11/05/2024
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Releasing beautiful white doves in Sussex at weddings, funerals, memorials and all special occasions
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Whether sending a message to a loved one or celebrating and flying excitedly toward something new, releasing the past with gratitude and love is something often forgotten but so important to do... and a dove release offers us a unique and truly magical way to do it. We are the only professional dove release company in Sussex organizing releases for weddings, funerals + all special occasions. Roote
d in over four decades of experience, passion for our work and our doves runs through our veins. With their welfare always paramount, we raise and train them from purpose built sheds in our gardens, where they fly free every day. They always travel in spacious wicker baskets (decorated with flowers to match your colour theme), and on release, whether by hand or from the basket, they rise and circle to orientate, then together head off home... (often returning before we do because their GPS works far better than ours! ;) )
Our older birds know the routine and sit comfortably when held, even by young children, though our younger birds can wriggle in their impatience to be off, so releases are always accompanied by trained handlers who guide guests through the whole process, including how to hold them. Read our reviews on the page here to get a sense of the joy that is released as the doves fly, and message Laura and Viv to book a release and ensure magical memories are created at your event.
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For a wedding we supply 5 doves. 2 in a display cage for the bride and groom to release and up to 3 extras to fly for those they know will be watching over them but who can only be with them in spirit. ❤️🕊️🕊️ 🕊️🕊️🕊️
“I just wanted to say another huge thank you for yesterday. The dove release was such a beautiful addition to the day and it meant so much to us all. I cannot express how grateful I am for everything. It was really lovely to meet you Xx” LC … How great is it to own a business where you can bless people like that? It was my pleasure LC, my absolute pleasure! 🙏🕊️🕊️
What a lovely time we had when we met the children on the Go Wild Holiday Club this week! The children met reptiles in the morning and learned about doves and pigeons in the afternoon. Now they know the similarities as well as differences between these birds; why they were important during both world wars; how fast they fly.... and the record sum paid for a racing pigeon. Do you? 🕊😉 ❤
Answer to last 2: Fastest recorded flight 110mph. Record sum paid for a racing pigeon was for Armando a Belgium bird who sold for over £1.1 million ($1.4m).
What a fabulous idea!!! ❤️
Well done The Downs crematorium for a beautiful Memorial Service last Saturday. The welcome was amazing with the Chapel full of gorgeous floral displays, Easter eggs and gentle music. The service was sensitive and caring and the dove releases a privilege to do - even in the bitterly cold wind!
Sorry no photos of the actual releases, we were too busy but we’d love to receive some if anyone there is happy to share theirs with us! ❤️🕊️🕊️
Basket decorated in blue and yellow, Dad’s football team colours, was the request. Job done. We always do our best to make sure saying goodbye to your loved one is very special for you, even gifting personally inscribed dove plaque keepsakes.
“Thank you so much for making our day special. Your doves are absolutely beautiful, in fact magical. I will always remember this day, not for the sadness but for two spirits reuniting. Debbie”
For just £15 you can release a dove for your loved one this Saturday, 11am Easter Memorial Service. All proceeds go to … www.justgiving.com/page/sussexdoverelease-1710492440790
Releasing beautiful white doves in Sussex at weddings, funerals, memorials and all special occasions
The Downs Crematorium are putting on a service for you to honour your loved ones. The service will be followed by the symbolic release of a flock of doves as well as individual doves by people such as yourselves who want to send a message to heaven to someone they know and miss.
If you’d like to do that, contact us to book your dove and please make a donation to the Martlets Hospice on our Just Giving page I’m helping raise money for Martlets Hospice!
Support me at: https://www.justgiving.com/page/sussexdoverelease-1710492440790?utm_source=IG
The service will be followed by a 10 dove release but this is your chance to release a dove for a loved one and raise funds for the Martlets Hospice in Message us for further details.
Would you love to release a dove in remembrance of your loved one? Contact us and book one for just £15 at the Downs Memorial Day. We’ll bring one along for you to renew the connection and feel the love … This is a charity fundraiser with proceeds going to in
Sometimes you have a ‘favourite’ and Blue is mine. He and I spent about 15 mins enjoying the sunshine and sharing the ❤️ as we waited at Worthing crematorium this afternoon. Blue is so calm and happy in his ‘work’ he delighted the very elderly lady who cuddled and released him to fly with her husband on his final journey. It was such a joy to see the huge smile on her face. “That was so lovely” she said afterwards, “I’ve never been that close to a bird before or ever touched one. He’s beautiful!!!” Well done Blue! ❤️🕊️🥰
Fun fact posted by our sister company in London!
On 23 March we will be at the Downs Crematorium Memorial Service in Brighton. Come along to see a flock of doves released and give Viv a ring if you’d like her to bring an extra one for you to release for your loved one. 🕊️❤️🕊️.
Heading off on a release shortly so my shed’s still closed and daily visitors who pop in for their breakfast are still waiting - one, not so patient - came up to the window and peered in to me. She couldn’t say and clearer“come on, open up!” 🤣🕊️❤️
Angel wings .... 🕊🕊🕊🕊
ANGELS
I like to think angels pull souls from bodies,
before pain and tragedy strike.
Wrapping them in loving arms,
pressing eyes and ears against soft feathery wing, so they see no evil, hear no evil
and know no earthly suffering.
Only love, only safety, only peace.
I think everyone, no matter how they leave us, is protected as they go.
And whilst I cannot give you proof, just like I cannot show you the invisible power that is hope, or love…
I feel it to be true.
Just like I feel,
no I know,
that people live on,
that love lives on,
long after the angels lift us up
and take us home.
Donna Ashworth
Art by Amr Fahed art 🩶
Thank you all for the beautiful feedback on this post and by message. I wrote this yesterday having spent much of the last few weeks desperately trying to make sense of this world. I’m glad it helps a little x
My new book ‘wild hope’ is full of such comfort and grief poetry should anyone wish to see more.
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Another gorgeous wedding release yesterday
Releasing with love and joy when you trust that though life changes shape and form, it goes on.
Pigeons and doves are all part of the columbidae family. They are smart and gentle, thrive in a variety of colours and sizes throughout the world, and deserve our respect. ❤️🕊️❤️🕊️❤️🕊️❤️
RETHINKING OUR WORLD
The other week I saw a group of young students cruelly shooing away pigeons who just happened to be in front of them on a pathway. The next day I saw an elderly woman try to hit one on the head with her walking stick. The bird wasn't anywhere near her - she approached it.
Pigeons have proved they can recognize their own reflection which shows a complex sense of self-awareness. They have the ability to recognize specific people and places over months and even years of time. That memory is precisely why pigeons served for centuries to carry messages over great distances. Pigeons can identify all of the letters of the English alphabet, and they can even recognize the difference between two people in pictures.
Give them a little respect - and kindness.
Here’s what a celebrant we worked with again recently had to say: “Working alongside Viv at funerals and weddings is always a real privilege. Viv is professional and has a huge heart. She adores and tenderly cares for her doves. As a celebrant it is wonderful to have someone I trust who can provide sensitive, moving and joyful dove releases … she provides an excellent service.” Contact me if you have questions about or want to book a dove release. ❤️🕊️
With winds gusting 58mph along the coast here, I h ad to cancel a 10 dove release today. These two littlest wouldn’t have been going, they’re only recently coming out of the shed and curious today as to why the others all just flew back in and what that loud whooshing noise is… Nothing’s flying though, even the seagulls have taken cover now. I’m loving watching the baby on the roof learn about his environment and gain important survival skills.
How lovely is this? ❤️
Three generation kiss.
After seeing this photo on our portfolio, Kelly wanted to recreate it with her parents and grandparents. She is so lucky to have them all in her life, so we had to celebrate the love.
Is there a couple whose love you admire? A love that you hope to have? Tell me more.
wins
HAPPY EASTER ALL!
The alarm went off at 7am today and I jumped up thinking I was ‘going to work’.
I prepared the flowers and the basket, got the dove plaques ready, caught 5 doves, loaded the car and set off for Arundel Castle, where the Duke had given us special permission to do a memorial dove release in a closed off nesting area in the grounds.
And I walked straight into a medieval pageant!!!
Fortunately the release was well away from the revellers and went off beautifully, with our doves blessing yet another young Mum with memories of her baby’s release that she’ll treasure forever…. 🕊️❤️
And then it was wander back through the crowds and enjoy the pageant for a while before I headed down to the river to enjoy the picnic breakfast I’d bought with me.
I may not have enjoyed the early alarm call but I certainly enjoyed the rest of the morning.
To think, this is work!
How blessed am I?
I hope your Easter Sunday is going as well!
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“Hi Viv I just wanted to say a massive thank you. You and the doves were amazing! Everyone loved your talk at the beginning. The cage was stunning and the Doves were the star of the show. All the guests were very emotional.” Vicky & Paul. Is it time to book your wedding dove release now?#doves4love #weddingdoves #sussex #weddingplanning #bridetobe #happycouple #weddingday
Today my appreciation of the sun, breeze, colours and sounds, flowers and critters in my garden leapt to a whole new level as I watched this young baby leave the shed for the first time and start to absorb the wonders of a vibrant new world. I watched him watching, listening and tuning into it. It has him enthralled and I’m as fascinated by him as he is by his new discovery. His life, especially as he gains confidence in those wings, will never be the same. Shortly he’ll rise high in the sky and his vision will expand even further. He’ll never fear falling, instinctively knowing, like his brothers and sisters, that safety lies in rising up. He’ll taste a freedom I can only dream of as he dips and soars and today I’ve felt so blessed to have been able to simply watch his familiarisation and fascination with his wondrous new world. #doves4love #babydove #squeaker #doverelease #flyingfree #seeingclearly #tuningin #freshnewworld #discovery
HAPPY EASTER ALL! The alarm went off at 7am today and I jumped up thinking I was ‘going to work’. I prepared the flowers and the basket, got the dove plaques ready, caught 5 doves, loaded the car and set off for Arundel Castle, where the Duke had given us special permission to do a memorial dove release in a closed off nesting area in the grounds. And I walked straight into a medieval pageant!!! Fortunately the release was well away from the revellers and went off beautifully, with our doves blessing yet another young Mum with memories of her baby’s release that she’ll treasure forever…. 🕊️❤️ And then it was wander back through the crowds and enjoy the pageant for a while before I headed down to the river to enjoy the picnic breakfast I’d bought with me. I may not have enjoyed the early alarm call but I certainly enjoyed the rest of the morning. To think, this is work! How blessed am I? I hope your Easter Sunday is going as well! ❤️🙏🕊️
Most birds are more intelligent than the phrase ‘bird brain’ suggests. This youngster however …. 🙄🙄🙄. Footnote: Several of the others spent about half an hour showing him how to get in... they came in and out, it was like watching a cuckoo clock!! Eventually, just before dark, he managed it. Phew! 😅 😂😂🥳
Children love our doves and, surprisingly to many, our doves seem to love them - at least the ones who instinctively open their hearts to them. One such little girl, who took her responsibility of care very seriously on Sunday, created such a gentle, safe environment for her dove that, far from struggling to get free, when she opened and parted her hands he almost hit the floor before he realised it was time to fly! 🤣❤️🕊 #doves4love #heavenlybirthday #release #memorial #LovedAndMissed
Ask me two questions about dove release. Here’s the ones I get asked most often…. (Anticipating a question: This dove release was for VE Day) #doves4love #wheredotheygo #dotheyalwaysflyhome #howmanyhaveyougot #doyoudoweddings #canIreleasedovesatafuneral #wheredotheylive #howdidyoustart #cananyonedoit #whatdoineedtodoit
#sayinggoodbye is never easy but when #20doves put on a #stunningdisplay for you, everyone #smiles and #claps . What a #beautiful end to a #funeral ❤️🕊🕊🕊🕊 #doves4love #sussexdoves #dovesinsussex #funeraldoves #fondfarewelll #memoriesmade #symbolsoflove #peace #rip #brighton #sussex
#babyfallsfromnest #gotpoopedon #messyhead #namethisbird #doves4love #firsttripout #funeraldove #weddingdove #stillababy #notflyingyet #inthedoveshed
Spring tells us it's time to release, celebrate new life and fly free. How can our doves help you do just that? Contact me today to discuss the #farewell or #celebration perfect for you. #doves4love
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