Llandough Castle Gardens

We contacted Llandough Castle Garden Weddings some months ago when we wanted to have our wedding closer to home. We wanted to have much more of an intimate wedding due to the pandemic and the lockdown. Rhian was incredible from the very first day I’d contacted her – she was extremely accommodating and worked around us to make sure the day was perfect for us! Her organisation and attention to detail is second to none which we loved! Rhian was also great at working with all of the suppliers on our wedding day to ensure the day went just as we had planned.

Llandough Castle overall is a stunning venue and perfect for an intimate wedding. We had nothing but compliments from all of our guests about the beautiful orangery and garden grounds that Llandough Castle had to offer. The venue was beautiful in all weather conditions, rain or sunshine.

We had the best day of our lives and couldn’t thank Rhian enough for allowing us to have our wedding here!

Llandough Castle is a beautiful venue for a small, intimate, bespoke wedding. Rhian and her team ensured that everything ran smoothly and she was very accommodating of the bride and groom’s requests to make it a very special day to remember. Highly recommended.

In March, while facing the prospect of moving our wedding date for the third time, we were encouraged to visit Llandough Castle by a family friend. We arranged a venue visit with Rhian and were immediately taken back the castle and the surroundings and had agreed within minutes of leaving the property that this was the venue for us. We could not believe how lucky we had been to have stumbled across this hidden gem. From the moment we first got in touch with Rhian right up to the wedding day (and beyond) she has been the most attentive, supportive and organised person to work with. On the run up to the wedding she was always available to us to chat through plans, make recommendations and help give us a timely nudge here and there to keep us on track. It felt more like planning a wedding with a family friend, who cared about our wedding every bit as much as we did. At the time of our wedding, Llandough Castle was relatively new as a wedding venue, but Rhian’s event planning experience and knowledge of her own venue made sure that we were in the most capable hands from start to finish.

I honestly could not begin to put into words how helpful Rhian and the team were on the actual day of our wedding. They were an integral part of bringing the day together successfully and not one of our guests failed to mention how helpful and considerate she was. It seemed to me that whenever we looked for her, she was right next to us helping us move into position or fix my hair (!), however, as soon as the wedding began her and her team simply melted into the background and gave us the space and privacy to enjoy our wedding with our family and friends. The venue itself was flawless. Despite being over four acres, it was so private that it created a wonderfully intimate space for our friends and family to enjoy (and we really did enjoy it). From woodland walks to immaculate lawns, from koi ponds to fairy-tale swings there wasn’t a moment our guests didn’t spend exploring and soaking up all the venue had to offer. With the recent importance of outdoor space, having a venue with so much variety outside meant our guests could enjoy a sense of normality without feeling restricted.

Despite the change in wedding dates, the constant shifting restrictions and having to wade through all the uncertainty of organising a wedding during a pandemic, we feel extremely lucky to have had such a beautiful and intimate wedding. I could go on and on about how thankful we feel for Rhian, how beautiful the venue is and what a fantastic day we had. We would not have changed a thing about our day, and we feel so grateful to have found Llandough Castle.