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in Wedding Advice on Aug 29, 2024
Welcome drinks set the stage for your wedding, be it formal or casual! Showing your guests you've thought of their immediate comfort is a fabulous way to let them know you're so glad they've come to celebrate your wedding with you.
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in Wedding Advice on Jul 20, 2024
How far in advance should you book your wedding venue? This varies by location and season -- so we've decided to share what will work best for our venue and to an extent, the Chattanooga area to help you snag the date and season you really want.
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in Wedding Advice on Jul 16, 2024
Many couples have a little nervousness around their first tour -- what should you expect, and what questions should you ask?
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in Wedding Advice on Jul 08, 2024
What should you wear to a wedding? Nothing causes more anxiety for some of your guests than figuring out what they will wear to your wedding! Nobody wants to wear the wrong thing and feel like they somehow "missed the memo." Here are some tips for both couples planning their wedding to make this easier on their guests, and for guests to find a little peace of mind while choosing their outfit.
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in Sustainable Wedding Tips, Wedding Advice on Apr 17, 2024
Let's talk flowers! There's so much debate, controversy and discussion about wedding flowers, and so many misconceptions about what is sustainable and what isn't.
First off, let's explain conventionally grown flowers. Many of the giant beautiful arrangements and installations you see on Pinterest and Instagram include hothouse flowers, or flowers that have been shipped from around the globe. This shipping of course is one part of the carbon footprint, but another, less-considered issue is the amount of fungicides and pesticides used on them, as customs isn't terribly keen on non-native bugs c...
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in Past Weddings on Aug 27, 2022
When a couple from California travels to the woodsy mountains of Northwest Georgia for their intimate wedding, you know the details are going to be special!
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in Past Weddings on May 17, 2022
Mid April is when the color is POPPING -- from the white violets carpeting the mountainside to the florals around the venue. This wedding had ALL the fun, with the firepit, a super plush seating area, and a cornhole tournament too!
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in Past Weddings on May 03, 2022
An early Spring wedding with the perfect shades of mauve and green to go with the slowly emerging green in the forest! And, so appropos: the couple's last name is "Green!"
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in Wedding Advice on Mar 07, 2021
Like any other venue, our setting has great influence on the colors, style, and design of your wedding. However, being set square in the middle of the woods, the thing that isn’t terribly obvious is how much the forest changes. I don’t mean the drastic change from Summer to Fall, Fall to Winter and Winter to Spring. Summer green changes through the season. Winter isn’t steadily brown-gray-neutral, either.
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in Wedding Advice on Jan 05, 2021
Winters here in North Georgia/Eastern Tennessee are fairly mild and snow-free, often extending our wedding season through December and back as early as March
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