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Secret garden What if you want a garden party type wedding in terms of feel, but don’t trust the weather? Then bring the garden inside… 6 4 | VOW
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great tablescape can take what would otherwise be a fairly standard wedding breakfast to another level, and one of our favourites recently was put together using a single huge table for Axnoller’s recent wedding open day. “This place is a dream venue, and easily one of the best in South Dorset,” says Katharine Davies, who took the photos. “You get exclusive use of a 100-acre estate that sleeps 34, and in three different houses. It’s pretty much incomparable, and it doesn’t hurt that Alo Brake – who owns and runs it – has the most incredible sense of style. All three of the houses look amazing, but we spent most of our time in the huge barn, which opens out onto a gorgeous terrace with panoramic views over the countryside.” Katherine asked one of her key collaborators, Caroline Redpath at Fleur Provocateur on the Dorset/Somerset border, to come up with a floral look that was extravagant without being contrived.