TOP TIPS

Florist Jayne Pugh has 3 great ideas for keeping costs down without compromising on style or quality:

1 Celebrate the seasons and beauty of English flowers for your bouquets and arrangements. English Country garden flowers are on-trend for 2011 and as well as looking gorgeous help you reduce the environmental footprint of your wedding.

2. Learn how to create your own wedding flowers, Jayne runs popular wedding flowers workshops for brides to learn how to make their own flowers - great fun with your Mum and friends, very rewarding when everyone admires the flowers you created at your wedding and you give yourself a skill for life. Contact Jayne to book your workshops.

3. Hire vases instead of buying.

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