Homme House, Homme House, Much Marcle, Ledbury (2024)

17/08/2024

A very happy 3rd wedding anniversary to the lovely E&A, captured by Katrina here in the Library with a gorgeous bouquet by Jenny Fleur.

06/08/2024

H&W leading their guests through the Walled Garden Orchard following their Summerhouse ceremony.

The Walled Garden has been planted with 30 different varieties of apples alongside pears, plums, peaches, mulberries and medlars. The fruit from the trees is harvested in October to make our Homme Pommes apple juice.

28/07/2024

Today we were delighted to welcome B&A back to Homme House for an overnight stay in our Summerhouse ready to celebrate their first anniversary tomorrow!

26/07/2024

Hay cutting is about to begin so we're enjoying the last few days of long golden grass.

The Parkland in front of Homme House is a view that changes through the year. The foreground is full of wild daffodils in March before the parkland trees come into leaf in April and the parkland grass is grown for hay through the summer months. Then the colours of autumn are enjoyed through September and October, with the central "Red Oak" as the star performer.

The trees in the foreground are part of a line forming the "Coronation" planting for Queen Elizabeth II back in 1953.

21/06/2024

We are now just over a week away from our Roaring 20s Summer Ball - the Hommedinger - in aid of St. Michael's Hospice.

Our fundraising site is now live. We would love you to enter our Prize Draw and bid on our Silent Auction, both of which are open to all!

All the details can be found here:
https://www.thehommedinger.co.uk/

We are enormously grateful to the many generous donors of the fantastic prizes on offer, and to all those who have provided such incredible support as we aim to raise as much money for the Hospice as possible in their 40th anniversary year.

10/06/2024

Happy 1st anniversary to lovely H&N who got married at Putley Church on 10th June 2023 and held their reception at Homme House, photographed here by with flowers by Gill Ross Floral Design. We are delighted that they will be returning on the 29th June to join us for the Hommedinger!

27/05/2024

Last call for tickets to the Hommedinger!

We still have some tickets available for our 1920s Ball in aid of St. Michael's Hospice on Saturday 29th June (7pm-2am). Ticket sales close on Friday 31st May so get yours while you can!

All of the details are available on our website:
https://hommehouse.co.uk/hommedinger/

We look forward to seeing everyone on what we hope will be a very special evening.

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22/05/2024

20 years ago today Alex and Gary joined us at the start of a new chapter of life at Homme, as we opened our home for the first time for their wedding celebrations.

We have spent a little time today reflecting on all that has happened since, what an adventure it has been, and how much we have to be grateful for. We want to thank Alex and Gary, and every couple who has since chosen Homme for such a special occasion, for the love, life and laughter they have filled our home with. It is thanks to your choice and your support that the house, Summerhouse and gardens have made their way back from a state of near dereliction at the end of the last century to the place Homme is today.

Over the years the house, Summerhouse and St. Bartholomew's Church have been captured in many beautiful illustrations in the stationery for weddings taking place at Homme. Featured here is a delightful selection designed by Amber Rankin () as a personal commission for Emily's & Will's wedding in April earlier this year.

In celebration of 20 years of weddings at Homme we would love to stage a digital exhibition of the diverse ways in which the place has been artistically captured. If you have a sketch, pen drawing, watercolour, gouache, oil or digital illustration you would like to share we would love to see it! Drop us an email at [email protected]. We look forward to sharing the results in due course.

15/05/2024

We have been busy getting the gardens ready for a visit from the who are hosting their AGM here today.

It's a lovely time of year, with the parkland and gardens in their first flush with the promise of (fingers crossed) summer ahead. In May last year the guests at A&J's wedding walked back through the parkland in beautiful sunshine after their marriage service at St. Bartholomew's and up into the Walled Garden for reception drinks.

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04/05/2024

We always enjoy seeing the different views of the gardens captured by videographers and photographers at Homme House. This aerial footage of the Walled Garden was taken by and shows the structure of the espaliered apple trees, the long herbaceous borders, the wild flower meadow, pleached hornbeam, cherry walkway and plum walkway.

The Walled Garden would have once been a kitchen garden, requiring 6 full time gardens to maintain it (we now have 1 part time!). Census data from 1901 shows that there were 19 gardeners living the parish of Much Marcle at that time, presumably the majority of them working at Homme. However the decimation of man power and funds in the wake of WW1 precipitated the decline of many walled gardens around the country, including ours. In recent history the walled garden was cultivated as an orchard in the 1980s and then for Christmas trees in the 1990s. The Christmas trees were removed in the early 2000s and for that decade the walled garden remained a derelict space waiting for restoration funds to build up from the newly established wedding business. The current planting scheme in the Walled Garden began in 2011 to coincide with the restoration of the Summerhouse. We have enjoyed hosting many "Walled Garden Weekends" with our friends over the years - we are so grateful to them for the hard work that has gone into transforming the garden into the glorious space it is today.

27/04/2024

Known as "the steps to nowhere" at the top of our Walled Garden - perfect for group photos as photographed here by on S&J's wedding day.

22/04/2024

It's always very special for us when couples keep in touch after their wedding.

Today we had a lovely visit from Laura and Andy and their rescue dog Daisy to celebrate their 4th wedding anniversary. We went for a walk together in the Homme woodlands and visited the bluebell glade where they had a very intimate civil ceremony back in 2021 with just their 2 mums present as witnesses.

We then welcomed them back again in March 2022 for a larger wedding celebration with friends and family.

Married life has been full of adventures so far - not least the adoption of Daisy, a rescue all the way from Spain. She already has a much larger following on Instagram than we will ever have! Follow her story

19/04/2024

Sean and his lovely team from were here this morning erecting our first marquee of the year for C&H's wedding reception tomorrow. Harrison Marquees have supported us throughout our 20 years of hosting weddings, in addition to supplying marquees for our charity balls.

We are so glad to be working with them again for the Hommedinger, our Ball taking place on 29th June this year in aid of and in memory of John Finnigan.

Here's a selection of photos by of K&P's wedding back in May 2022 with Sean's marquee beautifully decorated with flowers from Hannah

16/04/2024

At this time of year the woodland above the Main Lawn is carpeted in white wild garlic flowers which make a very pretty backdrop for wedding portraits (and a delicious edition to salads!)

12/04/2024

Weather permitting we will be having our first ceremony on the Summerhouse lawn tomorrow. For garden ceremonies the signing of the marriage register can either take place outside with the backdrop of the Summerhouse and Walled Garden or, like C&J, as a more intimate moment inside the Summerhouse Upper Chamber and captured here in the September sun by

10/04/2024

A big thank you to the brilliant team from for helping to make our first wedding of 2024 such a success last weekend.

We are absolutely delighted to be working with the team on the delicious menu for our St. Michael's Hospice fundraising Ball, The Hommedinger, on Saturday 29th June this year. There are still tickets available if you would like to join us - see hommehouse.co.uk/hommedinger for details.

The AtoZest team always go above and beyond for couples at Homme - the creation of salmon wrapped bonio canapés for K&C's dogs being a particular highlight back in 2022 😁, as captured here by , with flowers by

09/04/2024

The parkland setting at Homme offers ever changing views, with subtle and beautiful shifts in the changing light, weather conditions and seasons of the year. Scroll for some seasonal highlights!

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Charlie - the bad ones 😁

08/04/2024

A few ideas for top table seating in the Homme House Dining Room:

The curved top table with space for 10 guests has been custom made to fit into the bay window. R&L chose a beautiful floral garland by our local as decoration along the curved front, captured here by .photography

L&B chose to seat their wedding party around an oval table with the backdrop of the Main Lawn and meadows by Sacha from , captured here by

S&J chose a sweetheart table for two with the backdrop of the marble fireplace and gilt antique mirror, captured here by

And we love that the ladies are being included in the speeches!

01/04/2024

There are plenty of lovely spots around the garden to host an outdoor drinks reception at Homme. These photos show a selection, including the Main Lawn at K&R's wedding photographed by , the Upper Lawn at M&J's wedding as photographed by and the Summerhouse Lawn at A&J's wedding photographed by

28/03/2024

Speeches in the Spring sunshine on the Homme House Main Lawn at R&S's April wedding.

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27/03/2024

We are having a party and would love you to join us!

In 2024 Homme turns 450, we will celebrate our 20th anniversary of hosting weddings at Homme, and St. Michael's Hospice will turn 40. Feels like enough of an excuse for a party 😁...

Join us on the 29th June for THE HOMMEDINGER, a Roaring 20s Charity Fundraising Ball in celebration of 20 years. Drinks and canapés on arrival will be followed by a delicious 3 course meal served by the wonderful team from A2Zest. The evening will unfold with silent and live charity auctions, cash/card bar serving signature cocktails and a range of other drinks, as well as live music provided by Olivier award winner Lorna Want, and Electroswing DJ Jamie Berry. Dinner and dancing will be in a marquee on the Main Lawn, with the surrounding gardens open for a wander in the (fingers crossed!) evening sunshine.

All profits from ticket sales, auction and bar sales will be donated to St. Michael's in its 40th anniversary year as part of our 2024 fundraising drive.

Tickets are £110 and can be booked at hommehouse.co.uk/hommedinger - come with a significant other, or with friends and family in up to a table of 10.

We are enormously grateful to our generous event sponsors:

Westons Cider
Brightwells Auctioneers https://www.brightwells.com/
JB Gaynan & Son
John Goodwin
PRB Horseboxes
Park View Financial Services https://parkviewfs.com/

We hope to see you there!

25/03/2024

Our pleached hornbeam avenue is just starting to show signs of coming into leaf. We planted this avenue of trees with a group of friends at one of our first "Walled Garden Weekends" way back in 2012. Planting in a perfect straight line proved a bit of a challenge and involved a bit of subsequent tweaking by our gardener! The trees were initially encouraged to grow together using bamboo canes as a frame but these days the raised hedge is well established and only needs an annual prune to keep it in shape.

22/03/2024

Due to a cancellation we have one date available in 2024 - Saturday 19th October. If you are hoping for a beautiful autumn wedding we would love to hear from you!

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20/03/2024

Today we are hosting the first of our 2024 fundraising events in aid of St. Michael's Hospice - a gathering for 82 sharp-minded Bridge players.

The event is in memory of Anne James, a dear friend of Homme and organiser of the BE Horse Trials here over many years, who died last year. Her joie de vivre and kindness remain an inspiration to us all.

https://www.justgiving.com/page/hommehouse

13/03/2024

We are blessed to have so many beautiful churches in the vicinity perfect for marriage services. Our Rector Val Tait looks after the Cider Churches Benefice, which include St. Bartholomew's at the bottom of our parkland drive as well as a number of others in the area - Aylton, Little Marcle, Pixley, Putley, Wellington Heath and Yatton. The churches all have a slightly different feel, from the simple beauty of All Saints Yatton to the grandeur of St. Bartholomew's and its famous yew.

1-3 - St. Bartholomew's ,
4-6 - All Saints, Yatton
7-9 - Putley

09/03/2024

The Old Dough Hook Pizza van keeping evening energy levels up at B&A's wedding reception. There is plenty of space on the gravel at the front of the house for street food vans as a fun and delicious way to keep guests going in the evening. We've had everything from burgers to burritos but nothing beats a wood fired pizza from Iain.

27/01/2024

A classic springtime combination of green & white for J&C's wedding last year - toning in nicely with the Homme House Bridal Suite 😉

19/01/2024

B&A in the Summerhouse Wild Flower Meadow at Golden Hour.
One of the most romantic photos from last year.

16/01/2024

It's more wintry-house than summer-house at the moment but the woodburner is keeping off the chill ready for our wedding couples to enjoy this year. Here are I&W having a romantic moment in warmer times.

13/01/2024

2024 will mark 20 years since we hosted our first wedding at Homme, so this will be a year of celebration - particularly of my parents John and Jocelyn, whose vision, love and hard graft have been the backbone of the restoration of the house, gardens and wider grounds over the last two decades.

None of it would be possible without the wonderful couples who choose to host their weddings here. We are enormously grateful to all of you who have made that choice - your celebrations have filled Homme with love, laughter and happiness over so many years, and your support has allowed us to gently nurture and care for the place we call home, providing it with a sustainable future.

Here we give a special mention to Alex & Gary, who took a leap of faith back in 2004 as our very first wedding couple. The Hall may be a little less peach than it was in those days and the world has changed considerably, but our shared philosophy about weddings remains unchanged - uniquely personal and special celebrations of mutual love and commitment, witnessed and celebrated by those we love the most.

Alex & Gary returned to Homme with their children for our 10 year anniversary celebrations back in 2014, and Alex was game enough to join others in sporting her wedding dress for a group photograph on the flying staircase. We hope to welcome all those who have formed a special connection with Homme over the last 20 years back this year to renew their bond, reminisce and help us celebrate this wonderful next milestone.

We will be in touch with details of the celebrations planned in due course!

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