HOME Home sweet Lucy and Russ celebrated their nuptials at the bride’s family home, North Cadbury Court Images courtesy of Simon Biffen Photography Russ proposed to Lucy five years after they met. He’d had a job interview that morning for a role in Saudi Arabia (which he got), and later that day he suggested to Lucy a walk up to Cadbury Castle with their black labrador, brought along as a distraction. He chose a spot with a view towards Lucy’s family home, North Cadbury Court, and popped the question. Having grown up at North Cadbury Court, Lucy has many happy memories of baking bread with her grandma and playing hide and seek with her cousins there. Russ knew it had always been her dream to get married there, and generations of her family had been wed at nearby St Michael’s Church, so no laborious venue search was needed. Having worked as a wedding coordinator for many years (a role she now occupies at North Cadbury Court), Lucy has seen many trends come and go, so she was keen to keep their theme traditional, classic and timeless. With the wedding set for May 2025, the couple decided to make the most of the wonderful British spring blooms available at the time. “Victoria at Wren & May completely understood my pastel vision and the flowers on the day were beyond my wildest dreams,” Lucy shares. The church flowers were repurposed for the wedding breakfast with spring meadow boxes surrounding the cake table. Russ’ mum kindly offered to embroider the napkins with the couple’s initials and wedding date, opting for white thread on white fabric for a subtle but classic detail. Since Lucy had worked with caterers Wild Fork West for many years, she fully trusted them to serve delicious food, and knew the team would look after their guests beautifully. What’s more, “As Russ works in the beef industry it was important that this featured in our wedding breakfast,” Lucy explains. The food and drink flowed throughout the day and the luxury of the venue is that there’s plenty for guests to do. Garden games kept everyone entertained during the drinks reception and the couple brought Kubb with them, a game they’d enjoyed playing together in the early days of their relationship. Shortly after their engagement, Lucy booked an appointment at Carina B’s and was looking for a timeless dress with sleeves. Admire by Suzanne Neville was the fourth gown she tried on and knew it was the one for her. “The crepe material falling in such an elegant way helped to achieve the classic yet modern look I’d pictured,” the bride tells us. Russ chose a morning suit from Roderick Charles, paired with an Oliver Brown waistcoat, and dressed his groomsmen to match. The bridesmaids meanwhile wore maroon/ Chianti dresses as a nod to the bride’s hobby of eventing horses, her cross-country colours being maroon. “I was very happy for them to choose their own style but they both felt best in the same dress,” she says. While Lucy finds it impossible to pick a highlight – “The whole weekend was perfect,” she says, for Russ it was driving away from the church and down to the yacht club for a quiet 10 minutes together before rejoining the celebrations. REAL WEDDINGS 19
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