Your Berks, Bucks and Oxon Wedding - Page number 37 - October/November 2021 (Issue 91)

Summer lovin’ Samantha and Ben’s outdoor ceremony at Wasing took place in the stunning Victorian Summerhouse and followed a stylish grey and green theme Images courtesy of Benjamin Stuart Photography S amantha and Ben met at secondary school when he moved to the area from London. “Over the years, we become best friends, spending most days together,” Samantha tells us. “When Ben turned 19 and decided to join the British Army, we spent more time together than usual in the months leading up to the start of his basic training. The time that followed was a shock to the system for us both because he was positioned at the other end of the country and we were unable to speak. After six long weeks, Ben came home for some leave and we have been inseparable ever since.” The couple became engaged at the start of 2019 in their new house. “We had only recently moved in and I had spent the day at a spa with my mum and arrived home that evening to one of my favourite songs playing and candles and rose petals scattered everywhere,” Samantha tells us. “Ben gave a little speech, which he later told me he had been practising all day, before getting down on one knee and asking me to marry him. At this point, we had been together for more than seven years so I very quickly said yes!” Here, Samantha tells us all about their summer wedding that followed a grey and green theme. REAL WEDDINGS 37