Backyard Beauty...Ben & Eliza's Wedding

It's always a special honor to do flowers for great friends! Ben & Eliza's wedding was in two words "so them!" The family property is idyllic with rolling hills, fields, and stands of maples all bordered by the Missisquoi River. The backdrop: the Cold Hollow Mountains and Jay Peak. A woodworker by trade, Ben crafted rustic benches for the ceremony area...a mowed section at the top of the field, shaded by maples. The ceremony was performed by a childhood friend who received a "one day pass" from the State of Vermont to perform the ceremony. The simple ceremony was beautiful and was followed by an afternoon of great fellowship with friends including a barbecue, several exciting tournaments of badminton, bluegrass on the back porch and bonfire after the sun went down.




Eliza was the most relaxed bride I've ever met. When we talked about flowers a few months ago she gave me her blessing to "do whatever you want!"



Two large arrangements in sap buckets displayed on large tree stumps overflowed with locally grown flowers including sunflowers, crocosmia, mint, nigellia, wheat, millet, accented with roses. Eliza's bouquet featured locally grown dahlias, nigellia, crocosmia, and hanging amaranthus, accented with tiramisu spray roses. We wrapped the bouquet with a sentimental handkerchief given to the bride by her baby niece and secured it with her Aunt's gull pin. The day was nothing short of perfect! Congratulations Ben & Eliza...here's to a lifetime of happiness!