VENUE: Wilderness Wood, Main Road, Hadlow Down, Uckfield TN22 4HJ

DATE: 02/09/23

CEREMONY: 1pm

ARRIVAL BY: 12:30pm

ATTIRE: Garden party come festival in a field. Bring your glitter & wellies.

FRIYAY: For those joining us on Friday we will be hosting some fun activities from 2pm so that family and friends have a chance to meet and settle in before the big day. You might also be roped into helping set up some decorations :)

(We know that not everyone will be able to take this day off work, so please arrive whenever you want)

From 1pm: Arrivals

2pm-4pm: Weather permitting the 2023 Shell & Dop games commence

  • Table Tennis

  • Axe Throwing

  • Bouls

  • Smite/Molkky

  • Articulate

  • Flower Crown Making

(get stuck in or just chill out)

4pm-6pm: Cricket - Join a team or cheer from the side lines!

6pm: Dinner! BYOB & BYOF. The bbq in the cookhouse will be lit for everyone, too (utensils are there). Or you are welcome to order in or head off-site to one of the local countryside pubs.

7:30: Women Circle with Charlotte, all women welcome to join, we will meet at the cook house with our flower crowns.

7:30pm-9:30pm: Evening hang out!

SATURDAY

12:30pm - Final arrival time.


1pm: Ceremony

Dry Ceremony - Bat Wood (please note this requires about a 5 min, woodland walk. Reasonably accessible and flat. Alex will be making the walk down to the ceremony spot around 12:40 if you wanted to join him for the walk)

Rain Ceremony - Meeting House

2pm-3pm: Celebratory drinks by The Barn.

3pm: Food is served by @urbanstreatery. Note that there is no seating plan apart from one reserved table for immediate family, so get to know your neighbour and sit where you like.

4:30/5pm: Speeches

6pm: Organic beats with @Bastiancreations

7-10pm: Silent Disco

8pm: Salt Beef Bagels (VG & V options available)

10pm-12pm: Music & dancing ends, but we are welcome to head down to the camping paddock for fire pits & ghost stories.

12pm: Strict end so that we can let people sleep.

Note on taxis: Firstly, we would recommend booking taxis in advance. Secondly, there are residents on site, so, if you’re a night owl and you want to stay on site after 10pm, then PLEASE make sure you exit quietly and try to meet your taxi at the entrance to the wood.

For those staying on site: Please be mindful and respectful of other campers when it comes to bedtime. Especially the night before the wedding.

Parking - There is parking onsite, right next to the reception area. You’re welcome to leave you’re car there overnight.

Off site accommodation - We know a lot of you have already sorted this, but if not, we do have a few people staying at the Buxted Inn.

Camping - You will be camping in lower paddock and we will reserve the top tier for families, or those who might want an early night.

Showers - The bath house is our favourite structure in the wood, and it is entirely sustainably run. Because of this, the water heater is heated using a log burner. We will be employing a fire starter (Paul, I’m looking at you) who will hopefully make sure this stays hot for the morning of the wedding. That said, I thought it worth warning you in advance.

Mirrors - It’s a wood, it’s not full of them. I’ll bring what I can, but maybe prep for this.

Stilettos - I promise you will regret this decision. A wedge or a block heel should be fine, but a thin stiletto is asking for trouble. Think woodland walk!

Gifts - If you would like to contribute towards the deposit of our first home, this would be very much appreciated. However, if you feel that there is something you wish to share with us, other than than money, then we welcome the surprise and thank you in advance for your generosity and thoughtfulness.

We in no way want anyone to contribute, be it financially or otherwise, if you feel that you are unable to for any reason.

Sharing our day with you will fill us up sufficiently!

Wilderness Wood is a wonderful venue with a wonderful community.

check out more about the venue here:- https://www.wildernesswood.org