Weddings
From intimate ceremonies to grand celebrations, every wedding arrangement is designed around the couple, the season, and the setting.
South Devon
Flowers for life's most important days.
About
Flowers made with intention
Kerensa has been creating flowers for weddings, funerals, and the moments in between for over a decade, working from her home in South Devon. Every arrangement begins with the season, the place, and the person.
@kerensalovesflowersWhat I do
Three ways of working with flowers
Funerals & Memorials
Flowers for farewells, created with care. Whether a single spray or a full church arrangement, every tribute is handled with the same quiet attention.
Everyday & Events
Seasonal arrangements for your home, table, or occasion. Flowers that feel found rather than arranged.
A little history
The story of flowers
Weddings
The bridal bouquet predates the church. Roman brides carried rosemary, dill, and ivy — herbs chosen for fidelity and fertility — with garlic tucked in to ward off evil spirits. By the Victorian era, flowers had become a private language. Floriography, introduced to England from the Ottoman court by the writer Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, meant that every bloom carried a coded sentiment known only to the giver and the recipient. When Queen Victoria married Prince Albert on 10 February 1840, she wore a wreath of real orange blossom in her hair — a flower that blooms and bears fruit simultaneously, and which stood for fruitfulness and innocent love. The fashion held for decades. Every royal bride since the 1850s has also carried a sprig of myrtle grown from a cutting of Victoria's original plant at Osborne House. Kate Middleton carried one in 2011. Meghan Markle in 2018.
Funerals
The earliest known use of flowers at a burial was around 62,000 BC. Archaeologists found dense pollen deposits around a body in a cave in northern Iraq — evidence of deliberate, careful placing. In medieval Britain, fragrant herbs served a practical purpose: coffins lay in the home for days, and embalming was not common practice. Rosemary, lavender, and fresh-cut blooms were a kindness to those who came to sit with the dead. By the Victorian era the flowers spoke the language of grief with precision: white lilies for restored innocence, forget-me-nots for remembrance, laurel for a life honourably lived. Wreaths were made circular deliberately — the unbroken form a symbol of eternity. In rural England, the tradition of Flowering the Graves persisted into the nineteenth century, with herb garlands hung inside churches near the altar as symbols of resurrection. Today the choice is personal — a garden rose, a favourite colour, a flower grown in a shared plot. The form has changed. The instinct has not.
Get in touch
Every arrangement starts with a conversation.
Whether you have a date in mind or just an idea, get in touch and we can talk through what you need.
Based in South Devon, serving Devon and beyond.