Do you think people will be miffed if we ask them to bring their own picnic to save money at the arboretum blessing? We were thinking after the blessing we could all go and sit on the grass with nice picnic blankets and do that then have a wander around the gardens, i'm loving this idea, would you guys find it weird to be asked to bring your own? we will supply bottles of wine etc and the blankets.

yeah we will have the cake there i think but that maybe in evening as if weather is good i suppose it would melt, we were going to buy strawberries too

i will put some pics up of aboretum, we are going there next weekend to find the spot for it, its so beautiful there x

thanks! so pleased my outside wedding dreams are coming true! x

thats a good idea! haha we might all end up with loads of pots of dip and carrot sticks xx

have a list and people can choose what they want to bring and put that persons name next to the food, that way you get a great variety and not alot of carrots and dips! lol x

p.s Sainsburys are having a 25% of all wine for 3 more days..could save yourself a bomb!

We're planning on having a picnic, and i think people will probably be bringing bits and pieces to put towards it.

One thing you could do, is say, people with surnames in the first half of the alphabet bring savoury, and people in the second half bring sweet. xx

i love the idea,picnics are fab

Good thought Clare xx

well summarised lala