We love designing wedding flowers and it's our speciality here at The Thistle & The Rose.

From stunning bouquets, flower crowns, buttonholes, corsages and venue florals we can provide a full design service and we would just love to be a little part of your special day.

Our wedding flowers are always of highest quality, top grade blooms sourced via our brilliant Dutch supplier. They always go the extra mile to find us the best flowers.

We can also supply beautiful dried and preserved wedding florals using the finest quality flowers. We are currently working on our new range which we'll have available online soon.

ABOUT US

We are are a little bit unconventional and don't work from a traditional florist shop, instead we work from our industrial workshop which gives us lots more space to design!

We are a small family run business and our workshop is in the beautiful west coast Scottish town of Oban. Our team consists of me, Justine (Florist), my husband Jimmy who is the delivery driver and my right hand man and also my sister Lorna who keeps us all organised! We also have Molly dog, our Lab/Springer/Cocker girl and Seve our little Dachshund cross who are often in the workshop or out 'helping' with deliveries in the van.

We do lots of local weddings in and around Oban but can travel throughout Argyll and the Highlands too and often provide wedding flowers for Island weddings.

HOW TO BOOK THE THISTLE & THE ROSE AS YOUR WEDDING FLORIST

For initial enquiries, please call or email and firstly we will check that your wedding date is free. We are a small team and as such can only take on a limited amount of weddings per year.

If your date is available, we can arrange a time for an initial telephone consultation. We can then discuss all your ideas in detail and get to know your style and personality and get the planning process started.

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

After the consultation, I will provide a detailed quotation which will remain valid for 14 days. If your date has not been reserved at that time, the date will be opened back up to other couples. 

On agreement of the quotation a non refundable deposit of £150.00 is required to secure your wedding date.

Before the wedding we will have a final consultation to go over all of the details and I will then send over a final invoice which will be due for payment no later than 30 days prior to the wedding date. Payments can be made by BACS, by PAYPAL or by card over the phone.

On your wedding day we will deliver all of your flowers at a pre-agreed time. A standard delivery charge of £15.00 is payable with your final balance. This covers delivery up to two local addresses (within 15 miles). For non-local address there will be an additional .50p charge per mile.

(Hire item collection charge will apply also and be calculated and included in your quotation)

PRICING

Every wedding is unique and so we don't offer packages as such but tailor each wedding individually. It's impossible to provide prices for everything we can do but for an idea of our prices I have given a guide below, the price will depend on the variety of flowers used, style and size.

BRIDAL PARTY FLOWERS

Compact Simple Bridal Bouquet from £85.00
Bridesmaid Bouquet in similar style from £60.00

Medium Bridal Bouquet in loose, natural style from £100.00
Bridesmaid Bouquet in similar style from £75.00

Large Bridal Bouquet in loose, natural style from £135.00
Bridesmaid Bouquet in similar style from £90.00

Flower Crowns - child from £30.00. Adult from £50 for fine circlets from £95 for wide, full circlets

Flower Girl Wands - £25.00 dressed with spray roses and ribbons

Gents Buttonholes from £12.50

Ladies Corsage Pin £15.00

Wrist Corsage £15.00

Individually wired hair flowers - £1.00 each

VENUE DRESSING

Top table arrangement - long and low with trails from £50 per foot

Foliage Garland - Italian ruskus foliage garland/table runner - glossy dark green garland - £9.00 per metre for dressing tables and venues

Table Dressing - for the more natural style weddings we have a variety of different sized glass milk bottles, coloured bottles and ribbed jars for dressing your tables. We can fill these with flowers for you or provide you with cut flowers and hire the containers to you. These also look fantastic teamed with our italian ruskus garlands and hessian or fabric table runners.

Church Altar Pedestal Arrangement from £125/medium £175/large

Arch hire 
Large arch hire with sage green planters Our large arch part dressed from £450 or fully dressed from £850. This arch is stunning and we can be really versatile with flower design here. It makes a fantastic focal point for your ceremony. Check our gallery for images.

Rustic arch hire with lanterns and candles - Our versatile 8 foot triangular wooden arch is now available to hire. You can choose to have one or two floral arrangements on the arch. To compliment the arch we have 2 sets of 3 different sized lanterns with LED candles and can add a foliage garland too. Perfect for more relaxed indoor or outdoor wedding ceremonies. See some examples in our gallery.

Arch with one floral arrangement - £275.00

Arch with two floral arrangements - £400.00

Add foliage garland - £70.00

Add hire of 2 sets of lanterns and LED candles - £60.00

Add fairy lights - £15.00

Urns & Plinths - our pair of dark grey plinths and urns, beautifully presented with floral arrangements add a classy addition to your wedding florals. Adding height and a fantastic impact these are ideal for a number of settings. From £280.00 per pair fully dressed.

Milk Churns - we have a pair of vintage style milk churns for hire which to which we add beautiful floral arrangements. The arrangements can be simply lifted off and easily moved from the ceremony to the venue and perfect for doorways, church entrances etc or can also be used along with our rustic arch and lanterns. £165.00 each.
(The floral arrangements can always then be gifted to guests after the celebrations)

Large Twiggy Hoop - Our large twiggy hoop decorated with flowers and foliage is perfect for a rustic location. We have used this a few times at stunning local venue Lochnell Castle where it was hung at the gable end above the fireplaces and it does look good! £120.00

Antlers - We have a set 3 of mounted antlers to hire which look amazing decorated with flowers and foliage and can be hung as a set or individually. Again these look good in a Castle or Country House setting £90 - decorated set of 3

Lanterns & Candles - Our collection of lanterns and LED candles are perfect for decoration church altars, ceremony areas and venues. Our candles are made from real wax and are very realistic. They work particularly well to create a romantic atmosphere.