A florist’s guide to finding your setting
Choosing your wedding venue is one of the most exciting parts of planning your wedding. And around Colchester, we’re lucky to have an incredible variety of beautiful places to celebrate — from rustic barns and historic estates to country-house hotels, vineyards and intimate countryside venues.
At Megan Daisy Floral Design, we love creating wedding flowers that feel completely at home in their surroundings while still feeling personal to you. Your venue can be a wonderful starting point for your flowers, helping to shape everything from the style and scale of your arrangements to the colours, textures and seasonal flowers we choose.
We’ve put together this guide to wedding venue styles across Colchester, Essex and Suffolk, with a little inspiration for how flowers can work within different spaces.
Explore venues I’ve worked at →From timber-framed barns to relaxed countryside settings, rustic wedding venues are perfect for natural, seasonal florals.
Think loose, garden-inspired bouquets, meadow-style arrangements, foliage, statement arches and abundant flowers that complement the character and texture of the space.
Explore barn & rustic wedding venues →Grand country houses, castles and historic estates provide some truly spectacular backdrops for wedding flowers.
From entrance arrangements and staircase installations to fireplace flowers, urns and ceremony displays, the key is creating flowers that complement the architecture without competing with it.
Explore historic houses & exclusive estates →If you’re dreaming of a wedding surrounded by nature, your surroundings can be a beautiful starting point for your flowers.
Vineyards, woodland, orchards and meadow settings lend themselves to seasonal, botanical and garden-inspired flowers that feel connected to the landscape around you.
Explore outdoor, woodland & vineyard wedding venues →Your wedding flowers don’t need to follow a particular formula simply because you’ve chosen a certain type of venue.
I love taking inspiration from the character of the space while bringing your own ideas, personality and sense of style into the design.
The season, the architecture, the light, the surrounding landscape and even the way your guests will move through the day can all influence the flowers. Sometimes that means creating one show-stopping installation; sometimes it’s about lots of smaller floral details that gradually bring everything together.
From your bridal bouquet and buttonholes to ceremony flowers, table arrangements and statement installations, every element is considered as part of the overall story of your day.
Explore flowers I’ve created in their setting, starting with a styled editorial shoot at Wivenhoe House Hotel. Each story explains the occasion and the designs, with photographs and ideas to inspire your own flowers.
Colchester, Essex
Wedding flower inspiration for Wivenhoe House Hotel in Colchester, with garden-inspired floral ideas and Megan’s pastel styled shoot.
Styled shoot
Explore Wivenhoe House Hotel →Your venue, your flowers
Whether you’ve already fallen in love with your venue or you’re still searching for the perfect setting, I hope this guide gives you some inspiration.
And if you’ve found your venue and are ready to start thinking about flowers, I’d love to hear all about your plans.
Megan Daisy Floral Design creates bespoke wedding flowers inspired by the season, the setting and, most importantly, you.
Let’s talk about your wedding flowers →Explore our wedding flowers