ABOUT US
Elaine and Greg started running Gants Mill as a wedding venue when we moved to Somerset with our three children in 2007.
We took over the family farm from Elaine’s parents in December 2011. The farm and mill have been in Elaine’s family since 1949, and we are delighted to be able to carry on business here for another generation.
Elaine grew up at Gants Mill and after university went to London to train as a chartered accountant, where she met Greg. In 1994 we married, celebrating our wedding reception in a marquee at Gants Mill.
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| (Above: Elaine planting
up the tubs round the gazebo.) |
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| (Above: Elaine coming out of the mill with a bag of meal for
the sheep.) |
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Elaine is responsible for the gardens at Gants Mill, making sure that they are full of colour throughout the wedding and garden-opening season. You can read more about her work in the gardens in the garden blog
on this website.
Since returning to Somerset Elaine has become active in the local community. She is a member of the PCC, and leads the local Sunday School.
She has recently begun running and particularly enjoys local off-road events such as the Stourhead 10k King Alfred’s Torment, and the Bradford-on-Avon 12k Over the Hills.
She and Greg have also been learning Scottish reels.
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(Above: Elaine
running through the river at Iford during the Over the
Hills race.)
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Greg (also a chartered accountant) escaped corporate life as a Finance Director in London to set up the Gants Mill Weddings business. He is originally from Liverpool, which explains why the children can sometimes be heard singing “You’ll Never Walk Alone”, or “The Fields of Anfield Road”.
His main hobby is music. He plays guitar and sings, both as a solo act at local venues such as the Bruton Acoustic, and with his band, the oddly named “Jahn Teller and the Distortions”. One of his songs, “I Love Radio 4”, achieved national radio coverage when it was played on “You and Yours” in March 2008, and can be heard and seen on
YouTube.
He claims Elaine has prohibited him from singing at other people’s weddings!
(Right: Greg with mike in hand.)
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Since moving to Bruton Greg has become a keen member of the local amateur dramatics society, The Bruton Players. His Albert the Horse in “Wind in the Willows”, complete with
Brummagem accent, was an unforgettable debut.
He is also part of the management team which produces the parish magazine.
(Left: Greg hammering in pegs for marquee guy ropes.
(Right: Putting up a centre pole in the wedding marquee. Greg
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So that's us. Well done for getting down this far.
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