Garden Party Pastels: Natalie & Shane’s Atlanta Botanical Garden Wedding
Natalie and Shane met in 2019 as students at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida. Their friendship came first, built on beach sunsets, afternoons in the sun and plenty of time with their group of friends. It grew into love and carried them through COVID-19, graduate school, a first apartment together and the adoption of a rescue dog. All of this led up to Shane proposing to Natalie in the gardens of Villa Borghese in Rome.
Natalie grew up visiting the Atlanta Botanical Garden, where she painted watercolors with her grandmother, hunted for frogs, explored the children’s garden with her Nana and went to the annual Christmas light show with her family. When Shane first visited Atlanta, the garden was the first place she wanted to show him. Getting married there meant surrounding their wedding with some of her oldest memories. So when it came time to choose their venue, the decision to host the party at Atlanta Botanical Garden was easy.
Rosewood Studio Event & Floral Design gave the couple’s desired garden theme a modern touch. The palette stayed in soft pastels, layered into arrangements that looked relaxed and a little wild. Wicker accents – like the bridesmaids’ half-moon basket bouquets – and candlelight rounded out the look for a perfect garden party vibe.
As evening settled in, candlelight took over the reception. Floating candles in glass cylinders of varying heights glowed around the sweetheart table, which sat between two tall urns of peach, coral, lavender and buttery yellow blooms. Through the sheer curtains, the greenery of the garden Natalie grew up in was still visible. The little girl who once painted watercolors on these grounds now stood in the middle of something that looked like one of those paintings: soft pastels blended together, a little wild around the edges and entirely hers.
Vendors
PHOTOGRAPHER Harriet’s World
VENUE Atlanta Botanical Gardens
OFFICIANT Jessica Sibley
FLORAL Rosewood Studio
COORDINATOR Smooth as Butter Weddings
HAIR Amy Spaulding
MAKEUP Michele Franco
BRIDE’S ATTIRE The White Magnolia
GROOM’S ATTIRE Men’s Wearhouse
CATERING & CAKE Affairs to Remember
ENTERTAINMENT Say Hey KP
GOLF CART Atlanta Golf Cart Rental
