A Custom Wedding at The Johnson Mill on the Fourth of July!

The Fourth of July was a busy day for Basket of Gold as we prepared the wedding flowers for Kim Johnson and Sean Blackmore at the beautiful Johnson Mill in Midway, Utah, http://www.johnsonmill.com/ . We are very excited to get photos from the pros who handled this wedding, the incomparable husband and wife team of Pepper Nix and Mitchell Burt of Zuma Photo! What we are posting today are just our snapshots... when we get their wonderful work, we will add another post, which will include the wedding party.

We were thrilled with the new rustic wedding arch that was custom made for Basket of Gold! It was constructed of sturdy curly willow and looked spectacular in the willow grove at the Mill!

Our added floral flourishes on the arch and the petals from 200 roses on the wedding aisle finished the ceremony site!

Kim and Sean's centerpieces were really something special. The florals included gardenias, casa blanca lilies, calla lilies, roses, sweet peas, peonies and ivy. Gardenias were especially important to the couple, for Sean gave them to Kim while he was courting her. Striving to make the gardenia a prominent focal point of the centerpieces, we created opulent floral topiary balls and placed them atop inverted cylinder vases. Inside these inverted glass stands we placed a cube filled with pink sea glass and a single, perfect floating gardenia. Each inverted glass stand had a battery operated down-light affixed to the inside top shining down on the gardenia, casting a subtle glow on the table and highlighting the gardenia. The bride and groom had a very tall topiary on their sweetheart table in the center of the tent ...

The five other guest tables surrounded the bride and groom table and had similar centerpieces, although smaller scale and lower. The same down-light presentation was used for the guest table displays. This was an intimate gathering of only 60 guests. The flowers really popped on the black crushed velvet linens!


We loved Kim's idea for a sign-in 'tree'. We arranged curly willow branches in a hurricane vase with pink sea glass and hung some gardenias from in it little water vials. Kim made up the cute tags and her guests signed them and hung them like ornaments on the tree! We set up the table by the gorgeous pond at the Johnson Mill with the pair of swans who live there floating gracefully by. Kim and Sean were blessed with beautiful weather for their special day. Lani Lively, the wedding coordinator extraordinaire from The Mill, took very good care of this couple, looking after every detail! I can't wait to get Mitchell and Pepper's photos! Kim had a custom made gown from Italy and rode up to her groom side saddle on a horse! We are told this wedding will be featured in Utah Bride and Groom magazine this winter! So we will keep you posted about that as well!! Please check out The Johnson Mill's website at http://www.johnsonmill.com/ and see more about our custom weddings at our website, http://www.basketofgold.com/