Autumn Glory at Leeds Castle, Kent

My favourite colour has motivated me to get back to blogging.

J'adore earthy oranges and rich reds - as previously mentioned here - hence I was delighted to indulge in this colour palette when asked to bring some podness to the Leeds Castle Autumn Glory Flower Festival.

My colleague Mary and I were allocated Catherine of Aragon's Bedroom in which to create designs as part of the castle's annual festival.

We took our inspiration from the room's bold orange drapes and it's pale grey wallpaper that has a floral, lily-like and frondy feather motif.  (As you may have thought, the Tudor queen was not responsible for these interior design details, but rather the castle's last private owner, Lady Baillie) and keeping our flower varieties to a minimum, we created several large statement arrangements.

 

 

We used the gorgeous, pod fave - cherry brandy roses as well as monte negro asiatic lilies, mango calla lilies, orangey red euphorbias and leucospermums, palm leaves, grasses and red dogwood.

The result I'm sure would have had Catherine and Lady Baillie in a frenzy of autumnal lustiness - or at least created a mild desire to kick up some leaves and collect a few conkers!