A 12-Guest Dana Point Gazebo Coastal Elopement

Getting Ready for a Dana Point Gazebo Coastal Elopement

Natalie's bouquet from The Bloom of Time was a hand-tied gather of ranunculus, roses, and sweet pea in pink, blush, peach, and lavender, with pops of light blue, its stems wrapped in ivory satin ribbon and pinned with pearl pins. Greg's boutonniere was built to match hers, a little different from the one made for his best man.

Out at the bluff, the same team dressed the existing gazebo with a lush floral array across its entrance, greenery running loose and gestural through the blooms, so the couple would have that arch framing them the whole way through the vows.

The Ceremony at the Gazebo

The ceremony was at the gazebo on the edge of the bluff, the Pacific wide open behind it. Twelve guests, a circle of chairs, and the rose gardens close on every side. Natalie came in with her bouquet held low, Greg waiting under the flowered arch, and they said their vows with the water at their backs and everyone they'd brought right there in front of them.

It was short and close. When it was done, they stepped out of the gazebo married, into the rose garden and the salt air.