09/11/2026
02 | BELONG
Garden Ceremony — Locusts on Hudson, Upstate NY
One of our favorite things about a beautiful private estate?
Letting the wedding feel like it belongs there.
For this destination wedding weekend at Locusts on Hudson, we didn’t want the ceremony to feel disconnected from the landscape. The mature trees, garden and planted elements became part of the visual story.
That’s something we think about constantly when designing for our clients:
Does this feel like them?
Does it feel like the property?
Does it feel natural and authentic here?
When those four answers are yes, the design usually doesn’t need to shout.
And yes… as the “tree huggers” that we are, we’ll take a ceremony beneath a magnificent tree any day. 😊🌳
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