River Cottage is such a wonderful venue, we have photographed here a few times now but every wedding feels completely different to the last as it really takes on the vibe of the couples day. Emma and Joe picked River Cottage as the venue for their wedding blessing in the herb garden, followed by garden games and reception in the lodge.

Emma along with her bridesmaid and father got ready in the beautiful setting of The Chalet in Lyme Regis just below Mark Hix’s restaurant and overlooking the beautiful Lyme Bay. As Emma finished getting ready, her dad sat outside on the terrace overlooking the bay putting the final touches to his speech.

Joe and Emma had chosen a vintage feel to their wedding and all the time they had spent looking into and choosing the details really showed. The tractor and trailer brought the guests down the long drive to the farm where flags guided the way to the front of the farmhouse into the garden. The herb garden was decorated with big white balloons along with wild flower arrangements in watering cans. They had entertainment by a ‘Gramophone DJ’ playing 1950s records which we’ve never seen before and was a lovely touch. After the crackle of the needle, music filled the air and felt like we had been transported back to a bygone decade as Emma made her entrance into the sun basked herb garden.

After the romantic blessing, everyone headed over to the lawn for Pimms and the garden games. Emma and Joe had really gone to town and there was a wide choice of activities including hook a duck, coconut shy, skittles, welly wanging, splat the rat and ferret racing! There was a prize for the person who correctly guessed which ferret would win and as you can see below, the lucky guest was extremely happy with his win! The games allowed all the guests to get to know each other in a relaxed manner and the day was so relaxed and fun that even the chef joined in to show off his expert welly wanging technique.

River cottage is a working farm, and as much of the produce as possible is grown or kept on site or is from producers in the immediate area meaning the food is amazing as is all local or home grown produce. The menu is always chosen by the couple and introduced by the chef. For their main, Emma and Joe had a pig that had been reared on site (her name was Alice, the chef informed us) and had then been been spit roasted for 24 hours, and was absolutely delicious. This was then followed by fruit crumble and salt caramel ice cream.

The evening entertainment was courtesy of the River Cottage resident band, The Guilty Pleasures who kept everyone dancing until it was time to head home (or to the pop up hotel on site).

As well as being a really lovely couple, Emma and Joe really put on a wonderful day and one that we were privileged to be part of.

 – Laura

Sarah and Mark got married at the beautiful Alexandra Hotel in Lyme Regis overlooking the town and Lyme bay, and then travelled by vintage bus over to River Cottage HQ for their reception. They wanted a day that was relaxed and fun for their guests, and the day fitted the bill perfectly.

The ceremony was full of emotion, and then over at River Cottage the welly wanging and ceilidh band gave a great fun feel to the rest of the day. The speeches were very informal (with Sarah also doing a speech)  and owing to her family’s Scottish heritage there were some lovely touches including the black pudding scotch egg canapes and the vodka shot toast. It was such a pleasure to spend the day with Mark and Sarah, below are a few of our personal favourite photos from the day.

-Laura

Chris and Becky picked the beautiful country house of Brympton D’Evercy for their very romantic wedding. Becky had spent ages getting the details just right (she is a designer so the pressure was on!) and the venue looked beautiful, filled with lots of flowers, hurricane lamps and tealights. The beauty of the venue soon paled in comparison when Becky made her entrance, as she looked breathtakingly beautiful as you can see below.

The sun was shining which meant everyone could relax on the terrace and listen to the jazz band playing,  it really was such a perfect wedding day. A special mention has to go to the lovely guys at Entwined Films who were great to work with on the day.

Below are a few of our favourites.

– Laura