Floristry for an intimate Winter micro wedding at 10-11 Carlton House Terrace
Some of the most extraordinary weddings I've worked on have had the fewest guests. Jo and Matt's winter wedding at 10-11 Carlton House Terrace was just six people — but that didn’t mean understated flowers.
Stepping into Carlton House Terrace from the streets of London is like stepping into another time. This Grade I listed Georgian townhouse has beautiful ornate features in the Music and Council rooms, painted ceilings, sweeping staircases. The space requires flowers that are confident enough to hold their own without competing with the architecture.
Jo came to me knowing she wanted abundance. She loved hydrangeas and wanted them to be a real feature, which suited both her vision and the season — hydrangea and gypsophila are reliably available in winter, and I built the scheme around them. I teamed those with ranunculus and hellebores, which are among my favourite seasonal winter offerings, and blue hydrangea and delphinium to add depth and movement to the palette of whites and greens.
The music room fireplace was the centrepiece of the day. I dressed it with a trailing arrangement that ran down one side of the mantle, and filled the hearth with pillar candles at mismatched heights — the flowers and the candlelight working together to make the room feel both grand and intimate. In the depths of winter in a Georgian townhouse, there is nothing more beautiful than that combination.
The aisle was lined with a series of structured meadow arrangements, varied in height and scale to give a sense of natural abundance rather than formal symmetry. For her bouquet, Jo chose a trailing design — lisianthus, garden roses and trailing foliage in whites and greens, which sat beautifully against her gown and felt entirely right for the season. Her bridesmaids carried blue and white flowers to complement their pastel blue and white dresses, and every element connected back to the same considered palette.
The ceremony was conducted by Nat Raybould, one of London's most sought-after celebrants, with a string quartet playing softly throughout. Every detail of the day had been meticulously planned by One Curious Dream, whose work made the logistics seamless — particularly important for an international couple planning a wedding in London. Having a planner of that calibre is what allows everyone else to focus entirely on what they do best.
With only six guests, every flower was in the right place. Nothing was there to fill space. That kind of focus is actually harder to achieve than abundance across a large room — and more rewarding when it works.
Photography: Lina & Tom
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