Engagement · Two hearts

Beatrice
&
Henry

Sunday · 14 June 2026

Hartwell Cottage & Garden · Cotswolds

with love

The Families

Where they grew

Beatrice Hartwell

Beatrice Hartwell

Stow-on-the-Wold

Daughter of Iris and Edmund. A bookseller who keeps a window box of sweet peas.

Henry Ashcombe

Henry Ashcombe

Bath, Somerset

Son of Lillian and George. A landscape gardener who can name every hedgerow plant.

Their Story

A garden gate, a borrowed trowel, and a slow English summer.

She leaned over his garden wall to ask the name of a climbing rose. He invited her in for tea. Three years and many borrowed cuttings later, here we are.

— and now we begin a chapter of our own.

The Day

In the garden

The Venue

Hartwell Cottage

Lower Slaughter · Cotswolds
Ceremony 15:30 · Garden party to follow

Attire

Garden formal — soft florals, linen suits, hats most welcome. Flat shoes for the lawn are kindly suggested.

Reply by 1 May

Will you join us?

A note in the post or a quiet click below.

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The Honeysuckle

2 miles

Walled garden · river views

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