Urban Garden for Dock 5 Wedding

Laura and Michael transformed Union Market’s raw, industrial space into a urban garden for their Dock 5 wedding, complete with live trees for the early fall. The couple imagined the feel of an outdoor wedding without being exposed to the elements, and so they selected the raw, industrial space to truly bring the outdoors in.

The urban garden aesthetic for their Dock 5 wedding took an artistic twist, as the couple stood beneath a large chuppah of pastel pink and white faux flower petals designed by Philadelphia-based artist Carla Weeks. Laura carried an organic cascade bouquet of variegated ivy accented with delicate stephanotis blossoms. The flowers girls carried petite bouquets of baby’s breath with matching crowns to match the bride’s bouquet.

Bridal bouquet of wild ivy accented with stephanotis blossoms

Photos by Juliet Fradin & Anne Scherrer

The garage doors remained open during the reception for this urban garden wedding at Dock5. Large trees were placed around the space. Drinks were served up at a bar covered in greenery to look like boxwood. A tableau of vintage wooden wine crates overflowing with flowers, moss and faux mushrooms holding each place card served as the escort card table. Magnolia branches in large glass vases were used as centerpieces. Finally, cream fabric draped on the walls and amber uplighting added some romance and texture to the space.

Photos by Juliet Fradin & Anne Scherrer

Weddings without flowers can consider tall branches for centerpieces

Photos by Juliet Fradin & Anne Scherrer

Photos by Juliet Fradin & Anne Scherrer

Featured in Modern Luxury Weddings

Venue: Dock5

Caterer: Occasions Catering

Photography: Juliet Fradin & Anne Scherrer

Florist: Petal’s Edge

Lighting: John Farr Lighting

Coordinator: Seana Hale

Is there anything better than a museum for a wedding? Asking for a friend…

📍 @nmwaspecialevents
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Is there anything better than a museum for a wedding? Asking for a friend…

📍 @nmwaspecialevents
📷 @adammason
🍽️ @spilledmilkdc
💐 @petalsedgedc
📋 @jenniferroseeventsandweddings

Classic with a fall twist! Touches of blush, dark brown hues of magnolia and nine bark, plus a touch of “colonial blue” to befit the setting. Perfection.

📍 Mount Vernon Inn
📷 @lisahelfert
💐 @petalsedgedc

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Classic with a fall twist! Touches of blush, dark brown hues of magnolia and nine bark, plus a touch of “colonial blue” to befit the setting. Perfection.

📍 Mount Vernon Inn
📷 @lisahelfert
💐 @petalsedgedc

Katie + Jake’s wedding was PURE SPRING. 🌸⁣
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Peonies, Juliet garden roses, ranunculus, sweet pea, stock, campanula... Basically all the flowers you hope will show up when someone tells you they’re getting married in May.⁣
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We kept everything loose and gardeny, in peaches, soft blush, white and those wonderful slightly faded greens that keep pastels from becoming too sugary. And at Woodlawn, surrounded by actual spring? So, so pretty.⁣
This is exactly why May flowers have my heart.⁣
Their reception arrangements continued that mix of garden roses, tea roses, spray roses, ranunculus, butterfly ranunculus, campanula and sweet pea.⁣
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📍@woodlawnandpopeleighey ⁣
🍽 @designcuisine⁣
📷 @carlyrosephotography⁣
💐 @petalsedgedc⁣
💄 @makeupbyshirin_ @makeupbyanab⁣
🍰 @bisnonnabakeshop⁣
🎶 @trademarkband⁣
📋 @colorfullyyoursevents

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Katie + Jake’s wedding was PURE SPRING. 🌸⁣
⁣
Peonies, Juliet garden roses, ranunculus, sweet pea, stock, campanula... Basically all the flowers you hope will show up when someone tells you they’re getting married in May.⁣
⁣
We kept everything loose and gardeny, in peaches, soft blush, white and those wonderful slightly faded greens that keep pastels from becoming too sugary. And at Woodlawn, surrounded by actual spring? So, so pretty.⁣
This is exactly why May flowers have my heart.⁣
Their reception arrangements continued that mix of garden roses, tea roses, spray roses, ranunculus, butterfly ranunculus, campanula and sweet pea.⁣
⁣
📍@woodlawnandpopeleighey ⁣
🍽 @designcuisine⁣
📷 @carlyrosephotography⁣
💐 @petalsedgedc⁣
💄 @makeupbyshirin_ @makeupbyanab⁣
🍰 @bisnonnabakeshop⁣
🎶 @trademarkband⁣
📋 @colorfullyyoursevents

One of my favorite moments at every St. Francis Hall wedding is right before the ceremony begins. The room fills with that quiet anticipation as guests take their seats and the flowers finally become part of the scene they were designed for.⁣
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For Alexandra & Sam’s ceremony, the stage was framed with a lush, deconstructed arch, creating a focal point against the hall’s burgundy proscenium drape. As the music began and Alexandra walked down the aisle, everything came together in that way it only does once. The architecture, the flowers, the lighting, and two people about to start their marriage. It is always a privilege to help shape that moment.⁣
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📍@stfrancishall⁣
📷 @leighannebraderphotography
🍽 @ridgewells⁣
💐 @petalsedgedc⁣
📋 @theplannery

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One of my favorite moments at every St. Francis Hall wedding is right before the ceremony begins. The room fills with that quiet anticipation as guests take their seats and the flowers finally become part of the scene they were designed for.⁣
⁣
For Alexandra & Sam’s ceremony, the stage was framed with a lush, deconstructed arch, creating a focal point against the hall’s burgundy proscenium drape. As the music began and Alexandra walked down the aisle, everything came together in that way it only does once. The architecture, the flowers, the lighting, and two people about to start their marriage. It is always a privilege to help shape that moment.⁣
⁣
📍@stfrancishall⁣
📷 @leighannebraderphotography
🍽 @ridgewells⁣
💐 @petalsedgedc⁣
📋 @theplannery

A tented reception. Ceremony urns overflowing with white hydrangea and gladiola. Centerpieces that looked like they were plucked straight from an English country garden. Rachael and Scott`s Woodlawn wedding was everything. 🤍 This is exactly why we love what we do, taking a venue`s natural beauty and letting the flowers just... amplify it. Historic, romantic, and completely unforgettable. 🌿✨⁣
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📍@woodlawnandpopeleighey⁣
📷 sincereli_ _⁣
🍽 @maineventcaterersdc⁣
💐 @petalsedgedc⁣
📋 @allthedaintydetails

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A tented reception. Ceremony urns overflowing with white hydrangea and gladiola. Centerpieces that looked like they were plucked straight from an English country garden. Rachael and Scott's Woodlawn wedding was everything. 🤍 This is exactly why we love what we do, taking a venue's natural beauty and letting the flowers just... amplify it. Historic, romantic, and completely unforgettable. 🌿✨⁣
⁣
📍@woodlawnandpopeleighey⁣
📷 sincereli_ _⁣
🍽 @maineventcaterersdc⁣
💐 @petalsedgedc⁣
📋 @allthedaintydetails

Theres something about September that always feels like a turning point. The days are still warm, but the morning is a bit cooler. School is back in session. The light starts to change. And after a long DC summer, you do all get that first day when you can open the door and think, yes, fall really is coming. 🍁

For me fall has always been tied to the rhythm of the school year. Kids going back to school and calendars filling up. Pulling sweaters out of the back of the closet, and thinking about Halloween before you’re quite ready to admit summer is over.

In the studio, autumn has another rhythm. September and October weddings - arguably our busiest time of the year - paired with all sorts of fun things. Pods, berries, grasses and all sorts of funky things.

I think there’s a reason fall weddings always feel so right. It’s a season built around change. The landscape shifts, the light softens, the year begins winding down… and in the midst of that, two people choose to begin something.

Maybe that’s what I love about this time of year. Autumn can feel nostalgic and hopeful at the same time. So here’s to another fall wedding season, changing leaves, cooler nights (no mosquitoes), celebrations and all the new beginnings still ahead.

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Theres something about September that always feels like a turning point. The days are still warm, but the morning is a bit cooler. School is back in session. The light starts to change. And after a long DC summer, you do all get that first day when you can open the door and think, yes, fall really is coming. 🍁

For me fall has always been tied to the rhythm of the school year. Kids going back to school and calendars filling up. Pulling sweaters out of the back of the closet, and thinking about Halloween before you’re quite ready to admit summer is over.

In the studio, autumn has another rhythm. September and October weddings - arguably our busiest time of the year - paired with all sorts of fun things. Pods, berries, grasses and all sorts of funky things.

I think there’s a reason fall weddings always feel so right. It’s a season built around change. The landscape shifts, the light softens, the year begins winding down… and in the midst of that, two people choose to begin something.

Maybe that’s what I love about this time of year. Autumn can feel nostalgic and hopeful at the same time. So here’s to another fall wedding season, changing leaves, cooler nights (no mosquitoes), celebrations and all the new beginnings still ahead.

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