A Lush Spring Wedding in White and Green at Chateau Lill
Creating fresh inspiration at a venue where we’ve worked many times before is a fun challenge. When Callista with Callista & Company asked me to join her team for Weddings in Woodinville I knew we’d create something contemporary and impactful, while still complementing the Chateau Lill’s old world venue charm. In a color palette of champagne, ivory, taupe, and umber accented by the natural greenery at Chateau Lill, the overall design was neutral but anything but plain.
Most couples get married under the canopy of trees above the big pond at Chateau Lill, but when we did our site visit, we were inspired by the path between the vineyard rows, leading to the pond. We saw the potential for this area, while narrow, to comfortably seat guests for a small wedding, under 90 guests. Always wanting to present new ideas to the world, we decided to set up the ceremony there, and hopefully inspire engaged couples to do the same. We built dual white and green floral arches, one at the entrance to the aisle and one at the altar. We used a base of sturdy huckleberry branches and other deep greens, with early spring blooms such as lilac, spirea, flowering quince, tulips, ranunculus, sweet peas, tuberose, and garden roses. To connect the two arches, we lined the aisle with arrangements, to create the appearance that the flowers were growing along the aisle. This ‘growing aisle flower’ concept has been a trend this year and we see it being a 2020 wedding trend as well.
Guests entered the reception up a staircase lined with hundreds of hurricane candles. The long dinner table was set with neutral La Tavola French linen and low white and centerpieces in bread bowls, to create the effect as if the flowers were growing from the table. The table design included elegant chargers, gold flatware, delicate modern stemware, and hand embroidered napkins. Guests found their seat at the table with the help of a champagne seating chart, in front of a paper and fresh floral wall installation. To bring life to the bar, we created floral and greenery panels for the bar front, and placed multiple smaller arrangements on the shelves behind the bar.
Throughout the day, the bride wore three different couture wedding gowns from Nyanza Bridal, complemented by two different white and green bridal bouquets. One featured only white flowers including lilac, reflexed tulips, ranunculus, and sweet peas, while the second bouquet was composed of just three elements: spirea, sweet peas, and flannel flower for a wild yet architectural design.
Thank you to the incredible vendor team that brought this editorial to life for Weddings in Woodinville:
Planning + Design: Callista + Co | Photography: The Ganeys | Venue: Chateau Lill | Cake: Honey Crumb Cake Studio | Jewelry: Sholdt Design | Hair and Makeup: Yessie Libby | Vintage Car: British Motor Coach | Rentals: Cort Party Rentals | Wine: Delille Cellars | Espresso: Espresso Elegance | Rentals: Happy Hour Bar Rentals | Stationery + Paper Goods: Libby Tipton | Lighting Rentals: Lightsmiths | Bridal Boutique: Nyanza Bridal | Dress Designer: Reem Acra | Film Lab Richard Photo Lab | Furniture Rentals: The Ark | Dinner Napkins: Wakefield South Designs
This editorial was featured on Style Me Pretty. If you’d like to see more, you can check out The Ganey’s blog about the day here.
The Designer
Gather Design Company is a Seattle and destination floral design studio led by Amy Ly. Amy's designs are driven by a unique understanding of color and shape, and seek to balance the effortless feel of a garden with the refined nature of contemporary wedding design. She looks to the ever-changing seasons and sense of place to inform her designs, which are artful and unexpected. Gather Design Company travels for celebrations around the Pacific Northwest and worldwide. To learn more about working with Gather Design Company for your wedding, please get in touch here.