Your West Midlands Wedding - Jun/Jul 2019 (Issue 62)

A The Secret Garden theme was the perfect English countryside setting Charlotte and James wanted Images courtesy Andrew Craner Photography C harlotte and James met while studying at the University of Birmingham, typically after a student night out in a kebab shop, “To say it was love at first sight wouldn’t quite be true, more like fell in love over food,” laughs Charlotte. Love clearly did blossom, and James proposed at Alnwick Castle gardens on 27 th December, 2015. It was a complete surprise for Charlotte, although they’d been together almost seven years. The big date was set, 20 th July, 2018, with The Swallows Nest Barn setting the scene. Here, Charlotte tells us more about their day... Glorious gardens REAL WEDDINGS 41 