A couple of weeks ago my friend Sonia and I spent a happy morning gathering evergreens in the garden and then creating an idea of simple and natural centrepieces for our wedding. This was our final favourite design with 4x sprigs of yew, 4x sprigs of evergreen oak, 4x sprigs of laurel and 4x sprigs of some grey/blue spruce leaves as well as some fir cones which came from a  huge sack gathered by the previous owners.

The plan is that next week I go out and gather what we need, including as much trailing ivy as I can get which we will use to twine up the pillars in the room. It is very exciting to be able to sue all this free material which comes from the garden and will also be completely natural. Like bringing home to the hotel….lets hope it works on the day !!