Eaves Hall Wedding Showcase a Spectacular New Wedding Venue

Though strictly speaking not new, Eaves Hall has had a complete re-birth, refurbishment and new owners, Eaves Hall is a Country House of the highest order set in the most magnificent gardens in the heart of the Ribble Valley, it's a sister hotel to the brilliant and exceptional Mitton Hall so we know these folks know an awful lot about how to create the perfect wedding!

 I love a venue that seduces you and your guests before you even enter, best of all when the interior lives up to all of your expectations and in this case even excedes them.

 Just to the left of the entrance is this relaxing lounge area, perfect for your guests to relax and have a quiet moment! all of the rooms are expertly decorated and every effort has been made to create the perfect ambience for a "Dream Wedding Day"

 The Ballroom is licensed for up to 60 guests for a civil ceremony and has fab views over the gardens

 The Dining Room is licensed for up to 100 guests for a civil ceremony and has lots of clever details that really make it a sumptuous room to be married in.

 For the Showcase day the rooms were set up to show all of the options available to prospective Brides & Grooms, here in the dining room the top table looked perfect with one of our Hurrricane Lamp top table designs.

 There were a couple of  banqueting tables laid to a very high standard with chairs covered by Dawn from Creative Cover Hire. This table was decorated with one of our tall Martini Vase designs filled with a plethora of autumnal flowers and materials, luscious Classic Hydrangeas, Astilbe, Love in the Mist, Stocks, Heather, Roses, Dangly Amaranthus and fresh autumnal foliages.

 I love those mirrors just behind this lovely Baroque style candelabra again dressed in a complimentary style including Astrantia, Dill, Astilbe, Stocks, Heathers, Roses and Nerines

 As you look at Eaves Hall the Ball Room is to the left and the Dining Room is to the right

 How spectacular would your wedding photographs be??

 There are very few wedding venues with gardens as exquisite as this

 The Ballroom from the back to the front

 The back of the Ball Room

 Every part of Eaves Hall is just stunning

 Even the corridors look majestic

 A little more of the dining room

 I have a bit of a thing about light fittings!!!

 Oak panelled staircases with fabulous chandeliers

 A very gentlemanly area me thinks!

So a fabulous new wedding venue on your radar, if you're planning a wedding and haven't chosen a venue yet it's certainly worth a look, and if like me you love beautiful spaces and country houses I think it'll be love at first sight!!

Check out the Eaves Hall Website

Eaves Hall is on Eaves Hall Lane in the village  of West Bradford just near Clitheroe, Lancashire BB7 3JG. Telephone 01200 425271 email weddings@eaveshall.co.uk

As part of The World’s Biggest Coffee Morning run nationally by Macmillan Cancer Support, Kathleen Warburton and a group of friends are doing their bit locally by organizing a Ribble Valley’s Biggest Coffee Morning to be held at Eaves Hall Country Hotel, West Bradford, Clitheroe this coming Friday 30th September from 10.30 in the morning until 2 o’clock in the afternoon.



It’s not just coffee and biscuits, there will be discreet entertainment; a wine expert from Byrnes of Clitheroe will attempt to de-mystify his trade; you will be able to taste and buy cheese from Gornalls which was founded by Lancashire’s Mr Cheese, Joseph Gornall; Cake stalls and cookery demonstrations by the resident chef as well as other attractions to keep you busy.


If the weather is as good as forecast, you can have a relaxing game of Bowls or Pitch & Putt or simply stroll round the beautiful gardens.


But not forgetting that the event is out to raise over £1000 for this wonderful charity so we will be trying to extract money from you by offering superb prizes kindly donated by local businesses. The prizes on offer are Champagne Dinner Bed & Breakfast for Two in a Luxury Suite at Mitton Hall and so not to be outdone Eaves Hall are matching the offer as is The Royal Hotel in Kirby Lonsdale. The Waddington Arms can’t compete with the big boys but they are still offering a night for two with dinner. Some of the other local businesses who have donated prizes are The Lower Buck, The Coffee Exchange, Hansons Garden Centre & Melt the Candle Maker at Backridge

We hope you'll be able to make it!!!

Emma & Matthew McLaren's Autumn Fall Wedding Day at Lytham Hall

Emma & Matthew both live in Australia so we've enjoyed lots of E-mail correspondence leading up to this gorgeous wedding day, Emma really wanted to celebrate the season making the most of the rich russets, deep ochres and and ruby reds whilst including a selection of typically Antipodean and native English blooms and foliages, you can imagine we had great fun in putting these ideas into physical designs.
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So representing Australia I included Angiozanthos known as Kangaroo Paw, Eucalyptus aka Blue Gum Tree, Black Dahlias, Gladioli and Koala Grass.

Our English Heritage was spectacularly epitomized by the truly glorious deep red Rose Grand Prix, the tiny floribunda Rose Red Sensation and Black Baccara, Fresh Fragrant Rosemary, Monbretia, Snowberry, Viburnum Opulus Berry, Hawthorn, Hypericum, Red Robin and Ruby Crystal Nerines.

I also included some exquisite Mokara Orchids from Singapore to cover the bit in-between!

The Bridal Bouquet Presentation, always a nerve racking moment... Emma's fabulous Mum, Wendy, I made a light and delicate corsage for her of sweet scented Stephanotis and Red Sensation Rose Buds

The Father of the Bride Chris was still in his dressing gown so Wendy had to don his jacket for me to pin on the Rose boutonniere The Bridesmaids were presented with their bouquets
And then a little FD bouquet holding lesson
Then to the majestic surroundings of Lytham Hall The scene was set in the Upper West Wing of Lytham Hall for the ceremony

I'd continued the English & Antipodean vibe using Australian Brush, Gladioli, Amaryllis, Roses and Euphorbia Fulgens in the tall free standing designs that would frame the actual ceremony.
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On the registrars table we'd created a simple textured bowl of Dahlias, Euphorbia Fulgens, Leucaspernum, Hydrangeas, Scorpion Orchids and Roses

The chairs were dressed by Creative Cover Hire and finished off with small posies of Amaranthus, Anthurium, Grand Prix & Black Baccara Roses and Viburnum Opulus Berries.

Then Our Emma & Our Emily went down to the front gates to meet Emma's handsome Groom Matthew and his Groom's Men to pin on their Boutonniere's

We used Black baccara Roses, Amaranthus, Hypericum and Eucalyptus Foliage

Then the haevens opened in a typical show of very English weather

Moments later our groom was punching the sun kissed air in a show of triumph with the re-emergence of Summer (brought along of course by the Australian contingent!)

My great friend Stephanie Ashton of the now world famous Ashton Photography was back down to shirtsleeves as the weather just got better and better

Steve Ashton capturing the boys

The Mother of the Groom Barbara was wearing a fabulous corsage of Ocean Song Roses, Hydrangea and Stephanotis

The two magnificent Mums

The Bridesmaids arrived wearing flowers in their hair, Morkara Dinisii looked just perfect

A Red Rose Boutonniere of the exceptionally brilliant Ben Glover of Rowley's Catering

The Bridesmaid's bouquets looked superb with the deep claret gowns

The little flower girl Elora being given her delicate little posy of Red Sensation and Ruby Crystal NerinesThe gorgeous Bridesmaids Caroline, Carrie and Sue

Even the Bridesmaid with a broken arm looked completely fabulous

The beautiful Bride Emma arrived

I loved this cascade bouquet it worked perfectly with Emma's stunning gown

The Reception was held in the Lower West Wing, where we'd decorated the tables with tall elegant candlesticks topped with spheres of Hydrangeas, Germinis, Monbretia, Anthuriums, Astilbe, Euphorbia and Dahlias, totally scrummy!

Gingerbread men table favours

Malcom & Emma moved the freestanding pedestals to their new positions around the Hall

How gorgeous!

The sky was still blue and the sun shining as the guests spilled out on to the front of Lytham Hall for the drinks reception

Miniature Cottage Pies how very English

Huge and massive congratulations to the Brand New Mr & Mrs McLaren, many thanks for choosing Flower Design to style the flowers for your "Big Day"