Royal wedding floral designer Philippa Craddock's Instagram is full of stunning arrangements fit for a queen

Anna Hecht
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With white garden roses, peonies, foxgloves, and more, the flowers at the wedding of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are sure to be dazzling.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s upcoming nuptials will reportedly cost a total of $45 million, including around $42 million for security. Given that impressive price tag, we’re becoming even more excited with each new detail that comes our way. From the royal wedding’s lemon elderflower cake to the beautiful wedding invitations, it seems the royal family is sparing no expense. And on Saturday, March 31st, Buckingham Palace announced that the couple had chosen Philippa Craddock to be their royal wedding floral designer.

Craddock, a self-taught florist based in London, will be the creative mind behind every floral arrangement inside St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Palace on Saturday, May 19th. According to the palace’s press release, the wedding arrangements will be inspired by flowers and plants that bloom naturally in May. Examples include white garden roses, peonies, and foxgloves paired with branches of beech, birch, and hornbeam.

Though providing flowers for a wedding the size of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s would be a massive undertaking for most any florist, Craddock’s impressive resumé shows she’s a clear fit for the job. She’s previously worked with the Victoria and Albert Museum, Hampton Court Palace, Alexander McQueen, Christian Dior, and British Vogue, just to name a few. Adding the royal wedding to her list of achievements, though, is likely to become one of her grandest successes.

With a few weeks left to go until Meghan Markle and Prince Harry tie the knot, we’ve rounded up a few of Philippa Craddock’s eye-catching arrangements from her very floral Instagram page.

From bohemian spring garden flowers to whimsical table settings, these photos offer just a taste of what’s to come.

The ever so pretty Hermia bouquet, bohemian style and full of spring garden flowers including peonies and wild grasses ... now available online (deliveries return to normal after the Easter weekend) #wildandnatural

A post shared by Philippa Craddock (@philippacraddock) on Mar 29, 2018 at 12:56pm PDT

Keeping table designs low and adding height through delicate ceiling installations - creates a perfect inviting, calm and intimate atmosphere - we used shallow troughs filled with water, placed on the table with wire to support each stem and bound together folded sections of wire, secured to beams using rope - no water in the ceiling installation so this needs to be a last minute install, with the table designs being made up to a day in advance

A post shared by Philippa Craddock (@philippacraddock) on Mar 17, 2018 at 7:04am PDT

Similar in style to the Rosetti, our Juliette bouquet has been pulled together with a mass of pink hues, including spring ranunculus, garden roses, bay leaves and sprigs of olive branches with a divine fragrance ... available early March #flowersdelivered

A post shared by Philippa Craddock (@philippacraddock) on Feb 21, 2018 at 8:22am PST

The @vamuseum always takes my breath away, it is a huge privilege designing flowers for these magnificent spaces, the sheer scale of the galleries, the extraordinary cutting edge exhibitions and the majestic history; and then the events team who are an absolute joy to work with, making our lives much easier with the somewhat time restricted set ups! #victoriaandalbertmuseum #victoriaandalbert #philippacraddock

A post shared by Philippa Craddock (@philippacraddock) on Jan 18, 2018 at 11:12pm PST

"The best wedding florists in London ... " thank you very much @britishvogue xx

A post shared by Philippa Craddock (@philippacraddock) on Mar 3, 2018 at 11:39am PST

Peonies, garden roses, cabbage roses, summer blooms #britishgrown #bestofbritish

A post shared by Philippa Craddock (@philippacraddock) on Jun 8, 2017 at 2:51am PDT

These stunning floral designs are truly fit for a queen.

While wedding site Bridebook previously estimated the cost of the royal wedding flowers to fall around $155,000, there’s no word on what Craddock is actually charging for her services. Really, all that’s left to do is wait as more exciting wedding details emerge.