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Harding & Co. Wedding & Party Architects We are passionate, wedding & party architects curating the spectacular across the UK. Established in 2004, Harding & Co.
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has seen Vanessa take her wealth of project management and event experience to become one of the highest regarded and respected outdoor and luxe Wedding and Party Achitects in the UK. As a National wedding expert Vanessa has appeared on BBC Radio, several magazines and featured in the Sunday Times. Based on the Cambridgeshire, Norfolk border, amongst many accolades Vanessa has won many awards incl

uding the International Luxury Travel Guide weddings award, is a double 4CWA award winning wedding planner, and since 2018 has been a wedding awards judge for the National Celebrant Awards, Vanessa also provides tutoring as part of the GNVQ National Civil Celebrants training. Specialising in blank canvas, luxury venue, tipi and marquee style weddings she has a wealth of experience in the additional event production that these more complex weddings require. We love unconventional and we love a weekend long celebration! With our planning and management services we treat each wedding and event as if it is our own. Our weddings are the subject of lots of love and meticulous attention to detail to create exceptional and beautiful fun & relaxed weddings that are personal to the couple they are created for. We are a small and passionate team and we simply adore what we do and our passion for creating exceptional weddings knows no bounds! We work across the UK and are a key choice for couples abroad looking to marry in the UK with clients from America and Germany through to Australia and Vietnam. We can offer as much or as little support as you require for your wedding. We can plan your wedding in its entirety, take over the management in the last 12 weeks or simply take over from you in the final 4 weeks before your wedding and manage the day itself, always with a helping hand along the way. We work with you to create a fabulous, stress free wedding and/or party, one for you and all of your guests to cherish and remember.

Take my hand … Gorgeous K+A after their wedding at Cambridge Cottage, Kew Gardens last weekend.  A fabulous day that saw...
05/06/2024

Take my hand … Gorgeous K+A after their wedding at Cambridge Cottage, Kew Gardens last weekend. A fabulous day that saw our couple and family fly in from America for a very British spring garden themed wedding. Huge thanks to a fabulous team of suppliers:

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Well, its been a hot minute since we posted on here however we've been busy behind the scenes .... Life moves on and we ...
13/04/2024

Well, its been a hot minute since we posted on here however we've been busy behind the scenes ....

Life moves on and we have for personal reasons needed to change the business name to Harding & Co Wedding and Party Architects. This is our beautiful new branding, socials are updated and our new website is on its way .....

Vanessa still heads up the team and we have some beautiful weddings and parties to share with you during 2024.

It’s been a hot minute since we posted but on this day that celebrates love, I wanted to share an image from one of our ...
14/02/2024

It’s been a hot minute since we posted but on this day that celebrates love, I wanted to share an image from one of our weddings last year.

These two beautiful souls have the most amazing love story and I think showed us the greatest love we have ever seen on a wedding day. Their ceremony was the most moving I have ever been privileged to witness 🤍

Our brief was to source a venue that they felt a connection to and for a ceremony that reflected them as a couple and their creativeness.

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Wren Ark taking us back to last summer with S+S’s beautiful table design they were created for their midsummer wedding
27/10/2023

Wren Ark taking us back to last summer with S+S’s beautiful table design they were created for their midsummer wedding

Gorgeous C+J’s wedding from last month 🤍
09/10/2023

Gorgeous C+J’s wedding from last month 🤍

C+C at home for their beautiful wedding.  These two wanted a very relaxed vibe for their day, with a ceremony in the gar...
07/10/2023

C+C at home for their beautiful wedding. These two wanted a very relaxed vibe for their day, with a ceremony in the garden followed by a tipi reception.

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05/10/2023

🧡 E M I L Y 🧡
What an absolute vision! I was so privileged to be a part of Emily & Natalia’s wedding day and I was even more excited when Emily’s makeup brief was orange 🍊 eyeshadow!! Yes! Glittery orange was right up my street and we had fun creating this look
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Sharing more from C+J’s beautiful wedding.We wanted a look that was romantic but yet not feminine and I think our creati...
27/09/2023

Sharing more from C+J’s beautiful wedding.

We wanted a look that was romantic but yet not feminine and I think our creative team got it spot on! Drawing on their favourite colours of teal and green, the interior was based around the linen colours with statement florals at the entrance, on the poles and above the dancefloor with candlelight adding for a soft and inviting dining space.

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13/09/2023

C+J’s awesome day from the beginning of the month - take us back 🤍

BLOG //  Steph + Jeff’s Summer Wedding
05/08/2023

BLOG // Steph + Jeff’s Summer Wedding

This summer wedding was on one of the hottest days of the year and Steph looked amazing in her customised Galia La Hav gown from Browns Bride, London and her Christian Louboutin sneakers

‘Our love has been the most magical, gentle, powerful, peaceful, miraculous experience we would have never even dreamed ...
21/07/2023

‘Our love has been the most magical, gentle, powerful, peaceful,
miraculous experience we would have never even dreamed of
encountering. It has revealed to us the true meaning of life, love,
and has swept us completely off our feet enabling us to understand the meaning of entanglement and the feeling of being completely and
utterly intertwined with one another’
N+E 20.07.23

Yesterday was the most beautiful wedding of two very special people. N+E you were amazing, your love for each other and that of your family and friends was an energy like no other and a day that took us on an emotional rollercoaster. I don’t think I have ever cried so many tears of joy seeing a couple unite; from their legal ceremony to their first look, to their spiritually charged ceremony, to their first dance and speeches 🤍

N+E your love knows no bounds and it has been an honour to take you on your planning journey. May you enjoy a lifetime of adventures together 🤍

We can’t wait to share more of their beautiful day with you. Huge thanks to the team of suppliers:

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BLOG //  Why you should take out wedding insurance
15/07/2023

BLOG // Why you should take out wedding insurance

The majority of couples will tie the knot this year without wedding insurance. The last time a study was conducted in 2010, Datamonitor estimated 3 out of 4 weddings in the UK go-ahead uninsured.

BLOG //  Making a Statement with your Wedding Suit
08/07/2023

BLOG // Making a Statement with your Wedding Suit

Its easy to focus on the Bride and the Stunning Wedding dress, but perhaps as a groom you want to stand out too, or at least not the let the side down?

Just married vibes giving us goose bumps from Z+A’s beautiful wedding.This weekend the team are busy with a big 50th bir...
06/07/2023

Just married vibes giving us goose bumps from Z+A’s beautiful wedding.

This weekend the team are busy with a big 50th birthday celebration so we’ll see you on the dancefloor🕺🏼

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BLOG //  Gorgeous Rutland Water July Wedding
01/07/2023

BLOG // Gorgeous Rutland Water July Wedding

With no facilities on site everything had to be brought in and what hero's they were, struggling against the wind and the cold!

BLOG //  Want to plan a wedding? Learn to bake a cake first!
24/06/2023

BLOG // Want to plan a wedding? Learn to bake a cake first!

So how will baking a cake help you with your wedding planning, short answer it won’t but it struck us recently as the perfect analogy.

BLOG //  Aynhoe Park Wedding – Kim & David
10/06/2023

BLOG // Aynhoe Park Wedding – Kim & David

Asking guests to fly into London from around the world meant that the venue needed to be amazing and that was when I decided that an Aynhoe Park Wedding could be the one!

Last weekend this beautiful couple celebrated their first anniversary and what memories we have from their day! A wonder...
09/06/2023

Last weekend this beautiful couple celebrated their first anniversary and what memories we have from their day!

A wonderful family, the family cat hitching a ride on the back of the bride’s train as she went up the aisle (yes we had to grab him!) and some epic FOB dancing which culminated in a broken ankle and half of our team taking a trip to A+E whilst guests and our couple enjoyed the last hour of their party 🤍

We are here for everything on your day, no matter what that might be … whether it’s making sure you have drinks and canapés, fixing dresses, calming the nerves, helping guests and of course managing medical emergencies (it’s why the team are first aid trained!)

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Established in 2004 RandFWeddings (or Rocks and Frocks Wedding Planning as it was back then) has seen Vanessa take her wealth of project management and event experience to become one of the highest regarded and respected Wedding Planners in the UK and internationally.

Based on the Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire border, amongst many accolades Vanessa is a double 4CWA award winning wedding planner, a wedding awards judge for the National Celebrant Awards and BBC Wedding Expert and a staff writer for the Magpie Wedding blog. Vanessa specialises in blank canvas luxury venue, tipi and marquee style weddings and has a wealth of experience in the additional event production that these more complex weddings require. We love unconventional and we love a weekend long celebration! With our planning and management services we treat each wedding and event as if it is our own. Our weddings are the subject of lots of love and meticulous attention to detail to create exceptional and beautiful fun & relaxed weddings that are personal to the couple they are created for.

We are a small and passionate team and we simply adore what we do and our passion for creating exceptional weddings knows no bounds! We work across the UK and are a key choice for couples abroad looking to marry in the UK with clients from America and Germany through to Australia and Vietnam. We can offer as much or as little support as you require for your wedding. We can plan your wedding in its entirety, take over the management in the last 12 weeks or simply take over from you in the final two weeks before your wedding and manage the day itself, always with a helping hand along the way. We work with you to create a fabulous, stress free wedding - one for you and all of your guests to cherish and remember. We are proud to be members of the NAWP (National Association of Wedding Professionals).