Real or artificial?

White heather is seasonal, rare, and won't grow in most of Australia. However, supplies of high quality artificial sprays of white heather are readily available. So plan to use artificial. These mix readily with real flowers and with thistles.

Heather in your bouquet

A subtle sprig or two, making a feature of it, or choosing to have your whole bouquet of white heather, with tartan or other ribbons are all possibilities.

In the men's buttonholes

Pre-made buttonholes of artificial heather, or incorporating artificial heather, are readily available from suppliers in Scotland. Allow time for delivery by mail.

In your hair and/or your bridesmaids hair

Whether you plan to wear a floral crown or a decorated hair comb, or just have floral sprigs tucked into your chignon or plait, white heather can be a great choice. Artificial white heather is easy to work with. But if you are lucky enough to have sourced real white heather, the stems and flowers are very light, so extremely easy to work with, and very versatile.

On the flower girl's head

There is nothing sweeter than a chaplet of white heather on the head of your flower girl.  Attach a sprig or two to her petal basket too.

Floral collar for your furkid

Ask your florist to create a floral collar for your furkid, using white heather on its own or mixed with other flowers. Make sure that the flowers you choose are non-toxic - no lilies, no babies breath, or others that might make your doggie or pusscat ill.

Ring pillow

Attach a sprig of white heather to your ring pillow.

On the car

There are numerous ways to decorate a wedding car - place flowers where the ribbons attach to the bonnet, add sprigs to the door handles, or do a floral line-up on the back bumper (just make sure you don't obscure the number plate). White heather works wonderfully for this purpose.

Attach a  sprig of heather to your order of service

Share the luck. Attach a sprig of white heather to your order of service. Don't forget to include a note about the meaning of white heather and that you are sharing the luck with each of your guests.

Aisle decorations

Let your imagination run free. There are so many ways to incorporate white heather into your aisle decorations. Team with ivy (real or artificial) for double impact significant - fidelity and luck!

Door decorations

Attach floral wreaths featuring white heather (and thistles) to the door(s) and/or door handles if you are getting married in a chapel, and to the entrance to your reception.

Place decorations at your reception

A sprig of white heather attached to each place card, or tie a tartan ribbon round each table napkin and tuck a sprig of heather under the ribbon.

Your cake

Whether you choose to use artificial white heather, or have your cake maker add moulded or icing versions, adding white heather to your cake adds a very special touch.

DIY Photobooth

Find a great picture frame, and attach heather and ribbons to it to frame your guests when they snap photos of themselves behaving badly!

Think outside the box for drinks and favours

Alcohol, beer, confectionery, and soap. They all come in versions that incorporate heather. And, to go back to basics, when the Queen (Elizabeth II) married Prince Philip, the wedding favours were individual posies of myrtle and white heather from Balmoral.

Thanks for reading!