Awbury Arboretum Wedding | Tracy & Dan

If you’ve already checked out our blog post Our Favorite and Best Philadelphia Wedding Venues then you know this is on the list! And for good reason, the Awbury Arboretum is a great place to have a wedding in Philadelphia. Any time of year, it has gorgeous views mixed with historic charm. Tracy and Dan’s day was so perfect at this Awbury Arboretum wedding.

Oh, and there was goats!

Make sure to look at all of their photos (our faves from their day) to see what it would be like to have a fall wedding at the Awbury Arboretum. Tracy and Dan’s day was right around Halloween.

Let’s hear more from the couple about their day:

Tell us about the proposal:

We were in Sleepy Hollow, New York, for the Great Jack O Lantern Blaze, an event with hundreds of carved and lit pumpkins. Dan didn’t give any hint of anything, but as we got to a multi-tiered wedding cake created out of pumpkins, he said he thought this was a good spot and asked the question. We hadn’t been to the event before or known there would be a wedding cake, so he definitely got lucky on that one! He proposed with my greatgrandmother’s engagement ring from the 1920’s, which was really special. We both love Halloween, so Dan proposing on Halloween was perfect. It’s also why we picked the weekend before Halloween for our wedding.

Tell us about some of your details / styling / decor and why did you choose them?

We are not a super fancy couple, and we wanted to bring that to our wedding day. My dress was lace and off-white, which was exactly what I was looking for. We are also big fans of Halloween, which led me to choose spiderweb heels for the day. Dan went more casual with a suit, and wanted to do something that would go well
with the fall colors of the arboretum, so he chose a dark red suit. We also went simple with our decorations, using pumpkins and mums for the ceremony, and then small pumpkins and sunflowers for our table decorations. One of our favorite things was being able to highlight our cats on our tables – instead of doing numbers, each of the tables was named after one of our six cats, with pictures of them on each table. We love being outside, so the arboretum had a wonderful indoor/outdoor space that worked really well for us and what we wanted.

Do you have any advice for brides/grooms to be when planning their wedding that you wish you knew?

Make your day represent who you are as a couple. You will get tons of suggestions/advice from friends and family (solicited and not!), and while you might consider all of the suggestions, it’s okay to go in a different direction and
do things your way. And make sure that you get some time for yourselves, even if it’s not very long. After our ceremony, we went back to the bridal suite to have a minute and have some hors d’ oeuvres before gritting all of our guests., and it was a great time to have.

Awbury Arboretum Wedding Vendors:

Photo/Video – BeauMonde Originals
Venue – Awbury Arboretum
Dress – BHLDN
Suit – MANTAIKOTAI
H&M – April Fetterman
Caterer – Peachtree Catering & Events
Goats & caregivers – Philly Goat Project
Flowers – DIY
“Cake” / Donuts – Dottie’s Donuts
Music – Eclipse Entertainment / DJ Khoa