Bright colours, summer blooms and a walled rose garden. I was in my element at Amy and Will’s wedding. And Wedderlie House, what a hidden gem!
Tucked away on the Scottish Borders, Wedderlie House is set amongst the most beautiful countryside. The big old house has some pretty epic castle vibes going on and was the perfect setting for Amy and Will’s June wedding.
Photo by Chris Guthrie
Weddings at Wedderlie House
Since Amy and Will got married the team at Wedderlie House have been busy doing some renovations. Whilst Amy and Will made use of the permanent marquee, now there is a new beautiful purpose built space for the wedding reception which flows on from the ceremony space and stables that couples can use on their day. They look lovely, all finished to a really high quality and there is so much potential there. It’s a great blank canvas venue with lots of lovely natural light and wooden tones so great for any colour palette, and I can’t wait to see how future couples put their stamp on the place.
Wedderlie House is set on a secluded 50 acre estate, which couples take over for the entirety of their stay. That includes all the spaces for ceremony and reception plus accommodation for around 52 guests. The accommodation that I’ve seen looks so good, there’s a real variety from onsite cottages to a converted hayloft and cabins. Your wedding guests staying on site will really feel like they’re getting away from it all but with all the convenience of Edinburgh being only an hour’s drive away.
colourful weddings at wedderlie house
With it being summer there was only ever one colour choice for Amy and Will…bright! They wanted to fill the marquee with fun, brights and it looked incredible. We used lovely end of spring / early summer blooms - cornflowers, peonies, clematis and geum. I love using the wonderfully named Lady’s Mantle at this time of year. It’s a brilliant green, almost lime in colour, and a great foil for bright flowers.
bright Wild flower bouquets and funky buttonholes
Amy and her bridesmaids had wildflower style posies filled with big juicy peonies. Amy had chosen sage green dresses for her wedding squad. As I’ve mentioned before, green dresses are the most perfect “backdrop” for flowers. It really brings out those blooms and makes the colours pop.
Amy’s wee flower girls wore mini flower crown circlets. They completely stole the show as they skipped their way down the aisle scattering petals.
Not to be outdone the groom, Will and his groomsmen had really fun buttonholes which looked fab against their blue tweed jackets. We used twine binding, always great for those rustic vibes, along with thistle (of course!), rosemary and eucalyptus. They’re both big fans of eucalyptus so that was a real feature of the day and I really enjoyed incorporating it into the buttonholes. These were finished off with Billy Buttons, that lovely bobbly yellow flower which is so fun to look at. It doesn’t look real! That, along with some wheat as a nod to the surrounding countryside, made for some really fun buttonholes.
summer wedding in the scottish borders
The weather was on our side and Amy and Will got the outdoor ceremony they had been hoping for. Wedderlie’s Walled Rose Garden looked so good in the sunshine with all the roses in bloom and creates the perfect sheltered corner for a small wedding. We hung jamjars of bright summer flowers on the chairs, taking those colours all the way down the aisle.
At the top of the aisle we put large, wild seasonal arrangements on top of two whisky barrels. These - along with the chairs - were then easy to move into the marquee for the second part of the day.
Inside the marquee a custom made A&W neon sign hung from a circular copper moon gate arch. We dressed the top of the arch with a garland of eucalyptus. It went perfectly with the green of the bridesmaid dresses.
Amy and Will had collected lots of mismatched, coloured taper candles for their tables. We added our earthy stoneware vintage bud vases filled with colourful blooms. It’s so important within a marquee to bring in the colour, whether that’s brights, monochromes or pastels. The space is, quite literally, a blank canvas and needs pops of colour to break up the sea of white. Easy, but oh so effective, ways to do this is with flowers, vases, linens, hanging pieces etc.
re-purposing ceremony flowers for the wedding reception
We put one of the ceremony arrangements on a whisky barrel at the marquee entrance to greet guests as they entered ahead of the meal.
Wedderlie House has an alternative ceremony room within the converted barn and stables, for when that Scottish weather is doing its thing! There’s also another fab space which can be a bit more of a party room - one of my past couples held a band night there which sounded so cool! The venue is just full of interesting areas that you can make full use of. It’s all based around a very cute courtyard with roses growing up the wall and resident peacocks. Yes, that’s right, there are peacocks everywhere. Just hanging around and taking in the action! It has to be one of my favourite venues and is just a lovely place to get married (and fill with flowers)!
Thanks so much to James from Strangeworx for his fantastic wedding film and to Chris Guthrie for the amazing photographs.
If you’re looking for inspiration for your own rustic wedding day then feast your eyes on some of our other weddings in the summer wedding gallery on the website.
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