R and R Black / 28 March 2025 / Categories: City, Services, Shops, Flowers

Neill Strain Floral Boutique

Shopping for Wedding Flowers

We tried to persuade our middle daughter to have the money and elope. Oh no she said. I am not like you two (we're not actually married) to our childrens horror so we have embarked on the shopping list that's all things wedding and have made a few appointments, go sees to see what's on offer and whether we are mortgaging the house to foot the bill.

Neill Strain is Devi's first choice for her flowers, of course they are, this exquisite flower shop just up the road from Claridges Hotel is top of the list.

We went to an event at the Dorchester a while back hosted by the wedding edition and Christian Louboutin and the flowers were out of this world stunning. The creations were completely different in style, there was glamourous, extravagant but also subtle and understated. You could definitely see they are not in the box. There was definitely something for everyone and when we spoke to the florists at the event the emphasis was on Devis vision for her day.

She is all about the scent so the conversation was all about honeysuckle, jasmine, sweet peas, freesia, all her favourites. She wanted a wild flower idea for her bouquet, like she'd just walked through a meadow gathering flowers and Neill Strain completely embraced her idea of simplicity amongst some clearly much grander scale events and budgets.

The people were lovely and even though our budget for the flowers is I am sure much lower than some of their other clients we've gone into store and made an appointment and are really looking forward to our second consultation.

They've been in business since 2008, the Irishman Neill, from Mullaghbawn just boutside Newry has built a concession in harrods and he is well known for some of his celebrity clients which we have it on good authority include lady gaga, Joan Collins, Lily Allen, Sienna Miller, the beckhams and Elton John and with a nod and a wink a few of the royals, but this was confidential.

We went to the store in Mayfair above Berkeley Square but they also have a shop in Belgravia, the address is 11 West Halkin Street, Belgravia, SW1X 8JL