English Country Wedding: Rose + Robin

Today’s wedding is a gorgeous celebration of love with friends + family from all over the world. Rose is from Australia and Robin is English, so it was important for them to incorporate traditions from both countries. They had a country wedding at Wethele Manor, which is a beautiful farm surrounded by 250 acres of Warwickshire countryside complete with on-site llamas, sheep, pigs and rams. This was a major selling point for the couple as Rose loves animals and Robin grew up in the countryside. :)

Rose + Robin both work on cruise ships in the USA and having so many friends and family from all over the world come to celebrate their special day with them was the highlight for the two of them. Their friends form a big part of their life and naturally formed a big part of the wedding. Many of the hundreds of glass bottles were sourced by a family member Johannah Dyer (who also wrote the table plan and all the place names in her beautiful handwriting), the music played throughout the day were all friends – from an acapella church hymn, to reception hour acoustic sets, to the first dance. And the night ended with the guitars out and singing under the stars, such a perfect and very typical ending for the couple. Thanks so much to Marianne Taylor Photography for the photos and big congrats to Rose + Robin!

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Keeping with the intertwining theme of our countries and countryside, the reception cocktails were a mix of a traditional English Tom Collins but with added wild Australian Hibiscus flowers – prepared by my usher/mixologist Justin Davies, the beer was Australian V.B. (Rose’s favourite), the main course of the menu was a traditional English Sunday roast complete with Yorkshire puddings (all vegetables locally grown) and the tables were lined with antique glass bottles filled to the brim with wild English and Australian flowers.

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Our brilliant desert table was put together by our dear friend Samantha Harvey, who created a fantastic ensemble of English and Australian deserts! It featured everything from Percy Pigs, to homemade mini pavolas, rocky roads, flap jacks, marshmallows, peanuts crunches, anzac biscuits, coconut ice, shortcake truffles, chocolate tequila chillies, lamingtons, red velvet cakes and everything else you could imagine!

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And their lovely wedding film by Mark Brown

When we first laid eyes on Marianne Taylor’s photography there was no other option for anyone else! Originally she was unavailable with plans to fly to Finland for her birthday, but due to the kindness in her heart she made herself available for our special day. When we got the photos back we were completely overwhelmed with emotion, she had captured our day so perfectly. On the day she was so friendly and it was so lovely to have her around. We were also lucky enough to have a top bloke in Ed Peers second shooting for Marianne too and after looking through our photos there were moments they captured where we didn’t even realize they were around. Another legend on the capture front was Mark Brown who shot our wedding on 8mm film.

photography: Marianne Taylor Photography // wedding dress: Monique Lhullier // hairpiece: Ethos // bride's shoes: Christian Louboutin // bridesmaid dresses: Truese // hair stylist: Gemma Sutton // groom attire: Slaters // paper goods: Love Vs Design // catering: Wethele Manor // cake: Samantha Harvey // second shooter: Ed Peers // venue name: Lickey Church, reception at Wethele Manor // event planner: family friend, Johannah Dyer // floral design: Ethos // make-up: Chloe Mccall // cinematography: Mark Brown // invitations: Love Vs Design // dessert table: Samantha Harvey