Nicola and Craig’s Wedding at Botleys Mansion

The couple expressed the style of wedding that they wanted, and Sonning Flowers shared their ideas on what they thought could work at the stylish Mansion wedding venue in Surrey. The bridal bouquet consisted of all white peonies with white trailing ribbon. The groom and his party wore white avalanche rose button holes and tall cylinder vases with candles lined the aisle in The Green Room for the wedding ceremony. An acrylic order of the day was placed in the entrance hall at Botleys Mansion, surrounded by white hydrangea in tall cylinder vases as well as flickering candles. Two white floral urns sat at the top of the grand stone staircase at the entrance to the glamorous wedding venue. Wedding reception tables, the stair case leading down to the Atrium and the dessert station and the tiered wedding cake were also decorated with a combination of beautiful white florals.

90 wedding guests waited in the elegant Green Room for the arrival of the bride, who walked down the white carpet aisle on the arm of her father to the sounds of the acoustic version of ‘My Love’ by Jess Glynne. Craig was delighted to see his bride walk down the aisle and the couple exchanged rings ahead of signing the register.

There’s plenty of room to enjoy celebratory drinks and canapés at Botleys Mansion, and as the weather was nice on the June Thursday, the wedding party were all able to head outside for the confetti shot and posh refreshments.

Guests were called into the Atrium and the bride and groom made their grand entrance down the florally decorated staircase after a romantic kiss at the top. Reception tables were elegantly decorated with accessories hired in by the bride and groom. 3 Cylinder vases, all of different heights, were placed on each table along with 3 candle holders an acrylic menu and acrylic table numbers. The couple had planned a clean, modern look for their wedding reception. Personalised glass bell jars sat on top of charger plates with two flavoured macaroons custom made to fit inside, as wedding favours. During the evening, a dessert table was unveiled featuring delicious sweet treats for guests to enjoy throughout the night.

A further 30 guests were invited to join in with evening festivities and after dinner, the couple cut through their wonderful white wedding cake and danced their first dance to a song which Nicola had planned to play for Craig as a surprise. Craig’s face lit up when ‘So in to You’ by Childish Gambino was played. The dance floor was full as a Motown style soul band called The Distractions played upbeat music throughout the night.

The couple had purchased wedding insurance through Debenhams and asked for money for their honeymoon instead of opening a traditional wedding gift list. The newlyweds went on a mini-moon to Cornwall just after their June marriage, but have planned a special trip to Dubai and the Maldives for the future. They also had their day filmed by The Short Film Company, so they are able to re-live their perfect wedding day at Botleys Mansion over and over again in the future.