We’re both big animal lovers and wanted to incorporate this into our wedding. Port Lympne is run by the Aspinall Foundation, which is dedicated to animal conservation. So, tying the knot here gave us the chance to support animal welfare, with the added bonus of a safari on the big day! We wanted the flowers to feel wild and natural, as though they’d grown in place. The main ceremony decoration was a moon arch with flowers to line the aisle, which were moved for the wedding breakfast. I had two requests for my bouquet: to include a king protea as the main flower, as it’s the national flower of South Africa where our honeymoon was supposed to be; and to include some sweetpeas to represent April, the month our greyhound Bjorn, was born and died. The rest we left up to our florist based on jewel tones with lots of greenery. She did an amazing job, I was stunned walking down the aisle. Our tableplan was a map with animals on it. Our favours were personalised shot glasses with an initial on them used for our limoncello toast (we love Italy). While the place names were geodes in our jewel tones. Tables were named after ecosystems and were decorated with animals that live in the respective regions, spray-painted silver. They sat on top of a moss runner with candles. 58
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