Look! Picking Farm Flowers

Our friends Ed and Jess were married over the weekend in Massachusetts, at the foothills of the Berkshires in farm country. On the morning of the wedding, we all set out to pick flowers for the ceremony and reception. Ed and Jess belong to a farm co-op, where we gathered buckets full of coneflowers, spider flowers, and sunflowers...

scissors for cutting and baskets for berries

map of the farm

heading out with buckets full of water

co-op members can harvest their own flowers and food

coneflowers

cutting

spider flowers

buckets full of coneflowers

riot of colors

part of our haul

a goat watched us from behind a fence

bride and groom on the morning of the wedding

one of the finished bouquets

Wildflower bouquets in mason jars decorated the tables. All of the food was locally grown, the music was provided by friends (the bride and groom even sang a few songs), and the weather held up all day! Congratulations, Ed and Jess!

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this sounds like an ideal wedding-- personalized, special, and with the focus more on the people there and the bride and groom than the $$! congratulations to the bride and groom!

posted by karenwog on August 12th 2008 at 5:44am
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THANK YOU for highlighting a reasonable wedding that doesn't focus on money, but the folks making a life together. Beautiful. All happiness to Ed & Jess.

posted by madampince on August 12th 2008 at 5:58am
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sounds like magic

posted by vertigo on August 12th 2008 at 6:25am
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I love the concept of incorporating a responsible lifestyle into special events. A true way to bring individualism into the wedding. Best wishes to an inspiring couple!!!

posted by Kimber on August 12th 2008 at 6:43am
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Does anyone know of a place in Minneapolis (or greater Minnesota) that lets you pick your own flowers? It looks like, from what I can dig up, a lot of farms in MN just do vegetables or are apple orchards. I have been thinking of doing a similar thing.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

posted by avallant on August 12th 2008 at 8:53am
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It's refreshing to see more and more people having small scale, casual weddings like these lovely folks.

I am still blown away by people who spend tens of thousands of dollars for one day. In fact, I have a few friends who now wish they had used that money for a down payment on a house and or to pay off student loans or credit card debt.

posted by Seaside on August 12th 2008 at 10:01am
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what fun!

posted by bluetoes on August 12th 2008 at 2:30pm
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aw - made me cry a bit.

: )

posted by lesliehamer on August 13th 2008 at 10:31am
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