The journal
Notes from
the estate.
Real weddings, honest pricing, planning advice and what is growing in the walled garden this month.


Planning
How we plan a rain day (and why we call it at noon)
Every outdoor part of the day has a roofed twin a short walk away. Here is how the switch works.

Real weddings
A late-summer wedding in the walled garden
Garden vows, a long supper and sparklers under the pears.

Pricing
What a winter wedding at Wrenfield costs
Real numbers for a December Saturday for 70 guests, line by line.

Planning
Twelve questions to ask on your first viewing
The things couples wish they’d asked: curfew, corkage, set-up times and more.

Food
Our kitchen garden, month by month
What we grow, when it lands on your menu and what we buy from neighbours.

The estate
The history of the Hayloft
From threshing floor to dance floor: 240 years of one barn.
Rather see it than read about it?
Viewings Thursday to Sunday.