As a bride looking to line up your wedding vendors, you have certainly been cruising all the big wedding websites for information and advice. Quite a few of these sites have a list of questions for you to ask your florist. One site actually has 33 questions you should ask your wedding florist! I don’t think anyone wants a four-hour consultation! But some of these questions are important and The Knot has a list of ten questions. Okay, I can handle that! And to save time in you

The internet is your friend. When planning a wedding you simply can’t live without the tried and true stalwarts of the wedding world; sites and blogs like The Knot, Wedding Wire, Style Me Pretty, and of course Martha. But there are a few duds out there. I’m not going to call them out here, but I’ll just anonymously share some of their worst advice. Where do they get this stuff? They clearly didn’t interview any florists before writing these clunkers. Dud Number 1 “Try to hav

Is there a budget that you’d like to stay within? That’s the question asked on every episode of Say Yes to the Dress and it’s also a question that your florist will ask you.

Everyone had a blast at this May 2018 outdoor wedding at Sable Creek Golf Course in Hartville, near Canton & Akron, Ohio. Can you tell it rained all day and all night? Well, it stopped raining just long enough for the wedding ceremony and for Livigni Photography to grab these great shots of all the fun. No one’s spirits were dampened by the rain; joy, love, and faith were evident throughout the festivities. The wedding feel was romantic, elegant, and fresh with a blush, white

Is it possible to grow your own flowers for your wedding? YES! And you don’t even have to be that experienced in gardening. Home grown wedding flowers are great for barn and outdoor weddings, vintage or rustic weddings, or DIY weddings. Locally grown flowers are also well suited to a garden or tea-party theme. Some of the best flowers for a rustic or vintage look are also very easy to grow! Here are some tips from the Garden by the Gate’s main grower Joy Walko. Annuals Fast g

It was a heavenly day for a hilltop wedding at Rivercrest Farm near Dover, Ohio. Sweet bride Nicole planned a lovely rustic wedding with the help of the One Fine Day folks at Rivercrest and the Garden by the Gate was thrilled to provide the home-grown flowers for bouquets, centerpieces, and ceremony decor. Nicole’s bridesmaids wore lovely chiffon dresses in various pastel shades, so we made the bouquets mostly white with a few touches of color. Nicole’s bouquet incorporated a