Market Blooms and Vineyard Light at Domaine de Fontenille

Celebrant Peter Madan led the vows beneath open Luberon sky while Joe Sax played Kate down a gravel aisle lined with olive trees in terracotta pots. Rows of wooden cross-back chairs sat under mature plane trees, a floral arch of ivory garden roses and trailing jasmine framing the moment. When they kissed, laughter and tears arrived at once, and the hills behind held still.

JM Ronquillo kept Kate's hair and makeup warm and skin-close for the June light: a terracotta-dusted lid, barely-there gloss, a sculptural updo. Her gown was a fitted ivory lace with short cap sleeves, and she carried a loose bouquet by Charlotte Flower and Twig: ranunculus, sweet peas, trailing eucalyptus, and a single sprig of flowering rosemary for scent. Pinewood Weddings photographed her in the garden, the bias-cut silk catching every shift of breeze.

Pinewood Weddings took Kate and Dylan into the vineyard rows as the Luberon sunset turned the sky the colour of blood orange. Three days of celebrating had dissolved any self-consciousness, and what remained was two people walking slowly through a corridor of vines. Earlier, by a stone-edged pond in the formal gardens, mature trees framed them like a natural cathedral while distant hills rolled to the horizon.

Bridesmaids wore floor-length dusty rose crepe, carrying looser bouquets of greenery and garden roses. Groomsmen stood in linen suits the shade of unbleached cotton, each with a buttonhole of chamomile and a single lavender stem. They gathered on the terracotta terrace for a formal group shot with the villa's classical stone facade behind them.

Guests spilled across the lawn with lavender cocktails and chilled rose as the saxophone continued from the ceremony. Charlotte Flower and Twig had scattered market-style clusters along every surface: bundles of rosemary, baskets of artichokes, terracotta pots of scarlet geranium. Around eighty guests mingled near tiered food displays beneath a tan umbrella while the afternoon light softened.

Long banquet tables ran through the courtyard, dressed in sage-green linen with woven placemats and potted lavender between hammered brass candleholders. Earthy stoneware from Options and Magnolia on Silk sat beside hand-lettered place cards by Callifabe. DJ Damien Keys built from dinner warmth to something that kept the floor full past midnight, the ivy-covered courtyard walls glowing with warm interior light.

Terracotta clay vessels labelled with guest names in white script served as the seating display, filled with dried grasses and wheat. Centrepieces ran low and full: garden roses in apricot and cream, cosmos in pale violet, fennel fronds, artichokes between the candles. A wooden easel held a hand-lettered welcome sign, and Callifabe's stationery suite in warm sand and terracotta card stock with deckled edges read like something found at a brocante stall in L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue.

On a weathered concrete surface, Pinewood Weddings arranged Kate's woven straw mules beside hand-painted menu cards with green botanical illustrations. Sprigs of dried lavender, sage-green ribbon, and deckle-edged invitations in iron gall ink sat alongside blush garden roses and burgundy carnations. On a pale blue cushion by a bright window, perfume, pearl details, and a lace-edged veil completed the morning's visual story.

Domaine de Fontenille unfolds in layers: terraces giving way to courtyards, courtyards opening onto lawns edged by its own rose garden in shades of blush, antique cream, and cerise pink. An aerial view shows the estate set among forested hills and distant vineyards, with the Luberon's characteristic warm stone architecture throughout. Be Lounge supplied wicker and rattan seating that made every corner feel like a garden gathering.