Booker Flowers & Gifts, 7 Booker Avenue, Allerton, Liverpool, Merseyside, L18 4QY
A Knowsley Hall wedding is always going to come with a certain amount of grandeur. But when it came to these Knowsley Hall wedding flowers for Jessie and Tom, the brief wasn't about trying to match that grandeur with traditional, formal arrangements. Instead, we created sculptural wedding flowers in Liverpool with a modern, sculpturally tamed feel — combining crisp whites and fresh greens with architectural anthuriums, elegant orchids, calla lilies, seasonal dahlias, snapdragons, grasses and plenty of movement from trailing Amaranthus.
The result was wedding floral designs that felt completely at home at one of the most impressive Merseyside wedding venues, while still feeling fresh, contemporary and personal to the couple.
And personally we feel it was the Amaranthus that really brought the whole look to life. With its long, hanging flower heads, Amaranthus has a wonderfully unruly quality. It drapes rather than sits neatly, creating movement through bouquets, arrangements and centrepieces. For this wedding, we used both fresh green and bleached white Amaranthus, from sculptural ceremony flowers to silver candelabra arrangements where the stems were allowed to trail from the arms.
Add in seasonal dahlias and snapdragons, grasses, airy gypsophila and a very special touch of lavender cut from the bride's uncle's garden, and you have Merseyside wedding flowers that were anything but ordinary.
Here's how we brought the floral design together for this beautiful Knowsley Hall wedding — and why we're predicting that Amaranthus is about to become a serious contender for modern wedding flower schemes.
There was a real mix of flower shapes going on throughout this wedding, and that's what gave the designs their personality. Anthuriums were one of the key architectural flowers, bringing their distinctive, glossy forms and strong silhouettes into the arrangements. Calla lilies added another sculptural element, with their elegant, clean shape, while orchids brought something more delicate and intricate.
Then came the flowers that softened everything. Seasonal dahlias brought texture and depth, while snapdragons introduced height and movement. Gypsophila added an airy quality, and grasses helped to break up the more defined shapes.
And then, of course, there was the Amaranthus. Its long, trailing stems brought something completely different to the mix. Instead of sitting neatly within the arrangement, it fell, curved and moved — giving the flowers that slightly untamed quality we were looking for.
It's a good example of why sculptural wedding flowers don't have to mean minimal or rigid. You can have structure and still have movement. You can have strong architectural flowers and still have something soft and wild. Sometimes, it's the contrast between the two that makes the whole design work.
If you've been scrolling through wedding inspiration lately, you may have noticed Amaranthus appearing more and more. And we're not surprised. It's one of those flowers that can completely change the shape and dimension of an arrangement. Unlike flowers that naturally sit upright or form a rounded head, Amaranthus has long, hanging flower heads that trail downwards from the stem. Depending on how it's used, it can create anything from a subtle sense of movement to a full-on cascading effect.
For this wedding, we used both green Amaranthus and bleached white Amaranthus, giving us two slightly different effects while keeping everything within the white and green colour palette.
The green Amaranthus brought freshness and movement, while the bleached white variety had a more textural, almost dried appearance.
There are lots of different varieties of Amaranthus, and they can give you completely different effects in your wedding flowers.
The trailing varieties are probably the ones you'll recognise first. Their long, pendant flower heads naturally hang downwards and come in shades including fresh greens and rich reds. They're brilliant for creating movement through a bouquet, trailing from a centrepiece or adding a cascading element to an installation.
Then there are the upright varieties, which create a very different shape. Hot Biscuits, for example, has a warm, cinnamon-toned flower head that stands upright rather than hanging down. It gives an arrangement height, texture and a lovely natural, slightly wild quality without creating the trailing effect of the pendant varieties.
And that's where it gets really interesting for wedding flowers.
Depending on the variety, Amaranthus can be used to trail, add height, introduce texture, create movement or bring in a completely different colour. It can be dramatic and romantic, earthy and natural, or modern and sculptural.
So if you've spotted Amaranthus in a wedding bouquet or arrangement you love, it's worth looking a little closer at which variety you're drawn to. You might love the dramatic waterfall effect of a green trailing variety, the rich colour of a red one, or the unusual upright texture of something like Hot Biscuits.
It means Amaranthus can work with far more wedding styles than you might first think — and that's one of the reasons we love working with it.
Your wedding bouquet isn't just about the flowers you choose. The shape of your wedding bouquet can completely change the way those flowers look and feel. Amaranthus is particularly interesting because it lends itself so naturally to movement.
You could use a few stems to trail gently from a loose, round bouquet. You could incorporate it into a wild, meadow-style design alongside grasses and seasonal flowers. Or you could embrace the drama and create a more obviously cascading or asymmetrical bouquet.
For a modern, sculptural bridal bouquet, it works particularly well alongside flowers such as anthuriums, calla lilies and orchids. The stronger shapes give the bouquet structure, while the Amaranthus stops everything from feeling too neat.
And if you love the look of a hanging Amaranthus bouquet, there's no need to make the whole bouquet cascade dramatically. Sometimes one or two stems falling lower than the rest is enough to create that effect.
Jessie’s bridal bouquet brought together all of the key elements of the wedding flowers in one dramatic, sculptural design. Created as a regal cascade with a hand-tied sculptural teardrop shape, it combined ivory calla lilies, snow-white Phalaenopsis orchids, vanilla dahlias and matte white anthuriums, with a tall, upright flower such as snapdragon adding height through the centre. The Amaranthus was deliberately left uneven and naturally drooping, allowing some stems to fall further than others and giving the bouquet that beautiful sense of movement rather than a perfectly controlled outline. But perhaps the most personal detail was tucked amongst all those luxurious blooms: a single sprig of lavender from Jessie’s uncle’s garden, bound into the handle with sage ribbon to tie in with the bridesmaids’ dresses. It was a small detail, but one that made this very grand bouquet unmistakably hers.
The reception tables brought one of our favourite details from this wedding. The starting point was something fairly traditional: silver candelabras. But instead of dressing them with a conventional rounded arrangement at the top or bottom, we used the structure of the candelabras to our advantage.
Green Amaranthus and bleached white Amaranthus were allowed to trail from the arms, creating a dramatic hanging effect around the candlelight. The result was an Amaranthus centrepiece that felt elegant but definitely not old-fashioned.
The silver candelabras brought that classic sense of occasion and grandeur you'd expect at Knowsley Hall, while the hanging flowers completely changed their feel.
Knowsley Hall has no shortage of character as a Liverpool wedding venue. The historic architecture, grand rooms and beautiful grounds create an impressive backdrop before you've even added a single flower. But that doesn't mean your wedding flowers need to be traditional to work there.
For this wedding, the couple wanted something much more contemporary. The palette was kept to white and green, we played with shape, texture and movement that created a perfect contrast to the ornate gilding. Strong architectural flowers sat alongside softer, more natural elements, creating a look that felt sculptural without becoming too polished.
It was all about contrast.
Glossy anthuriums alongside delicate orchids. Clean-lined calla lilies against loose grasses. Vertical snapdragons alongside trailing Amaranthus. Textural dahlias with airy gypsophila. Together, they created a floral scheme that felt modern, slightly wild and beautifully untamed — while still sitting comfortably within the grandeur of Knowsley Hall.
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For the ceremony flowers at Knowsley Hall, we created two floral half-moon pillars to frame the space. Which meant that he flowers were concentrated around the area where they would have the most impact, creating a strong focal point for the ceremony while allowing the architecture of Knowsley Hall to remain part of the picture.
The white and green palette kept the overall look clean and contemporary, while the mixture of flowers created plenty of texture. The sculptural shapes of the anthuriums and other architectural blooms were softened by the more natural elements, creating that same balance between structure and movement that ran throughout the rest of the wedding flowers.
A beautiful wedding doesn't happen because of one supplier. It takes a whole team of Knowlsey hall wedding suppliers working together to create the day, so we'd love to give a little credit to the suppliers involved in this one.
Venue: Knowsley Hall
Wedding flowers: Booker Flowers & Gifts
Photographer: Jeff Langhorne
Brides dress: Natalie Ann Brides
Bridesmaids dresses: Six stories
Make up artist: Bridal by Jessie
Hair: Styled by Kate Lynne
Catering/Bar: Horseradish Catering
Cake: Catherine Cake Lady
Content creator: She's so content
If you're planning a Knowsley Hall wedding, working with suppliers who understand the venue and how everything fits together can make such a difference.
Perhaps you've already fallen down the Amaranthus rabbit hole. Or maybe you're currently staring at a Pinterest board containing 47 completely different wedding bouquets and wondering how on earth they're all supposed to work together. We've got you.
At Booker Flowers, we work with couples to create wedding flowers that fit their venue, season, style and budget — while making sure they still feel personal. We'll help you work through the flowers you've saved, the things you know you love and the things you're not quite sure about yet, then turn all those ideas into a cohesive floral design.
Whether you're planning sculptural wedding flowers in Liverpool, a relaxed Merseyside celebration or something completely different, we'd love to hear what you've got in mind.
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