book’ its great to start visualising ideas together and means that from the off we can start discussing the type of arrangements that will compliment everything from your dress to your venue. You don’t even have to have images of flowers (that’s kind of what we’re here for!) but anything from your save the dates, to weddings that you’ve seen on all the amazing wedding blogs out there and magazines. Basically we want to see images of what YOU have fallen in love with.

Emily came to us with a book packed full of gorgeous glamourous, vintage images. Pearls were in abundance, with dusky roses, mercury glass tea lights, some quirky ‘Mr and Mrs’ letters and heaps full of 40′s glamour. Heaven or what?

Green Parlour bridal wedding bouquets

We designed the bouquet to reflect all these gorgeous ideas, with a slight country twist. The wedding bouquet contained soft Amnesia roses combined with Bombastic spray roses (queue the inevitable renditions of the song by Shaggy), scented ivory sweet peas, ivory Majolika spray roses, Upper Secret roses, subtle hints of eucalyptus and wired pearls, nestled between the flowers. The bouquet was bound in a ruched nude satin ribbon, with large pearls lining the length.

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The reception was held at Warbrook House near Hook in Hampshire. Set in stunning grounds, Warbrook House was the perfect backdrop for the soft sage greens, vintage pink and ivory flowers we had planned. The reception room needed some height, each table centre was placed upon a tall lily vase with a country dome of flowers sitting on top. These stunning table centres filled with white delphiniums, Memory Lane and Amnesia roses, hydrangeas, eucalyptus and Bombastic spray roses, tied the whole theme together, adding a splash of Emily and Paul’s day to Warbrook House.

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The last little details make all the difference to a wedding … we fell in love with Emily’s signing tree (twigs and urn provided by Green Parlour) what a novel change from a guest book!

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Zoë and Ben’s gorgeous romantic barn weddingAugust 21st, 2011

Zoë first contacted us almost a year ago to start thinking about the flowers for her wedding taking place in The Black Barn, Rushall Farm. The barn is stunning, set in the middle of the Berkshire countryside with fields as far as you can see. With this stunning backdrop, we took full inspiration from the barns surroundings when designing the bridal bouquet and table centres for the wedding.

Zoë’s wedding bouquet was filled with English grown roses, scented stocks, sweet peas, lisianthus and hints of scented Baby Blue eucalyptus, it certainly smelt amazing!

Collections of old glass jars filled the long banqueting tables in The Black Barn, each filled with a miniature hand-tie of flowers. Queen Anne’s Lace is complimented with scented stocks, English grown roses, garden sedum, alchemilla mollis, eucalyptus, mint and agapanthus to create these wild, garden inspired wedding table centres.

The final touches involved winding ivy and fairy lights around the rustic centre pillars in the barn.

 

 

Gorgeous

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Give the girl a cameraJune 20th, 2011

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Who knew I blinked for such a long time whilst talking? I don’t think this was helped by a huge video camera 12″ away from me. The whole experience was rather daunting.

We have purchased our own little video camera, is there anything you would like to see?

I think tours of the shop and DIY follow at home inspiration are imminent.

 

 

 

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Summer flower schoolJune 17th, 2011

Learn professional flower arranging in our summer 2011 flower schools.

We have finally announced our new season of flower schools, we are running a selection of day courses, evening courses and half day courses, designed to teach you how to arrange in the gorgeous Green Parlour style. Anyone can take part, budding amateur to professional florist wanting some fresh inspiration.

Flowers and home-made cakes are provided in abundance, as well as some gorgeous containers and all the know-how you need.

Our flower school is run from our flower shop in Pangbourne, Reading in small informal groups.

 

Its going to be a giggle.

Full Day course £200.00

Wednesday 14th September 2011
9.30am until 3.30pm

This one day course gives you an insight into how to arrange the flowers we love. Suitable for all abilities, this course will teach you how to make one of our signature hand-tied bouquets, a beautiful vase display and learn how to use small vases. The price includes all flowers and containers, refreshments and cake, lunch with a glass of sparkling wine. You also receive a discount card valid for 6 months on all flower purchases and a pair of professional floristry scissors. Please book in advance as places are limited.

Half day course £80.00

Wednesday 20th July 2011 and Friday 30th September 2011
9.30am until 12.30pm

This half day course gives you all the knowledge to produce one of our signature hand-tied bouquets within a beautiful glass vase. We will give advice on how to combine flowers and colours to create the perfect floral arrangement. Price includes all flowers and containers, a pair of professional floristry scissors, refreshments and cake. Please book in advance as places are limited.

Evening course £80.00

Thursday 18th August 2011 and Friday 7th October 2011
6.30pm until 9.30pm

This evening course teaches you how to make a table centre for the home using a selection of glass vases and containers. We will give advice on how to combine flowers and colours to create the perfect floral arrangement. Price includes all flowers and containers, a pair of professional floristry scissors, a glass of sparkling wine and cake. Please book in advance as places are limited.


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