wedding. We did make an exception for babes in arms, but asked parents to step out if they got agitated. But as it happened it was our dog Harley who caused the biggest commotion! When he saw me coming down the aisle he spent the next ten minutes trying to say, ‘Hi,’ with squeals and whimpers.” The bride walked down the aisle to the theme from Jurassic Park, played by the string quartet. “It was fun to hear anecdotes from guests when they recognised the tune, having previously not been able to place it, while others caught on quickly,” Lucy tells us. SETTING THE SCENE Lucy and Tom decided on a foraged theme for their wedding styling and chose creative elements reflecting this throughout. The wedding favours were homemade limoncello and Surreyforaged sloe gin. The centrepieces featured green vases of various different shapes and sizes with foraged ivy wreaths to maintain an outdoorsy feel without too much structure. The couple like to carve wooden spoons and displayed some of these on the tables beneath glass domes. The flowers were all locally-grown native English flowers, purchased from a nearby flower farm. Lucy’s best friend and bridesmaid, Sallie, arranged them into two large vases in the Great Hall and the bridal bouquet was placed in a vase on the top table as its centrepiece. The place names were made using branches, foraged from the woods near the couple’s home, cut through at the ends to hold the name cards. Lucy hand wrote the guests’ names onto naturallycoloured card. The table names meanwhile, were crafted from Y-shaped twigs. These were placed into log bases, also foraged from a fallen tree. The tables were all named after wild plants, with the reverse side showing information about each one. The table plan was made from the back of a broken picture frame and bordered with fresh ivy. The venue provided the catering for the day, but the newlyweds decided to opt out of dessert in favour of serving their cheese tower. “The chefs were really great and sourced biscuits and chutney for us. It all looked fantastic,” Lucy says. LOOKING THE PART Lucy originally had in mind a rustic wedding with an understated boho-style dress, but once they’d booked Crowcombe Court, it seemed a little more grandeur was required! As she was limited on time, the bride began shopping for an off-the-peg gown, and fell in love with a princess silhouette in a sleek and elegant Mikado fabric. “Tom is 6ft 11, so there was no chance of heels giving me the right amount of height, so I opted for white DMs instead – the best decision ever,” Lucy tells us. She later changed into a second dress for the evening’s ceilidh, which had been gifted by another bride via a Facebook group. Lucy just needed to sort out dry cleaning and alterations. Tom wore a Skopes suit from 2Tall.com, which was altered for him by their local tailor. His best woman, sister Jenna, wore a very similar suit and the same pair of brown brogues. The rest of the groomsmen wore their own blue suits, and were gifted matching ties, cufflinks and socks. The bridesmaids sourced their own dresses and were given four colours to work with. In the end though, they all chose the same Delphine maxi dress from Ghost, in an emerald green satin. It suited all of the ladies beautifully despite them all having different body shapes. TIME TO CELEBRATE Lucy and Tom set just the right atmosphere with a string quartet “We loved every bit of our day and only wish we could attend again as guests to enjoy all the elements we put together!” 25 REAL WEDDINGS
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