An early summer tent wedding at a golf course, a feminine but punchy colour palette, and a totally in love pair of newlyweds — say hello to all the ingredients needed for a completely lovely wedding!

Marina first reached out to me about a year and a half before their wedding, with no set date and with a baby on the way. They were tossing around multiple locations, and the idea of a summer or a winter wedding, so obviously there was a lot to nail down. Luckily, we had a ton of time! She then brought on Soiree Event Planning, and it all came together in a relatively short time span.

Photos by Izabela Rachwal Photography

Hot dang, I loved Marina’s bridal bouquet. It was juicy, fresh, and totally feminine. We kept the bridesmaids’ bouquets in the lavender and blush tones, leaving the brighter orange just for Marina. It all tied together beautifully with the blush and champagne bridesmaid dresses.

Bridal bouquet ingredients: peonies, ranunculus (several varieties, some of which were locally grown!), sweet pea, quicksand roses, and stock with touches of Italian ruscus.

Marina and Nik decided to have an intimate ceremony the week prior, which they did at the lake with just their family (including their ADORABLE son). On wedding 2.0, we’ll call it, they re-spoke their vows in front of all their guests out at Breezy Bend. We kept the florals simple here, just adding 2 pretty arrangements in large black urns.

While most weddings at Breezy are in the ballroom, Marina actually fell in love with how they did tented weddings on the property during Covid. So, a clear top tent was brought in (and it JUST fit, between sprinkler lines under the grass!) and everything was all taken care of — it was a lot of work, mind you (as all tent weddings are), and it was absolutely beautiful.

I loved this colour palette. As a floral designer, it’s always fun determining the colour palette (in this case, created by the amazing team at Soiree!) and how exactly we’re going to use it. Obviously, the florals tend to carry a lot of the weight when it comes to the colours.

Marina wasn’t afraid of colour, but she didn’t want to go overly bright so as to keep things a little more classic. The base palette was soft lavenders, blushes, and greys, and then brought to life with small accents of peach and orange. I’ll often describe a palette by using percentages — if you’re hesitant to go too bold, like Marina, I’ll suggest that we use just a 5 or 10% pop of the brighter tone (in this case, we did about a 10% pop of bright orange) and that helps to calm people’s colour nerves.

The floor plan featured mostly rectangular tables along the outsides of the tent, with a few round tables in the middle in front of the head table. On the rectangular tables, we didn’t have a ton of space for florals so we chose bud vases with petite floral accents, but we made them a little more interesting with a mix of light pink and clear glass vessels. We added gold-rimmed candle holders with delicate mauve pillar and votive candles, to compliment the gold flatware, mauve taper candles, and a few loose roses scattered down the tables to add a little more subtle colour.

The round tables offered a fuller floral arrangement, where we were able to tuck in a little more of the orange and peach tones. My favourite floral element was the delicious locally grown peach parrot tulips! They were at the very end of their season, so my local grower cut them early and held them over for me, and it worked perfectly. I’m so grateful to have cultivated such excellent relationships with amazing local flower farmers!

Above the dance floor, we designed a hanging canopy of greenery. I loved seeing their first dance images, with them swaying under this large piece. I don’t notice a lot of scent anymore, and we didn’t use scented foliage here, but the sheer quantity we used, combined with the chill from rain in the air, meant that the tent had a really fresh foliage scent that was quite lovely!

Izabela Rachwal Photography ~ Soiree Event Planning ~ Breezy Bend Golf Course ~ Planned Perfectly ~ D’Lite Tent Rentals ~ Collective Event Rentals ~ Union Table ~ Myuz Artistry ~ Club Create ~ Event Light

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