It was during a surprise trip to the Bay of Fires in stunning Tasmania, to celebrate the couples 10th year in love, that Matt proposed to Georgia.
They had holidayed in the exact same spot years earlier, and it was during that camping trip that Matt decided he wanted Georgia to be his wife. The significance of this decision for Matt meant he knew that the proposal should happen in that exact spot when the time was right. When that time came, although Georgia knew they would spend their lives together, she was still surprised by Matt’s grand gesture.
When Georgia reached out to me to enquire about their wedding florals, she was so excited to be planning their big day. She told me their plan was for a wedding celebration that was casual and relatively low key while also holding onto that sense of occasion. “We wanted a fun day with minimal formalities”.
“As soon as we visited Q Station we knew the national park, views and heritage buildings were perfect for us and that sparked our whole theme and vibe”.
Georgia and Matt knew they wanted their florals to reflect their wedding venue, and to them that meant incorporating Australian native flowers, and lots of eucalyptus.
“We knew we wanted to go with natives and eucalypts to complement our venue at Q Station but thought this would mean a more muted look. I was so wrong! The reds and pinks matched with the green foliage to have such a pop of colour and vibrancy that we adored”.
Georgia and Matt decided to do things a little differently. The night before the wedding the couple organised a dinner with their immediate family, which replaced a formal reception dinner following their ceremony. This allowed them the perfect opportunity to enjoy that important focus on family and keep their wedding day a little lighter and fun.
They incorporated a couple of more formal aspect to their day, they asked their sisters to read original poetry during the ceremony, their mums were the legal witnesses of the marriage and their dads both gave a speech during their celebrations afterwards. However, there was no wedding cake, and no first dance.
When it came to the actual practicalities and logistics of organising their big day, the couple chose to divide and conquer. “We found that splitting up different elements of the wedding planning helped us to not be stressed or overwhelmed. For example I was responsible for florals so we had a chat about what sort of thing we wanted, I then did research about different vendors and showed my husband my top 3 vendors for him to have his say and input. I was then responsible for all the enquiry and communication with Kris. Matt did the same for music. We both got a say and influence for everything but the mental load and admin didn’t fall on just one person”.
I asked Georgia what her favourite moments of the day were, “Seeing my new husband wearing his wedding ring. He loved it and it was a really tangible thing that made it all seem real. We didn’t ask for gifts but asked for people to write a card and the next evening we read through all the cards from our guests and it was so lovely to get messages and advice from all our friends and family. We definitely felt the love!”
The florals were designed with Australian native flowers and foliage as the primary focus, however given the seasonal time of year we opted to add in other seasonal, non native blooms. We chose beautiful Australian grown Grandiflora roses, local lisianthus, chrysanthemum, and dianthus. We also added a few variety of protea, which are in fact native to South Africa, but fit beautifully with the Australian native vibe.
The stunning foliage was sourced from East Coast Wildflowers and complimented the national park surrounds perfectly.
In addition to the locally grown florals, all other elements of the designs were sustainably focussed. There was no floral foam used. For the arbour we used biodegradable oshun pouches, chicken wire, twine and reusable water vials. The mantle floral install was designed into a vessel and oshun pouch and the cocktail table vases were all made with the purpose of guests taking them home at the end of the evening.
You can read more about our sustainable floristry commitment on our sustainability page.
“Kris was recommended to me by a close friend for wedding flowers and she did not disappoint. The wedding process was a bit daunting for me and Kris took the time to have a chat about styles, flower sustainability and budget. Kris was amazing to deal with throughout the whole engagement, is sustainable and super understanding and smiley to boot. Love what Kris did for us on the day and would recommend Kris to anyone looking for wedding flowers.”
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