A Sweet Home Grown Wedding

WEdding flowers by Garden by the Gate florist.

You’ll love seeing these gorgeous images from Magic Memory Works Photography of the Garden by the Gate’s first big event. Leeka was amazing and captured every lush detail. She was so great to work with and her photos show all the love that goes into them and the emotions of everyone throughout the day. We think it was the loveliest wedding we’ve ever attended, if we do say so ourselves!

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Family Fun

Kate and Harry’s wedding was truly a family experience. Everyone did their part to make the day so special. Kate’s mom and dad grew all most all of the flowers in their home garden. The bouquets and arrangements were created by her mom, grandmother, and friends. The fantastic sweets table was also supplied by family.  One grandmother loaned a brooch and another grandmother provided some antique lace for the bride’s bouquet. The groom and best man brewed a special “Wedding IPA” that was served.  Harry’s dad kept the party going by adding his vocals to some classic rock favorites. Of course there were brothers and sisters in the wedding party and tons of friends and family helped out. A team of groomsmen were hilarious as they learned to tie chair sashes into perfect bows and special friends Nan and Amanda worked tirelessly putting the finishing touches on everything.

A few snapshots . . .

 

Heavenly Hilltop Wedding

It was a heavenly day for a hilltop wedding at Rivercrest Farm near Dover, Ohio. Sweet bride Nicole planned a lovely rustic wedding with the help of the One Fine Day folks at Rivercrest and the Garden by the Gate was thrilled to provide the home-grown flowers for bouquets, centerpieces, and ceremony decor.

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Nicole’s bridesmaids wore lovely chiffon dresses in various pastel shades, so we made the bouquets mostly white with a few touches of color. Nicole’s bouquet incorporated all the colors of the bridesmaids dresses using garden roses, dahlias, and alstromeria. Queen Ann’s lace and seeded eucalyptus were the finishing touches.

The boutonnieres were white roses with a sprig of Queen Ann’s lace and finished with twine for a rustic look.

 

WP_20140810_005The wedding was held on top of the mountain, overlooking the beautiful Tuscarawas Valley. White painted church pews were ready for the guests and the ceremony took place under a rustic log arbor.  The arbor was decorated simply with white floral topiaries and ferns. WP_20140810_002

 
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