Wakehurst Place

26 Jul 2011, MR AND MRS JOHN rated Wakehurst Place  

OUR FAIRYTALE WEDDING JULY 23RD 2011
After viewing Wakehurst Place, my partner and I just fell in love with it! The mansion is spetacular, and being surrounded by a stunning lake and pretty gardens made it even more perfect. Katie and Caroline were fantastic through the planning stages and on the big day! The food is outstanding, waiters very polite,glasses were always topped up and never went empty! Lots of praise from our guests about the food as it truly was delicious! Our wedding day was everything we wished for and more,from my husband and I, Thank you to all staff at Wakehurst Place.

26 Jul 2011, lucy john rated Wakehurst Place  

My Fairytale Wedding. July 23rd 2011
After viewing Wakehurst Place, my partner and I just fell in love with it! The mansion is spetacular, and being surrounded by a stunning lake and pretty gardens made it even more perfect. Katie and Caroline were fantastic through the planning stages and on the big day! The food is outstanding, waiters very polite,glasses were always topped up and never went empty! Lots of praise from our guests about the food as it truly was delicious! Our wedding day was everything we wished for and more,from my husband and I, Thank you to all staff at Wakehurst Place.

17 Oct 2010, Jean Marc and Rhiannon Guibert rated Wakehurst Place  

Beautiful place for a wedding
We had a really lovely wedding at Wakehurst Place. The house and gardens are stunning, the food was very good and the service excellent. We particularly appreciated the way the organisers took care of everything and allowed us to relax and enjoy our day. Everything was so perfect that we did not even notice the bad weather, and had a beatiful drinks reception in the hall and library. We would thoroughly recommend Wakehurst Place for a wedding. Thank you Katie and Caroline.

11 Oct 2010, Terry Jones rated Wakehurst Place  

Wakehurst’s Place Elizabethan Mansion came to life
Our daughter Ceri married Andrew Morgan at Wakehurst Place on 17th April. A day that turned out to be a beautiful sunny spring day with a clear blue sky – no vapour trails! Our guests commented on the fabulous location, the catering and the fantastic service provided by the staff. We were challenged by the Icelandic volcano preventing some guests from travelling on time. This resulted in last minute removal of some place settings, only for two to be restored very soon afterwards, with the surprise arrival of close relatives from New Zealand! All this was managed very quietly and efficiently by the Wakehurst team. The mansion house really comes alive when it is set out for wedding celebrations and the Wakehurst team helped us party until very late that evening. It was a fabulous day.

01 Sep 2010, Michelle and Rob rated Wakehurst Place  

We had searched the internet to find the perfect venue for our special day and although we only wanted a small wedding, the venue still had to be special. We hit the nail on the head when we came upon Wakehurst Place. Normally planning a wedding can be stressful but Katie Ratcliffe, the Wedding Coordinator made our day run like clockwork. The food and all the table attire was coordinated by Caroline Gorman from Company of Cooks who are the on-site caterers. Our guests all commented on how beautiful the rooms looked and especially how delicious the food was. Our day was topped off by having a harpist, Anna, from Prelude Entertainment, playing our choice of background music throughout the service, drinks reception and wedding breakfast….it was just perfect! We could not fault our day and even the sun came out for us to have our photographs taken around the grounds. Wakehurst Place is the sister site to Kew Gardens, and as you would expect, the grounds are magnificent. One thing that dampened our day was that my new husband had been taken ill the week of the wedding. It was touch and go whether he would actually make day but both Katie and Caroline were very understanding and even suggested that, under the circumstances, we could rearrange the day at very short notice should it be necessary. Thankfully, we didn’t have to take up their offer but just knowing that they would be so accommodating was a huge weight off our minds and we can’t thank them enough for that. We can honestly say, without any question or hesitation, Wakehurst Place, for us, was the perfect setting to get married and we would whole-heartedly recommend it to anyone.

15 Aug 2010, Karl and Isabelle rated Wakehurst Place  

Our perfect wedding at Wakehurst
As soon as we visited Wakehurst we knew it was the perfect setting for our wedding. Once we had booked it the organisers were incredibly helpful in getting everything together, including some very last-minute changes to the guest-list! We wanted to do a few things ourselves, and Wakehurst were very accommodating about this where other venues would not have been. The food and drink were both excellent, receiving a lot of praise from our guests. Wakehurst may look grand (it looks great in our wedding pictures!), but we felt the day was very relaxed and intimate, which was exactly what we wanted. Thank you very much for a perfect day.

26 Jul 2010, Al & Lindsay Burks rated Wakehurst Place  

Fantastic Venue
We got married in June in the gorgeous setting of Wakehurst Place. From the moment we first visited Wakehurst we knew this was the place we wanted to get married. The staff were extremly helpful during the planning and were amazing on the day. The food and service was also second to none. All our guests have commented on how beautiful Wakehurst was and what a great time they had. Without a doubt we would recommend Wakehurst Place to any couple looking for the perfect venue.

01 Jul 2010, Zara Dalrymple rated Wakehurst Place  

Dancing girls from Zara Flora
Friday night was best....we felt like Royalty, with our hampers and our very fetching plastic macs..and the music was so awesome that we couldn't sit down....dancing, dancing, dancing girls. Thank you for making us feel all special (not that we are not special you understand - well special in some ways at least....actually in many ways) Phew, that was a BALL!

01 Jul 2010, Caroline rated Wakehurst Place  

Music Festival
I just wanted to say a big thank you for your hospitality on Friday, I had a lovely evening and it was a great experience! - I hope you have now recovered!

01 Jul 2010, Alison Best rated Wakehurst Place  

Fantastic venue for any event
Thank you for a lovely evening on Friday night, is was a shame it rained but it did not seem to bother us as the music and company were great.

26 Jun 2010, Rebecca and Marcus Breeds rated Wakehurst Place  

We would highly recommend Wakehurst as a venue!
Wakehurst Place is not only one of the most beautiful and fairytale settings you could wish for, but the staff are fantastic as well. They made the arrangements stress free, offered guidance and help throughout and were always available to assist. Then on the day they were available but subtle and the food was fantastic! You really could not want for any more before or on your special day! We would highly recommend Wakehurst Place as venue to anyone and everyone.

06 Jun 2010, Laura & Seymour Orton rated Wakehurst Place  

Beautiful surroundings for our amazing day!
Wakehurst Place is a stunning venue, the gardens and mansion are just fabulous and perfect for a wedding. The staff helped both before, and on the day, to make it stress-free. Would recommend it to everyone. Wakehurst was definitely the icing on the cake to make our day even more perfect.