The Pollen Blog

  we have had a quick session amongst the team to come up with some ideas to maximise what you’ve got to spend. -   Firstly if you are having a civil/partnership ceremony in the same place as the wedding reception, recycle your flowers! A long and low arrangement on the registrar’s table can be moved to the top table while you are having drinks on the lawn/bar areas. Also decorated free standing candelabras in the ceremony room can be moved to either side of the top table-   If you have storm/hurricane lanterns down the aisle or hallway these can always be put outside for the evening – double value-    If you have blown the budget on the table centres and lets face it this is what the guests are going to be looking at – how about some nice chunky (non-drip) candles with petals on any bare mantelpieces/fireplaces if you can’t stretch the budget to flower arrangements -          Cut down on the number of buttonholes and save a fortune.  If you restrict it to the immediate wedding party you’ll save money-         Make sure you have paper and ribbon handy in advance to wrap flowers to give as gifts  (allocate task to an usher or bridesmaid?) – you’ve paid for them so take them – it can be a really nice touch as well to use some after the event to put on graves or memorials of loved ones -   Ask the hotel/venue to use the table arrangements to decorate any communal areas, once any tables are taken down to make room for the dance floor in the evening. -          Consider hiring tea lights and mirrors, at Pollen we offer the whole lot included in the arrangements but check out with your chosen florist – we hire equipment out to other people we don’t have to be doing the wedding – your florist may have their own contacts. At the end of the day what are you going to do with 90 IKEA glass tea lights and 15 round mirrors except try to flog them on ebay, never mind the time spent thrashing there on the motorway – lifes too short!

 To be continued…………………..   The Pollen Team

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staring roles for the petals today, used in a photoshoot for chocolate - what a winning combination, something nice to look at and something great to eat.

later today petals to be scattered on the bed at a hotel, prior to an important question being asked - good luck W!

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Hi Dex,

Just wanted to write and say thank you for the lovely petals I received a few days ago. The colours are perfect and the quality is amazing. I’m sure they’ll look great on the day.

Best wishes,

Dr K H
Lancaster University
Lancaster LA1 4YQ
United Kingdom

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the demand for our petals has been huge and many colours are  now sold out - sorry again to all of you who have emailed us.

all the colours are still available for pre-order though. We are used to customers paying in advance as this is traditional in the wedding flower industry and this is really the only way to be sure of securing your petals (and its cheaper for you)

So many customers have pre-ordered and all our Pollen brides have petals , the majority of the petals in each batch are already bought before they come out of the machine.

Please order in advance to avoid disappointment

Dex

Pollen

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nice to be part of another special day- we are always striving to give the best product at a great price so we like to know how we are doing ( also if there are ways you think we can improve the service for future customers) 

Dear Dex,

Thank you so much for the petals,

The day went perfectly and the petals looked fantastic!

Kind Regards,

A T H

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Donal will be at Buxted Park for their wedding/civil partnership evening event on the 30th July.

Lots of advice floristry available and table displays with the tables set up to give ideas an inspiration. There is a link to Buxted Park Hotel from the directory and I will add more info as I get it. The petals will also be in use so ideal if you want to see them ‘in action’

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the idea of the vouchers is to give our customers another payment option, they can be used as a deposit, towards the final balance or to top up.

eg: if you are maxed out on your spending ( we understand that it can be difficult negotiating the traditions of who pays for what and what they may want to spend on)

use some vouchers to hire Pollen storm lanterns, pay for rose petals, order more buttonholes or whatever you like Pollen related. Those extra added touches can really make a difference so if you have asked for gift vouchers for Xmas or Birthday or put them on your gift list then just give/send them to Donal or you can redeem them online - each voucher has a code on it to input in the online shop.

if you are looking to contribute towards a celebration then the gift vouchers make an ideal present, even if we are not doing the flowers, we ship petals all over the UK and abroad 

the vouchers are not time limited either

we think the’re a great idea!

Dex x

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now available in the petal shop

www.pollenpetals.co.uk

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Hi, I bought your freezed dried petals a couple of months ago for my May wedding, and I just wanted to thank you for the quality of the petals I received, and for having sent me also an additional box of petals. I used them in our centerpieces and in our favours and everybody loved them.
Thank you very much for the service, I will definitely recommend you to all my friends!
Cristina

(we sent an extra box as Cristina was our first Italian customer)

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