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The Best Selection of Orangery Wedding Venues

With its many windows and airy feel, an orangery is a wonderfully romantic space for a wedding.

Light streams through the panes, and the floral displays look perfectly home inside the traditional glasshouse.

Orangery wedding venues are increasingly popular as couples embrace the indoor-outdoor feel of these elegant buildings.

What is an Orangery and Why Choose It for a Wedding Venue?

Orangeries became popular in the 17th and 18th centuries when wealthy British people developed a taste for exotic fruits. 

The natural climate was far from ideal for delicate orange and other citrus trees, and the solution was to build glasshouses for these much-prized fruits.

By the Victorian period, orangeries had become a status symbol (glass was expensive), and an entire architectural style had developed.

An elegant orangery makes a romantic wedding venue, comprising many windows and often a glass roof, with graceful pillars, tracery, and neo-classical features.

How does an orangery differ from other wedding venues?

An orangery makes the most of natural light at any time of year.

You can enjoy the sense of being outdoors and among nature without relying on the British climate.

If you love the idea of an indoor-outdoor space, you’ll love the architecture and ambience of a traditional country house orangery.

The benefits of

Choosing an Orangery for Your Wedding

These exquisite glasshouses make beautiful wedding venues. Here are just a few of the reasons why country house weddings are simply so special.

How does natural light enhance the wedding experience?

The natural daylight streams into the orangery through the many windows and roof lights. There’s no need for harsh artificial light; the room will feel bright and airy in any weather.

Sunlight enhances the floral displays, and you’ll have the lovely sensation of getting married in a garden.

At night, a hundred candles are reflected back at you. Orangeries are lovely spaces for twilight weddings, where you can create a cosy and intimate world at any time of day.

The sunset bathes the room with a warm pink glow; later, stars twinkle through the roof lights.

Are orangeries suitable for all seasons?

This is one of the real benefits of an orangery. It doesn’t have to be dry or warm for you to have the sense of a garden wedding.

In the spring and summer, you can fill the orangery with seasonal blooms, moving to richly-hued foliage in the autumn.

The many panes reflect a sparkling frosted theme in the winter.

What Should You Consider when

Choosing an Orangery Wedding Venue?

You’ve decided to marry in an orangery – what do you need to consider?

How to Decorate an Orangery for Your Wedding?

The space is already beautiful. How do you enhance it to make it your own?

Wedding themes that work best in an orangery setting 

  • Seasonal flowers and foliage (including festive themes) 
  • Period themes – is it a Georgian, Victorian or modern orangery? 
  • Citrus and tropical themes 
  • Candlelight for a twilight wedding’ 
  • Natural and organic decor 

How to use natural elements in your décor

Using seasonal flowers and foliage is the main way to harness nature for your orangery wedding. Choose cheerful daffodils and tulips in the spring, with brightly coloured flowers and fragrant herbs for the summer. Move to rich foliage in the autumn and evergreen trees in the winter.

Embrace the origins of these glasshouses with subtropical plants like palms, miniature fruit trees (including oranges, of course!) and even succulents. Architectural blooms like agapanthus look fabulous in this setting or choose a traditionally British style with roses and lavender.

Lighting options to enhance the orangery ambience

If you’re marrying during the day, the natural daylight will create its own atmosphere even in duller weather. In the winter or evening, string lights, candles and lanterns are cosy and romantic ways to add light. Some orangeries have their own chandeliers and lanterns already in place for evening weddings.

St Audries Park

The Stunning Orangery Wedding Venues from Country House Weddings

At Country House Weddings, we have a wedding venue with its own Victorian orangery, the lovely St Audries Park in Somerset.

This beautiful country estate is close to the stunning Somerset coast, set in sweeping parkland with a gently wooded backdrop, formal gardens and a traditional deer park.

The exquisite orangery seats 130 guests, who’ll enjoy the gentle warmth and daylight from the graceful windows and roof lights. Its elongated shape naturally creates an aisle for the ceremony, while the pillars and delicate tracery are perfect for floral arrangements and string lights.

how to plan a

Successful Wedding in an Orangery?

What do you need to think about when you’re planning your orangery wedding ceremony?

What Real Couples Say About Their Orangery Wedding Experience?

Find out more about a recent orangery wedding at St Audries Park.

I couldn’t recommend the venue enough…

Leez Priory were so supportive throughout the wedding planning and our wedding planner, Sophie, on the day knew when she needed to be strict with guests or suppliers, which was needed! Sophie was always on hand throughout the day and was always by my side when I needed to ask a question.

If I could do it all over again, we would 100% go back to Leez Priory, and we can’t wait to go back and visit one day soon.

I couldn’t recommend the venue enough and if you’re thinking about booking a viewing, do it! You won’t regret it.

Georgia & Jack 25th February, 2025 at Leez Priory
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From the moment we booked, the team have been fabulous!

We could not have wished for a more picturesque venue with such catering staff. Any requests we had were sorted and we knew that someone was always a phone call or email away. We were supported throughout the experience which made it more effortless for us as a couple planning the biggest day of our lives. We were made to feel that no question was a stupid question even if we thought it might be.

Overall, the Clearwell Castle staff are amazing, from the wedding managers to the bar staff and cleaners! Thank you so much for making our day the most special it could be. Our guests are still talking about it now all these months on.

Christopher & Pete 31st May, 2024 at Clearwell Castle
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A Magical Day!

Firstly… We would like to say our day could not have gone any better!

We had viewed over 10 other venues, and we chose Gosfield Hall and so grateful we did. The staff were so honest, helpful, calm, encouraging and genuinely interested in us and our special day. Plus, there is so much included in terms of decor (flowers throughout) stunning grounds which you do not have to spend loads of extra money on to make the place look pretty. 

Overall, food was fantastic, great service, well-kept grounds, amazing staff, and everything in between.

Chanel & Charlie 26th February, 2025 at Gosfield Hall
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Everything ran smoothly and perfectly

Donna, our Personal Wedding Manager helped us have the most incredible day of our lives. Everything ran smoothly and perfectly, there was nothing to fault. We did not even need to set anything up ourselves on the actual morning of the wedding. Donna was so good at keeping us updated and was always at the end of the phone if I needed to speak to her, it just made the process stress free.

We will definitely be coming back to celebrate our first anniversary at a dinner date event. We would like to thank everyone at Bourton Hall.

Melis & Adam 12th May, 2024 at Bourton Hall
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Conclusion

An elegant orangery is the perfect space for a wedding ceremony at any time of year or even time of day. Find out more about our orangery wedding venue at Country House Weddings, the beautiful St Audries Park in Somerset.

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