Country Space

28/08/2024

Don’t forget to hire a good photographer! You’ll want to capture every special moment of your wedding day. Make sure to check out their portfolio first.

21/08/2024

We love Moot Brew Co at Court Farm Butchery & Country Larder

21/08/2024

We love Court Farm Butchery & Country Larder and meal deals!!!!

23/04/2024

🌎 Earth Day 🌳 We thought this was a good opportunity to talk a little bit about our landlord and farmer Andrew Lingham. We’re uniquely fortunate to have Andrew as our landlord as he is one of the leading Regenerative Farmers in the UK. Regen Agriculture is a holistic conservational approach to food and farming. Rather than using nasty pesticides or chemicals Regenerative Farming uses natural solutions to help improve soil health and promote biodiversity. This not only increases the soil vitality and yield but increases its resilience to to climate change whilst mitigating the impact farming has on the local environment, like soil run off for example. Regenerative Farming really is the future of farming. We do our best to help Andrew in his endeavours by composting all of our spent grains, and re-using waste water on the farm; all of which is full of nutrients which would have otherwise gone to landfill. If you’d like to find out a little more about Andrew and his farm follow the link in our bio!

Peace ✌️

23/04/2024

Looking for brides any stage of their wedding planning, who would like to be involved in informal interview on your top tips, tricks and sharing best practices for other brides out there...

19/04/2024

Nigel Akehurst visits Court Farm to find out more about his natural systems-based approach to mixed farming and creating a regenerative food hub.

04/04/2024

Grow your own flowers for your wedding with Court Farm Butchery & Country Larder

We have something new. 🌸 😀
We have a beautiful selection of bedding plants, as well as some frangrant and delicious potted herbs for sale at the farm shop. If there is anything you would like to see us selling, let us know.
Come on up. Don’t forget we are not open on Easter Sunday.

04/04/2024

22/02/2024

⭐⭐⭐COMPETITION ⭐⭐

It's competition time!!!

That's right we are teaming up with The Restaurant MS to offer one of our newly engaged couples a night of celebration and indulgence.

Enjoy a complimentary meal for both of you, prepared by Michelin Star Chef Patron Mark Sargent at his beautiful restaurant The Restaurant MS Folkestone.

💥YOU'LL WIN💥

🥂Enjoy a glass of Sparkling English Wine
👨‍🍳Dining from their Prestige Menu
🍾A bottle of wine

All you need to do is.👇

🏷️Tag your special someone

🥰Share to your story and mention

🐑Follow both Space and RestaurantMS_

Save the post so you don't forget!!!

The lucky winner will be announced on Thursday 7th March

Get sharing!!!
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19/02/2024

Today we are helping you through some common challenges when it comes to The guestlist.

👶Children

Saying no to children is becoming more popular. Creating more of an adult environment and less disruption at the ceremonies, plus what parent doesn't need a night without children?

We suggest, politely detailing this on your save the date cards.

👫Plus 1s

Bringing a date a long or a fresh relationship plus 1 can add expense to the day, we suggest having plus for immediate family and close friends.

Pop on your invitations individually if that guest has a plus one.

👨‍👩‍👦‍👦Family Involvement

Suddenly lots of distant cousins have been invited.
Remember this is your day and you can ask your family to respect that and your guests.

01/02/2024

How to find the right venue package.

Getting the best offer for the right price on the date you want can be overwhelming.

💰You need to take in to consideration costs

🍽️3 courses are traditional but costly.
🍱Grazing Tables like are great penny savers and look elegant.
🐖Hog roasts can be a focal point and save pennies

Are you offering canapes. Check out our advice tab to find out more on this.

Remember using a caterer can be less expensive and much better quality than an established venue catering team.

Don't miss our post on Saturday

How to make enquiries

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31/01/2024

This February we will be going through all the Wedding Planning Prep to help get you started.

Each week we will be going through a different stage of Wedding Planning.

💒Researching Venues

🌾Choosing Locations

🥂Different offers and packages out there

💰Setting Budgets Guest list and how to manage this.

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By doing this you are helping to grow Country Space

Spread awareness of our mission to tackle and rid us all of those monstrous fees!!!

Help local farmers get the income and support they need to support their communities

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30/01/2024

How to find the right venue for your Wedding!

🪧Creat a mood board of your ideal settings.

⛪We have given you a few outside ideas such as
-Historic Ruins
-Woodlands
-Countryside

📍Think about the location that works best
-Transport links
-Registry or Church distance
-Car parking
-Hotels

You want to make it easy for guests and yourselves

🏨Accommodation

Does the venue have an option for the bride and groom to stay or perhaps the bridal party.

Thursday will be talking about Packages and offers.

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23/01/2024

20/01/2024

Back to the fun part, dress code

Think about a theme today for your Engagement Party, as simple as a dress code can make an event really stand out,

We love black for men and white for ladies

maybe you want all sparkles and partyware or maybe you don't mind no dress code at all.

Today think about what you think will match you and your partners vibe!!!!

18/01/2024

Youve found a venue, set a budget and youve made a mood board now lets think of the details:

Are you offer food and drink or just drinks

Are you going all out on entertainment:

🎷Band

📷 Photobooths

🎈 Balloons & Decor

Keeping costs down, look at fun entertainment such or QR codes for guests to upload their photos. Just provide a basket of props!

Offer just drinks and nibbles

Make it themed

These are all things to think about for your Engagement Party

17/01/2024

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR ORDERS. WE ARE NOW SOLD OUT.

This weeks £25 meal deal is here. To collect from the farm shop.

Whole chicken or 3 breasts

2 x flash fry ribeye steaks

2 x pork schnitzel. Delicious fried and served with a wedge of lemon

450g Minced beef, pork or turkey, £1.50 premium for lamb.

2 x chicken breasts

6 large free range eggs.

16/01/2024

Goodbye Daydreaming😶‍🌫️ Hello Budgeting!!!

Its daunting planning a wedding let alone an engagement party, and as the months go by the budget can get tighter.

Today write down your wish list, your compromises and your 💯 have to haves.

If you go for an all-in-one venue, drinks and dining package then look out for canapes vs bowl food costs

🍤 Canapes can seem a cheaper alternative to bowl food and classier.
If you try to cheap out with fewer canapes than the recommended allowance per head cost, we would say don't offer them at all, it will show on the night!
Bowl food costs a little more but you can pay for less people as much can go to waste, speak to us on this!!!

🍾 Don't think corkage is cheaper it is much more expensive and not just on wine.

💃 Take a section of a restaurant/ bar rather than a private room, this means a small deposit and no minimum spends

🥂Just offer a welcome drink and let guests do the rest,

13/01/2024

Choosing a venue for your Engagement Party is good practice for the main event, researching venues now will help you identify venue ideas for your Big Day.

When choosing a venue, think about:

🎁 Packages: do you want a venue with all the drinks and food included

🌳 Outside intimate spaces: these can be more affordable, memorable, or something different.
Look at orchards & private dinners, back garden dinner settings

🔓 Private rooms: Private dining or function rooms are a great idea for small parties, you can secure these with small holding deposits and choose whether you offer food.

📆 Dates: Remember minimum spending will be higher on weekends, try Thursdays or even Sunday Brunches these are more affordable.

🍾Corkage: Remember it is cheaper to use the venue drinks, some venues now charge a whooping £12 + for corkage

Corkage doesn't just mean wine!!!

11/01/2024

Congratulations you're engaged and on your exciting Wedding journey!!!

Planning a party shouldn't be stressful, it should be fun.

Today start thinking about the whats, wheres and whose.

Start saving inspirational content, get excited and create mood boards to help you execute the perfect engagement party.

Do all your daydreaming now; before our Budgeting post, coming up on Tuesday 16th Jan

Like and comment on this post so you don't miss our How to Choose a Venue post coming this week.

09/01/2024

This January we will be helping you newly engaged couples with planning tips and ideas for your engagement party.

Some key posts over the month:

🎪Choosing a venue

💰Budgeting tips

🍾Choosing a theme

👰 Dresscodes

Not sure where to start on your wedding journey, like this post to see all our planning content focused on the first hurdle. The Engagement Party 🎉

02/01/2024

💫Happy New Year to everyone!!!💫

Thank you to everyone who has supported us in 2023!
Thank you to all our Clients and their successful events.
Thank you to all our Suppliers and Partners

Wishing everyone a wonderful 2024.🥂

14/12/2023

Did you know we offer Proposal Dinner set ups in the English Countryside. Dreamy right!!!

Why not tag or share with someone who should propose in this way to their forever.

DM us to find out how we make it happen!!!

13/12/2023

We are delighted to announce we are on Hitched!!!

Check out our store front

Link in bio

12/12/2023

This December it's going to be your time, your moment, finally your day has come... You're going to say yes!!!

How to celebrate with friends?

Celebrate with a movie.
Tip: make a film full of joint memories with all your friends family and partners.

Boho Brunch
Why not keep it chilled with this relaxed celebration brunch

Private Dinner
Why not celebrate with close ones in a stunning woodland setting.

Let us know your ideas!!!

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06/12/2023

Cute ways to show off your engagement ring and announcement.

1. The Ring Hand Pose

2. Beach Handprints

3. The Shy Pose

4. Capture the moment through the rings

Share your engagement experiences and inspire others

05/12/2023

How to announce your engagement. 💍

This is the fun part, so here are a few ideas you can to do to announce the big news.

🐶 Get the pets involved.

👪 Why leave the kids out....

💍 Post the the moment!!!

These are just a few ideas. Why not leave a comment on how you did yours.

We love sharing everyone's ideas and hope to build a community for all brides to be, to find tips/ideas from fellow brides.

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