The Bluebell Society has changed its name.
We are now called The Tenth Meadow, and the new name reflects some exciting changes for the business, including expanding to a city flower studio.
Follow our continuing flower adventures on our new blog:
Our beautiful country barn will still be used for workshops and other special events, but otherwise you will find us in the South West corner of Adelaide CBD.
Bringing the beauty of nature to the city.
Often, the starting point for a bridal bouquet, or any arrangement really, is an amazing flower stem, or interesting piece of foliage. It could be something about the shape, the bend of a stem, an incredible colour, or the patterning on the underside of a leaf. Nature as muse. The transience of nature means that no two stems will ever be alike; the changing seasons introduce colour changes in leaves, transform petals into pods, bend stems under wind and sun. In flowers, as in faces, true beauty lies in the imperfections. Perfect hothouse flowers can somehow miss the whole point, but that’s a rant for another day…
In this case, the muse was a delicately winding tendril of a passionfruit vine. And a waterlily flower. The two combined conjured these Julia Margaret Cameron portraits, Victorian beauties wandering in overgrown gardens, vines trailing down. The fact that the beautiful bride that clutched this bouquet to her dress actually looked like these girls made it all complete.
Image : JonathanVDK Photography
Image: JonathanVDK Photography
Two New Year’s Eve brides. Two beautiful, gentle, creative, romantic couples.
Roses and Australian natives together? Yep, absolutely. So many gardens here in Adelaide are a melding of Australian gumtrees and roses spreading beneath. It just makes sense for that to jump the garden fence into vases and bouquets. It’s a soft Australian style without being too Skippy the Bush Kangaroo Waltzing Matilda.
