An English Country Garden Wedding

English country garden themed weddings offer a beautiful and relaxed setting to celebrate your special day. Nathalie from Buttercup Bus Vintage Campervan Hire looks at a variety of countryside touches, from rustic floral arrangements to classic cream teas – with simple crafts that will bring a personal, stylish charm to your wedding day.

English country garden wedding venues

There are lots of options when choosing your dream English country garden wedding venue – many with garden space to extend your wedding outdoors. Imagine Champagne receptions surrounded by gardens perfumed with the scent of wild roses - or croquet on a beautifully manicured lawn, with guests sipping gin and tonics after the ceremony…. English country garden wedding themes work well with rustic barns tucked away in a countryside setting, or indeed quaint country houses with walled gardens provide plenty of indoor and outdoor space for your reception, enabling contingency, pending the weather. For those of you looking for a simple setting with greater opportunities to scale up your personal style in décor, a village hall has great appeal. If looking for a large outdoor space, then a tipi wedding will certainly allow for an outdoor setting with lots of field space to play with.

Our top 10 Décor ideas

Once you have found your perfect English country wedding venue, you then have the fun task of adding your choice in décor to really create the atmosphere. There are many rustic features that are easily attainable, and not too expensive to put together. We have listed some of our favourite finishing touches, which would certainly bring countryside charm to your big day.

• Milk churns add a creative way to display your flowers. Their height enables you to display the flowers from ground level in an eye-catching way.
• Wooden apple crates can be used in so many diverse ways, as they can be stacked to enable you to present features at eye level. They work well to present a wedding cake, or to be used as a stand for flowers or lamps.

Photo credit: Stonelock Photography

• A humble pair of wellington boots not only make a great addition to a wedding dress photo opportunity, but also to creatively hold flowers, or perhaps long stems of pampas grass.

Photo credit: Amanda Duncan Photography

• Mason jars hanging from iron hooks provide the perfect receptacle for wild flowers, or even tiny LED lights to add a magical atmosphere in the evening.
• Bunting brings colour! You can theme bunting in your perfect colour scheme, and tie it to the branches of trees to add a classic countryside wedding celebratory style to the venue. Whilst bunting is easily available online to purchase, this is one item that can easily be made at home too.

Photo credit: Stonelock Photography

• Vintage books make a lovely table centrepiece, which can be stacked to your preference in height, and adorned by placing flowers on top, or perhaps to hold your table name cards. Hay bales are a very cost effective way to offer outdoor seating. They can be dressed up with lace or burlap draped over them. Alternatively, you could set them up to display trays of drinks or perhaps to display some additional décor. Local farmers may have these available to purchase. They can also be ordered from many garden centres, so are easily attainable - it is advisable to get them delivered, as they are quite big and heavy to move about.
• Shabby Chic furniture looks quaint, and can be a wonderful display stand for your cake, seating plan or perhaps a sweet cart alternative.

Photo credit: Stonelock Photography

• Rugs laid out, adorned with picnic style cream teas, complete with scones and fresh strawberries really do tick the box when it comes to a classic, English countryside themed wedding. Vintage crockery would be wonderful to serve these quintessential treats.

Photo credit: Stonelock Photography

• Wooden ladders make a great display feature, with each step presenting a little display shelf. They can also be used to display signs to direct guests to the various facilities at the venue.

Photo credit: Stonelock Photography

A classic wedding campervan to complement your theme

There are so many wedding suppliers to choose from when it comes to booking your wedding. Finding local people that understand your style and have portfolios of work that match your theme, is a good starting point. At Buttercup Bus Vintage Campervan Hire, we try to find ways that people can use our classic campervan services to optimise the best usage for your day. For example, we could be booked for wedding transport services, and then turn our campervan into a VW Camper photobooth for the evening reception. With the discounts applied for booking multiple services, this can often work out cost effective. When adored with flowers, the campervan works really well for an English country themed wedding, offering something packed with personality and vintage charm.

Photo credit: Amanda Duncan Photography

If you would like to find out more about the classic campervan wedding car and photobooth services on offer across Surrey, London and parts of Sussex and Kent, please pop by the website and have a look at the services that we offer. Get in touch: enquiries@buttercupbus.com or phone 0203 582 0289.

With thanks to the following suppliers:

Photographers: Stonelock Photography and Amanda Duncan Photography

Campervan: Buttercup Bus

Cake: Cakes by Caroline

Props: A Vintage Affair

Flowers: ATC Floral Designs

Venue: Kingswood Golf Club