Venues
Hendall Manor Barns is an immacutely restored stone barn, expertly run on the edge of Ashdown Forest.
Falconhurst Manor, where you can have a marquee on the lawns, drinks amongst the flower-filled borders and admire the stunning views. It is a romantic English-country wedding dream and the church is just a short walk away in Markbeech. They also have a wonderful farm shop.
High Hurstwood Village Hall is a pretty Sussex-style barn on the village green.
Barcombe Village Hall is a modern architect-designed sustainable building in pretty countryside with great facilities.
The Sussex Barn is a beautiful 400-year-old, Grade 2 listed, oak-framed barn situated on a working farm.
Firle Estate, prettily seated at the foot of The Downs for a Sussex wedding, in either their Georgian-stone riding school or a marquee on the lawns.
Marquees
Other hire equipment
jubileehire.co.uk is a great support and supply good quality furniture, kitchen equipment, china and glasses, and linen.
Florist
In the East Sussex countryside, from her own flower farm, Zelie creates wild and romantic arrangements. www.thehomegrownfloristcompany.co.uk
Beer
Three Acre Brewery is a new discovery, set on a nearby farm. We have happily tried and tested their range of beers and they can supply bottles, mini casks or a 72 pint firkin to your event.
Other people I like
Tiyeni is a Malawian NGO who have, with their low-tech and low-cost methods, changed many rural lives in Malawi. The huge increases in yields are achieved by nurturing soils, rather than by adding expensive inputs and their techniques are helping to stop the huge erosion problems in the areas reached so far.
Knepp Estate is an inspiration and if you have not been already then do visit their re-wilded estate. Their new regenerative farming venture will help to demonstrate to other farmers how we can work with nature with care for the soil to produce remarkable food.
Allens Farm Oast is a beautifully kept and luxurious holiday let for 8, nestled into Wealden farmland.
Freight HHG in Lewes, for household goods made in the UK, made to be treasured and to last, with an aesthetic of the past retold through Helene and Adele’s eyes.