8. November 2011 21:28
Katherine and Hugh had their wedding reception here but travelled the County before they arrived. Their event started at Huffs Inn where some photos were taken and some guests stayed. From there they went to Wauposs to get married at the Wauposs Winery. Pat Hacker performed the ceremony - she is one of our favourites for sure. Then the married couple crossed the County to get to our place for a sitdown dinner. Our open bar package was selected by the couple and as guests arrived we served them champagne followed by Wauposs Wines for dinner (which were well recieved) followed by a fully open bar untill 12:30 AM. As guests moved into the barn they were greeted by an old-style apple ladder we have. The guests names had all been tied to rungs of the ladder as a seating chart of sorts. Guests then searched out their seat at tables named after photos of places the clearly well travelled couple had visited.
The tables were arranged 'Harry Potter' style - in the great hall - a personal favourite layout of mine.... With the Head Table in front of the stage there was room on the stage to set up a photo gallery. We strung photos of the couple on strings - suspending them in mid-air - such that guests could wander through and look at each photo at their leisure.
A memory table had been set up to honour guests unable to make the event...these and many more photos (in a departure from our usual style) are accessible at Michael Grills website http://michaelgrills.smugmug.com/Weddings/2011/Katherine-Hugh where there is a lovely slide show.
and we will leave the final word to Katherine and Hugh who sent us a very nice email not so long ago now. They talk about the event and one of our favourite florists who did such inspired work this year - Drew at Wights Greenhouse just down the road in Wellington.
Hi Everyone,
I can't believe it has taken me 2 months to write...I wanted to thank each of you very much for all you did to make Hugh and I's wedding day perfect!!! Each of you exceeded our expectations. I have been telling all of my friends and family what professionals and experts in your field each of you are. I am so glad Fields on West Lake recommended all of you!! Now I know why. I must thank Drew in particular...of course I was too busy on the wedding day to actually notice but found out later that you graciously donated those 2 huge planters for the deck at our reception. Thank you so much. You were such a pleasure to work with and are incredibly generous. The flower arrangements were all MUCH bigger than anticipated.
Our best wishes go out to Hugh and Katherine too.
Cheers!