Loretta Stagen Floral Designs

Marianne and Bob were happily married at the beautiful Belle Haven Yacht Club, overlooking Long Island Sound. Classical music was in the air and colorful floral designs were in clear view. Photo by feteaccompli www.feteaccompli-photo.com The Bride selected bright colors: orange, hot pink and lime green. It was a perfect combination. Photo by feteaccompli www.feteaccompli-photo.com Photo by feteaccompli www.feteaccompli-photo.com Photo by feteaccompli www.feteaccompli-photo.com After the Ceremony the guests enjoyed cocktails on the lawn and were then invited to the Ballroom for the Reception. The spectacular sunset, the amazing music, delicious food, gorgeous flowers all added up to a very very special occasion. Photo by feteaccompli www.feteaccompli-photo.com Marianne, carrying white calla lilies as her bouquet, was indeed a happy bride. Photo by feteaccompli www.feteaccompli-photo.com

Loretta Stagen Floral Designs showcased floral designs, paintings and antiques in the recent 25th Anniversary Washington Connecticut Antiques Show, benefiting the Gunn Memorial Library and Museum. Rich Pomerantz www. Richportraits.com In the foreground, custom made metal tuteurs (by Battle Hill Forge www.battlehillforge.com ) were decorated with an abundance of green hydrangeas, magenta phaleonopsis orchids and succulents. In the background: oil paintings created by Dutch Touch www.dutchtouchart.com . The set of 4 antique metal chairs: early 20th century American, available at R.T. Facts, Kent, CT www.rtfacts.com Rich Pomerantz www. Richportraits.com Rich Pomerantz www. Richportraits.com The centerpiece featured green hydrangeas, burgundy mini calla lilies, deep plum dahlias, fiddle neck ferns, scabiosa pods and succulents which are so popular this year. Rich Pomerantz www. Rich...

Jonathan and Meegan enjoyed a dream wedding at Reinmaker Farm. At the top of a long driveway (with signs indicating “wedding this way”) guests were overwhelmed with the beauty of this horse farm which overlooks hilltops covered with acres of trees. The Ceremonial area featured an antique wagon decorated with saddles, and bridles…. bales of hay for the seating of the guests and a Chuppah created by Jonathan. The Bridal Bouquet included succulents, white roses, scabiosa pods and chocolate brown cosmos and yellow billy balls: Photo by Carla Ten Eyck www.carlateneyck.com The Bridesmaids carried bouquets similar to the Bride: Photo by Carla Ten Eyck www.carlateneyck.com Nosegays including billy balls and fresh wheat were carried by the Junior Bridesmaids: Photo by Carla Ten Eyck www.carlateneyck.com The boutonnieres featured scarbiosa pod and billy ball, hand wired with a spri...

Greenwich, Connecticut is the perfect location for an August wedding. After Jocelyn and Jason’s wedding ceremony at Christ Church, all of the guests traveled a short distance to L’Escale, the most sophisticated French restaurant in Greenwich, located adjacent to the harbor. The Bride carried an all white bouquet of flowers including roses, freesia, mini calla lilies and stephanotis, but all of the other flowers in the bridal party and at the reception were hot raspberry and shades of purple. What a great contract. The Maid of Honor’s bouquet featured roses, gerber daisies, hydrangea, scabiosa and lisianthus. photo by Kathy Di Giovanna www.photographyforgreenwich.com photo by Kathy Di Giovanna www.photographyforgreenwich.com photo by Kathy Di Giovanna www.photographyforgreenwich.com Cocktails were enjoyed on the terrace, followed by a sumptuous meal, toasts, dancing and an evening of merriment in the gran...

Destination weddings are usually a three-day event. Part I of this weekend was at the incredible rehearsal dinner held at Hidden Court, Cape Elizabeth, Maine. Guests were escorted through the courtyard to the room overlooking the Koi pond. There they found the escort table…where they looked for their seating cards which rested atop a bed of wheat grass: In the living room, this dramatic arrangement of roses and scabiosa pods sat on a sideboard. It was created in a large square glass container, lined with ti leaves. Bright oranges and shocking pinks were featured both in the house and in the tent. After enjoying cocktails on the back terrace … overlooking the endless meadow and the Atlantic ocean …on a “perfect” weather day….the guests walked to the tent where they were awed by the decorations on the French farm tables and the spectacular buffet table. The long centerpieces, which included an abundance o...

"Wedding season is here again, and Loretta Stagen, a transplant from the state's Gold Coast happily acclimated to western Connecticut, is fired up with enthusiasm and ideas. Yes, the recent royal wedding and the U.S. Color Council 's 2011 palette can't help but influence choices in style and color, and the average spending for one family's personal extravaganza could easily buy a mid-size car. Stagen has overseen flowers at weddings over the top as well as modest, and she believes beautiful bouquets and arrangements can go a very long way to setting a tone. On a recent Friday at her studio in New Preston, she was working on a wedding for a bride with only $1,400 to spend on flowers. The solution? A large arrangement that would be mounted on a pedestal for the service and a bouquet of double white freesia, snowy sweet peas, and purple lianthus and anemones. "This is going to be elegant and gorgeous," she declared, "and well within her...

Nestled in the Litchfield Hills, Winvian is the perfect location for a sophisticated country wedding! Alicia and Tim were married there in the gardens under a spectacular wooden arch, covered with an abundance of white bridal spirea and white mock orange branches. The cedar arch had a special meaning since it had been custom made by the bride’s father. All of the aisle chairs were accented with all white posies (white lisianthus, white bridal spirea and curly willow). These posies were enjoyed a second time at the reception, which was held in The Gordon Brown House, a newly renovated barn on the Winvian property. The beautiful bride wore a short white gown AND peacock blue shoes. Her white and lime green bouquet featured Polar Star roses, lisianthus, ranunculus, freesia, viburnum and Lady’s Mantle. The handle was wrapped with peacock blue ribbon – an exact color match of her shoes. After the Ceremony guests enjoyed cockta...

An event produced by Elegance in the Country, a special group of talented vendors, on Sunday, April 10, 2011. T he newly renovated barn at Candlelight Farms is the perfect party venue for the host/hostess who wants a beautiful country setting… with views of horses, fields, gardens and a lake. For last Sunday’s party, Sarah Pineault/All Seasons Rentals, selected earthy tones for the tablecloths: terra cotta and lime green. What a perfect palette to work with. To add a little zip, I complemented these colors with bright orange and purple. One of my designs featured orange parrot tulips and purple vanda orchids. Surprise details… notice the one vanda orchid glued onto the outside of the container. A second design was created in a “cutting edge” rectangular container and included orange pincushion flowers, fiddle neck ferns and one aubergine mini calla lily. The polished river stones at the base of the container were an important feature. Another design incorporated gr...

-- photo by Rich Pomerantz www.richportraits.com -- Bright colors are very popular this season. A combination of hot pink, apricot and orange with the textures of tulips and roses is very "cutting edge". Here the flowers are loosely arranged in four 4" glass cubes with swirls of soft stem green wire inside the container... placed .at the base of the tall arrangement (which was created atop a rectangular glass container 4" x 4" x 24". (see next photo) -- photo by Rich Pomerantz www.richportraits.com -- Using the same color scheme with tall flowers to create a dramatic centerpiece atop the tall glass containers ..flowers .included hot pink peonies, orange "Free Spirit" roses, pink hydrangeas, white French tulips and white dendrobium orchids. The matching spring green wire swirled inside the tall clear glass container. Every bride I talked to at the show was impressed with this color scheme. Note the white damask table cloth (Par...