It was a pleasure working with Matthew Robbins team for Jen & Mike’s wedding at the W Hoboken, Matthew recently posted an entry on Martha Stewart Wedding blog about color inspiration containing a few images from their fall wedding.
Monthly Archives: May 2010
Food is often part of many ceremonies and in particular wedding ceremonies. A Chinese wedding may include a tea ceremony, a Jewish wedding the drinking of wine and a Persian wedding the breaking of bread with a sword. There are many traditions that have a strong connection with food and which demonstrate the rich cultural world we live in and the people who live by those traditions.
We decided to include food as an important part of our wedding ceremony, and we made it our own. The love and joy of discovering, cooking and eating food has been a facet of our relationship from when we first met and has only grown over time. We both love figs, the fresher the better, and we had the idea of holding a brief ceremony to plant a fig tree the day before our wedding. The tree is now full of leaves and reaches up toward the sky. The tree lies in the front yard of my new parent in-law’s home (Richard and Debra in Reidsville, NC). In many ways the tree is a symbol of our relationship, it is our own but shared, it takes work, love and support from us and our family, and the better it is cared for the stronger and more fruitful it will grow. And we just can’t wait to sink our teeth into a rip fig in a few years!
Thank you to my brother Tim for capturing these moments that are so special to us.
I unwrap the 2 year old sapling fig tree for preparation for planting. (We ordered three trees, Italian Everbearing, Turkey Brown and Peter’s Honey, one of which we planted that day as part of the ceremony and the other late that week. We didn’t keep track of which one’s are which and are waiting for each to get larger so we can identify each varietal by the shape of the leaves and type of fruit).
Our officiant and family say a few words as we look on american gothic style.
Chrystal waters the tree for the first time.
The tree today, 10 months later, via Chrystal’s iphone.
An example of what we are hoping for. Figs served as Donna and David’s Provence, France wedding I photographed in 2007.
