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Indian-Colombian Gay Wedding at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens

Nothing makes us happier than to work with clients who trust our wedding planning expertise and follow our guidance, while being great partners in the process. What would have been a rather complex wedding to navigate, was made much easier. To be mindful and considerate of the emotions and cultural expectations that come with a same-sex, fusioin wedding is no small feat. Luckily, our grooms’ families exuded such joy in their sons’ marriage. This spring wedding, held at the Atrium at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens, Vienna, Virginia, celebrated our grooms’ Indian and Colombian heritages, beginning with a Hindu wedding ceremony. All photos by Procopio Photography

How fun are these henna designs by Bhavna’s Henna & Arts for our grooms?

This cheerful floral elephant greeted the guests.

There was so much laughter but especially during the newlywed games!

meadowlark-botanical-gardens-wedding-yellow-orange-fuchsia What a refreshing change to be able to design with so much color, which popped against the greenery at the Atrium.

We repurposed the mandap as the backdrop for the sweetheart table.

The talented grooms designed these cute table name cards.

Their cat attended the wedding too but in cake form.

The takeaway favors included Colombian coffee and an Indian candle, something that reflected both grooms’ cultures.

What a sweet photo!

Production Team

Wedding Planner: Event Accomplished, Vicky Choy
Wedding Venue & Catering: Atrium at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens, Vienna, VA
Indian Food Catering: Indaroma, Alexandria, VA
Photography: Procopio Photography
Floral Design & Mandap: Elegance and Simplicity
Bilingual DJ : DJ Ivan, Dan Goldman Events
Cocktail Hour Musicians: Cherry Blossom String Quartet
Henna Artist: Bhavna’s Henna & Arts
Officiant: Raja Gopal Bhattar
Cake: Sweets by E
Mandap Furniture Rental: Nivanjoli, Prabha Bhambri
Videographer: Michael Brazda Films

For more inspiration on Indian fusion weddings, take a look at our blog archives.

February 23, 2011April 26, 2021Real Wedding6 Comments

Fall Jewish Wedding at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens in copper tones (Part 3)

Missed anything? Go back and check out Part 1 (sneak peek) and Part 2 (concept).

Meadowlark Botanical Gardens Jewish Wedding in the fall under chuppah — Love the early afternoon light in the fall. So pretty. Photo: Elaine Studley, Hay McKenna Photography.

Event Team

Venue: Meadowlark Botanical Gardens, Vienna, VA
Wedding Coordinator: Vicky Choy, Event Accomplished
Music: Michael Kolmstetter classical guitarist. A classical guitarist is a great music choice for a lunch reception where you don’t expect much dancing. It provides a nice background mood. Michael had a small set up that allowed him to play recorded music for the first dance, John Denver’s Annie’s Song (I hummed that song all week).
Photographer: Elaine Studley, Hay McKenna Photography
Floral Designer: Growing Wild Floral Company
Catering + Cake: Windows Catering Company (Nicole Gutierrez)

— Hope you enjoyed this one, Vicky

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February 21, 2011April 26, 2021Real WeddingLeave a comment

Fall Jewish Wedding at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens in Copper tones(Part 2)

We shared a sneak peek of one of our October couples a while back. Here is the rest of the story. I love Sunday weddings. I especially love lunch weddings. When you combine the two, I’m a happy wedding coordinator. Take a look at this Jewish wedding at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens in Vienna, Virginia.

Colors. It is completely coincidental that we are featuring this wedding after the Newseum wedding shared the last 2 weeks. While both weddings were held in the fall, they could not be more different. This couple wanted to embrace the warmth of the fall. They chose copper, brown, gold, cream and terra cotta.

Lakeview Copper Topaz Chestnut Baroness Silk Gold — Lakeview Copper tablecloth. Gold napkins. Gold Chivari chairs with Topaz Chestnut chair pads. Topaz Chestnut tablecloths

Flowers. Barbara von Elm did a masterful job of combining all these colors into the floral centerpieces. Those design, as well as the design for the chuppah, complemented the garden setting.

Meadowlark Botanical Gardens Jewish fall wedding chuppah — We used the groom’s tallit on the chuppah

Food. Windows put together a lunch menu that also embraced the season.

Hors d’oeuvres: lollipop lamb chops, Applewood smoked Salmon Flower, Mini Rueben, Wild Mushroom Diamonds and Crispy Spring Rolls.

Lunch: 1st course was a squash and apple bisque with toasted pumpkin seeds, followed by a choice of a Farm-Raised Chicken Paupiette or Salmon En Croute.

Dessert: Grand Marnier wedding cake with citrus buttercream covered with delicate blooms and vines, and Window’s signature chocolate-dipped strawberries.

Windows Catering Grand Marnier wedding cake at Meadowlark fall — Topped with an heirloom cake topper

Windows Catering Company squash and apple bisque at Meadowlark — squash and apple bisque

All photos by Elaine Studley, Hay McKenna Photography. Part 3 to come — Vicky

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