Back from Holland and good news for petal purchasers, we have negotiated a better price on Dolce Vita so that petal price is now going to be discounted too.
We also have these new diamante buckles for the chair sashes, if you choose a Buxted package with us they can be included at no extra cost too. They look stunning, not too bling but with a subtle sparkle, a great match for our unique candelabras.
We worked with Sarah Critchlow recently and there are more pictures in her blog, look to the left of this post and you will see the link.
( Buxted Park Orangery - the sun blazing through the glass in March ?! the sashes have been made for us to match Grand Prix roses)
Donal is having two days off next week and will be in Holland at the flower market and meeting suppliers out in the greenhouses and around Aalsmeer, so just to give advance notice. He’ll be back to work on Wednesday the 10th.
Bloemenveiling Aalsmeer/ Flowers auction Aalsmeer ‘The world marketplace for flowers and plants’
Every day Bloemenveiling Aalsmeer sets the world price for flowers and plants. This happens by bringing supply and demand together by means of the auction clock- a fascinating process during which large and small batches of flowers are sold within fractions of seconds. Each day, 19 million flowers and two million plants are sold through 13 clocks at ‘Bloemenveiling Aalsmeer’. It takes place within an area of almost one million m2. This means that Bloemenveiling Aalsmeer has the largest trade building in the entire world!
If you are hoping that we might be able to provide flowers for you on your special day ( and we’d like to be a part of it!) then we recommend you come to the studio for a consultation. Donal’s enthusiasm for flowers and weddings is evident, once you have met you can see why he has been in business for 10 years.
Although we know many wedding magazines and forums advise you to just email round for quotes to get the ‘best deal,’ and lets face it you don’t plan your own wedding very frequently - so that might seem initially like the way to go too - in reality most florists want to meet you first. Its not some way of ensnaring you into booking ( we don’t pump some special ‘book now’ chemical into the air at the studio to encourage you to get your credit card out!) its a way of making sure the quote is personal to you and that we work to your budget and give you the benefit of our experience of working at the venue. it also gives you and the rest of the family the chance to to see that you are potentially spending your hard earned money with a reputable established company - not some outfit run from home,new on the scene with a website ’shop front’ and rather sketchy contact details
It doesn’t take long to meet at Pollen HQ, you can have a good chat about your plans, get a sample of petals, check out the new sash colours etc, you can actually see what vase or birdcage you could have set up in front of you - instead of just visualising it.
If you live 100’s of miles away or abroad then of course we can work round that, so far this year we have worked with customers in Dubai, Rome and Stuttgart.
When you are planning a wedding its only natural that you want to save money where you can ( we know its a costly business) and at Pollen we have some great packages that include chair covers and a free upgrade to a taffeta sash and a free handmade confetti box. We know that you want good value and as we are busy all year round, not just in the summer we able to negotiate some great deals from suppliers which we can pass on.
Currently every month there will be a petal colour that is on sale. At the moment it is deep pink ( if that’s your colour and your event is coming up then get shopping!)
Fill out a consultation request form and we’ll look forward to meeting soon
and so did the bride judging by her message, sent before they jetted off on honeymoon. we loved being a part of it too. there was a fantastic chocolate wedding cake and the aroma was seriously mouth watering, I did my usual venue- menu- check. Newick Park gets a top rating, I was feeling envious of those guests………. never fear as we were driving off Donal passed me a Co-op cheese straw in the van with the imortal words, chomp on that - you’ve got 150 chair covers to get ready for tomorrow. mid wash cycle a bit later we got this lovely message
Hi Donal and Dex,
Thankyou so much for the gorgeous flowers and candelabra’s. The place looked amazing and everyone commented on how gorgeous it all was.
we have got some great special offers in the petal shop including confetti cones for 1p! now there is a minimum spend to qualify but that’s only £35 - spend a bit and save a lot!
Also at Pollen HQ we are moving into the 21st century ( albeit a bit slowly on the tech front……….) and we now have a chip and PIN PDQ machine. If you want to pay the final balance of your booking when you have a final details meeting with Donal you can do it there and then. If you want to make a deposit payment to book us for the day or for hire items then you can do that too, and now if you want to use your credit card then you can do that too! ideal also if you want to add some last minute extras like thank you bouquets.
Also many thanks to one of our cusotmers who pointed out that our DIY confetti cones are ideal for taking abroad as they are flat packed - a very good point - thank you Mrs M.
on Saturday the sun shone on Buxted Park, these pictures are all elements of the new unique pollen service. we had a great time setting up with all our special touches and when I met the brides’ dad on the Sunday, he said they had had a great time too. it was lovely to be part of their special day.
ok - i got the date wrong on the website………….. if you turn up on the 14th March there ain’t going to be much wedding fair action, so make a date for the 28th March !There is a wedding fair on the 14th March at lovely Stanmer House ( but we can’t be there either as we are booked for a brides special day elsewhere) we did a super wedding there on the 13th Feb ( but i forgot the camera………..) fortunately we have got some great shots coming from another recent wedding we did there.
I did get some shots of our work at Buxted Park this weekend in the Red room, ideal for private dining, an intimate celebration or civil partnership - by the time we had finished I was starting to feel slightly romantic myself!
loading the machine with new candy pink and dusky pink roses - the freeze drier is now running non stop, we also have some great new vintage colours for 2010 and now we have had chair cover sashes made to match the flowers and the petals - if colour coordination is your thing then we’ve got it all at Pollen!
one of the advantages of being a florist who does chair covers and freeze dried petals is that we can add gorgeous roses to the chair covers at a great price and we can tie it in to the whole colour theme. say for example you are having light pink ‘ sweet avalanche’ roses. as you walk down the hallway to your wedding ceremony in the orangery the lanterns are lit and flickering romantically and there are light pink freeze dried sweet avalanche roses scattered as a petal runner. you are holding a bouquet of sweet avalanche roses with fragrant herbs and foliage, along the aisle the alternate chairs have the exact matching roses and there is a scattering of light pink petals along the aisle. these tiny details which mean so much on your special day, are not expensive or difficult to achieve when you have a supplier who can take care of all of it - OK OK , i know - that would be us - at Pollen!