Clara & Josef

Saturday 20 June 2026 · Thornbury Hall, Gloucestershire · 90 guests

Before the list and the numbers, here is the look. Everything in this proposal comes out of the palette below — if the colours are right, the flowers will be too.

The palette

Bone

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The base. Linen, candles, ceramic.

Butter

#F6DFA8

Soft light through the windows.

Apricot

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The warm lift, used sparingly.

Terracotta

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Depth at the centre of each piece.

Garden sage

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Foliage that sits back.

Deep fern

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Shadow and long trailing lines.

Five words

Sun-warmed. Loose. Unfussy. Garden-grown. Generous.

Texture

Papery, airy, a little wild at the edges

Shape

Wide and low, with two tall moments only

Light

Warm at six, candles from eight

What we’ll be working with

Garden roses (Juliet, Kahala)In season
Sweet peasIn season
CosmosIn season
AstrantiaIn season
DelphiniumIn season
ScabiosaIn season
Ammi majusIn season
Dahlia (café au lait)Late — market only
Olive, pittosporum, hornbeamFoliage

Varieties are a direction, not a promise. Anything that isn’t good enough on the day is replaced with something of the same colour, shape and value from the palette above.

The day, moment by moment

Clara & Josef · 20 June 2026

Ceremony

Two ground-set clouds at the foot of the stone steps, wide rather than tall, so they read from the back row and frame you from the front. Aisle ends kept to five pairs of low pots — nothing anyone has to step around.

Ground arrangements ×2 · aisle pots ×10 · registrar table posy

Reception

Three long trestles down the orangery. Runners of foliage broken by low footed bowls, candles between them, and one taller piece on the fireplace so the room has a horizon. Colour deepens after dark, which is when the terracotta earns its place.

Trestle runners ×3 · footed bowls ×9 · fireplace arrangement · bar jug

Personal flowers

A loose, unstructured bouquet with movement at the edges — sweet peas and cosmos doing the work, held with a raw-edged silk ribbon. Buttonholes are single stems, no wire showing, pinned the morning of.

Bridal bouquet · attendant posies ×3 · buttonholes ×9 · two wrist corsages

The investment

Ceremony: £1,400 – £1,700
Reception: £2,300 – £2,800
Personal flowers: £600 – £750
Delivery, install & strike: £550
Estimated total: £4,850 – £5,800

Ranges, not a quote: the final figure is fixed once we agree table numbers and the two ceremony pieces. A 25% booking fee holds the date, and the balance is due 21 days before.

Example figures for the template only — replace every amount with your own pricing.

Next steps

1.Tell us what you love and what you don’t — the palette can move before anything is ordered.
2.We fix the table count and the two ceremony pieces, then re-issue this as a priced proposal.
3.Booking fee and signature hold the date. We check in again eight weeks out.