The very first couple this year to have their wedding on Sacro Monte of Orta is Gaia and Massimo who got married here the late afternoon, just above Lake Orta.

Bride arrived on a legendary Rolls Royce Silver Shadow of 1957.
Her bouquet was really unique made up with Dendrobium Orchids, Hydrangeas, Bowardias and blue Cornflowers.
The church was really full of white peonies, Dendrobium orchids and blue hydrangeas just a dream!

Gaia and Massimo’s big day was celebrated with a lovely party to Villa Crespi.
A lovely aperitif in the garden and a delicious 2 Michelin stars dinner in the the amazing rooms of this very famous venue on Lake Orta.

We will come back soon talking about Gaia and Massimo’s wedding as soon as the official photos of the event will be available.
All the Team whishes lot of happiness and joy to this newly weds: Gaia and Massimo!

Monika Andenmatten is La Piccola Selva’s floral designer.
Based in lake Orta, has worked with brides for over 20 years to create floral arrangements for weddings in the Italian Lakes district.
His wedding arrangements are creative, elegant and sophisticated. Monika will be able to help you choose how best to incorporate floral design into your wedding celebrations. From the initial consultation to the wedding day, she will make your wedding flowers truly an expression of your dreams.
For any information about wedding on Lake Orta please contact us.

Among the trivia or the contest we can say that the simple and natural ones were more successful than the more elaborated ones.
Round shapes was preferred rather than teardrop or cascade bouquets.
Preferred colors were pink and white.

At the second position we find white hydrangeas bouquet from British couple Louise and Antonin who got marred to Villa del Balbianello on Lake Como.
Bouquet was reated by Figli dei Fiori and the photography is by Studio Morlotti – Milan.

Third prize went to roses of the bouquet of Italian couple Daniela and Mauro created by La Piccola Selva floral designers on Lake Orta.

On the contest page you can find the complete list of all votes for each bouquet.

A great thank you from Italian Lakes Wedding Team to everybody who joined our contest helping us growing and getting new and better ideas.
Next appointment for the contest is next year with Bouquet of the Year 2011.
Save the date!

It is not the first time that a couple chose Lake Orta for an intimate and romantic wedding for two. Valentina will post soon a brand new article on this and the wedding for two she planned on Lake Orta.

Josh and Bronwen are a young couple coming from Australia.
They come from very green Tasmania, South Australia and Melbourne. Tasmania is also famous to be Tasmanian Davil’s home country, a little funny animal of Warner Bros Looney Tunes cartoons.
Melbourne and Victoria State from Great Ocean Road to Yarra Valley one of the greats vines areas of Australia.

Last spring Josh and Bronwen decided for a long vacation in Europe a destination of this journey was a special one: wedding destination!
Josh and Bronwen looked for an intimate and special place so this was the reason for Lake Orta. On the day of the wedding a light shower and a little bit of haze on the lake created an even more magic and enchanting atmosphere on the lake.

The bouquet I created for Bronwen was also dreamy and romantic: a pink peonies bouquet just like she dreamt!

Peonies are elegant and precious flowers and most of all they are Bronwen’s favorites!
Peonies have light pastel colors like white and pink and they are just light and rich. They are often used in many cultures for ceremonies even if it was forgotten for a while during the 70s and 80s to come back on fashion in these last few years. Now peonies are among most wanted flowers for weddings, just like roses.
Peonies are spring flowers, it can be available all year but perfume wont’ be the same and most of all they won’t last that much.
There is nothing like a peony in spring!

The event was planned by Valentina Lombardi and followed by Photo27.com.
We would like to thank them for their wonderful photos of Josh and Bronwen on their lovely day on Lake Orta we could publish on this post.

Monika Andenmatten is La Piccola Selva’s floral designer.
Based in lake Orta, has worked with brides for over 20 years to create floral arrangements for weddings in the Italian Lakes district.
His wedding arrangements are creative, elegant and sophisticated. Monika will be able to help you choose how best to incorporate floral design into your wedding celebrations. From the initial consultation to the wedding day, she will make your wedding flowers truly an expression of your dreams.
For any information about wedding on Lake Orta please contact us.

Victoria is an kind English girl, very nice and simple. She is literally in love with Italy and its lakes. This was the reason because she choose to organize her wedding in our lovely country. It took almost a year, traveling across all lakes to take the final decision for her destination wedding. At the end she picked up Lake Maggiore.

Religious ceremony was held in San Martino church in Lesa, a tiny village on Piemonte side of Lake Maggiore, between Stresa and Arona. San Martino church is beautiful cosy and intimate and it is just few steps from the lake.
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Villa Muggia was elected as reception venue. It was simply stunning! Villa’s park was embellished with all spring blooming that bridegroom and their guests really loved. Villa Muggia ‘s park is full of azaleas and camelias. These are all lake plants that are exceptionally beautiful in Spring.

As floral designer I would like to tell you the most importan part as far as my job is concerned of Victoria and Daniel’s wedding: floral arrangements!
From the very first meeting Victoria was really decided on her wedding theme. She wanted a solar theme that really could recall Italy.
So we choose together LEMONS as main theme of the wedding. I think Lemons could be the right element for all that Victoria was looking for!
Since the color theme was really strong, I decided to smooth it a little in order to match wedding feeling of such a wonderful day.
I suggested Victoria some pastel colors she agreed with me.I picked up Vendela roses and peonies. I love peonies they make me think about vintage style, romanticism, Belle Époque, fascinating ages and elegance.
This flower is really delicate and it has a limited blooming period: April/May until mid June. Of course nowadays we can have flowers like this in every single period of the year, but consider that ordering them out of season could be very expensive and most of all the flower itself will last for very few time. Peonies cannot stay for long time under summer sun and in just 2 hours they will be totally burned.
At the end Victoria had her Lemon theme wedding with cream peonies and Duchesse de Nemours roses that have a light yellow shade on. This was all integrated with light green of Viburnum that was the real trait-d-union among all the elements.

As for the big church compositions and aperitif tables arrangements I used entire lemons or cut ones to play with different shades of their color, from darker shades to lighter ones inside the fruits.

Bouquet decoration was the most difficult part. I cut lemons in different dimensions and inserted them on several tiers and positions. They had to be seen in the entire floral arrangement. I paid a lot of attention creating it, considering that it had to be made just few moments before the ceremony in order to keep fresh every single element of it. Lemons needed to be fresh and colored until the end of the ceremony and the event!

Last but not least centerpieces! Considering Victoria wanted her reception outside under the wonderful marquee in Villa Muggia garden, I opted for two simple and informal decorations that could match the atmosphere. I choose some short glass vases with water in and floating candles and lemons to match church decorations and most of all bridal bouquet. A minimal style centerpiece that had a lovely effect. This kept the budget lower with respect of another kind of arrangement. This is something we need to consider too!

When I think about Victoria and Daniel’s wedding, after almost a year, I really believe that was my milestones as floral designer. A real challenge that made me proud of my job! This is the reason I wanted to share it today with you.
Our best wishes for their first anniversary to Victoria and Daniele!

Monika Andenmatten is La Piccola Selva’s floral designer. Based in lake Orta, has worked with brides for over 20 years to create floral arrangements for weddings in the Italian Lakes district.
For more information about weddings on Lake Maggiore please contact us.

As a wedding coordinator I travel a lot in Piemonte organizing events: Langhe, Monferrato, Olympic valleys near Sestriere, up to Stresa and Pallanza on Lake Maggiore.
Every single place has a special appeal but nowhere is like enchanting Lake Orta to me. Planning a wedding in Orta San Giulio is always a magic emotion…

This was also in for Luisa and Massimiliano’s wedding.
A Saturday in the beginning of this summer. The day begins with a shady sun that soon turns in a wonderful, sunny and warm day. Just like Luisa wished.
Luisa and I have worked together for months, just one close to the other to plan her wedding in every single detail.

Right after the photographs in stunning main square of Orta, Luisa is getting closer to the great moment.
There is an oar boat waiting for her leaving from for Orta pier to lead her to Villa Bossi.
Over there, there is Massimiliano, the handsome groom, waiting for her with all relatives and friends. As soon as she is arrived she walks through the aisle of the villa with lots of wonderful roses and charming sound of a harp in the background.

Right in front of the the town hall porch the civil ceremony takes place. Skillful photographer Ivana Porta from Torino is taking all the reportage of the service with her good experience, shooting every single detail of the event, from the ring exchange to the flower arrangements made up by Peonies and Baby’s breath.

At the end of the ceremony, right after the traditional rice and petals throwing, Luisa and Massimiliano take a beautiful white motorboat that from Villa Bossi will take them to St Julius Island on of the most outstanding places of Lake Orta take some everlasting pictures thanks to Ivana Porta.

After the romantic shooting they go straightaway to Hotel Giardinetto where all the guests are waiting for them for their aperitif and reception.
Hotel Giardinetto is one of the nice facilities on the Lakeshore of Pettenasco, just few km from Orta San Giulio. The best spot of the Hotel is the wide terrace on lake from which bride and groom will cut their wedding cake with wonderful panorama. High standard cuisine was served with wide choosing of red and white local wines.

A great atmosphere of joy, music and dances with colorful handmade favor by SposiamoVi and bouquet throwing!
This is a party that bridegroom and guest will remember for long time!

View more pictures about Luisa and Massimiliano’s wedding in Lake Orta.