Our last wedding of 2019 – An Indoor Festival of Love!

We count our lucky stars every day to be approached by couples who are bold enough to do things their own way. Gone are the days when weddings were boring and predictable and with Delia and Phil, a couple who chose to get married at HMT last Nov, nothing was too magnificent or impossible. When…

A ‘Love Parade’ in our Bride and Groom’s Very Own Garden!

The summer of 2019 might as well of been called the second summer of love as it was our biggest (and most rewarding) wedding season yet. In early Feb we were contacted by a Bride who had big ideas for her July wedding, but having just had her second baby, and nothing firmly in place…

Ralph & Hilary’s Vibrant and Wild Wedding Festival

It’s not often we get the challenge of helping couples plan their wedding with less than four months to go, but when Hilary and Ralph got in touch in June, asking if we could plan their wedding in Sept 2018, we couldn’t say no!     Hilary and Ralph lead extremely busy lives with schedules…

Pip & Ant’s Vintage Punk Fusion Wedding

After a crazy 16 week run of back to back weddings, we are finally ready to sit down and look back over the amazing events we’ve been part of this year. 2018 has been very busy, with our founder Stef getting fully into the swing of humanist ceremonies, and working at a few new venues…

Free Thinking Floral Designs by Alternative Weddings Manchester

When we started Alternative Weddings Manchester we had no idea that within a year of business, as well as helping people co-ordinate and style a range of unusual wedding venues, we’d also be taking on a whole range of creative flower commissions! California Garden Party,  Medieval Winter, Bahama Beach, Pagan Equinox, Wildflower Charm – these are just some of…

Laura & Nick Coppack – Right About Love

Our fifth wedding of 2017 was Laura and Nick Coppack’s, two people united by a love of music who wanted a wedding that was slick, beautifully presented but completely laid-back and personal. As Nick told us in his wedding speech, this pair met at a Belle and Sebastian tribute night at Manchester’s landmark underground venue…