Countdown
To the most special day of our lives
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Glimpse of Us
Our Journey
2019
The wrong door
He was looking for the lecture hall and found the fernery instead. She was already in there, sketching, and didn't look up for a full minute.
2022
Everything we grew
A windowsill, then a balcony, then a small and increasingly ambitious greenhouse. We're better at keeping things alive together.
2026
The yes
Under the glass dome on a wet Tuesday, with the rain drumming overhead and nobody else there at all.
“Come find us where the glass keeps summer all year.”
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Order of Events
4:00
Guest arrivals
Elderflower cordial among the ferns
4:30
Ceremony
Vows beneath the palm canopy
6:00
Dinner
A long table down the centre aisle
8:30
First dance
Under the lit glass, in the green
11:30
Farewell
Out through the garden gates
Event Details
June 5, 2027
Ceremony begins at 4:00 PM
The Palm House
Arboretum Place, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
Dinner is served
The Menu
To begin
Garden pea & mint velouté
With crushed broad beans and a curl of lemon oil
The main
Herb-crusted lamb
Or roast celeriac with wild garlic — both with buttered new potatoes
To finish
Elderflower posset
Gooseberry compote and a shortbread leaf
Everything on the table was grown within twenty miles of the glasshouse.
With love
Gifts
You, here, under the glass — that's the whole gift.
If you'd like to mark the day, we're planting an orchard rather than filling a cupboard, and a tree in your name would outlive us both.
Be our guest
RSVP
Kindly respond by June 1, 2027.