gift bottles of sloe gin and plum-flavoured rum as favours that were presented in shot glasses for each guest. A close family friend Jade Nelson (who used to be a florist) created all of their flower displays that reflected the white and green colour theme. “She did a wonderful job,” Polly tells us. “I wanted white to make it feel like a wedding and green because we were getting married outside. We had a wedding arch, milk churns brimming with blooms and beautiful bouquets and buttonholes.” The couple’s rustic-inspired three-tier cake was decorated with gypsophila. “It was made by Sam’s godmother Ali Tuck,” Polly says. “We chose a chocolate layer, a lemon tier and a Madeira cake.” Polly and Sam booked Belinda Sparey, the owner of The Best of Taste who caters all over the Cotswolds to take care of the food on the day. “She was brilliant,” Polly tells us. “Sam has a family farm shop called Frocester Fayre to which they sell their meat that he rears on the farm. Belinda was kind enough to let us use Sam’s beef (he also rears cattle) and she cooked these with dauphinoise sauce, vegetables and gravy. We surprised our guests by appointing a designated carver on each table and we bought aprons for them that were handed out just before. Everyone found this amusing because each apron had a funny quote on it!” LOOKING THE PART “I wore a dress by Enzoani called Marie which suited our al fresco day. Sam had bought me some earrings that I also wore,” Polly tells us. “Sam and his groomsmen all wore a brown tweed suit and matching tweed bow ties teamed with brown shoes and brown belts while our dads wore suits to match.” The couple’s bridesmaids wore multi-way forest-green dresses. “They were able to choose what style they would like the top to be,” Polly explains. TIME TO CELEBRATE “We hired a magician to entertain everyone as our evening guests arrived and he was brilliant!” Polly says. “We also had the Indie Killers band perform who were amazing and got everybody up and dancing all evening!” “My dad’s speech meant a lot to me because he got very emotional and also the other speeches were amazing, they made everyone laugh!” − Polly REAL WEDDINGS 37
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