Enchanting Woodland Wedding Photography at Umberslade

Enchanting Woodland Wedding Photographer at Umberslade

An out­door wed­ding in British weath­er, it’s not renowned for being that reli­able is it?! So when Geor­gi & Neil told me they need­ed Enchant­i­ng Wood­land Wed­ding Pho­tog­ra­phy for their out­door bless­ing at Umber­slade Adven­ture in War­wick­shire, I was­n’t sure whether I should be bring­ing my sun­cream or my wellies!!

Their plan was to have the legal cer­e­mo­ny a few days before. But to all intent and pur­pos­es, their wed­ding day would be an out­door cer­e­mo­ny in a clear­ing in an ancient oak wood. With a tipi for the wed­ding break­fast and par­ty — it all sound­ed pret­ty amazing

Now add to this the fact that in the woods, is an adven­ture play­ground. With a zip wire, tram­po­line and climb­ing equip­ment, which is exclu­sive­ly avail­able for the wed­ding par­ty — AWESOME!!

Throw in a Dis­ney obsessed Bride, (just check out that Ari­al tat­too on her arm!) some Alice in Won­der­land inspired details, a Doc Marten wear­ing Bridal par­ty and a very cool Vic­ar to con­duct the cer­e­mo­ny and you’ve got all the ingre­di­ents of a pret­ty fab day

Alice in Wonderland, Doc Martens and a Brighton Belle 50s style Wedding dress

I’m always awed by the amount of thought and effort that peo­ple put into plan­ning their big day. Over the last cou­ple of years there has been an explo­sion in the amount of DIY wed­ding ideas that you see.

This one was no excep­tion and dur­ing bridal prep you could start to see the fab­u­lous ideas that had gone into this par­tic­u­lar wedding

For exam­ple, there was a paper rose for each of the Brides­maids to car­ry. Care­ful­ly made from copies of Alice in Won­der­land, the Bride’s white patent leather Doc Marten boots had rib­bons on them say­ing ‘Queen of Hearts’ and her amaz­ing bou­quet was a trib­ute to the book, with a lit­tle fig­urine of Win­nie the Pooh and Piglet thrown in for good measure!

In amongst the details of course there’s a group of peo­ple get­ting ready for a wed­ding and the ear­ly signs were that this one was going to be fun, relaxed and with maybe the odd tear!

Rea­sons to choose Enchant­i­ng Wood­land Wed­dings for your wed­ding venue:-

• A hid­den wood­land in the heart of the Midlands
• Clear­ing amongst Scotts Pines for your bless­ing or join­ing ceremony
• Camp­ing & glamp­ing options plus adven­ture playground!

Enchanting Woodland blessing, hay bales, a few tears and a very cool Vicar!

So, if you go down to the woods today, you’re in for a big sur­prise. In this case, my sur­prise was get­ting stuck behind the lady with the cake, dri­ving at 5mph down a VERY LONG, bumpy track, (under­stand­ably) not want­i­ng to bounce her car around too much in case the naked cake was dam­aged (it wasn’t)

Umber­slade Adven­ture calls itself ‘Enchant­i­ng Wood­land Wed­dings’ for days like this, and you can see why. It feels quite mag­i­cal as you walk through the carved wood­en entrance and make your way along wood­chip path­ways until you reach a clear­ing. The first thing to catch the eye was the twin hats of the tipi, reach­ing up to the sky, shade in the sun or pro­tec­tion in the rain.

A lit­tle fur­ther on were bales of hay, arranged in rows and cov­ered in horse blan­kets, ready and wait­ing for the wood­land con­gre­ga­tion. Along the way I went past a table weighed down with demi­johns of pink lemon­ade (I’m sure there was prob­a­bly some alco­hol in there too!) and anoth­er bit of inspi­ra­tion from Alice in Wonderland

Geor­gi & Neil were break­ing with tra­di­tion by walk­ing down the hay bale aisle togeth­er, and the whole bridal par­ty made their way to the clear­ing with the Har­ry Pot­ter theme music fill­ing the air. Wait­ing to greet them at the end of the aisle was a vic­ar, the Father of one of the grooms­men, there to con­duct their wood­land blessing.

I have to say, he was one of the hap­pi­est, smi­li­est mem­bers of the cler­gy I’ve met and the whole cer­e­mo­ny was a joy.

A Woodland Blessing at Enchanting Woodland Weddings

Zip-wires. trampolines, slides and good vibes at Umberslade

What else are going to do when you’ve got your own adven­ture play­ground? Play of course!

Enchanting Woodland Wedding Photography

OTHER BLOGS TO CHECK OUT

• Old­ber­row House Out­door Blessing
• Der­byshire Tipi Wedding
• Worces­ter­shire Farm Wedding

If you’re look­ing for Enchant­i­ng Wood­land Wed­ding Pho­tog­ra­phy, (or for any­where else), then please get in touch. I’d love to have a chat!