{"id":12860,"date":"2010-07-28T09:51:19","date_gmt":"2010-07-28T13:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.5starweddingmagazine.com\/?p=12860"},"modified":"2017-11-22T22:28:52","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T22:28:52","slug":"kensington-roof-gardens-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/kensington-roof-gardens-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview &#8211; The Roof Gardens London"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">5 Star Wedding Directory wanted to find out more from one of London&#8217;s top wedding venues, Private Events Executive\u00a0France West, tells us what its like to be an event organiser at this top establishment, <strong><a title=\"The Kensington Roof Gardens London\" href=\"http:\/\/www.roofgardens.virgin.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Kensington Roof Gardens<\/a> London.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>1. Can you tell me what the most elaborate wedding is that you have organised at the Roof Gardens?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One client recently chose to have a white themed wedding.\u00a0 They hired a company to arrange all the white draping inside the venue to go with our beautiful white &amp; silver mosaic wall.\u00a0 Full length white linen table cloths with a white overlay were matched with crisp white linen chair covers and vintage pink, cream &amp; white roses for the table arrangements.\u00a0 The florist added green foliage to the canopy over the Tudor Walkway and three elaborate pedestal arrangements, again using the vintage pink, cream &amp; white roses.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The clients sipped on Moet champagne and enjoyed delicious canap\u00e9s in the Spanish Garden followed by an exquisite four course plated dinner served with fine French wines.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The evening carried on in the Silver Bar and in keeping with the theme had white draping, low white tables and poufs for a lounge feel.\u00a0 Our house DJ kept the guests dancing right until the end of the night.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12861\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12861\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-12861\" title=\"Weddings at The Roof Gardens London\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Wedding-Table-Plan-600x450-1.jpg\" alt=\"Wedding Venues London\" width=\"750\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12861\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12861\" title=\"Weddings at The Roof Gardens London\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Wedding-Table-Plan-600x450-1.jpg\" alt=\"Wedding Venues London\" width=\"750\" \/><\/noscript> Wedding at The Roof Garden London<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2. Have you had any unusual requests from brides?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One bride asked me what I thought about &#8216;I still haven&#8217;t found what I&#8217;m looking for&#8217; by U2 as their first dance!\u00a0 Thankfully she was only joking.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12862\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12862\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-12862\" title=\"Tudor Garden at The Kensington Roof Gardens\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Tudor-garden-Wedding-Shot-2-598x450-1.jpg\" alt=\"Wedding Venues London\" width=\"750\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12862\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12862\" title=\"Tudor Garden at The Kensington Roof Gardens\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Tudor-garden-Wedding-Shot-2-598x450-1.jpg\" alt=\"Wedding Venues London\" width=\"750\" \/><\/noscript> Tudor Garden at The Kensington Roof Gardens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>3. What do the Roof Gardens provide that other London venues do not?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Roof Gardens is a very beautiful venue and surprisingly peaceful considering it&#8217;s in central London but it helps that it&#8217;s so high up, many guests comment on the fact that they don&#8217;t feel like they are in central London.\u00a0 Coupled with the exclusive use of 1.5 acres of themed gardens, it&#8217;s a pretty spectacular space!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12863\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12863\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-12863\" title=\"Copy of Spanish Garden Water Feature\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Copy-of-Spanish-Garden-Water-Feature-600x398-1.jpg\" alt=\"Wedding Venues London\" width=\"750\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12863\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12863\" title=\"Copy of Spanish Garden Water Feature\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Copy-of-Spanish-Garden-Water-Feature-600x398-1.jpg\" alt=\"Wedding Venues London\" width=\"750\" \/><\/noscript> Spanish Garden Water Feature at The Kensington Roof Gardens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>4. Being owned by Sir Richard Branson, does he ever pop in?<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nYes Richard does pop in when he&#8217;s in London, he often comes in for dinner at Babylon Restaurant.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>5. How far in advance should the bride and groom book your venue?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The summer dates are extremely popular and the bride and groom would need to book at least a year prior to their actual wedding.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<section class=\"vc_cta3-container\"><div class=\"vc_general vc_do_cta3 vc_cta3 vc_cta3-style-classic vc_cta3-shape-rounded vc_cta3-align-left vc_cta3-color-classic vc_cta3-icon-size-md\"><div class=\"vc_cta3_content-container\"><div class=\"vc_cta3-content\"><header class=\"vc_cta3-content-header\"><\/header><p>To have your wedding consultation, please call The Roof Gardens, London.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>5 Star Wedding Directory wanted to find out more from one of London&#8217;s top wedding venues, Private Events Executive France West, tells us what its like to be an event organiser at this top establishment, The Kensington Roof Gardens London.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":126211,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,74,50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-luxury-venues","category-tips-from-industry-experts","category-wedding-venues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12860\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}