Candace Hightower
Candace is not only owner of this venue, she is the founder of Engaged Asheville and curator of Mingle Events and Vintage Rentals.
She excels at everything she attempts, but her true passion is event planning. Candace’s calm but fun personality will help you feel at ease during the entire planning process.
Bethany Thames
Joy Unscripted is a luxury wedding stationery design company specializing in custom invitation suites and pointed pen calligraphy. From illustrated watercolor maps to day-of pieces such as place cards and seating charts, Bethany has turned her love for fine details into one of the most respected wedding businesses in Western North Carolina.
Sam Photography
Shooting weddings is my full time job and something that I love to do. My style is clean and minimal. I'm a firm believer in editing and shooting in a way that will still be in style 20 years later. I work the best in natural light, but I am also fully capable and equipped with lighting to capture beautiful photos in any lighting condition - inside or outside. I love bringing energy and having fun when I shoot. I want my couples to feel comfortable and look like themselves in my photos. No stiff awkward poses here. I take as many candids as possible but always provide direction when needed! At the end, all I want is for my clients to be happy and have the most amazing photos to look back on their memories with.
Blue Ridge Blooms
Blue Ridge Blooms is an Asheville area flower farm offering sustainably grown specialty cut flowers. From buckets of beautiful blooms for the DIY couple, to full-service floral design for weddings and events, Blue Ridge Blooms offers a full range of services for all occasions. We would love to talk to you about your vision and work with you to create beautiful one-of-a-kind floral designs that match your style.
Flourish Flower Farm
We are the proud stewards of a 9 acre farm in Asheville, just 15 minutes from downtown. We are dedicated to growing only specialty and heirloom varieties ~ producing high quality, organic, fragrant blooms is our priority. Our intimate relationship with flowers allows us to create color palettes with depth and dimension, blending tones inspired by nature and each season. Because we have lush flower fields at our fingertips, we are able to hand pick the most perfect bloom for the bride’s bouquet, adding the extra special element to truly set the design apart. Each wedding design is one of a kind, handcrafted especially for you. Everything about your experience with our flowers and designs is incredibly personal and utterly natural.
Verbena Cakes & Catering
Verbena Cakes and Catering is dedicated to providing delicious and stunning food that is custom to each and every client! Founded in 2017, Verbena has been focused on our clients unique desires paired with seasonal focused menus. We love our local farms and strive to showcase them in all of our menus. Verbena is a living wage certified business and values fairness and integrity. Our full service approach to events consists of rentals, professional staffing, licensed bartenders, exquisite savory and sweet food. We pride ourselves in our ability to work with any budget and cannot wait to start working with you on your perfect event!
Wildwood Media
Formerly known as “Green Mountain Photo & Films” we are now known as WILDWOOD MEDIA. When we decided to rebrand, we wanted our name to immediately identify the core concept behind our philosophy. “Wildwood” is an uncultivated forest that had been allowed to grow naturally. Like wildwood, our untampered style delivers the purest form of your story.
We value our clients stories above all else. Wildwood Media truly strives to create individualized films and photos that perfectly commemorate the details of your event. We are the storytellers of your event, reliable and generational. With gorgeous videos and photos to enjoy forever, you’ll remember where your marital roots first started.
Twisted Laurel Catering
Twisted Laurel catering offers fresh, new American cuisine with a farm to table focus that is guaranteed to please. We are experienced wedding caterers specializing in full service events of all sizes. Our catering team works diligently to guide you through the process of choosing a customized menu that fits both your vision and your budget, with ease. Our number one goal is to provide delicious and beautifully presented meals along with impeccable service from inquiry through execution.
Rachael McIntosh
Specializing in medium format film she has been serving clients in the Carolina's and around the world for almost a decade. Born in England, Rachael moved to the States after receiving her BA in Fine Art. Thrilled now to call Asheville home, she is constantly inspired by the beauty of our Blue Ridge Mountains.
Melissa DeBoer
Melissa and her team help you to look and feel your best for your very special day, and are passionate about passing along their love of makeup to brides! What makes them love the wedding industry so much?? That moment you look in the mirror and smile feeling gorgeous and radiant for your big day!
Whitney Randall
Whitney and her business partner Deedie Springer (now based in Charlotte) are known for their loose and airy, garden style arrangements. With over 10 years in the floral industry, Whitney has built a reputation for her creative and unique style, fun and flexible design process, and her ability to execute any design with excellence!
Corey Marino
Catering by Corey provides the ease of beautifully crafted upscale southern wedding meals. Owner and Chef Corey Marino realizes the only thing rivaling her love of creating mouthwatering meals, is the joy it brings her customers who eat them.
Joanna Ferree
The team at Powder Me Pretty believes that a wedding day is one of the most significant days of a person’s life, and Joanna is truly honored each time they can bring confident beauty to a bride.
Erica Berg & Victor Berg
Erica Berg is a musician first and vocalist second with a bluesy voice that’s uniquely her own. She asked her father Victor to join her as a business partner in 2015 and they rebranded in 2016 as Collective Music Solutions.
Their one goal: provide top quality bands, musicians and DJs for all types of events! From a sophisticated jazz quartet, to a big, fun seven-piece jam band, they can do it all!
Kathy Beaver Photography
Kathy photographs weddings, engagements and families in Asheville and the surrounding areas. She truly enjoys getting to know her clients and would love to meet and chat over a cup of coffee or tea about your photography session! She does a wonderful job making you feel comfy and confident, and we LOVE this about her! Kathy adores lighting, and has even been known to get up crazy early just to see a sunrise!
Smashbox Events
At Smash Events, Inc., we LOVE what we do and treat each event as an opportunity to create a memorable, cost efficient, and FUN experience for our clients. Husband and wife duo Nestor and Ashley Teran use their passions to offer catering AND floral design through Smash Events! Whether you’re wanting full menu options or simple food truck fare, they can make it happen!
Cakes by Gray
Melissa Gray lives and breathes cake. In fact, her own website bio jokes about marrying cake, and Cakes by Gray has quickly become synonymous with the Asheville wedding cake/sweets industry!
Have special dietary restrictions? Melissa has mastered eggless cakes! Her creativity and signature style perfectly suits the Asheville ethos - always breathtaking, sometimes quirky, but definitely one of a kind.
Sunshine Sammies
Sunshine Sammies specializes in all things yummy including handmade ice cream sammies, waffle tacos, housemade s’mores, fresh baked cookies, local soda floats and much more! They now have a storefront in downtown Asheville, and a vintage truck named Sunny who travels to local weddings!
Anastasiia Osta
Anastasiia is the very definition of passionate. Her ability to capture raw and emotional moments in beautiful images is unparalleled, and her wedding photography is the proof. The images from Anastasiia Photography are known for the storytelling - the expression during first looks, the misty eyes on dad, and even that smug look on the flower girl as she walks the aisle!
Christian Lemons
As a wedding and elopement photographer, my goal is to provide heartfelt images for adventurous and down to earth couples who aren’t afraid to be real! I’ll help you feel comfortable to be yourself in front of the camera. I want to capture how you feel, your heart, your passion.
Your dress and feet will definitely get a little dirty. Your spirit will definitely be enriched!
Melissa McElrath
I have never been this passionate about any other job that I've done. I believe in moments, and capturing them to the best of my ability. I love people, and making strong connections with my clients. In fact, I consider most of my past clients my friends.
I'm full of energy and will probably talk your ear off, and try to hear your life story the first time we meet. Don't say I didn't warn you!
Smashbox Events
At Smash Events, Inc., we LOVE what we do and treat each event as an opportunity to create a memorable, cost efficient, and FUN experience for our clients. Husband and wife duo Nestor and Ashley Teran use their passions to offer catering AND floral design through Smash Events! Whether you’re wanting full menu options or simple food truck fare, they can make it happen!