In Creating Beautiful Wedding Flowers, Antonia Swinson and Nancy Ursell celebrate the flowers that add to the beauty of the wedding day and offer indispensable advice on creating unique bouquets. Antonia is an author of several titles, including The Wedding Planner and co-author with Jane Durbridge of Simple Chic Flowers and Bridal Flowers. Nancy founded her contemporary flower design company Blooming Perfect in 2000.

The sheer joyous beauty of flowers is enough to merit their use on a day of romance and celebration. But, whether it is a bouquets for the bride, accessories for the bridesmaids, buttonholes, corsages, table centrepieces or floral details for the reception, there are a lot of decisions to be made when it comes to these seasonal delights. Such is the variety of plants available in markets and florists and such is the multitude of ways in which they can be arranged, that whatever style of wedding you are planning - grand, traditional, modern, informal - there will be flowers that look right and will enhance your enjoyment of the day.

Nor need your floral decorations cost a fortune if you're working to a tight budget. Go for what's in season and keep things simple and unpretentious, letting the beauty of even humble flowers speak for itself. If you arrange the flowers for the wedding yourself (or with friends and family), you will save money and have the fun and pleasure of creating something that is truly personal. Antonia Swinson's The Wedding Planner has tips on choosing the right florist.