Celebrations

 

Every FLOWER is a SOUL, blossoming in NATURE.

                                                             - Gerard de Nerval 

 

 Flowers and foliage have been an essential part of wedding ceremonies since time began. As symbols of love exchanged between men and women, they have a deep harmony in our romantic life and soul. Flowers unite us and instantly serve as channels between strangers, so they are significant to the heart of any wedding celebrations. We all cherish their aesthetic beauty, their perfect form, color or blissful scents but our heritage appreciated them more for their symbolism and their uses, and these influence our choices today.

 Flowers have displayed in the art, knowledge and even medicine of our ancestors for thousand of generations. They portray a part in most of our myths and legends, and in religion and devotion. The language of flowers, sometimes called floriography, is a means of mysterious communication through the use or arrangement of flowers. Greek brides carried marjoram to bring joy; Roman brides braid their locks with sprigs of rosemary to ensure love and devotion, and to make sure that their marriages endured. Gifts of blooms, plants and specific floral arrangements were used to send a coded message to the recipient, granting the giver to show feelings which could not be spoken aloud in the Victorian society. Equipped with floral dictionaries, Victorians often exchanged small "talking bouquets" called nosegays or tussie - mussies, which could be worn or carried as a fashion accessory.