Linda and Brian's wedding took place this past October at Boscobel House and Gardens about an hour and a half north of NYC. If you haven't been to Boscobel, I highly recommend checking it out! Beautiful grounds and lots of fun summertime events.
Linda and Brian decided to pull their wedding together in a few short months, four months to be exact! After selecting Boscobel and choosing a date, they decided to hire me as their wedding planner to help pull everything together.
Linda and Brian wanted the wedding to have a feeling of "relaxed yet refined elegance". To create the perfect atmosphere, we combined together fun down-to-earth elements such as lawn games (corn hole), a locally grown seasonal menu and apple cider and donut hole favors with elegant decor featuring seasonal flowers such as cafe au lait dahlias, roses and hydrangea in a variety of gold and glass vases accented by gold and etched glass votives. Their wedding featured a lot of great details provided by the Bride and Groom such as a vintage globe guest book, family photos and framed love letters from Linda's Grandfather to her Grandmother written in the early 40's.
The Bride's maritime family background was incorporated with a surprise visit up the Hudson River from the family's tugboat, the Maria J, names after her Grandmother - also the same vessel the couple was engaged on months earlier. Immediately following the "I Do's", the boat sounded one long blast of the horn followed by two short toots to signify the ship is safe and the tug can "bring its life in" connecting the two - a symbol of the Bride's father giving away her hand in marriage. Linda's father had a second surprise later in the evening as he invited everyone to the lawn as a firework show lit up the sky!
Check out the absolutely stunning photos below from Michelle Jonne, don't they look like they belong in a wedding magazine's editorial section?!?!
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| Slightly obsessed with Linda's yellow gold setting! |
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| How amazing is this spot for their First Look??? |
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| Welcome station with hot apple cider, coffee and vintage globe guest book. |
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| Each table was named after an herb from the herb garden where Linda and Brian had their "First Look" |
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| Dancing the night away to music by Vali Entertainment! |
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Local apple cider and donut hole favors for guests to enjoy back at their hotel on our their way home. |
We definitely planned quickly, as it seemed most decisions were so easy to make. We called Boscobel the weekend we got engaged and chose one of the only 2 dates left for the fall. We met with one Photographer, Michelle Jonne, and fell in love with both her aesthetic and how hands-on she was with every step of the process. After that day, we cancelled all the other photographer visits we had and pretty much followed that same pattern for other vendors. The band company, Vali, was owned by a close family friend. About two months in though, the overwhelming task of transforming a raw outdoor space into a beautiful cocktail lounge and tented dining area was a little too much and we hired our planner, Laura Remmert, to help carry us the last two months of the way.
It was important to us to have some traditional aspects of a formal wedding (walking down the aisle, traditional vows, toasts, dances with parents). But we really wanted the day to feel like a great dinner party hosted on the grounds of a beautiful home, and we wanted to venture away from anything too stuffy or overly formal. The cocktail hour was hosted in a circular rose garden with live music playing. We did a full one hour sit down dinner before dancing to avoid the "up and down" of traditional weddings. We did not cut a cake, and instead served dessert at stations so guests could get up and mingle. We had a side tent for beverages and lawn games (cornhole) for people to relax and wander closer to the amazing view.
Vendors:
Planning - Laura Remmert Events
Floral and Event Design - Laura Remmert Events
Photography - Michelle Jonne
Catering - Main Course Catering
Entertainment - Vali Entertainment
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