All the latest from around the West Midlands SWEET DREAMS Barnutopia Glamping & Venue has made several enhancements to its beautiful facilities including new yurt accommodation. The owner, Katrina Boydon, tells us more: “Our biggest project did not start until late February. Storms forced a decision to replace our large canvas Mongolian yurt with a new wooden structure. We wanted to retain the essential yurt features and create a light, airy space in keeping with Barnutopia’s eclectic collection of wooden octayurts, cabins, stable and bunkhouse. We chose warm orange for the beams to add Barnutopia’s signature splash of colour. The first guests stayed in yurt Axana at the beginning of April and loved it. As with the original yurt, the new luxury glamping unit sleeps up to eight guests in a kingsize bed and two triple bunks – single over double beds. Couples may choose any unit for their wedding suite, but Axana is a favourite. All units at Barnutopia have real beds, linen, power, lights, heating and free Wi-Fi. The venue is located in the stunning Shropshire countryside on the Welsh border and yurt Axana looks out over rolling green fields.” To find out more, visit www.barnutopia.com LET THE LOVE BE-GIN The Shropshire Distillery is now able to transform its custom-built distillery into a hen or stag party destination, where visitors can have fun crafting their own gins. The gin can even be produced in miniature bottles as party favours for the big day. The distillery is run by husband-and-wife team, Emma and Gareth Glynn, whose shared love of gin was the inspiration to launch the business four years ago. Emma tells us: “Our gin school has been going strong since it opened last year. We’ve been inundated with happy gin students, and are proud to be rated five stars. We would love to start welcoming hen parties or stag dos, looking to do something memorable to celebrate the occasion. They will have exclusive access of the distillery where they will learn about the history of gin, and have fun creating their own spirits, whilst sampling some tasty tipples. There’s something really special about creating gin for one of the most important days of your lives. We store each recipe on file to be ordered again for future gifts and wedding anniversaries.” Head over to www.theshropshiredistillery.co.uk for more information. Nearlywed CONGRATULATIONS! Based in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter, hairdressing salon, BLACC + BLOND, are finalists at this year’s Salon Business Awards in the Green Salon of the Year category. Anil Salhan, the owner of the BLACC + BLOND salon, commented: “To win the Green Salon of the Year category at this year’s Salon Business Awards would be an incredible achievement. We launched our ‘Green is the new Blacc’ campaign on World Earth Day last year and since then, we have been continuously researching new avenues to become more environmentally friendly, with the aim to be one of the most sustainable hair salons in the UK. Winning this award would show that our efforts truly have not gone unnoticed and would help us shout further about what we do, with the hope that many other salons and businesses will follow and do their part to make the world a better place.” For more information, visit www.blaccandblond.com Picture by Katrina Boydon www.bytombird.com NEW VENUE ALERT! Bennetts Willow Barn is a new wedding venue situated on a working dairy farm surrounded by grazing fields and a charming lake. The exterior boasts beautiful flowers throughout the year, picturesque log walls, fairylights, willow trees and a firepit. Outdoor ceremonies are very popular, but couples can choose to run the day how they want, holding ceremonies outside in the gardens, in the yurt marquee or barn. The 20m long yurt marquee is full of rustic charm. If couples hire the yurt marquee, they will have exclusive use of the adjacent gardens, including the firepit and outdoor space for garden games or even a bouncy castle. To celebrate the venue’s launch, the team at Bennetts Willow Barn will be hosting a wedding fair on 25th September, 2022. Couples are invited to come visit the space and see first-hand why it’s perfect for weddings. Check out www.bennettswillowbarn.co.uk for more information. www.hayleymorrisphotography.co.uk NEWS LOCAL NEWS 9
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