Jonas & Andy | Hampstead Hill Garden & Pergola

Ten years together. High school sweethearts who made it all the way to an engagement, which is the kind of thing that sounds simple and is actually everything.

They chose Hampstead Hill Garden and Pergola, which is one of those London spots that feels genuinely hidden even though it isn't far from anywhere. The pergola is overgrown in the best way. The light filters through in soft columns. It's the kind of place where you don't have to do very much to make beautiful photographs. You just have to pay attention.

Jonas and Andy walked through it all slowly, pausing when they felt like pausing. There was a lot of laughter. There was also a lot of quiet: the comfortable kind, between two people who have been in each other's company long enough to not need to fill the silence.

A decade is a long time. You could see it in the way they were together.

If you're newly engaged and looking for somewhere in North London that earns its beauty without trying too hard, it's worth knowing this place exists.