A Wedding at Graeme Park: Hye-Won & Tristan

Hye-Won and Tristan braved a mid-August wedding at Graeme Park, and lucked into a not too hot day for their ceremony behind the Keith House. Hye-Won approached the alter with her parents from a path through the woods and joined Tristan in front of the bright blue door on the 1722 stone house.

After their ceremony, which was performed by one of their friends, guests enjoyed a cocktail hour in front of the 19th century barn, complete with specialty cocktails.

Back at the Open Aire Affairs wedding tent, Forget Me Not Vintage Rentals had set the stage with vintage everything - rustic wooden tables, mismatched chairs, china, and glassware, old dressers, cute accents and two lounge areas outside the tent. The tent had also been upgraded with liner fabric, paper lanterns, and chandeliers.

Catering was done by Catering by Rich, who provided a menu of Caesar salad, vegetarian pasta, chicken piccata, sausage & broccoli rabe, and filet mignon, served alongside roasted red potatoes and green beans almondine.

The couple's aunt created many of the home baked treats on the dessert bar, which was staged on a vintage buffet.

Confection Perfection created the lovely, traditional 3-tier wedding cake with "Love" topper.

As the music heated up the night cooled down for dancing and merrymaking. Congratulations Tristan and Hye-Won and thank you for choosing to celebrate at Graeme Park.

A Wedding at Graeme Park: Noelle & Andrew

We're catching up here after a computer crash and several weeks without internet access with the wedding of Nicolle and Andrew, which took place back in June.

The couple chose the front of the Keith House at Graeme Park as the site of their ceremony - doesn't the blue trim look great with the bridesmaids' dresses and the guys' ties?

After the "I do's" were said, the guests enjoyed a cocktail hour in front of the 1840s Pennsylvania bank barn with catering by The Red Cedar Grille, in Colmar. The fare included bruschetta, salsa and chips, cheese and crackers, and fruit and veggie platters.

Back in the Open Aire Affairs tent, the tables were set in pale gray linens with blue accents and blue, white, and gray lanterns adorned the ceiling. Centerpieces were simple jars dressed with burlap and lace and sweet bouquets of baby's breath.

The buffet dinner included pulled pork, friend chicken, collard greens, mashed potatoes, spring mix salad, and rolls.

The stunning 5-tier wedding cake was traditional and modern at the same time with strawberry and lemon layers.

Special Places: 1989 Photo Shoot at Graeme Park

During a recent cleaning and reorganizing of our library bookshelves, I came across an interesting little booklet called "Special Places." Flipping through pictures of old properties I suddenly stopped on a familiar image: "That's Graeme Park. But that's not our furniture! What the heck is this?" Looking more closely at the captions, I realized it was a catalog for Martex bedding. They had used Graeme Park, and several other historic properties, as settings for their product lines. None of the locations are identified, although Fonthill in Doylestown is rather distinctive and recognizable if you've been there and I believe the first set of pictures is at Ephrata Cloister (also a PHMC property). If anyone can identify the other locales, we'd love to hear from you.

Ephrata Cloister

Graeme Park

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Fonthill Castle