Romantic Garden Wedding
I live for weddings like this. Soft and sweet, it's boasting the prettiest of blooms crafted by Blush Floral Design, stunning images from Kylee Yee and a vibe that is equal parts classic and garden wedding. In other words? It's the definition of romance, with a UK setting that is straight from a Jane Austen novel (truly). Soak it all in the full gallery, then head to The Vault for even more garden pretties.
From The Bride... Neil and I got engaged over the Easter break in 2014 in St Andrews. The wedding planning started quite soon after, although I was determined to stay chilled out about the process so we gave ourselves a year to get organised. We had quite a clear idea of how we wanted the day to go – for it to be pretty relaxed but good fun, and all in one venue.
As soon as we saw the Northbrook Park we knew it would be perfect as it had lots of space, beautiful gardens (in case we got lucky with the sun), cottages for guests to stay over and a separate room for the wedding ceremony and reception. The Vine room is beautiful, so I didn’t feel like I’d miss out on not having a church ceremony.
We had all of the big things arranged quite quickly like the venue, caterers, ceilidh band and photographer, then we were able to relax for a while until it all got a bit closer. The final pieces felt like they fell into place quite effortlessly. I didn’t have a colour theme as such, but Bex at Blush Floral Designs managed to interpret my ideas perfectly so that the flowers were beautiful on the day. Neil chose his kilt early on and my bridesmaids tried on one dress and it was perfect for all of them… I took a few more attempts but when I tried on my dress at Blackburn Bridal (designed by the owner Russell), I knew it was the one!
We were very lucky to get a lot of help from family and friends, especially both sets of parents. My friend Libby designed our lovely stationery and another friend, Tash, was on hand to sort hair on the day. My mum arranged the cake as a surprise and it was beautiful.
I thought I had jinxed us with the weather by buying a few garden games but, although the morning looked grey and miserable, the sun shined all afternoon. The day was better than we ever could have hoped, it ran so smoothly thanks to Caper and Berry and Kylee captured the day perfectly. I just wish we could do it all over again!
As soon as we saw the Northbrook Park we knew it would be perfect as it had lots of space, beautiful gardens (in case we got lucky with the sun), cottages for guests to stay over and a separate room for the wedding ceremony and reception. The Vine room is beautiful, so I didn’t feel like I’d miss out on not having a church ceremony.
We had all of the big things arranged quite quickly like the venue, caterers, ceilidh band and photographer, then we were able to relax for a while until it all got a bit closer. The final pieces felt like they fell into place quite effortlessly. I didn’t have a colour theme as such, but Bex at Blush Floral Designs managed to interpret my ideas perfectly so that the flowers were beautiful on the day. Neil chose his kilt early on and my bridesmaids tried on one dress and it was perfect for all of them… I took a few more attempts but when I tried on my dress at Blackburn Bridal (designed by the owner Russell), I knew it was the one!
We were very lucky to get a lot of help from family and friends, especially both sets of parents. My friend Libby designed our lovely stationery and another friend, Tash, was on hand to sort hair on the day. My mum arranged the cake as a surprise and it was beautiful.
I thought I had jinxed us with the weather by buying a few garden games but, although the morning looked grey and miserable, the sun shined all afternoon. The day was better than we ever could have hoped, it ran so smoothly thanks to Caper and Berry and Kylee captured the day perfectly. I just wish we could do it all over again!
