Pastel Nudes at Wick Farm

May wedding with a pastel palette of Pinks, Peaches and Nudes at Wick Farm, Bath

There isn’t much that doesn’t work at Wick Farm but this colour scheme of palest Pinks and Greys gave a real soft elegance. It is one that was done a few years ago but I still enjoy looking at the photos now.

The foliages used were mainly silvery Greys with Mint, Eucalyptus, and one of my favourites ‘Stachys Byzantina’. It’s common name is Lambs ear and it has the most decadent appearance with the softest feel. At this time of year before it flowers it is just wonderful.

The Groom was from New Zealand and so wanted a fern included in his buttonhole. We used Asparagus fern which gave a wispy look along with Helichrysum to add the silver colour.

The cake, they would say was a disaster, I would say was amazing. Unlike today the temperature was hot, really hot. A family member had made it and the cream filling just melted in the heat but I loved it looking like that!

The alcove at Wick Farm is bigger than people initially think and it needs something big to decorate it. The old cream milk churn is a firm favourite that lots of couples choose to fit in with the barn setting and fill the space.

Planning details

An abundance of Roses including the beautifully fragranced David Austin ‘Juliet’ sit with Stocks and a little wax flower. The mix of textured foliages and the fluffy Astilbe allow a quite neat bouquet to look more relaxed and stop it looking too ‘dome’ shaped.

The light airy feel of the photography by Kerry Bartlett really suits the colour scheme and gives the feeling of a lovely long hazy Summer.

They had bouquets, buttonholes, table flowers of jam jars, cake flowers and the alcove arrangement. Budget required £700 - £900.

Spring wedding at Wick Farm, Bath

A March wedding that was abundant with Spring flowers

Dusky Pinks, Pale Purples, Creams and Ivories. There was limited foliages used here to create a romantic floral dream.

Sophie knew what she wanted. She was an event planner and so used to organising. The wedding was to be full of blooms and the decor was to suit the country style barn with vintage crockery and home made bunting.

Alex was Welsh and so worn a tiny Narcissi daffodil that we fastened with a little fern as a back ground so that it would be fully visible.

Wick Farm is the perfect venue for a country dream. It’s a beautiful barn that has been decorated with such an eye that it mixes simple chic with English charm perfectly. It’s always a pleasure to decorate and there are so many options and ideas that work well.

The tables were arranged in one of my favourite ways with each being full of different items. A mix on each of vintage china, cut glass vases and old fashioned bottles. Some also included primrose plants and forget me nots which just added to the charm.

Planning

All the sophisticated Spring favourites were included here. Lilac, Anemones, Ranunculus, Paperwhites and Hellebores with just a few plants and herbs in the table arrangements.

They had bouquets, buttonholes and table flowers. Budget required approx £800 - £1000.

All the stunning photos below are by Kat Hill

Photography by Kat Hill

Photography by Kat Hill

Photography by Kat Hill

Photography by Kat Hill

Photography by Kat Hill

Photography by Kat Hill

Colourful micro wedding at Wick Farm, Bath in Somerset

A micro wedding in 2020!

This was my second wedding of 2020 and to be honest I wasn’t expecting it. The couple were supposed to be getting married in July, they were supposed to be having lots of colourful English garden blooms, they were supposed to surrounded by lots of friends and family.

They had originally decided to postpone to July 2021 but then they had a change of heart, they just wanted to be married, they didn’t want to wait any longer, they decided to do the legal bit now and then have a mega party when its possible. I completely understood, my own wedding was arranged and organised in 5 weeks, sometimes you just want to live for the here and now!

The flowers that she had wanted in July were completely perfect. Lots of English grown, seasonal blooms, Foxgloves, Peonies, Roses, Delphiniums, Snapdragons, Scabious, all in a colourful mix to look like a naturally growing English country garden. She still wanted this fresh vibrant colour scheme in December but I knew that it would be difficult to achieve. We discussed by email what else she could have that had a wild garden feel and in the end settled on a much more simple affair of something similar to White Anemones, Burgundy Roses and Eucalyptus with fillers and other foliages.

Trouble was that I knew deep down that this wasn’t what she wanted. So I phoned her to talk it through. She sounded fine but just a bit flat when we were talking about the flowers. Now, I want my couples to be happy with what I do for them. I want my brides to be in love with their bouquets. I want them to look back on photos in years to come and say, yes, that is me, that is my style, that is what I wanted.

So, I suggested the idea of colourful dried flowers and sent her a photo. She suddenly relaxed and I could hear the excitement in her voice again. This is my job, to find flowers and styles that you really want, not what you think you should have.

Social distancing was still in place between families not in the same bubble so, the tables became a big square in the middle of the room with an empty space in the middle. The obvious place to concentrate the flowers was here. Where everyone could see them. I knew from our talks that she quite liked the idea of rainbow flowers so this is how I arranged them in an ombre effect with one colour merging into the next.

Picture by https://bristolcontemporaryphotography.com/

Picture by https://bristolcontemporaryphotography.com/

I absolutely loved the feeling of the barn at Wick Farm. like this. It felt intimate, cosy and so special. I was pretty envious that I wasn’t on the invitation list!

The other completely total amazing thing about a micro wedding, is that your photographer has the time to get some incredible and interesting shots that probably wouldn’t have been possible in a normal situation.

Picture by https://bristolcontemporaryphotography.com/

Picture by https://bristolcontemporaryphotography.com/

Picture by https://bristolcontemporaryphotography.com/

A micro wedding doesn’t mean that you have to compromise, it doesn’t mean that you have to give up on what you wanted. What it does mean is you can have lots of fun and there will still be as much magic and love as any other wedding.

I cannot wish Georgia and Tom enough luck and love in their lives together.

I love my job. I love weddings!

All of the amazing photos here were taken by Charlie https://bristolcontemporaryphotography.com/ and Georgia’s make up was done by https://www.ellehitchens.co.uk/ who always seems to do the make up for some of my favourite brides.