French Country Garden Wedding Inspiration

07/02/2016

Wedding Tours are a new wedding show trend, giving couples a chance to view multiple venues in a city or area on the same day.  For the recent Skagit Wedding Tour, I helped plan the decor at one of my favorite venues, Christianson’s Nursery. Our inspiration was a French Country Brunch, in shades of lavender and cream.

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One of my favorite items to plan for a wedding is the dinning table. For this look, we chose to feature a rustic farm table and wooden chairs.  The florals were a combination of potted lavender plants and urns overflowing with garden flowers.

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The venue offers two ceremony locations, one of which was set in the historic school house. The front porch is the perfect location for an entry table.

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The school house offers a perfect blank wall to create wall art on.  This is one of my new favorite ways to frame a couple for their ceremony, with vines that look as if they are growing on the wall.

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The other ceremony site was outside in the gardens.

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Brides can get ready in the adorable teachers cottage. The porches are just perfect!

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The gardens offer flower beds full of garden roses and perennials.  Personally, I love to create seating areas with pillows coordinated to the wedding colors and design. And a few vases of flowers help coordinate the look.

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Finally, I will finish by showing some of the yummy brunch treats we offered the tour guests. It was so hard not to eat them all!

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Venue & Antiques: Christianson’s Nursery

Planner: Added Details

Florals: Country Bouquets Floral

Photography: Laura Nichols Photography

Attire: Frankie & Maude

Food: The Sweet & Savory Pop-up Bakery

DJ: The Singing DJ