Flowers for a Trinidad Wedding
Rheanna Chen details her expedition to find flowers and decorate a wedding venue. She tells her story to Pat Ganase. Photos courtesy Rheanna Chen A forest of locally grown tropical blooms was the brief from the bride’s mother: foliage and flowers everywhere at the venue, as well as bouquets for the bridal party. For the ceremony, we would build and decorate a bamboo arch as the focal point for the exchange of vows. Flowers don’t last well if they aren’t cut and treated with respect. The challenge was to select, transport and create the floral ambience within the hours before the wedding on Sunday. My expedition started on Friday. Rheanna Chen transporting flowers to preserve their freshness. Grosvenor Horticultural is a family farm south of Sangre Grande that specializes in flower production . I arranged to pick up their blooms in Diego Martin: sexy pinks ( Heliconia chartacea ), red comb or shampoo ginger ( Zingiber zerumbet ), Jungle Kin