Intimate, Colourful Weekday Wedding at 529 Wellington
An intimate Monday vow exchange wedding in the park. An elegant dinner at one of Winnipeg’s most iconic restaurants.
For Claire and Lee’s late summer wedding, we let the colour do all the talking, layering in flowers and candles to create visual movement, depth, and a really fun ambiance for a twinkling, elevated dinner party.
Photos by Brittany Mahood Photography
There was no formal wedding party, but I did design a small bouquet for Claire’s sister — and look at how PERFECTLY the girls’ dresses go with the floral palette!!! I always provide my clients with a colour palette in their proposals, and it brings me so much joy when the family or guests have very obviously chosen attire that fits within that palette. My husband’s family accidentally all wore shades of the same three colours at our wedding, and our family photos are dynamite.
“Lauren, I knew there was a reason you were my first and only choice for florals, and at the wedding I saw that reason with my own two eyes. Everything was just absolute perfection!”
The Flowers
Quite literally everything was all about the flowers here. Claire was SO excited and so invested in the flowers, to the point where she was having stress dreams about me accidentally using eucalyptus and then creating her own memes to send to me. I love Claire :)
Her specific request was “Flowers so delicious they’re good enough to eat.” Juicy yummy here we come!
Bridal Bouquet Ingredients: Pretty much everything was locally grown! Zinnias, dahlias, cosmos, sweet pea, and even the orchids were locally grown in Manitoba, with a few ranunculus added in for the fluff factor.
The Ceremony
Leo Mol Sculpture Garden is one of my very favourite places in the entire city. It feels so transformative, like you wander through the trees and you’re transported somewhere else. It’s quiet, intimate, and so inspiring. And for smaller guest lists, it is the absolute perfect wedding ceremony location. While we were setting up for this wedding, all the vendors were charmed by an otter flipping around in the pond!
Covering up the view with an arch is a no for me at Leo Mol, so I often suggest to couples that we go for ground-based florals here. These are also so easy to repurpose over at the reception, and easy to install in the short setup timeline that Assiniboine Park gives us.
We kept the juicy palette, adding in more greenery both to use as a base mechanic that takes up a lot of space in the arrangements, and to tie together with the natural vine-covered setting. I had the most glorious Manitoba dahlias, marigolds, and zinnias, paired with bright, rich roses.
The Reception
The perfect late summer dinner party, set at 529 Wellington. I love that Claire and Lee planned this reception like they did the rest of their wedding: fuss-free, but still elevated.
Claire really gave me creative freedom here! We obviously wanted to keep that juicy colour palette front and centre, and since the guest list was so small, we had a lot of budget flexibility. I also needed to stay realistic about the amount of space that I had to work with.
I elected to feature 2 larger, rectangular floral arrangements on each table, interspersed with taper candles, bud vases, low floral frog arrangements, and votives. The glow of the coloured candles perfectly complimented the colour of the florals, creating an engaging ambiance.
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