In ninety minutes, a garden on the shore of Lake Garda stopped being a white evangelical ceremony and became a dinner in blush and peach, and not one guest saw the moment it changed. This is how we built Rebeca and Gabriel’s wedding.
When the two of them chose two words to guide their wedding, intimate and familiar, they could not have known how literally we would take them. Their celebration took place at the Torre San Marco, a tower with more than a century of history on the shore of Lake Garda, in a garden that had to hold both their ceremony and their reception, in the very same place, on the very same afternoon.
A ceremony built from nothing, in white
The garden was empty when our team arrived. Every flower and every structure was built there from scratch, piece by piece, in the days before the wedding. For the ceremony, we designed everything in white, in a garden style, so the decor would belong to the greenery that was already there rather than compete with it.
One choice mattered more than any other: a transparent arch, instead of a solid one. It let the florals float above the aisle, rather than frame it, so that nothing, not even the ceremony structure itself, would stand between Rebeca, Gabriel and the lake they wanted as their witness.
The ceremony itself was evangelical, with worship, a message from scripture and a depth of emotion that belonged entirely to the couple.
In their own words, it was the most important part of their entire day.
Ninety minutes to become a different celebration
As soon as the ceremony ended, guests were guided to an Italian aperitivo nearby, with music and dancing in the late afternoon light. What they did not see was our team, behind them, taking the entire ceremony apart and building the dinner in its place, in the same garden, in ninety minutes.
The palette shifted with it. White gave way to blush, peach and olive green, carried through the table, the stationery, the plates and even the lounge seating, so the romance of the day continued even as its backdrop changed completely.
A detail guests still talk about
Among the evening’s experiences, one became a favorite: a perfume bar, where each guest chose their own fragrance, had it bottled on the spot, and received it at the table during dinner, a small, personal keepsake from a day built entirely around them.
What this wedding says about how we work
Rebeca and Gabriel’s wedding is, at its heart, a story about what a garden with no structure can become when every detail is considered on purpose: the florals, the palette, the timing, the experience of every guest who walked through it.
