Floressence Flowers

In April of 2014, Floressence Flowers was honored to be a part of a collective group of floral designers called The Chapel Designers. This group is comprised of wedding and event floral design business owners from around the country. Floressence, located in Brevard, was the host studio for The 2014 Knot Dream Wedding that Holly Chapple Flowers and The Chapel Designers were in charge of creating all the floral designs for at The Biltmore Estate. The couple that was chosen to be honored were both victims in Boston at the marathon bombings in 2013.

April was an important month they wanted to start fresh and have beautiful positive memories of. America was able to vote on the venue, the color pallet, even the floral designs that were chosen for the Enchanted Garden wedding.

Here are some images of the beautiful wedding, some behind the scenes from Jill at Realities Photography and Tim Robinson from Tim Robison Creative. This was an incredible experience certainly to go down in the books for me personally. It was such a treat to host many flower friends, work until after midnight, see the sunrise at The Biltmore Estate, not see the floor of my studio for several days and to flat out work our booties off! But, what a beautiful wedding for a special couple this became. Enjoy!!!!!!

Caroline and Bao were married at The Farm at Old Edwards in Highlands, North Carolina in early August when the gardens were in full bloom and summer in highlands is comfortable! The couple really wanted the flowers and the food to be the most important components to the wedding. The flowers and decor became an integral part of the wedding; guests felt as though they were walking though an english garden with garlands, loose greens and florals, wild and natural compotes, long farm tables with wooden chairs and loads of candle light!

Caroline and Bao also LOVED succulents and wanted a creative way to incorporate them into their wedding day. We came up with some ideas and we were given the opportunity to create an 8' x 8' succulent wall that was to be used as the ceremony backdrop, estate card holder (Bao made the gold frames with chicken wire!) and backdrop for their do-it-yourself photo booth. The board turned out to be jawdropping and contained over 300 succulents in various shades and sizes, tillandsias, extra large xerographicas, mood moss, sheet moss and lots of lots of glue! The guests at the end of the night took the succulents to be planted in their gardens!

Natalie Watson did a stunning job capturing the details, subtleties and grandeur of the event! Special thanks to her and Missie from Asheville Event Co!

Vendors included:

Venue: The Farm at Old Edwards Inn and Spa, Highlands, NC

Planners: Asheville Event Co

Photographer: Natalie Watson Photography

Florals and decor: Floressence Flowers

Cake: Tiffany's Baking Co

Rentals: Professional Party Rentals

Music: Split Second Sound

Ceremony Music: Unspoken Tradition Bluegrass

Delivering the bridal bouquet is one of our most favorite parts of our clients' wedding day! Such a special moment!

And here comes the first look!

Such a beautiful couple!

The bridesmaids' bouquets featured garden roses, locally grown dahlias, spray roses, ranunculus, stock, parrot tulips, and wispy foliage.

Caroline's bouquet featured a loose, natural blend of garden roses, locally grown dahlias and cosmos, blusing bride protea, ranunculus, stock, poppy pods, and trailing jasmine vine~

In the apple orchard at The Farm at Old Edwards Inn~

Caroline and Bao's ceremony backdrop was created using hundreds of succulents, airplants, xerographicas, mood moss and fresh moss.

So sweet!

How cute is this idea! Guest book Jenga!

Following the ceremony, the succulent wall was moved to showcase the place cards for the reception. Bao made the frames and chicken wire supports~

The Farm at Old Edwards was transformed with beautiful barn wood tables, wooden X back chairs, and elegant floral in shades of peach, blush, and ivory with pops of coral.