My road into floristry started many years ago, when working in London I enrolled on an evening course to indulge my creative side, I then did nothing further with florals until I moved to Dorset in 2007. I then studied for a further two years to gain my professional floristry qualifications and furthered my knowledge and experience by working for freelance florists and florist shops in the area, before branching out on my own.
Inspired by the abundant mixed borders of our wonderful English gardens. I specialise in using English varieties such as scented garden roses and fantastic fluffy peonies, nothing beats the subtlety of colour and glorious scent.
Inspired by the abundant mixed borders of our wonderful English gardens. I specialise in using English varieties such as scented garden roses and fantastic fluffy peonies, nothing beats the subtlety of colour and glorious scent.
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I've been lucky enough to have my floristry published in many wedding magazines and blogs including Rock My Wedding, Wedding Sparrow, The English Wedding Blog and Conde Nast Bride. I have also contributed articles on wedding flowers for publications such as Your Hampshire and Dorset Wedding magazine and been written about in magazines such as West Dorset Living and Wot's On.
This petite package of flowery heaven is designed for the smaller style of wedding which is now becoming more popular. Each item is designed in our signature style and lovingly created using the best quality flowers and foliage and all for under 500! Designed in my signature style, this loose handtied bouquet is created using a mixture of beautiful seasonal flowers and soft trailing foliage.
Below are a selection of photos showing my wedding work for previous brides and grooms. The style and colour of each floral arrangement has been chosen and designed for each couple and is unlikely to exactly match what you are looking for as every bride is different. What they will provide is a starting point, giving you some ideas on which we can build.
Every event, whether it be a christening, birthday, anniversary, dinner or corporate party deserves as much attention given to the floral decoration as to the food, drink and guest list, it's what people will remember and I'm here to assist you to achieve a memorble day for all the right reasons.
When you have the venue confirmed, please feel free to book a consultation, where we can sit down over a coffee, agree a colour scheme, floral style and the areas to be decorated.This is often easiest to do at my studio in Stalbridge, North Dorset which is ten minutes from Sherborne and about twenty minutes from Shaftesbury, or if you are using a venue I'm unfamiliar with and want large floral installations it might be best if I meet you there.
When you have the venue confirmed, please feel free to book a consultation, where we can sit down over a coffee, agree a colour scheme, floral style and the areas to be decorated.This is often easiest to do at my studio in Stalbridge, North Dorset which is ten minutes from Sherborne and about twenty minutes from Shaftesbury, or if you are using a venue I'm unfamiliar with and want large floral installations it might be best if I meet you there.
I provide beautiful floral arrangements throughout Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire and the South of England for all sorts of events. Below are some examples of events we have decorated, including florals for private houses, school speech days, charity balls, award ceremonies, company parties and much more.
Reviews (9)
Kat Tegg Mapperton
Oct 20, 2021
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As a wedding venue, we love to hear when couples have booked with Oonagh.
Her passion for what she does really shows in her arrangements as they are just beautiful!
She not only does table displays but she has also covered our barn beams with amazing foliage! That was one of our favourite styles this year!
Always a pleasure working with Oonagh!
Her passion for what she does really shows in her arrangements as they are just beautiful!
She not only does table displays but she has also covered our barn beams with amazing foliage! That was one of our favourite styles this year!
Always a pleasure working with Oonagh!
Eve Velikova
Sep 01, 2021
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Oonagh did the most wonderful flower arrangements for our wedding! Her creativity and insights were invaluable to creating a truly personal look that was authentic to us. Her communication was superb and always very helpful and friendly, and we especially appreciated her patience and flexibility as we made some major changes to our design ideas in the final weeks running up to the wedding. She is very talented and professional, and can really create anything you can imagine to make your day special and as you envisioned it!
Lucy Broad
Aug 04, 2021
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Oonagh was very easy to work with to discuss ideas for our wedding flowers and her communication was everything I hoped, to ensure things were all ready for our wedding day. Not only logistically was it sound, but importantly the flower arrangements were stunning and extremely beautiful - exactly what I had envisioned. She is very passionate about getting this right for each person and this is shown through the incredible end results. I would thoroughly recommend.
Harriet Lockyear
Jul 29, 2021
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Oonagh did an absolutely fantastic job on all the flowers for our wedding!! We had so many comments on how gorgeous they all were and they were original and different to others we had seen. She was so lovely right from the outset and really professional and easy to stay in touch with. We talked about our ideas initially and then she brought them to life but made them even better than we had imagined. My bouquet was absolutely stunning! Thank you so much for all your hard work, everything was perfect and made our wedding day absolutely beautiful! x
Simon Vernon
Jan 16, 2021
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Chris Powell
Oct 11, 2020
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We got married mid October at Upton country house, the range of flowers and colours Oonagh used worked perfectly in the beautiful country house. The moment we walked in to the room it looked much better than we could’ve even imagined.
Thank you they were the perfect background to our beautiful day.
We even took one of the centre pieces on honeymoon which lasted well over a week.
Thank you, we would definitely recommend using The English Florist to everyone we know.
Thank you they were the perfect background to our beautiful day.
We even took one of the centre pieces on honeymoon which lasted well over a week.
Thank you, we would definitely recommend using The English Florist to everyone we know.
Maisie Priscott
May 22, 2019
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Oonagh (The English Florist) is warm, welcoming and full of ideas to assist any bride to be (and indeed any event). Our wedding flowers were amazing, really in keeping with our day and exactly what we were after. The bouquets looked fresh and modern and set off the photographs beautifully. Oonagh also put together a hanging installation for us at the venue full of greenery and our preferred choice of flowers. This really made the venue come to life and so many of our guests commented on how beautiful it was. The buttonholes were fab and perfectly understated for groomsmen who were reluctant to
Elena & Matt
Jun 19, 2018
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Beautiful flowers (floral hoop, table arrangements, buttonholes, bouquets and urns) for our wedding in July. Oonagh was great to work with and provided lots of helpful advice in the decision making process. She had a good sense of what we wanted, even though we weren't entirely sure ourselves! The end result was better than we even imagined and we'd definitely recommend her. Wish we could have her flowers in our home every day.
Anita Nott-Bower
Jul 15, 2016
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A total gem of a florists. Simply stunning. The bouquets are gorgeous. Original and unique. The flowers fresh. Nothing is too much trouble. My requests translated into bouquets and displays far beyond I envisaged. I received so many compliments making my day even more memorable. I cannot recommend enough.
