June 15, 2011
For immediate release
BARBOURSVILLE, VA - ECO-FABULOUS IN ORANGE COUNTY
Gentle Gardener Green Design gave 40 prominent wedding and event professionals from across the Commonwealth of Virginia a glimpse of what eco-chic wedding flowers look like during the first official Orange Wedding Tour May 17-18 in Orange County, Virginia. The farm-based design studio’s floral creations reflected their commitment to distinctive, personal design, sustainability and local enterprise.
Korrie Lynn, photographer
Gentle Gardener was just one of 30 artisans, inn keepers, chefs, vintners and purveyors who donated services and showcased their talents via a series of creative vignettes at indoor and outdoor venues to highlight the county’s offerings. For two days the guests experienced these ‘speed weddings’ so they can introduce their clientele to the option of creating a destination wedding with a distinctive sense of place in central Virginia. Orange County is less than two hours from Richmond and northern Virginia and less than one hour from Charlottesville.
Stonefire Station --- PWP Photography
The Gentle Gardener floral compositions were part of the Mayhurst Inn and Stonefire Station vignette teams. In-season blooms were grown locally and sustainably by professional growers, Gentle Gardener and their clients and Stonefire Station, whose gardens surround the venue.
Proprietor Virginia R. Rockwell designs and rejuvenates gardens for weddings and events, fashions container gardens and composes locally grown cut flowers, fruit and produce to imbue an event with a memorable sense of place.
Meghan Mcsweeney Photography
“The tour guests were introduced to the sweet sights and tastes of the best the Piedmont of Virginia has to offer,” said Rockwell, “Our flowers expressed our love of this landscape, its gardens and our dedication to expressing the clients’ personal sense of of style. In every project, our aim is to create weddings and events as pleasing to nature as to the eye.”
Virginia R. Rockwell is a certified landscape designer, horticulturalist, Association of Professional Landscape Designers member, Virginia Society of Landscape Designers member and LEED Green Associate. Gentle Gardener Green Design is listed in the Buy Fresh, Buy Local guides in Charlottesville and Northern Piedmont. To learn more, please visit www.gentlegardener.com/. Gentle Gardener blogs, Tweets and is on Facebook.
Note to media: Media inquiries can be directed to Ann P. Reid, Gentle Gardener Green Design at (804) 501-9888 or via e-mail at Annpreid@gmail.com.
Meghan Mcsweeney Photography
Participating Orange County Wedding Tour vendors included: calligraphers, caterers, event rental companies, florists, inn keepers, musicians, pastry artists, photographers, restaurateurs, tour guides, vintners, farms, historic sites and venues. To learn more about the Orange Wedding Tour, please visit http://ofdconsulting.com/blog/. Point of contact is Jennifer McBride at Jennifer@mcbrideevents.com.
Holland Photo Arts