Fresh Picked Montgomery Place Wedding

Complete and utter loveliness is the best way to sum up this past weekend’s wedding!   Shawna, the Bride was a stunning redhead, and as many of you know I could probably open a sister business to A Night in Bloom that features only stunning red headed brides.  Maybe a red headed modeling agency?  I don’t know how they all find me but they do, and one wedding is more inspiring than the next!

When I first met Shawna she wasn’t sure of a color scheme, or even flowers, she just knew that she wanted to incorporate local product whenever possible, and include multiple smaller eclectic arrangements on all of the tables. I suggested a palette of all shades of peaches and soft candlelit tones to complement her complexion and hair.  What resulted was a gorgeous evening in the outdoors under a beautiful tent and sky at Montgomery Place in Annandale-on-Hudson.  Barn wood tables were draped with burlap runners, and the flowers looked as perfect as could be against these natural warm toned elements.

The main flowers of the day were: Garden Roses, Cottage Yarrow, Tuberose, completely blown open roses, Spray Roses,  Cantebury Bells, Stock, Lisianthus, Freesia, Veronica, Stars of Bethlehem, Queen Anne’s Lace, Delphinium, fresh local herbs, and a host of other blooms, including the very sought after, Cafe Au Lait Dahlias!  The Dahlias were so beautiful I really feared I wouldn’t be able to let go of them come delivery day!  As high maintenance as a flower can be, but so worth it!!!  And of course the more difficult something is, the more I favor working with it!

This wasn’t the easiest wedding to design, whenever creating eclectic themed tablescapes I feel it is so important to have several designers working on the table arrangements so they don’t look too “done”.  In the past when I have been the only one designing these types they always looked exactly alike and as though they came out of a factory.  So I had my wonderful assistants Jodi, Daijha, and Bryan (the hubby assistant) all working with me to be certain that each one had a life of it’s own.

I heard from the happy couple the following day who told me the pro pics are one the way, so stay tuned!  I will also have a list of all the participating vendors.

Here you go everyone, as promised, the Pro Pics!!!

All of the following beautiful photos were taken by Jennifer May, whose work has been seen in the New York Times,  Gourmet Magazine and a host of other publications.  Jennifer May Photography is based in Manhattan as well as here in the Hudson Valley.  Her contact information is as follows:

Web: http://www.jennifermay.com

e-mail: jen@jennifermay.com

Phone: 845-679-4198

Cell: 845-389-3803

Other Vendors Included:

Dress Designer: Elizabeth Fillmore

Caterer: Main Course Catering

Cocktail Hour Entertainment: The Saturday Night Bluegrass Band

I love Shawna’s friend in the back lifting up the bouquet in this shot!  Usually this is my favorite picture from any wedding, but it is usually the bride holding it up.  I just love that she is just as happy as the bride.

All of the photos below were taken by either me or Shawna.

Rather than traditional corsages, the Mothers and Grandmothers carried fully blown open roses.

I have a new favorite rose variety!

Groomsmen wore Peach Spray Rose Boutonnieres.

Fathers and Grandfathers wore Star of Bethlehem and Ivy Boutonnieres.

The Groom wore a boutonniere consisting of Peach Spray Rose, Star of Bethlehem and Ivy with raffia tie and fastened with pewter pins.

The bridesmaids carried bouquets consisting of Garden Roses, Blown Open Roses, Spray Roses, Peach Stock, Israeli Ruscus, Freesia, Cottage Yarrow and Queen Anne’s Lace.

The Bride’s Bouquet consisted of much of the same flowers that the bridesmaids carried but included more ivories and had pale blue delphinium accents.

For the Bride’s Hair I created a halo using Dendrobium Orchid Florettes, Curly Willow, Ivy, pearl accents, and Plumosa Fern.

The welcome station table had peach iced tea for all of the guests to enjoy so we found this weathered crate on Etsy and opted to fill it with peaches, greenery, and straw fill, to complement the theme.

Cocktail tables consisted of Cafe Au Lait Dahlias in small recycled jars tied with raffia.

The next batch of photos were all taken during set up, but  I am told that this tent looked absolutely amazing in the evening once all the candles were lit.  We created a total of 50 miniature arrangements for the reception